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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:04,574 --> 00:00:11,538 Toho Co., Ltd. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:16,519 --> 00:00:26,518 Mifune Productions, Ltd. 5 00:00:34,203 --> 00:00:36,832 Attack the foreign enemy; we must expel them! 6 00:00:36,939 --> 00:00:39,408 We mustn't let foreigners desecrate Japan, the land of the Gods. 7 00:00:39,575 --> 00:00:44,309 "Black Ships:" The ships of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's 1853 and 1854 expeditions to Japan. The Shogunate, pressured by the arrival of the Black Ships, signed a treaty opening the ports. 8 00:00:44,414 --> 00:00:46,383 This act incurred the wrath of the Emperor. 9 00:00:46,482 --> 00:00:48,974 Anti-Shogunate factions exploited this division. 10 00:00:49,085 --> 00:00:51,281 Radical ronin from the fiefs of Tosa and Choshu... 11 00:00:51,387 --> 00:00:53,083 ...justifying their actions as "divine punishment..." 12 00:00:53,189 --> 00:00:53,723 ...began to assassinate public officials and prominent members of the Shogunate. 13 00:00:53,723 --> 00:00:55,692 Signs: "Divine Punishment" ...began to assassinate public officials and prominent members of the Shogunate. 14 00:00:55,925 --> 00:00:58,656 "The capital:" Kyoto, home of the Emperor. The Shogunate rules Japan from Edo, however. There's an anti-Shogunate group gathering at the capital. 15 00:00:58,761 --> 00:01:01,595 They oppose any alliance between the Emperor and the Shogun. 16 00:01:01,764 --> 00:01:05,201 I get it! You're recruiting ronin to fight against the anti-Shogunate forces. 17 00:01:05,368 --> 00:01:08,998 Finally figured it out, eh? 18 00:01:09,105 --> 00:01:13,839 The Shogun's visiting Kyoto for talks with the Emperor about expelling the foreigners. 19 00:01:13,943 --> 00:01:16,913 We ronin have an important mission. 20 00:01:17,013 --> 00:01:19,482 It's been 250 years since a Shogun last visited Kyoto. 21 00:01:19,649 --> 00:01:23,745 This is getting exciting! It's our chance to go down in history! I'm going to do it! 22 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,650 Yamanami, come with us. 23 00:01:25,822 --> 00:01:27,723 I'm leaving it up to Kondo. 24 00:01:27,824 --> 00:01:30,692 I'll discuss it with him after he returns from his training in Tama. How about you, Okita? 25 00:01:30,860 --> 00:01:33,159 I'd like to attend as a representative of our Shieikan dojo. 26 00:01:33,262 --> 00:01:36,994 I want to live a life of valor and gallantry, dedicated to the way of the sword. 27 00:01:38,468 --> 00:01:40,437 Here, have a sugar candy. 28 00:01:43,106 --> 00:01:45,769 What will you do, Isami? 29 00:01:45,942 --> 00:01:47,843 I plan to go. 30 00:01:48,010 --> 00:01:51,378 I too wish to protect our Shogun. 31 00:01:51,547 --> 00:01:55,643 The farmers of Tama have prospered under the divine guidance of the Tokugawa clan. 32 00:01:55,818 --> 00:02:00,779 And all this domestic squabbling makes us ill-prepared to deal with foreign enemies. 33 00:02:00,957 --> 00:02:06,419 The Shogun and the Emperor will discuss how to protect our nation from foreign enemies. 34 00:02:06,529 --> 00:02:11,126 I believe it's our duty to see that their meeting proceeds in safety. 35 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:13,269 We'll show the world the true value... 36 00:02:13,369 --> 00:02:16,066 ...of Shieikan's Ten-nen Rishin- style swordsmanship. 37 00:02:16,172 --> 00:02:19,836 I'm sure that the Shogunate will acknowledge our mettle! 38 00:02:20,009 --> 00:02:24,970 Toshi, I intend to selflessly serve our nation. 39 00:02:26,983 --> 00:02:28,110 Isami! 40 00:02:28,384 --> 00:02:33,550 There you go, good girl. 41 00:02:33,656 --> 00:02:36,751 Good, good girl. 42 00:02:36,859 --> 00:02:39,055 There we go. 43 00:02:39,162 --> 00:02:42,963 How's my girl? How is she? Eh? 44 00:02:43,132 --> 00:02:45,192 Here you are. 45 00:02:45,301 --> 00:02:47,099 Happy to see your dad, Tamako? 46 00:02:47,270 --> 00:02:50,035 Good, good girl. 47 00:02:57,813 --> 00:02:58,748 Tsune. 48 00:02:58,748 --> 00:02:59,916 Tsune. Yes. 49 00:02:59,916 --> 00:03:00,049 Yes. 50 00:03:00,049 --> 00:03:04,578 Do you think you could raise her by yourself? Yes. 51 00:03:08,691 --> 00:03:12,128 So you've made up your mind. 52 00:03:12,261 --> 00:03:15,231 Yeah. I'm joining the ronin and going to Kyoto. 53 00:03:19,635 --> 00:03:21,370 Congratulations. 54 00:03:21,370 --> 00:03:22,998 Congratulations. Thank you. 55 00:03:23,105 --> 00:03:26,075 I'll make both of you proud of me. 56 00:03:29,278 --> 00:03:36,583 Shinsengumi Assassins of Honor 57 00:03:37,453 --> 00:03:41,948 Produced by Mifune Toshiro Nishikawa Yoshio Inagaki Hiroshi 58 00:03:42,058 --> 00:03:44,118 Screenplay by Matsu-ura Kenro 59 00:03:44,227 --> 00:03:49,063 Cinematography: Yamada Kazuo Art Director: Ueda Hiroshi Recording by Ichikawa Masamichi Lighting by Sato Yukio Sound Arrangement by Shimonaga Hisashi 60 00:03:49,165 --> 00:03:50,758 Music by Sato Masaru 61 00:03:50,866 --> 00:03:55,668 Assistant Director: Maru Teruo Edited by Araki Yoshihiro Effects by Kanayama Makoto Makeup: Kobayashi Shigeo Swordplay Choreographer: Kuze Ryu 62 00:03:55,771 --> 00:04:01,972 Kendo Instructor: Takano Hiromasa (single-sword style Chuzai-shu School) Developed by Tokyo Developing Studio Production Supervisor: Yamazaki Hidekazu 63 00:04:02,078 --> 00:04:06,812 Cast: Mifune Toshiro 64 00:04:06,916 --> 00:04:09,579 Kobayashi Keiju Mikuni Rentaro 65 00:04:09,685 --> 00:04:12,177 Kinya Kitaoji Tamura Takahiro 66 00:04:12,288 --> 00:04:15,952 Tsukasa Yooko Hoshi Yuriko Ikeuchi Junko 67 00:04:16,058 --> 00:04:20,758 Nakamura Kanemon Nakamura Katsuo Nogawa Yumiko Kitagawa Mika 68 00:04:20,863 --> 00:04:24,766 Nakatani Ichiro Uchida Ryohei Mikimoto Shinsuke Shin Kinzo 69 00:04:24,867 --> 00:04:31,034 Nakamura Umenosuke Tanaka Haruo Togami Jotaro Oguri Kazuya Kagawa Ryosuke Soma Eijiro Tsuda Shin Murata Kichijiro 70 00:04:31,140 --> 00:04:39,446 Ogata Shinosuke Yamamoto Kiyosh Sekiguchi Ginzo Yamazaki Naoki Kuno Shoshiro Ushimo Uwahiko Tanaka Hiroshi Kimura Hiroto Oki Masashi Suzuki Haruo 71 00:04:39,548 --> 00:04:44,111 Taniguchi Kan Nakamura Tokinosuke Kamiki Shinichiro Achiba Shinsuke Asayori Hotaro Hashimoto Senzo Aoyama Hiro Furuya Kazuyuki 72 00:04:44,220 --> 00:04:50,524 Araki Yasuo Yano Yoko Tanabe Wakako Sato Koichi Masamoto Keiichiro Ito Makoto Shinohara Masaki Gondo Yukihiko Okabe Tadashi 73 00:04:50,626 --> 00:04:54,495 Speech Instructor: Yasufuji Koko Mifune Productions Shichiyo-kai Cooperation by Gekidan Zenshinza Theatre Troupe 74 00:04:54,597 --> 00:04:57,157 Nakamura Kinnosuke 75 00:04:57,266 --> 00:05:02,000 Directed by Sawajima Tadashi 76 00:05:02,805 --> 00:05:03,397 Burn! 77 00:05:03,572 --> 00:05:05,541 Burn! 78 00:05:05,708 --> 00:05:07,870 Burn it all up! 79 00:05:08,044 --> 00:05:11,446 Get it in there! 80 00:05:11,614 --> 00:05:15,217 "The lumberjacks of Kiso..." 81 00:05:15,217 --> 00:05:17,119 "The lumberjacks of Kiso..." Burn! 82 00:05:17,119 --> 00:05:17,186 "The lumberjacks of Kiso..." 83 00:05:17,186 --> 00:05:17,887 "The lumberjacks of Kiso..." Get in there! 84 00:05:17,887 --> 00:05:18,020 "The lumberjacks of Kiso..." 85 00:05:18,020 --> 00:05:20,022 "The lumberjacks of Kiso..." See it all go! 86 00:05:20,022 --> 00:05:20,045 "The lumberjacks of Kiso..." 87 00:05:20,156 --> 00:05:23,149 "Mt. Ontake in Kiso..." What the hell...? Ouch! 88 00:05:26,862 --> 00:05:28,194 What's going on here? 89 00:05:28,364 --> 00:05:30,196 Yes, Commander Serizawa is... 90 00:05:30,366 --> 00:05:31,857 ...on another drunken rampage? 91 00:05:32,034 --> 00:05:35,869 No. He's quite upset that there's no room at the inn. 92 00:05:36,205 --> 00:05:39,107 What the hell's the matter with you? 93 00:05:39,208 --> 00:05:43,009 This is inexcusable! 94 00:05:43,112 --> 00:05:45,843 How dare you neglect lodging for Commander Serizawa, leader of our troop of ronin?! 95 00:05:46,015 --> 00:05:47,813 My apologies. 96 00:05:47,917 --> 00:05:52,252 We've managed to find a place for him. Please let me guide you there. 97 00:05:52,421 --> 00:05:54,056 No, forget it. 98 00:05:54,056 --> 00:05:54,790 Fan: "Samurai with spirit of Loyalty and Patriotism, Serizawa Kamo" No, forget it. 99 00:05:54,790 --> 00:05:54,924 Fan: "Samurai with spirit of Loyalty and Patriotism, Serizawa Kamo" 100 00:05:54,924 --> 00:05:56,792 Fan: "Samurai with spirit of Loyalty and Patriotism, Serizawa Kamo" Roughing it suits me just fine. 101 00:05:56,792 --> 00:05:57,191 Roughing it suits me just fine. 102 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:58,555 But that wouldn't be right... 103 00:05:58,728 --> 00:06:01,755 Do you dare to make our Commander rough it? 104 00:06:01,864 --> 00:06:04,561 Aren't you in charge of finding a room for him? 105 00:06:04,667 --> 00:06:06,693 Cut your belly! Do seppuku! 106 00:06:06,869 --> 00:06:08,838 Please stop. 107 00:06:11,941 --> 00:06:14,172 And you are...? 108 00:06:14,343 --> 00:06:17,939 I'm Kondo Isami, Mr. Ikeda's assistant. 109 00:06:18,047 --> 00:06:21,984 I understand your distress. Please forgive us about tonight. 110 00:06:22,151 --> 00:06:28,819 If you're his assistant, then you're equally guilty! Do seppuku! 111 00:06:28,991 --> 00:06:30,983 What's with your attitude? 112 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:37,327 My pupils and I have abandoned my dojo to travel to Kyoto and defend the Shogun. 113 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:39,128 I couldn't slit my stomach over such a trifle. 114 00:06:39,301 --> 00:06:40,963 And you call yourself a samurai? 115 00:06:41,137 --> 00:06:44,938 I may have been a farmer, but I'm also the master of the Ten-nen Rishin dojo. 116 00:06:45,241 --> 00:06:46,869 The Ten-nen Rishin school? 117 00:06:47,042 --> 00:06:50,479 Ah, wait, Niimi... 118 00:06:50,646 --> 00:06:55,607 "Tengu group:" a radical anti-foreigner group from the Mito fief. We're a unit of the Tengu Group. 119 00:07:02,858 --> 00:07:06,818 It was all my fault. Please... 120 00:07:09,598 --> 00:07:11,567 Please forgive us. 121 00:07:16,338 --> 00:07:18,307 Wait... 122 00:07:18,474 --> 00:07:22,343 I was neglectful. Please forgive us. 123 00:07:33,088 --> 00:07:36,354 I will not move from here until you forgive us. 124 00:07:53,342 --> 00:07:56,039 Watch and learn. We shall see Isami's true spirit. 125 00:08:07,122 --> 00:08:09,091 Ouch! Ouch! I'm burning up! 126 00:08:20,102 --> 00:08:23,072 All right, you win, you win! 127 00:08:26,041 --> 00:08:30,137 Sorry to have kept you waiting. 128 00:08:30,246 --> 00:08:32,147 I was told about a mishap, our apologies. 129 00:08:32,314 --> 00:08:34,044 Finally come out of the woodwork, huh? 130 00:08:34,216 --> 00:08:36,651 The errors of my men are my errors as well. 131 00:08:36,752 --> 00:08:39,121 Please accept my apologies, and return to your camp. 132 00:08:39,121 --> 00:08:41,852 Please accept my apologies, and return to your camp. Shut up, old man! 133 00:08:41,957 --> 00:08:44,620 This is proof of your incompetence! 134 00:08:44,727 --> 00:08:48,687 To you Shogunate retainers, we're just a gang of starving ronin. 135 00:08:48,864 --> 00:08:53,063 Our world is crumbling around us because of your foolishness! 136 00:08:53,335 --> 00:08:55,201 It's crumbling! 137 00:08:57,573 --> 00:09:00,634 I am the loyal patriot named... 138 00:09:00,743 --> 00:09:04,703 ...Serizawa Kamo! And don't you forget it! 139 00:09:12,154 --> 00:09:17,752 Third year of the Bunkyu period (1863), Spring. The troop of ronin arrive at the capital, Kyoto. 140 00:09:18,060 --> 00:09:19,628 Flowers for sale! 141 00:09:19,628 --> 00:09:21,597 Flowers for sale! Hey gimme one of them! 142 00:09:24,066 --> 00:09:25,227 Is this meeting ever going to end? 143 00:09:25,401 --> 00:09:28,269 They could at least let us take off our sandals. 144 00:09:28,370 --> 00:09:30,669 How can they just make us wait like this? 145 00:09:30,839 --> 00:09:33,365 What could they be squabbling about in the main hall? 146 00:09:33,542 --> 00:09:35,841 Who knows...? 147 00:09:35,945 --> 00:09:39,473 All I know is that a Dewa ronin named Kiyokawa Hachiro's... 148 00:09:39,582 --> 00:09:42,074 ...been spouting off for over an hour. 149 00:09:42,251 --> 00:09:44,743 Who is this Kiyokawa Hachiro? 150 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:46,980 He's the guy who organized the ronin troops. 151 00:09:47,156 --> 00:09:51,025 Indeed, our goal must be... 152 00:09:51,126 --> 00:09:53,618 ...to dedicate ourselves to the expulsion of all foreigners... 153 00:09:53,729 --> 00:10:00,602 ...for the sake of our divine Emperor and our noble nation. 154 00:10:00,703 --> 00:10:04,401 Therefore, I, Kiyokawa Hachiro, shall take command. 155 00:10:04,573 --> 00:10:05,307 What? 156 00:10:05,307 --> 00:10:06,342 What? We weren't told about that! 157 00:10:06,342 --> 00:10:06,475 We weren't told about that! 158 00:10:06,475 --> 00:10:09,104 Everyone! We weren't told about that! 159 00:10:09,211 --> 00:10:15,378 Though we have come to Kyoto to guard the Shogun and maintain law and order... 160 00:10:15,484 --> 00:10:19,285 ...if the Shogun were to defy the Emperor's command... 161 00:10:19,388 --> 00:10:23,155 ...and continue to deal with the foreigners... 162 00:10:23,258 --> 00:10:26,592 ...it will be our duty to rectify the Shogun's decision! 163 00:10:26,762 --> 00:10:29,755 I don't get it. What's this guy rambling about? 164 00:10:29,932 --> 00:10:33,198 We must thank the Imperial court for the dispensation... 165 00:10:33,302 --> 00:10:37,103 ...which permits us ronin to band together for the purpose of removing the foreigners. 166 00:10:37,973 --> 00:10:42,968 We have been ordered to return to Edo at once and undertake this task. 167 00:10:43,078 --> 00:10:44,876 Everyone! 168 00:10:44,980 --> 00:10:48,246 Let us immediately return to Edo... 169 00:10:48,350 --> 00:10:51,320 ...and endeavor to oust the foreigners! 170 00:10:52,755 --> 00:10:54,519 Serizawa... 171 00:10:54,623 --> 00:10:56,922 Do you understand now? 172 00:10:57,026 --> 00:11:00,929 While you and your men were on your way from Edo... the situation has changed. 173 00:11:01,096 --> 00:11:03,122 What a load of crap! 174 00:11:03,298 --> 00:11:05,961 So you still don't get it. 175 00:11:06,068 --> 00:11:07,866 The ronin troops must return to Edo! 176 00:11:08,037 --> 00:11:10,302 Just a minute! 177 00:11:10,472 --> 00:11:13,169 What is it, Kondo? 178 00:11:13,342 --> 00:11:16,278 What about guarding the Shogun here in Kyoto? 179 00:11:16,445 --> 00:11:17,845 We're bowing out. 180 00:11:18,013 --> 00:11:24,681 We have come here to guard the Shogun during his visit. 181 00:11:24,787 --> 00:11:26,847 Now that we have arrived in Kyoto... 182 00:11:26,955 --> 00:11:30,756 ...we cannot follow you back without any confirmation from the Shogunate. 183 00:11:31,060 --> 00:11:33,859 Comrade Kondo! 184 00:11:33,962 --> 00:11:37,057 The chain of command is no longer an issue. 185 00:11:37,199 --> 00:11:41,694 Are we not all warriors who serve the nation by ridding it of foreign influences? 186 00:11:41,837 --> 00:11:45,706 Indeed, we are all united in that cause. 187 00:11:45,808 --> 00:11:49,643 Nonetheless, we must not act irrationally. 188 00:11:49,745 --> 00:11:55,207 If we were to leave now, I believe it would be tantamount to betraying the will of our ronin. 189 00:11:55,317 --> 00:11:59,049 And so, I, Kondo, and my eight men, are withdrawing from this group. 190 00:11:59,521 --> 00:12:03,856 And I, Serizawa, and my five men... 191 00:12:03,959 --> 00:12:04,858 ...will also withdraw. 192 00:12:05,027 --> 00:12:05,892 What? 193 00:12:06,061 --> 00:12:07,996 Hey, Kiyokawa... 194 00:12:08,097 --> 00:12:12,899 I may be a hungry wandering ronin... but I'm not a flip-flopper like you... 195 00:12:13,001 --> 00:12:17,939 ...for the Shogunate one minute, and running off foreigners the next. 196 00:12:19,508 --> 00:12:24,469 Dropping out, eh? Well, that's a pity. 197 00:12:24,580 --> 00:12:28,210 But know that if you leave us... 198 00:12:28,317 --> 00:12:35,019 ...we shall no longer be responsible for your livelihood. 199 00:12:35,124 --> 00:12:40,859 All who wish to withdraw should feel free to do so now. 200 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:48,637 We ronin will be immediately departing for Edo. 201 00:12:48,737 --> 00:12:52,003 Everyone should make immediate preparations! 202 00:12:57,212 --> 00:13:00,546 So that leaves just thirteen of us. 203 00:13:00,716 --> 00:13:03,618 Bastard. That wiseass Kiyokawa tricked us. 204 00:13:03,786 --> 00:13:06,688 Someone will eventually chop him up. 205 00:13:06,789 --> 00:13:08,655 Right, Kon? 206 00:13:08,757 --> 00:13:11,090 "Bakufu:" the government, or Shogunate. The Tokugawa Bakufu is nothing but a bunch of wimps. 207 00:13:11,193 --> 00:13:13,185 They employ 80,000 retainers... 208 00:13:13,295 --> 00:13:19,132 ...yet they use starving ronin like us to guard the Shogun and keep the peace. 209 00:13:19,234 --> 00:13:22,830 They live in luxury, they don't do a damn thing... 210 00:13:22,938 --> 00:13:26,397 ...and hire us ronin to risk our lives for them. 211 00:13:26,508 --> 00:13:27,476 What a laugh. 212 00:13:27,476 --> 00:13:29,445 What a laugh. You got that right! 213 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:36,450 I guess we've all gotten the short end of the stick. Don't you agree? 214 00:13:36,552 --> 00:13:39,818 So you're all staying here... what next? 215 00:13:40,956 --> 00:13:43,050 Serizawa, what are you going to do? 216 00:13:43,225 --> 00:13:45,023 What'll I do...? 217 00:13:45,127 --> 00:13:48,894 I'm a hardline Tengu group guy. 218 00:13:48,997 --> 00:13:52,627 Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself. 219 00:13:52,801 --> 00:13:57,762 We are determined to carry on with our initial task of guarding Kyoto. 220 00:13:59,741 --> 00:14:01,607 How upstanding. 221 00:14:01,710 --> 00:14:04,236 Upstanding indeed... 222 00:14:04,346 --> 00:14:07,282 What are you going to do, sucker an Osaka tycoon into funding you... 223 00:14:07,382 --> 00:14:11,786 ...and take on Choshu and Tosa with a legion of eight? 224 00:14:11,887 --> 00:14:13,947 I've got to hand it to you guys... 225 00:14:14,056 --> 00:14:16,025 Hey, kid! 226 00:14:17,192 --> 00:14:21,095 I know you're sincere, but you're naive. 227 00:14:21,263 --> 00:14:25,030 I don't think that he is being naive. 228 00:14:25,133 --> 00:14:29,127 We want nothing to do with Osaka tycoons. 229 00:14:29,304 --> 00:14:32,468 What do you plan to do then? 230 00:14:32,641 --> 00:14:38,603 We shall appeal to General Matsudaira, the military commissioner of Kyoto. 231 00:14:38,714 --> 00:14:40,979 We shall complete our mission no matter what happens. 232 00:14:41,083 --> 00:14:45,714 Whether it's Imperialist or Shogunate forces, the people behind the unrest in Kyoto... 233 00:14:45,821 --> 00:14:51,124 ...are doing it because they hope to profit from it. 234 00:14:51,226 --> 00:14:54,788 The Commissioner must have his hands full. 235 00:14:54,897 --> 00:14:58,459 Thus we will approach him, expressing our desire to help keep things peaceful... 236 00:14:58,567 --> 00:15:01,765 ...during the Shogun's visit to Kyoto. 237 00:15:02,237 --> 00:15:04,797 Hey, don't kid yourself. 238 00:15:04,907 --> 00:15:06,876 "Daimyo:" feudal lord. The guy's a Daimyo with 28,000 koku of income. 239 00:15:07,042 --> 00:15:09,841 Hey... wait. 240 00:15:11,213 --> 00:15:12,681 Are you serious? 241 00:15:12,781 --> 00:15:15,273 Very serious. 242 00:15:15,417 --> 00:15:22,153 As a former farmer who is now a swordsman, I have given up my life in Edo to be here. 243 00:15:22,291 --> 00:15:24,726 I am defeated, Kon... 244 00:15:24,826 --> 00:15:28,991 ...you're more than just a master of a country dojo... 245 00:15:29,097 --> 00:15:30,725 ...you're a great man. 246 00:15:47,683 --> 00:15:49,311 I've had it. 247 00:15:49,451 --> 00:15:53,946 How much longer are they going to make us wait? 248 00:15:54,022 --> 00:15:57,220 It's not like we're enjoying the suspense. 249 00:15:57,326 --> 00:16:00,160 If the answer's "no" then I wish they'd just tell us, for crying out loud. 250 00:16:00,329 --> 00:16:06,428 Their letter of request is proper, but they are ronin riffraff nobody's ever heard of. 251 00:16:06,535 --> 00:16:10,631 If we agree to this, they could potentially bring shame upon our Aizu fief. 252 00:16:10,806 --> 00:16:15,073 Let them in. This Kondo Isami is straightforwardly earnest. 253 00:16:15,177 --> 00:16:17,806 Could we not use them? 254 00:16:17,980 --> 00:16:19,247 Oh? 255 00:16:19,247 --> 00:16:22,274 Oh? The Imperialists of the Choshu fief... 256 00:16:22,384 --> 00:16:26,651 ...have gone overboard with their assassinations and violence. 257 00:16:26,755 --> 00:16:30,886 Even the Emperor is upset at them. 258 00:16:30,993 --> 00:16:33,394 And now we are offered a weapon with which to suppress them. 259 00:16:33,562 --> 00:16:34,496 I see, sir. 260 00:16:34,496 --> 00:16:37,864 I see, sir. If they get out of hand, disband them at once. 261 00:16:37,933 --> 00:16:41,563 Think of them as pet dogs, and attend to their appeal. 262 00:16:42,504 --> 00:16:45,906 We did it! This is great! 263 00:16:46,074 --> 00:16:48,566 "Shinsengumi:" lit. "newly chosen group" We've just been chosen... we're the Shinsengumi. 264 00:16:48,744 --> 00:16:51,578 And I'm the captain! 265 00:16:51,747 --> 00:16:54,239 Be silent when at this noble gate! 266 00:16:54,416 --> 00:16:56,647 My apologies. 267 00:16:57,419 --> 00:17:05,589 Sign: "Shinsengumi Quarters, Officially Authorized by Lord Matsudaira" 268 00:17:09,231 --> 00:17:11,200 Move! 269 00:17:12,434 --> 00:17:13,493 Out of the way! 270 00:17:13,668 --> 00:17:15,830 What? You can't use a sword? 271 00:17:15,937 --> 00:17:17,428 Then you can't join us. 272 00:17:17,606 --> 00:17:21,509 But... I'm second to none when it comes to reading, writing, and the abacus. 273 00:17:21,676 --> 00:17:24,202 Well, how good are you at killing men with your abacus? 274 00:17:24,312 --> 00:17:28,272 "Gion:" nearby town known for its shrines, festivals and teahouses. This is the Shinsengumi. Go apply at a clothing store or move to Gion. 275 00:17:28,383 --> 00:17:29,442 Okay, next! 276 00:17:29,618 --> 00:17:31,086 Please! Please! 277 00:17:31,253 --> 00:17:34,155 Move! 278 00:17:34,322 --> 00:17:36,291 You're just a townsman! 279 00:17:41,263 --> 00:17:43,232 Next! 280 00:17:44,733 --> 00:17:47,134 Good! 281 00:17:47,235 --> 00:17:49,136 Next! 282 00:18:03,785 --> 00:18:07,881 I implore you! I am no good with a sword, but please let me join. 283 00:18:10,625 --> 00:18:14,585 This is the sword that my dad bought for me. 284 00:18:14,696 --> 00:18:16,722 I want to be a samurai more than anything else. 285 00:18:16,832 --> 00:18:21,861 I will train in swordsmanship! I will endure all hardship! 286 00:18:21,970 --> 00:18:26,738 My name is Kawai Kisaburo, the son of a sake merchant of Okayama. 287 00:18:26,842 --> 00:18:29,812 I am unsurpassed in reading, writing, and the abacus! Truly I am! 288 00:18:31,279 --> 00:18:35,580 How can I return and face my father, who exhorted me to join you? 289 00:18:35,684 --> 00:18:37,346 I implore you! 290 00:18:37,953 --> 00:18:40,422 Come on, stand up. 291 00:18:40,622 --> 00:18:44,582 I won't. Not until you let me join. 292 00:18:47,129 --> 00:18:50,463 Yamanami, let's let him join. 293 00:18:50,632 --> 00:18:52,601 There you go...! 294 00:18:55,871 --> 00:18:58,841 Thank you very much! Thank you very much! 295 00:19:00,509 --> 00:19:03,138 Thank you very much! 296 00:19:04,279 --> 00:19:06,407 The emblem of the Shinsengumi... 297 00:19:06,515 --> 00:19:07,315 ...will be the single word "Makoto." 298 00:19:07,315 --> 00:19:08,950 Flag: "Makoto" (Verity) ...will be the single word "Makoto." 299 00:19:08,950 --> 00:19:09,017 Flag: "Makoto" (Verity) 300 00:19:09,017 --> 00:19:09,985 Flag: "Makoto" (Verity) Commanders: Serizawa Kamo, Kondo Isami, and Niimi Nishiki. 301 00:19:09,985 --> 00:19:15,185 Commanders: Serizawa Kamo, Kondo Isami, and Niimi Nishiki. 302 00:19:15,290 --> 00:19:19,625 Executive Officers: Yamanami Keisuke and Hijikata Toshizo. 303 00:19:19,728 --> 00:19:23,529 Staff Officers: Okita Soshi, Nagakura Shinpachi... 304 00:19:23,665 --> 00:19:27,761 ...Harada Sanosuke, Todo Heisuke, Hirayama Goro... 305 00:19:27,836 --> 00:19:32,365 ...Inoue Genzaburo, Hirama Yusuke, and Noguchi Kenji. 306 00:19:32,474 --> 00:19:39,039 Inspector: Yamazaki Susumu. Accountant: Kawai Kisaburo. 307 00:19:39,214 --> 00:19:41,774 We now announce our regulations. 308 00:19:41,883 --> 00:19:45,684 Deviations from the path of bushido are prohibited! 309 00:19:45,787 --> 00:19:48,882 Leaving this force is prohibited! 310 00:19:48,990 --> 00:19:52,586 Unauthorized use of group funds is prohibited! 311 00:19:52,694 --> 00:19:56,392 Private settlement of disputes between members are prohibited! 312 00:19:56,698 --> 00:20:00,658 Acting from personal motives is prohibited! 313 00:20:00,735 --> 00:20:04,797 Those who would violate any of these prohibitions... 314 00:20:04,906 --> 00:20:08,809 ...will be subject to seppuku! 315 00:20:08,977 --> 00:20:11,708 Seppuku for any of those? That's pretty stiff. 316 00:20:13,448 --> 00:20:15,417 Whoever it was that spoke, step forward. 317 00:20:17,485 --> 00:20:23,117 Seppuku is the highest honor that can be granted to a samurai. 318 00:20:23,225 --> 00:20:25,194 YOU, COME FORWARD! 319 00:20:34,402 --> 00:20:36,701 I apologize. 320 00:20:36,805 --> 00:20:40,606 If I ever violate the prohibitions, I shall gladly commit seppuku. 321 00:20:41,643 --> 00:20:44,135 You would not be capable of seppuku. 322 00:20:44,246 --> 00:20:47,148 As we are merciful, we will let you live, and return home. Go! 323 00:20:48,617 --> 00:20:50,586 Yes sir. 324 00:21:00,095 --> 00:21:02,428 Listen up! 325 00:21:02,530 --> 00:21:05,625 The mission of the Shinsengumi... 326 00:21:05,767 --> 00:21:09,568 ...is to stand against all anti- Shogunate forces... 327 00:21:09,638 --> 00:21:13,370 ...without regard for their home fief... 328 00:21:13,475 --> 00:21:16,445 ...and kill them all as soon as they're found. 329 00:22:15,236 --> 00:22:18,206 Miura! Miura! 330 00:22:56,578 --> 00:22:59,707 "Mibu:" town located in Shimotsuga District Damn those Mibu beasts! 331 00:23:00,482 --> 00:23:04,317 Kanji... who were they? 332 00:23:04,419 --> 00:23:08,322 Who were the men who killed my dear Miura? 333 00:23:08,423 --> 00:23:10,619 Please tell me... 334 00:23:10,725 --> 00:23:12,694 Please tell me! 335 00:23:12,794 --> 00:23:16,925 Oko, that was Kondo Isami of the Shinsengumi. 336 00:23:19,768 --> 00:23:23,205 Kondo... Isami. 337 00:23:23,538 --> 00:23:25,564 Please don't take that! 338 00:23:25,673 --> 00:23:29,508 Please, wait! That's our family treasure! 339 00:23:29,611 --> 00:23:30,510 I implore you! 340 00:23:30,678 --> 00:23:33,614 That's what you get for giving 10,000-ryo to the Imperialists... 341 00:23:33,715 --> 00:23:35,741 ...and not a penny to the Shinsengumi. 342 00:23:35,917 --> 00:23:37,886 Dear! 343 00:23:39,721 --> 00:23:43,158 It's the Mibu ronin! The Mibu wolves! 344 00:23:43,324 --> 00:23:43,916 Run! 345 00:23:44,092 --> 00:23:46,061 Move! 346 00:23:49,297 --> 00:23:51,266 Come on, slowpoke! 347 00:24:04,112 --> 00:24:05,842 Where're do you think you're going? 348 00:24:05,947 --> 00:24:08,883 Huh? Where? 349 00:24:08,983 --> 00:24:10,952 Where I wonder? 350 00:24:14,155 --> 00:24:16,750 Where do you think you're going?! 351 00:24:19,060 --> 00:24:20,084 Catch up with me later. 352 00:24:20,261 --> 00:24:21,593 "Shimabara:" the Kyoto red-light district. Off to Shimabara today? 353 00:24:21,763 --> 00:24:23,732 And then Yama-no-o in Gion. 354 00:24:27,969 --> 00:24:29,733 Let's go. 355 00:24:29,904 --> 00:24:33,272 Don't just stand there looking like morons! Continue your training! 356 00:24:33,374 --> 00:24:33,704 Go! 357 00:24:33,875 --> 00:24:38,546 Yes sir. One, two... One, two... One, two... 358 00:24:38,546 --> 00:24:41,380 Yes sir. One, two... One, two... One, two... Sheesh... Off to the teahouses this early? 359 00:24:41,483 --> 00:24:43,611 Let's do it! 360 00:24:45,854 --> 00:24:50,349 Hey, hey hey! Not today, not today! Go do it outside. 361 00:24:50,525 --> 00:24:52,494 Move it! 362 00:24:54,996 --> 00:24:57,465 You're always like this... 363 00:24:57,532 --> 00:25:00,024 If you get too fresh... 364 00:25:00,134 --> 00:25:03,229 ...I'll have to tell my husband. 365 00:25:03,404 --> 00:25:05,964 What do you mean? 366 00:25:06,074 --> 00:25:10,034 Is that a threat, or an excuse to escape me? 367 00:25:10,879 --> 00:25:16,819 I'm the virtuous wife of a clothing merchant, I merely came to collect on your bill. 368 00:25:16,918 --> 00:25:21,481 But who was it that took advantage of me, the first time we met? 369 00:25:21,589 --> 00:25:25,959 I'm not your toy, you know. 370 00:25:26,127 --> 00:25:29,097 Don't be so cold. 371 00:25:30,965 --> 00:25:34,732 You women are all the same. 372 00:25:34,836 --> 00:25:38,932 You know that I'm not going to pay up. 373 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,010 And yet you come here every three days. 374 00:25:43,645 --> 00:25:46,444 If I get caught doing this... 375 00:25:46,548 --> 00:25:50,383 ...I'll never be able to go back to the store. 376 00:25:50,552 --> 00:25:53,522 If you can't go back, then you'll just have to stay here. 377 00:26:05,366 --> 00:26:10,270 I'm a delicate flower... Be more gentle. 378 00:26:10,438 --> 00:26:12,066 Whatever... 379 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,471 We have completed today's patrol. 380 00:26:14,642 --> 00:26:17,373 Well done. 381 00:26:17,545 --> 00:26:19,514 Damn, it's hot! 382 00:26:47,709 --> 00:26:50,144 Oh... leaving already? 383 00:26:50,311 --> 00:26:51,904 I'm sorry things took so long. 384 00:26:52,113 --> 00:26:53,945 Have you completed your business with our Commander? 385 00:26:54,115 --> 00:26:56,448 As it happens, not quite yet. 386 00:26:56,517 --> 00:26:59,510 Mr. Kawai, help me out here. 387 00:26:59,621 --> 00:27:02,420 Mr. Serizawa and the others need to settle the bill for the summer robes we made for them. 388 00:27:02,523 --> 00:27:06,119 I can't just keep leaving here empty handed. 389 00:27:06,327 --> 00:27:08,262 Ei! 390 00:27:08,363 --> 00:27:10,332 Please leave. 391 00:27:11,766 --> 00:27:16,261 Well, please expedite the payment if you can. And thank you for your business. 392 00:27:16,437 --> 00:27:18,406 Bye... 393 00:27:21,542 --> 00:27:24,808 You shouldn't be talking with her! 394 00:27:25,246 --> 00:27:26,614 Can a commander do anything he wants? 395 00:27:26,614 --> 00:27:29,778 Can a commander do anything he wants? Mugging merchants, murdering on a whim... 396 00:27:29,884 --> 00:27:31,352 They're no better than burglars! 397 00:27:31,352 --> 00:27:34,618 They're no better than burglars! At this rate, they'll soon ruin the Shinsengumi. 398 00:27:34,789 --> 00:27:37,884 His unrestrained boozing is inexcusable. 399 00:27:38,059 --> 00:27:38,926 I'm going to kill them! 400 00:27:38,926 --> 00:27:40,224 I'm going to kill them! Wait! 401 00:27:40,328 --> 00:27:42,297 Leave this to me. 402 00:27:43,698 --> 00:27:47,430 I will have a talk with Serizawa. 403 00:27:47,502 --> 00:27:49,164 Hijikata... 404 00:27:49,270 --> 00:27:52,331 I want you to talk to Niimi about this. 405 00:28:00,281 --> 00:28:02,250 Can you stop the drinking? 406 00:28:08,890 --> 00:28:10,758 Please, you must stop drinking! 407 00:28:10,758 --> 00:28:13,294 Please, you must stop drinking! If I were able to stop, I wouldn't be so wretched. 408 00:28:13,294 --> 00:28:13,361 If I were able to stop, I wouldn't be so wretched. 409 00:28:13,361 --> 00:28:14,529 But... If I were able to stop, I wouldn't be so wretched. 410 00:28:14,529 --> 00:28:14,662 But... 411 00:28:14,662 --> 00:28:16,824 But... I hate booze. 412 00:28:16,931 --> 00:28:20,095 And yet, I can't live without it. 413 00:28:20,201 --> 00:28:23,296 A guy like you probably wouldn't understand. 414 00:28:23,404 --> 00:28:25,566 I'm better off dead. 415 00:28:25,740 --> 00:28:27,971 Such weakness is unbecoming in a man of your stature. 416 00:28:28,076 --> 00:28:32,036 Renounce drinking! A man like you can do it! 417 00:28:34,749 --> 00:28:37,275 I'm not worthy to be a commander. 418 00:28:37,452 --> 00:28:40,286 You don't have the luxury of indulging in self-pity. 419 00:28:40,388 --> 00:28:44,553 Lately, the Aizu clan has taken notice of your carousing. 420 00:28:44,659 --> 00:28:47,857 They are saying that the Shinsengumi are a gang of ronin riff-raff. 421 00:28:47,962 --> 00:28:51,899 They're trying to have us disbanded before we bring any more shame on the Shogunate. 422 00:28:51,999 --> 00:28:53,968 Are you aware of this? 423 00:28:56,838 --> 00:28:58,932 Sorry. 424 00:28:59,107 --> 00:29:02,305 We worked hard to build the Shinsegumi from the original thirteen. 425 00:29:02,410 --> 00:29:05,778 It would be a shame for it to come to naught, wouldn't it? 426 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:10,716 Please be an example of our emblem, of our code of makoto. 427 00:29:10,818 --> 00:29:13,845 I will join you in a pledge to renounce alcohol! 428 00:29:13,955 --> 00:29:17,483 Serizawa! Please come to your senses. 429 00:29:17,658 --> 00:29:19,752 Kon... 430 00:29:19,861 --> 00:29:21,830 Why do you care so much about me? 431 00:29:21,996 --> 00:29:26,593 You're a fine samurai when you're not drinking! 432 00:29:26,768 --> 00:29:28,634 Kon... 433 00:29:31,973 --> 00:29:33,942 Commander...! 434 00:29:38,312 --> 00:29:41,680 We have news from Yama-no-o in Gion that Commander Niimi... 435 00:29:41,783 --> 00:29:43,411 ...in obedience to the regulations governing our forces... 436 00:29:43,518 --> 00:29:46,044 ...admitted committing numerous lawless acts... 437 00:29:46,154 --> 00:29:47,918 ...and then manfully atoned by committing seppuku! 438 00:29:48,089 --> 00:29:49,785 What?! 439 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,727 Niimi... 440 00:29:54,829 --> 00:29:58,095 ...cut his belly? 441 00:30:08,709 --> 00:30:10,678 Damn! 442 00:30:12,914 --> 00:30:13,681 Stop! 443 00:30:13,681 --> 00:30:14,115 Stop! Commander! 444 00:30:14,115 --> 00:30:14,248 Commander! 445 00:30:14,248 --> 00:30:14,949 Commander! The troops have been called out! Commander! 446 00:30:14,949 --> 00:30:15,950 Commander! The troops have been called out! 447 00:30:15,950 --> 00:30:18,681 Commander! The troops have been called out! We've been ordered to guard the Shogun! 448 00:30:36,904 --> 00:30:43,538 3rd year of the Bunkyu period (1863) Summer: The Incident at the Royal Gate 449 00:30:43,778 --> 00:30:45,747 Halt! 450 00:30:47,348 --> 00:30:49,374 What are you people?! 451 00:30:49,550 --> 00:30:51,485 We are the Shinsengumi of Mibu. 452 00:30:51,652 --> 00:30:55,180 Oh. The Mibu scum! 453 00:30:55,289 --> 00:30:59,226 We have the important task of expelling the Choshu clan from the Imperial court. 454 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:04,355 We need no help from a motley gang of ronin. So get lost. Begone! 455 00:31:04,498 --> 00:31:06,100 What?! Shut up! 456 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:08,194 What?! Shut up! Please wait. 457 00:31:08,302 --> 00:31:11,739 If you are of the Aizu clan, then you should know... 458 00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:14,809 ...that your own clan council granted us permission to operate. 459 00:31:14,909 --> 00:31:18,710 Councilor Tashiragi ordered us to come and help. 460 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:20,746 How dare you call us Mibu scum?! 461 00:31:20,848 --> 00:31:23,317 Because of you do-nothing idiots... 462 00:31:23,417 --> 00:31:26,012 ...the Choshu bastards have misled the Emperor into supporting them. 463 00:31:27,455 --> 00:31:30,186 And they're using the Emperor... 464 00:31:30,291 --> 00:31:32,783 ...to overthrow the Shogunate! 465 00:31:32,894 --> 00:31:33,794 Apologize! 466 00:31:33,794 --> 00:31:34,195 Apologize! Serizawa! 467 00:31:34,195 --> 00:31:34,328 Serizawa! 468 00:31:34,328 --> 00:31:36,991 Shut up! Serizawa! 469 00:31:37,098 --> 00:31:39,863 If you're determined to not let us pass... 470 00:31:39,967 --> 00:31:43,529 ...then we'll use our swords to cut a path through you. 471 00:31:43,638 --> 00:31:45,630 Move! 472 00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:48,141 Out of our way! 473 00:31:48,309 --> 00:31:51,609 Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! 474 00:31:51,913 --> 00:31:54,041 Huh?! The Councilor! 475 00:31:54,615 --> 00:31:57,175 At the palace by day, and the south entrance by night... 476 00:31:57,285 --> 00:32:00,551 ...the hard work you do is much appreciated. 477 00:32:00,655 --> 00:32:05,025 Thanks to you, the Choshu samurai have fled from Kyoto. 478 00:32:05,126 --> 00:32:06,360 You've restored the peace. 479 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,125 You've restored the peace. Enough, already... 480 00:32:09,230 --> 00:32:10,831 Where are the courtesans? 481 00:32:10,831 --> 00:32:17,396 Where are the courtesans? My apologies. I'll get them. Please drink. 482 00:32:17,505 --> 00:32:24,070 The seven officials that tried to kidnap the Emperor from the palace... 483 00:32:24,178 --> 00:32:26,511 ...have been driven out of Kyoto. 484 00:32:26,614 --> 00:32:29,846 Thanks to the Shinsengumi, the Shogunate has won a great victory. 485 00:32:29,951 --> 00:32:36,380 Aren't you glad that you didn't have to fight? That there was no battle? 486 00:32:36,557 --> 00:32:39,117 Hey... 487 00:32:39,226 --> 00:32:42,390 Are you implying that the Shinsengumi won because we didn't have to fight? 488 00:32:42,563 --> 00:32:44,298 Why, nothing of the sort... 489 00:32:44,298 --> 00:32:46,267 Why, nothing of the sort... Shut up! 490 00:32:47,735 --> 00:32:50,705 You're making fun of the Shinsengumi. 491 00:32:52,239 --> 00:32:59,203 Courtesan Miyuki... 492 00:33:30,845 --> 00:33:33,815 You're late, courtesan. 493 00:33:37,685 --> 00:33:39,654 Here. Pour me one. 494 00:33:53,434 --> 00:33:57,166 None for me thanks. I have decided to abstain. 495 00:33:57,338 --> 00:34:00,706 Have you made a vow of some kind? 496 00:34:00,875 --> 00:34:03,538 Well... you could say that. 497 00:34:05,646 --> 00:34:08,445 Hey, Kondo... 498 00:34:08,549 --> 00:34:11,246 You got somethin' to say? 499 00:34:11,419 --> 00:34:14,355 You should not speak in such a vulgar tone. 500 00:34:14,455 --> 00:34:18,483 If you make a scene here, people will laugh at you. 501 00:34:18,592 --> 00:34:22,120 If you're a samurai, you should know that. 502 00:34:22,296 --> 00:34:24,060 HEY! 503 00:34:24,165 --> 00:34:29,866 Don't you know that I'm Serizawa Kamo, the leader of the Shinsengumi? Well?! 504 00:34:30,037 --> 00:34:35,305 I see no leaders... no Daimyo here. 505 00:34:35,409 --> 00:34:38,811 Merely men... and women. 506 00:34:40,014 --> 00:34:41,983 You've got a mouth on you. 507 00:34:45,119 --> 00:34:47,281 What? 508 00:34:47,388 --> 00:34:50,222 You got something to say to me? 509 00:34:50,324 --> 00:34:55,024 I don't like the way you're looking at me! 510 00:34:55,129 --> 00:34:57,462 That goes for you too! 511 00:34:57,598 --> 00:34:59,567 And you! 512 00:35:00,835 --> 00:35:07,469 I'm the one that arranged for this banquet. 513 00:35:07,608 --> 00:35:13,775 Because of our latest victory, we Shinsengumi have been recognized by the Aizu fief. 514 00:35:13,848 --> 00:35:17,808 And for the first time, we've received a monetary reward. 515 00:35:20,087 --> 00:35:24,252 My farmer comrade Kondo here didn't want us to celebrate! 516 00:35:24,358 --> 00:35:30,059 But I made sure we could, to boost our morale! 517 00:35:30,164 --> 00:35:32,133 Well?! 518 00:35:33,434 --> 00:35:36,370 What's bothering you?! 519 00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:39,440 Answer me, Hijikata! 520 00:35:49,717 --> 00:35:59,650 "My robe reaches my knees..." 521 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:09,759 "My sleeves reach my wrists..." 522 00:36:12,373 --> 00:36:16,743 "At my hip..." 523 00:36:16,844 --> 00:36:24,809 "...is my sword... Ei! Ya! Toh!" 524 00:36:24,919 --> 00:36:30,551 "It cuts through iron!" 525 00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:38,199 That's stupid! 526 00:37:33,220 --> 00:37:35,189 You're plastered... 527 00:38:08,422 --> 00:38:09,356 What happened? 528 00:38:09,356 --> 00:38:11,325 What happened? Gimme water! 529 00:38:23,837 --> 00:38:25,806 Oume! 530 00:38:32,112 --> 00:38:34,104 Hold me... 531 00:38:34,214 --> 00:38:37,184 Hold me! 532 00:38:46,994 --> 00:38:48,963 Who's there?! 533 00:38:57,871 --> 00:39:00,841 I knew you'd come to kill me. 534 00:39:53,694 --> 00:40:00,157 I, Kondo Isami, humbly assume leadership of the entire force. 535 00:40:00,267 --> 00:40:03,260 All of you, resolutely applying the spirit of makoto... 536 00:40:03,370 --> 00:40:08,468 ...must strictly adhere to our regulations, in the service of keeping the peace in Kyoto. 537 00:40:08,575 --> 00:40:11,568 I want you all to exercise the most austere discipline. 538 00:40:13,113 --> 00:40:17,778 Commemorating this new direction for the Shinsengumi... 539 00:40:17,918 --> 00:40:21,548 ...Arakida Samanosuke, Echigo Saburo... 540 00:40:21,622 --> 00:40:25,582 ...and Matsui Ryuzaburo, are hereby declared... 541 00:40:25,692 --> 00:40:28,594 ...to have been exposed as spies for the Choshu fief. 542 00:40:28,695 --> 00:40:30,493 They are to be expelled. 543 00:40:30,664 --> 00:40:33,463 Stop them! Don't let them get away! 544 00:40:33,567 --> 00:40:35,968 Come with us! 545 00:40:54,688 --> 00:40:56,657 Display their heads at Senjo-gahara! 546 00:40:58,759 --> 00:41:00,352 Yamanami... 547 00:41:00,461 --> 00:41:02,259 Okita... 548 00:41:02,429 --> 00:41:05,399 You are witness to the decorum of our Commander. 549 00:41:07,234 --> 00:41:12,195 Let us become a Shinsengumi that none can accuse of wrongdoing. 550 00:42:03,156 --> 00:42:06,615 Oh... you poor thing, it's so cold! 551 00:42:06,727 --> 00:42:10,186 I'll give you this. Go roast it somewhere and eat it. 552 00:42:10,364 --> 00:42:12,663 Better hurry, you'll freeze to death. 553 00:42:12,833 --> 00:42:15,803 Thanks, thanks... 554 00:42:27,581 --> 00:42:30,847 Don't worry... it was just a beggar. 555 00:42:36,690 --> 00:42:42,561 On October 15th, the Shogun left Edo, on a mission to unite the nobles and samurai. 556 00:42:43,530 --> 00:42:46,090 This is his second trip to Kyoto since last year. 557 00:42:46,199 --> 00:42:51,035 The Emperor and the Shogun are cooperating, but the Court and the Shogunate are feuding. 558 00:42:51,138 --> 00:42:54,666 Miyabe, we have to act as soon as possible. 559 00:42:54,775 --> 00:42:59,145 Other than the Satsuma men, the Shogun's retainers in Kyoto are all cowards. 560 00:42:59,313 --> 00:43:00,180 I know. 561 00:43:00,180 --> 00:43:03,673 I know. No, perhaps we should wait a bit... 562 00:43:03,784 --> 00:43:08,085 Ever since we were chased out of Kyoto, we of the Choshu clan... 563 00:43:08,188 --> 00:43:10,919 ...have found it hard to return. 564 00:43:16,463 --> 00:43:21,094 It must be very hard on poor Yamazaki, out there in the cold. 565 00:43:21,268 --> 00:43:24,329 The Imperialists are getting more zealous. 566 00:43:24,438 --> 00:43:27,237 There's word that the Choshu group is swelling its ranks. 567 00:43:29,610 --> 00:43:31,579 How'd it go? 568 00:43:35,248 --> 00:43:40,050 I took him his favorite sugar candy, but he just gave me attitude. Wouldn't even talk to me. 569 00:43:40,153 --> 00:43:44,454 Yamanami, don't you think something's been bothering our Commander lately? 570 00:43:44,625 --> 00:43:51,361 Okita, the weight of responsibility for our troop rests solely on his shoulders. 571 00:43:51,465 --> 00:43:53,730 He doesn't have time for personal pleasures. 572 00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:56,836 He's a little too austere if you ask me. 573 00:43:57,004 --> 00:44:02,636 We've been in Kyoto for a year, and now even the Aizu clan relies on the Shinsengumi. 574 00:44:02,743 --> 00:44:06,043 And the Shogun is coming to Kyoto once again. 575 00:44:06,146 --> 00:44:12,052 When you're trying to lead a force of over a hundred men... 576 00:44:12,152 --> 00:44:15,816 ...there's no room for even the slightest error. 577 00:44:15,922 --> 00:44:18,983 I feel sorry for our Commander. 578 00:44:19,159 --> 00:44:21,651 He's shouldering quite a burden. 579 00:44:21,762 --> 00:44:23,822 All I do is sit in front of my abacus all day. 580 00:44:23,930 --> 00:44:26,195 It must be so scary out there for everyone, fighting every day. 581 00:44:26,366 --> 00:44:30,963 You dummy... If you're a samurai, you can't be scared to die. 582 00:44:31,371 --> 00:44:34,341 But one shouldn't die for nothing, right? 583 00:44:35,876 --> 00:44:36,209 Welcome back. 584 00:44:36,209 --> 00:44:37,677 Welcome back. Damn, it's cold! 585 00:44:37,844 --> 00:44:39,346 Go take a bath and warm up. 586 00:44:39,346 --> 00:44:41,941 Go take a bath and warm up. Thanks... Thanks! 587 00:44:42,115 --> 00:44:44,414 Once again, I failed tonight. 588 00:44:44,518 --> 00:44:46,544 There's this one suspicious character... 589 00:44:46,653 --> 00:44:50,055 ...but he's always a few steps ahead of me. 590 00:44:50,190 --> 00:44:54,127 Shit! I'll get him one of these days. 591 00:44:55,128 --> 00:44:58,428 1st year of the Genji period (1864) Summer 592 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:11,278 I can't bear this. Let's get out of here! 593 00:45:17,150 --> 00:45:20,552 Talk. Talk! 594 00:45:25,058 --> 00:45:29,018 Kill me! Just kill me! 595 00:45:29,229 --> 00:45:31,095 Asshole! 596 00:45:31,164 --> 00:45:33,690 Still don't want to talk, eh? 597 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:36,429 You're too tough to be a real antiques merchant. 598 00:45:36,536 --> 00:45:37,629 Confess! 599 00:45:37,804 --> 00:45:40,968 What? The antiques merchant is Kodaka Shutaro of Oomi? 600 00:45:41,141 --> 00:45:42,175 Yes, sir! 601 00:45:42,175 --> 00:45:44,269 Yes, sir! Commander! He confessed! 602 00:45:44,377 --> 00:45:46,869 The palace! They're planning to burn the palace! 603 00:45:47,047 --> 00:45:47,814 Burn the palace? 604 00:45:47,814 --> 00:45:49,908 Burn the palace? They plan to wait for a windy night... 605 00:45:50,016 --> 00:45:52,485 ...then set fire to the palace and the mansions of Shogunate Daimyo. 606 00:45:52,586 --> 00:45:55,647 Then they'll kidnap the Emperor during the pandemonium, and take him to Choshu! 607 00:45:55,822 --> 00:45:56,656 This is bad. 608 00:45:56,656 --> 00:45:58,386 This is bad. Kyoto will be tumbled into chaos! 609 00:45:58,558 --> 00:46:00,823 They're gathering tonight to finalize their plan of attack. 610 00:46:00,994 --> 00:46:04,226 Shit... Tonight's the Gion festival. They'll just blend into the crowd! 611 00:46:04,397 --> 00:46:05,499 Where will they meet? 612 00:46:05,499 --> 00:46:06,865 Where will they meet? At Ikeda Mercantile, at Senjo. 613 00:46:07,033 --> 00:46:08,865 Executive Officer... how many troops can we deploy? 614 00:46:09,035 --> 00:46:12,062 Excluding those in Osaka and the sick, about thirty! 615 00:46:12,272 --> 00:46:16,505 All right. We've no time to lose. Request additional troops from the Aizu clan. 616 00:46:16,576 --> 00:46:19,239 "Hour of the Dog:" Around 8 p.m. We will assault Ikeda Mercantile at the hour of the dog. 617 00:46:23,150 --> 00:46:26,120 Woops, I'm so sorry. I wasn't paying attention. 618 00:46:27,521 --> 00:46:28,648 Not a problem, not a problem. 619 00:46:28,755 --> 00:46:31,190 That felt nice and cool. 620 00:46:31,358 --> 00:46:33,987 You must be more careful in the future. 621 00:46:34,094 --> 00:46:36,188 Welcome back. You're early today. 622 00:46:36,363 --> 00:46:41,301 Yeah... in this heat, door-to-door sales are murder. 623 00:46:41,401 --> 00:46:45,202 And on top of that, tonight's the Gion festival! 624 00:46:47,541 --> 00:46:48,408 Hurry it up... all right? 625 00:46:48,408 --> 00:46:49,569 Hurry it up... all right? Mr. Okita. 626 00:46:49,743 --> 00:46:49,910 Mr. Okita. 627 00:46:49,910 --> 00:46:52,038 Mr. Okita. Move it! 628 00:46:52,145 --> 00:46:54,171 Mr. Okita. 629 00:46:54,314 --> 00:46:55,179 Mr. Okita! 630 00:46:55,315 --> 00:46:58,217 What is it, for crying out loud? I'm busy! See me later. 631 00:46:58,385 --> 00:46:59,586 Do you have enough men? 632 00:46:59,586 --> 00:47:03,182 Do you have enough men? We're short. It's making me nervous. 633 00:47:03,356 --> 00:47:04,558 What about me? 634 00:47:04,558 --> 00:47:06,527 What about me? Idiot! This isn't a game! 635 00:47:13,233 --> 00:47:15,498 On the other hand, "a withered tree is the mountain's prosperity." 636 00:47:15,602 --> 00:47:16,937 You can come. 637 00:47:16,937 --> 00:47:18,906 You can come. Really? 638 00:47:19,005 --> 00:47:20,496 I'm on it! 639 00:47:20,807 --> 00:47:24,539 Lanterns: "Festival Lamp" 640 00:48:15,295 --> 00:48:17,093 You doing okay? 641 00:48:17,264 --> 00:48:18,459 Yeah... 642 00:48:18,565 --> 00:48:21,467 But it sure is hot tonight. 643 00:48:22,769 --> 00:48:23,904 Hello, Miyabe. 644 00:48:23,904 --> 00:48:25,873 Hello, Miyabe. Hey there. 645 00:48:32,445 --> 00:48:34,641 Miyabe, this is a letter from Katsura. 646 00:48:34,814 --> 00:48:36,442 Commander! 647 00:48:36,549 --> 00:48:37,380 Commander. 648 00:48:37,484 --> 00:48:40,215 We have word that between fourty and fifty men are meeting at Shikoku Mercantile. 649 00:48:40,420 --> 00:48:41,154 Shikoku Mercantile? 650 00:48:41,154 --> 00:48:44,682 Shikoku Mercantile? Fifty men at Shikoku Mercantile. Thirty at Ikeda Mercantile. 651 00:48:44,858 --> 00:48:47,020 There's still no reply from the Aizu about reinforcements. 652 00:48:47,193 --> 00:48:49,162 What's taking them so long? 653 00:49:13,987 --> 00:49:17,617 It's past the hour of the dog. We implore you, please deploy your soldiers! 654 00:49:18,024 --> 00:49:20,493 That's easier said than done. 655 00:49:20,593 --> 00:49:23,222 In this fief, there are all sorts of procedures that must be followed. 656 00:49:23,330 --> 00:49:27,028 Besides, we're short on guards because of the festival. 657 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:30,830 The city will be in chaos! They're going to set fire to the palace! 658 00:49:30,937 --> 00:49:33,907 The councilor... please let me speak with the councilor! 659 00:50:26,893 --> 00:50:30,261 It's past the hour of the dog. We can't wait any longer. 660 00:50:30,430 --> 00:50:33,867 Commander, it'll be a disaster if we're late and miss them. 661 00:50:34,034 --> 00:50:36,663 We can't rely on the Aizu fief. 662 00:50:37,871 --> 00:50:40,363 He's back! 663 00:50:40,540 --> 00:50:44,841 It's no good, I couldn't persuade them. The councilor's still at Nijo Castle. 664 00:50:45,011 --> 00:50:46,479 You did your best. 665 00:50:46,579 --> 00:50:50,311 Toshi... Take twenty men and attack Shikoku Mercantile. 666 00:50:50,483 --> 00:50:51,284 And you? 667 00:50:51,284 --> 00:50:54,345 And you? I'll go to Ikeda's with Okita and Yamanami. 668 00:51:30,590 --> 00:51:31,458 We're here on patrol. 669 00:51:31,458 --> 00:51:33,427 We're here on patrol. The Shinsengumi's here! 670 00:51:43,803 --> 00:51:45,897 It's the Shinsengumi! 671 00:51:46,072 --> 00:51:48,405 Don't panic! 672 00:51:50,643 --> 00:51:52,612 We've got them outnumbered. 673 00:52:13,833 --> 00:52:15,529 Kill them! 674 00:53:32,478 --> 00:53:35,107 Shit! We're trapped! 675 00:54:37,610 --> 00:54:39,579 I killed one... 676 00:54:41,147 --> 00:54:43,116 I killed one... 677 00:56:49,142 --> 00:56:51,373 Okita! You're... 678 00:56:51,844 --> 00:56:53,938 It's nothing! 679 00:56:55,615 --> 00:56:57,584 Okita... 680 00:57:35,321 --> 00:57:37,290 Commander! 681 00:57:43,296 --> 00:57:46,266 Shikoku Mercantile was a red herring. No one was there! 682 00:58:00,213 --> 00:58:02,978 Hang on! 683 00:58:03,149 --> 00:58:04,515 Todo! Todo! 684 00:58:04,684 --> 00:58:05,351 I'm fine. 685 00:58:05,351 --> 00:58:09,584 I'm fine. You'll be all right. 686 00:58:09,755 --> 00:58:14,716 Commander! The Aizu have finally deployed their soldiers! 687 00:58:27,273 --> 00:58:31,574 Please give this to "big brother" Okita for us. It'll make him strong again. 688 00:58:31,744 --> 00:58:34,111 Please let him eat it. Yeah, he's gotta! 689 00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:36,647 Thanks a lot. Now all of you, go home quietly. Okay? 690 00:58:36,816 --> 00:58:38,384 Why? Why must we go? 691 00:58:38,384 --> 00:58:39,352 Why? Why must we go? Come on, time for you to go 692 00:58:39,352 --> 00:58:39,485 Come on, time for you to go 693 00:58:39,485 --> 00:58:40,386 We want to see "big brother" Okita. Come on, time for you to go 694 00:58:40,386 --> 00:58:40,520 We want to see "big brother" Okita. 695 00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:41,852 We want to see "big brother" Okita. Okay, whatever... 696 00:58:41,954 --> 00:58:42,355 Thanks. 697 00:58:42,355 --> 00:58:45,325 Thanks. But I want to see him. 698 00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:50,491 Hey. I'm not sick, you know. 699 00:58:51,797 --> 00:58:54,824 You have to stay in bed, you've got a terrible fever. 700 00:58:54,934 --> 00:58:56,903 What if you throw up blood again? 701 00:58:57,069 --> 00:59:00,039 You dummy, that was the other guy's blood! 702 00:59:02,208 --> 00:59:05,178 Why don't you just go and fiddle with your abacus? 703 00:59:07,580 --> 00:59:10,880 Hey, how're you feeling? 704 00:59:11,050 --> 00:59:12,074 How are you? 705 00:59:12,251 --> 00:59:13,844 Hey hey, shouldn't you be lying down? 706 00:59:14,053 --> 00:59:16,122 It's okay, I'll be fine in a couple days. 707 00:59:16,122 --> 00:59:17,613 It's okay, I'll be fine in a couple days. Don't overtax yourself. 708 00:59:17,790 --> 00:59:23,161 The Shogunate has commended and rewarded us for foiling the Ikeda Mercantile conspiracy. 709 00:59:23,329 --> 00:59:24,730 That's great. 710 00:59:24,730 --> 00:59:26,790 That's great. They've finally recognized us! 711 00:59:26,966 --> 00:59:29,197 This is your share. 712 00:59:29,302 --> 00:59:30,702 There's a share for you too, Kawai. 713 00:59:30,870 --> 00:59:34,272 Really? For me too? 714 00:59:34,373 --> 00:59:35,534 But I only killed one man. 715 00:59:35,708 --> 00:59:39,110 Your abacus-style swordplay impressed everyone! 716 00:59:39,278 --> 00:59:44,774 When Okita's feeling better, why don't we go to Shimabara and have a party? 717 00:59:44,951 --> 00:59:45,718 Good idea! 718 00:59:45,718 --> 00:59:48,119 Good idea! The reward was a fortune. We've got to party! 719 00:59:48,287 --> 00:59:50,381 Let's do it! 720 00:59:50,556 --> 00:59:53,185 Don't get cocky! 721 00:59:53,292 --> 00:59:56,524 Don't let your victory at Ikeda Mercantile go to your heads. 722 00:59:56,629 --> 01:00:01,932 Now that everyone is watching us, we must be that much more prudent. 723 01:00:02,034 --> 01:00:08,463 Don't forget that each man of the Shinsengumi shoulders a heavy responsibility. 724 01:00:08,574 --> 01:00:10,202 Okita... 725 01:00:10,309 --> 01:00:14,542 I hear there's a doctor called Honmeido in Muromachi. Go see him. 726 01:00:14,714 --> 01:00:18,207 I don't like doctors. They're all quacks. 727 01:00:18,384 --> 01:00:20,250 Commander's orders. 728 01:00:27,593 --> 01:00:30,563 Vengeance for our comrades! 729 01:00:38,504 --> 01:00:42,168 Why? Why can't we hold a wake for them at headquarters? 730 01:00:42,341 --> 01:00:46,836 They were killed without even drawing their swords, right in front of our door. 731 01:00:46,946 --> 01:00:48,437 They don't deserve to be honored as members of our warrior force! 732 01:00:48,614 --> 01:00:49,315 But, sir...! 733 01:00:49,315 --> 01:00:51,079 But, sir...! Yamanami... 734 01:00:51,183 --> 01:00:53,812 Our Commander's wrath is justified. 735 01:00:53,986 --> 01:00:55,284 Commander... 736 01:00:55,388 --> 01:01:01,123 Our dead Shinsengumi comrades must be blaming themselves for their error. 737 01:01:01,227 --> 01:01:05,164 We should act in such a way that their deaths will not be in vain! 738 01:01:05,264 --> 01:01:08,234 What good will it do to punish the dead? 739 01:01:09,869 --> 01:01:14,068 Please... Grant them a comrade's funeral. 740 01:01:17,276 --> 01:01:20,246 Such "comrades" do not deserve our respect. 741 01:01:22,248 --> 01:01:24,479 They shall have an honorable funeral. 742 01:01:43,636 --> 01:01:45,605 A pyre for the dead. 743 01:01:49,942 --> 01:01:51,968 Toshi... 744 01:01:52,078 --> 01:01:55,708 Tell me, did I make a mistake? 745 01:01:55,881 --> 01:01:58,612 You were not wrong. 746 01:01:58,784 --> 01:02:03,916 I fear that if we let down our guard, even just a little, the Shinsengumi, and all of Kyoto... 747 01:02:04,023 --> 01:02:08,984 ...will be instantly devoured by some giant, unseen monster. 748 01:02:09,495 --> 01:02:14,456 Weakness cannot be tolerated, if we were to survive these fast changing times. 749 01:02:16,235 --> 01:02:19,865 We kill and kill again, and there seems to be no end to it. 750 01:02:19,972 --> 01:02:21,941 Do we just keep on killing? 751 01:02:22,108 --> 01:02:24,077 We do. 752 01:02:27,313 --> 01:02:31,273 We're not the sort that dies in bed. 753 01:02:34,487 --> 01:02:36,456 Take a deep breath. 754 01:02:43,462 --> 01:02:45,761 Doctor... 755 01:02:45,865 --> 01:02:48,130 How many more years will I live? 756 01:02:48,300 --> 01:02:52,260 Well, I can't say for certain, but... 757 01:02:54,006 --> 01:02:56,134 Two years. 758 01:02:56,308 --> 01:02:59,073 Two years? 759 01:02:59,178 --> 01:03:02,148 I've got two more years? 760 01:03:04,383 --> 01:03:06,682 I wish I could help you. 761 01:03:06,786 --> 01:03:10,120 But today's medicine cannot cure you. 762 01:03:10,289 --> 01:03:13,191 No, two years is ample for me. 763 01:03:13,359 --> 01:03:16,352 Dad. Hurry, hurry! 764 01:03:16,462 --> 01:03:19,432 The funeral fire's about to go out. 765 01:03:21,400 --> 01:03:24,370 Wow, that's beautiful. 766 01:03:31,143 --> 01:03:33,112 Here... 767 01:03:38,717 --> 01:03:43,280 They say that you'll have a long life if you drink sake as the funeral fire reflects upon it. 768 01:03:43,455 --> 01:03:45,424 Really? 769 01:04:02,708 --> 01:04:09,308 People who live in times of chaos often indulge in such wishful thinking. 770 01:04:09,415 --> 01:04:11,384 Pathetic, isn't it? 771 01:04:21,193 --> 01:04:24,163 Maybe I'll have three more years now. 772 01:04:25,764 --> 01:04:29,428 When I go, I want to go like that fire, with no regrets. 773 01:04:29,602 --> 01:04:32,470 I don't like fires. 774 01:04:32,571 --> 01:04:35,541 I get sad when they burn out. 775 01:04:37,943 --> 01:04:41,846 I've never felt my life to be as precious as it is now. 776 01:04:50,689 --> 01:04:55,059 1st year of the Genji period (1864) The Hamaguri Gate Incident 777 01:05:09,842 --> 01:05:16,874 It's been burning for three days straight. The palace is surrounded with ashes. 778 01:05:17,049 --> 01:05:18,847 The men of Choshu are stubborn! 779 01:05:19,018 --> 01:05:21,487 They lost and retreated last year, but now they're back again. 780 01:05:21,654 --> 01:05:23,850 Why would they want to kidnap the Emperor? 781 01:05:24,023 --> 01:05:27,391 It's payback for the Shinsengumi's attack at Ikeda Mercantile. 782 01:05:27,559 --> 01:05:29,118 They lost again and retreated. 783 01:05:29,295 --> 01:05:32,857 I'm glad they did, but why did they have to set fire to our homes? 784 01:05:32,965 --> 01:05:34,729 After all, we're innocent! 785 01:05:34,900 --> 01:05:35,458 That's right! 786 01:05:35,634 --> 01:05:39,730 It's all because the Shogun is a flake! 787 01:05:39,905 --> 01:05:43,774 We're always the ones who get hurt in the crossfire! 788 01:05:43,943 --> 01:05:44,569 That's right! 789 01:05:44,677 --> 01:05:47,579 Why did they have to do this? 790 01:06:34,026 --> 01:06:35,085 Unbelievable! 791 01:06:35,194 --> 01:06:37,891 We were backed by the Shogunate, we chased out the Choshu... 792 01:06:37,997 --> 01:06:41,399 ...and we won the day, and still over a hundred men have deserted! 793 01:06:41,567 --> 01:06:42,701 It's pitiful. 794 01:06:42,701 --> 01:06:44,761 It's pitiful. They're cowards, all of them! 795 01:06:44,937 --> 01:06:48,635 We've been relying on the unreliable Shogunate army. 796 01:06:48,741 --> 01:06:54,373 No fief rises to the occasion, despite the order to suppress the Choshu! 797 01:06:54,513 --> 01:06:57,881 The Shogunate no longer has the power to raise a great army. 798 01:06:58,017 --> 01:07:00,252 But why would they desert the Shinsengumi?! 799 01:07:00,252 --> 01:07:01,020 But why would they desert the Shinsengumi?! Yeah, why?! 800 01:07:01,020 --> 01:07:01,153 Yeah, why?! 801 01:07:01,153 --> 01:07:07,423 Harada... Everyone's sitting on the fence. Yeah, why?! 802 01:07:07,526 --> 01:07:14,023 Imperialist or Shogunate... which is more profitable? 803 01:07:14,133 --> 01:07:20,039 At least the Choshu are honest about where they stand. 804 01:07:20,139 --> 01:07:23,769 Lords and vassals, they're all pains in the ass. 805 01:07:23,942 --> 01:07:26,377 I'm thoroughly tired of it all. 806 01:07:26,545 --> 01:07:29,071 I'm more enthusiastic than ever! 807 01:07:29,181 --> 01:07:33,778 I resolved when I left Edo to live by the sword alone, vigorously. 808 01:07:33,886 --> 01:07:34,945 It's all just the beginning for me. 809 01:07:35,721 --> 01:07:39,021 You have defeated the army of Maki Izumi at Mt. Tennozan in Yamazaki... 810 01:07:39,124 --> 01:07:44,529 ...the last refuge of the Choshu forces; you are to be congratulated. 811 01:07:44,630 --> 01:07:50,092 Here is a reward from Lord Matsudaira to the Shinsengumi. 812 01:07:50,269 --> 01:07:52,397 We are indeed grateful. 813 01:07:52,571 --> 01:07:54,096 Moreover... 814 01:07:54,206 --> 01:07:58,644 ...it is his desire to make you a Shogunate vassal. 815 01:07:58,744 --> 01:08:00,406 Please accept this honor. 816 01:08:00,579 --> 01:08:03,242 I, Kondo Isami, am indeed honored... 817 01:08:03,348 --> 01:08:08,184 ...but I believe that I am better suited to be simply the leader of the Shinsegumi. 818 01:08:08,353 --> 01:08:10,549 What? 819 01:08:10,722 --> 01:08:15,183 I have a favor to ask instead. 820 01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:18,228 Anything for you. 821 01:08:18,397 --> 01:08:21,765 During our last deployment, I was struck by the fact... 822 01:08:21,867 --> 01:08:27,704 ...that there was no one in command capable of uniting the Shogunate and the various fiefs. 823 01:08:27,806 --> 01:08:30,742 The Elders, the Council, and officials in Edo... 824 01:08:30,843 --> 01:08:35,713 ...are oblivious to the critical situation in Kyoto. 825 01:08:35,814 --> 01:08:38,010 I agree... 826 01:08:38,117 --> 01:08:41,781 Our Lord is also concerned about this. 827 01:08:41,954 --> 01:08:47,359 Please send me as a messenger to Edo. 828 01:08:47,459 --> 01:08:50,554 We mustn't miss this opportunity to unify the Imperial Court and the Shogunate. 829 01:08:50,662 --> 01:08:55,157 If things remain as they are, the Choshu cannot be defeated. 830 01:08:55,267 --> 01:09:00,137 Therefore, I humbly request a letter of approval from the Lord of Aizu. 831 01:09:00,239 --> 01:09:02,970 I want to go to Edo as soon as possible. 832 01:09:04,042 --> 01:09:05,711 Edo Castle 833 01:09:05,711 --> 01:09:06,011 Edo Castle We implore the Shogun to go to Kyoto as soon as possible. 834 01:09:06,011 --> 01:09:10,847 We implore the Shogun to go to Kyoto as soon as possible. 835 01:09:11,517 --> 01:09:18,424 If his Lordship takes personal command of the army of suppression... 836 01:09:18,524 --> 01:09:23,861 ...all the fiefs will rally behind his banner, and do battle against the Choshu. 837 01:09:24,029 --> 01:09:27,796 I understand how you feel. 838 01:09:27,900 --> 01:09:32,964 But to be honest, we can't afford to send our Lord on another trip to Kyoto. 839 01:09:33,138 --> 01:09:36,233 But if you do not take action... 840 01:09:36,341 --> 01:09:38,606 ...the Choshu will rise again. 841 01:09:38,710 --> 01:09:42,340 Already, Satsuma has abandoned the Shogunate, and joined the Choshu. 842 01:09:42,447 --> 01:09:46,384 It is obvious that they will try to overthrow you. 843 01:09:46,952 --> 01:09:50,719 Councilor, you have no idea... 844 01:09:50,822 --> 01:09:54,190 ...of the gravity of the situation in Kyoto. 845 01:09:54,293 --> 01:09:58,560 Note: The Shogun would normally travel by palanquin. The Shogun must go there, even if it means going on horseback! 846 01:10:00,632 --> 01:10:04,433 Ah, Kondo, at last we meet. 847 01:10:04,536 --> 01:10:06,027 My name is Katsu Awa. 848 01:10:06,138 --> 01:10:11,873 Thank you for your efforts. I have read the petition from Aizu and your written report. 849 01:10:11,977 --> 01:10:14,913 I suppose you're here in Edo because you couldn't stand it anymore in Kyoto. 850 01:10:15,080 --> 01:10:16,148 Yes, sir. 851 01:10:16,148 --> 01:10:19,118 Yes, sir. I've heard much about your endeavors, Kondo. 852 01:10:20,519 --> 01:10:23,387 But Kondo, I must tell you this. 853 01:10:23,488 --> 01:10:26,322 The Shogunate is like a house with rotten timbers. 854 01:10:26,425 --> 01:10:29,793 Once the house starts collapsing, you can't repair it. 855 01:10:29,962 --> 01:10:32,124 Lord Awa! 856 01:10:32,231 --> 01:10:35,201 You are in the castle. Choose your words with care! 857 01:10:36,635 --> 01:10:40,128 It's always good to have at least one rascal who speaks frankly. 858 01:10:40,239 --> 01:10:43,038 Well, Kondo, don't you agree? 859 01:10:43,208 --> 01:10:45,040 Lord Awa... 860 01:10:45,143 --> 01:10:49,444 ...you are on the Shogunate council, yet you speak of it like an outsider. 861 01:10:49,548 --> 01:10:54,350 What will become of the Shogunate? No, what will become of Japan? 862 01:10:54,453 --> 01:10:57,321 Please tell me, frankly. 863 01:10:57,422 --> 01:10:59,755 Well... 864 01:10:59,858 --> 01:11:01,827 ...what will happen, will happen. 865 01:11:03,161 --> 01:11:05,687 The Shogunate has grown old and fragile. 866 01:11:05,797 --> 01:11:11,600 The time has come to pass power to someone new and fresh. 867 01:11:11,970 --> 01:11:14,701 I'll tell you what I wish for. 868 01:11:14,806 --> 01:11:18,971 I wish for an end to this pointless infighting. 869 01:11:19,077 --> 01:11:20,943 Kondo... 870 01:11:21,046 --> 01:11:24,346 Why don't you just disband the Shinsengumi? 871 01:11:24,449 --> 01:11:27,715 You're the only man who can do that. 872 01:11:27,886 --> 01:11:31,050 Who is responsible for all this bloodshed? 873 01:11:31,156 --> 01:11:34,593 No one rejoices in killing people. 874 01:11:34,693 --> 01:11:36,924 You... you are irresponsible! 875 01:12:04,956 --> 01:12:07,016 Commander! 876 01:12:07,959 --> 01:12:09,621 Commander... 877 01:12:09,728 --> 01:12:10,696 Commander... 878 01:12:10,829 --> 01:12:13,924 We have brought Master Ito Kashitaro. 879 01:12:14,066 --> 01:12:18,026 Well, it's been quite some time. 880 01:12:18,136 --> 01:12:22,335 It's been a while, yes. I am grateful that you could come all this way. 881 01:12:22,507 --> 01:12:25,705 No problem. Yamanami told me about your situation. 882 01:12:25,844 --> 01:12:28,814 I came as fast as I could, because I wanted to hear more about the Kyoto situation. 883 01:12:30,148 --> 01:12:35,553 Kondo... I appreciate your effort, marching from place to place. 884 01:12:36,188 --> 01:12:38,157 Thank you very much. 885 01:12:40,025 --> 01:12:43,518 Ito... I will be straightforward with you. 886 01:12:43,628 --> 01:12:47,030 I need the assistance of both your scholarship and your sword. 887 01:12:48,800 --> 01:12:49,961 My assistance...? 888 01:12:50,135 --> 01:12:54,505 In these chaotic times, things are clear as mud. 889 01:12:54,606 --> 01:12:58,668 As a former farmer from Tama, all I know is the way of the sword. 890 01:12:58,777 --> 01:13:00,575 I have no academic education. 891 01:13:00,679 --> 01:13:06,380 Nevertheless, I want to fortify the Shinsengumi, and bring peace to our nation. 892 01:13:06,551 --> 01:13:09,077 I concur. 893 01:13:09,187 --> 01:13:14,558 At the rate we're going, foreigners will soon control Japan. 894 01:13:14,659 --> 01:13:19,290 We must bring peace to Kyoto, the home of our Emperor, no matter what. 895 01:13:19,464 --> 01:13:23,925 Ito, please come to Kyoto and join the Shinsengumi. 896 01:13:26,738 --> 01:13:29,708 You have become a man of high stature. 897 01:13:40,952 --> 01:13:43,421 Hey, what's this? 898 01:13:43,588 --> 01:13:46,558 I made this for you to wear when you came home. 899 01:13:54,433 --> 01:13:56,129 Tamako. 900 01:13:56,301 --> 01:13:58,429 Tamako! 901 01:13:58,537 --> 01:14:03,441 Strange... She's been waiting for you, calling out "Daddy, Daddy" every day. 902 01:14:03,608 --> 01:14:06,578 I guess she's forgotten her father. After all, I've been gone two years. 903 01:14:20,058 --> 01:14:23,028 You've done a great job raising her. 904 01:14:25,330 --> 01:14:30,928 I only lived for Tamako, and for news of you. 905 01:14:31,102 --> 01:14:34,504 I didn't think I'd live to see either of you again. 906 01:14:36,074 --> 01:14:40,535 I am so... so glad that you've returned! 907 01:14:40,712 --> 01:14:43,682 Tsune... 908 01:14:43,849 --> 01:14:46,375 When will you be leaving? 909 01:14:46,551 --> 01:14:51,888 In two or three days... but circumstances might require me to leave tomorrow. 910 01:14:52,057 --> 01:14:53,685 Tomorrow? 911 01:14:53,859 --> 01:14:55,259 I'll be back again. 912 01:14:55,427 --> 01:15:00,331 Darling... please don't die! 913 01:15:00,665 --> 01:15:06,404 I have been honored with the rank of Military Advisor to the Shinsengumi. 914 01:15:06,471 --> 01:15:10,499 I am aware of the importance and gravity of my responsibilities. 915 01:15:10,609 --> 01:15:15,877 My role is to bring a breath of fresh air to the Shinsengumi. 916 01:15:16,515 --> 01:15:20,885 A breath of fresh air? What do you mean by that? 917 01:15:21,052 --> 01:15:25,581 By fresh air, I mean introducing the Shinsengumi to philosophy. 918 01:15:25,757 --> 01:15:27,325 I don't get it at all! 919 01:15:27,325 --> 01:15:27,917 I don't get it at all! Me neither! 920 01:15:28,093 --> 01:15:28,924 Please explain yourself! 921 01:15:29,094 --> 01:15:30,756 All I am saying is, think before you kill. 922 01:15:30,929 --> 01:15:32,090 You can't kill when you're thinking! 923 01:15:32,264 --> 01:15:35,257 You're right... I don't think when I kill! 924 01:15:36,434 --> 01:15:37,569 Are you saying we shouldn't kill anyone? 925 01:15:37,569 --> 01:15:38,336 Are you saying we shouldn't kill anyone? What, no killing?! 926 01:15:38,336 --> 01:15:39,736 Are you saying we shouldn't kill anyone? What, no killing?! Everyone...! 927 01:15:39,838 --> 01:15:42,330 Why does the Shinsengumi kill Imperialists? 928 01:15:42,440 --> 01:15:47,401 How do these killings affect the future of our nation? Give it some thought. 929 01:15:48,480 --> 01:15:52,474 If you don't, then there will be no future for the Shinsengumi. 930 01:15:52,651 --> 01:15:53,218 That's right! 931 01:15:53,218 --> 01:15:54,119 That's right! I don't get it! 932 01:15:54,119 --> 01:15:54,252 I don't get it! 933 01:15:54,252 --> 01:15:55,220 What don't you understand? I don't get it! 934 01:15:55,220 --> 01:15:55,353 What don't you understand? 935 01:15:55,353 --> 01:15:57,289 What don't you understand? Master Ito's hit the nail on the head! 936 01:15:57,289 --> 01:15:57,422 Master Ito's hit the nail on the head! 937 01:15:57,422 --> 01:15:57,622 To kill warriors... Master Ito's hit the nail on the head! 938 01:15:57,622 --> 01:15:57,689 To kill warriors... 939 01:15:57,689 --> 01:15:59,624 To kill warriors... ...that's the mission... 940 01:15:59,624 --> 01:15:59,691 ...that's the mission... 941 01:15:59,691 --> 01:16:00,886 ...of Shinsengumi! ...that's the mission... 942 01:16:01,059 --> 01:16:07,260 What's not to understand? Why can't you understand? Are you a spy from Choshu? 943 01:16:11,303 --> 01:16:15,138 Mr. Yamanami... Mr. Yamanami... 944 01:16:15,307 --> 01:16:16,374 What? 945 01:16:16,374 --> 01:16:18,176 What? Could I have a minute? 946 01:16:18,176 --> 01:16:18,310 Could I have a minute? 947 01:16:18,310 --> 01:16:20,279 See me later. Could I have a minute? 948 01:16:27,953 --> 01:16:34,951 Letter: "Father, please send me 50-ryo immediately." 949 01:16:40,131 --> 01:16:43,101 Excuse me... I just need to see the ledger for a second. 950 01:16:56,815 --> 01:16:58,784 So we have 500-ryo? 951 01:17:00,385 --> 01:17:02,286 Yes. 952 01:17:02,454 --> 01:17:05,424 Good. Give me the 500-ryo. 953 01:17:57,575 --> 01:18:00,044 That's only 450-ryo. 954 01:18:00,211 --> 01:18:01,679 Yes. Um... 955 01:18:01,846 --> 01:18:03,815 Where's the other 50-ryo? 956 01:18:08,887 --> 01:18:12,654 It's gone. It vanished. 957 01:18:12,757 --> 01:18:15,460 It was stolen! 958 01:18:15,460 --> 01:18:18,430 Commander... It's too much to make Kawai commit seppuku! 959 01:18:20,665 --> 01:18:24,033 He may just be an accountant, but anyone who violates our code must do seppuku. 960 01:18:24,502 --> 01:18:26,368 Seppuku, seppuku! 961 01:18:26,471 --> 01:18:31,341 These days, just about anything is reason enough for seppuku. I can't stomach it! 962 01:18:31,509 --> 01:18:34,104 Kawai was unaware that the money had been stolen. 963 01:18:34,279 --> 01:18:37,306 That's irrelevant; the fact is, the money is gone. 964 01:18:37,482 --> 01:18:40,008 Kawai is not the kind of man who'd misappropriate the money. 965 01:18:40,118 --> 01:18:41,086 Please trust me on this! 966 01:18:41,086 --> 01:18:44,022 Please trust me on this! Trust you? Then, Okita... 967 01:18:44,122 --> 01:18:49,618 ...are you saying that one of our Shinsengumi warriors is a thief? 968 01:18:49,728 --> 01:18:54,325 Wherever the truth lies, the missing 50-ryo is the responsibility of Accountant Kawai. 969 01:18:54,499 --> 01:18:55,066 I understand. 970 01:18:55,066 --> 01:19:00,061 I understand. That's why he's taking responsibility by asking his father for the 50-ryo to pay it back! 971 01:19:00,171 --> 01:19:03,733 A samurai takes responsibility by dying. 972 01:19:03,908 --> 01:19:05,638 Sure, Kawai is an enlisted soldier. 973 01:19:05,744 --> 01:19:08,304 But he's just an accountant, formerly a townsman! 974 01:19:08,413 --> 01:19:11,781 If he can pay it back, then no harm has been done to our force! 975 01:19:11,883 --> 01:19:16,912 And in any case, there is no regulation against soldiers borrowing money! 976 01:19:17,088 --> 01:19:20,718 So our accountant can take advantage of his position, as long as we don't find out? 977 01:19:20,825 --> 01:19:23,989 So rich kids can get away with anything? 978 01:19:24,095 --> 01:19:26,963 He's a bad example to our soldiers. He must commit seppuku. 979 01:19:27,132 --> 01:19:29,397 People have only one life to give! 980 01:19:29,501 --> 01:19:35,236 To give that life for ideals and principles is fine. But you're killing him over 50-ryo! 981 01:19:35,406 --> 01:19:40,208 Commander, a courier is speeding to Kawai's province. Please wait for the answer. 982 01:19:40,378 --> 01:19:42,347 Commander, please! 983 01:19:45,950 --> 01:19:48,852 Hijikata... Let's wait for ten days. 984 01:20:13,378 --> 01:20:18,339 Has... has the courier returned from my province yet? 985 01:20:20,251 --> 01:20:22,220 Has the courier returned? 986 01:20:27,058 --> 01:20:29,391 Why can't they wait? 987 01:20:29,494 --> 01:20:32,362 Why can't they wait until the Commander returns from spying on the Choshu? 988 01:20:42,173 --> 01:20:44,574 Has the courier returned? Has he...? 989 01:20:44,742 --> 01:20:46,711 Not yet. 990 01:20:48,880 --> 01:20:51,850 Today is the eleventh day... 991 01:20:57,088 --> 01:21:00,286 My dad... 992 01:21:00,391 --> 01:21:04,021 ...what happened to my dad? To my dad? 993 01:21:04,195 --> 01:21:07,165 Kawai... your time is up. 994 01:21:11,069 --> 01:21:15,268 Will I be beheaded? 995 01:21:15,373 --> 01:21:17,399 Or will it be seppuku? 996 01:21:17,575 --> 01:21:21,535 Do you know how to perform seppuku? 997 01:21:21,713 --> 01:21:25,013 Kawai Kisaburo is a soldier of the Shinsengumi. 998 01:21:36,027 --> 01:21:38,394 So it's seppuku... 999 01:21:38,496 --> 01:21:39,964 It's seppuku, then? 1000 01:21:40,131 --> 01:21:43,101 Comrade Yamanami, please be his second. 1001 01:22:01,052 --> 01:22:03,021 Comrade Kawai! 1002 01:22:30,348 --> 01:22:31,077 Help me! 1003 01:22:31,249 --> 01:22:33,218 Yamanami! 1004 01:22:36,754 --> 01:22:38,450 Help me! 1005 01:23:00,411 --> 01:23:02,380 DAD! 1006 01:23:20,331 --> 01:23:26,293 Hello! I am a courier from Kawai Mercantile of Okayama! 1007 01:23:41,152 --> 01:23:42,984 Why couldn't you have waited two or three more days... 1008 01:23:43,087 --> 01:23:46,216 ...before making Kawai perform seppuku? 1009 01:23:46,391 --> 01:23:48,826 Commander, you decided that we should wait ten days. 1010 01:23:48,926 --> 01:23:51,191 I was acting in exact obedience to your decision. 1011 01:23:51,362 --> 01:23:52,625 But... 1012 01:23:52,797 --> 01:23:55,130 Are you saying that we should break our code? 1013 01:23:55,233 --> 01:23:59,170 Are you, the Commander, going to break the code of the Shinsengumi? 1014 01:23:59,337 --> 01:24:03,001 Hijikata... Must everything be bound by the code? 1015 01:24:04,175 --> 01:24:07,043 Your compassion upsets the men! 1016 01:24:07,145 --> 01:24:10,115 Everything I do is for the Shinsengumi! 1017 01:24:25,229 --> 01:24:27,198 Welcome... 1018 01:24:29,100 --> 01:24:32,969 Well... welcome back! 1019 01:24:33,071 --> 01:24:36,564 I heard you went all the way to Choshu. You must be tired. 1020 01:24:36,674 --> 01:24:38,643 Please come in. 1021 01:24:44,248 --> 01:24:46,217 Please... 1022 01:24:48,753 --> 01:24:51,723 I've been counting the days until your return. 1023 01:25:06,170 --> 01:25:11,973 I look forward to serving you... starting today. 1024 01:25:12,143 --> 01:25:14,112 I appreciate that. 1025 01:25:17,882 --> 01:25:27,881 While you were gone, Mr. Hijikata bought my contract on your behalf. I was so happy. 1026 01:25:28,226 --> 01:25:31,560 He sure is a nice man, isn't he? 1027 01:25:31,662 --> 01:25:34,894 He said that you're very important to the troops. 1028 01:25:34,999 --> 01:25:38,458 And that I should see to it that you get plenty of rest and relaxation. 1029 01:25:38,569 --> 01:25:42,665 He thinks of you as a brother, after all. 1030 01:25:42,773 --> 01:25:45,333 Oh... One moment please. 1031 01:25:55,653 --> 01:25:57,622 Come now... 1032 01:25:58,956 --> 01:26:01,926 Are you just going to stand there all day? 1033 01:26:05,530 --> 01:26:07,897 Please, have some. 1034 01:26:10,334 --> 01:26:12,303 Ah, sugar candy! 1035 01:26:14,839 --> 01:26:18,799 Mr. Hijikata said you were fond of them. 1036 01:26:21,179 --> 01:26:22,545 What's the matter? 1037 01:26:22,713 --> 01:26:27,674 Nothing. It's just that I haven't had time to even think about sugar candy. 1038 01:26:31,022 --> 01:26:32,251 Do you remember? 1039 01:26:32,423 --> 01:26:35,257 Hmm? 1040 01:26:35,426 --> 01:26:40,558 Three years ago... the night we first met. 1041 01:26:40,731 --> 01:26:42,859 I remember. 1042 01:26:44,936 --> 01:26:47,496 Ever since that night, I... 1043 01:26:47,605 --> 01:26:50,575 ...have been in love with you. 1044 01:27:00,718 --> 01:27:03,950 As the leader of the Shinsengumi... 1045 01:27:04,055 --> 01:27:07,082 ...I was expecting you to be fearsome. 1046 01:27:07,191 --> 01:27:11,151 Instead, you were gentle and manly. 1047 01:27:15,733 --> 01:27:20,296 You have been so good to me since then... 1048 01:27:20,471 --> 01:27:23,999 ...that now I can't bear to be apart from you. 1049 01:27:24,175 --> 01:27:26,906 I'm the one who can't bear to be away. 1050 01:27:27,011 --> 01:27:33,975 When I'm with you, I can forget everything. I feel like I can become myself again. 1051 01:27:35,753 --> 01:27:39,713 I'm so happy you said that! 1052 01:27:42,760 --> 01:27:46,424 You take care of me so well... 1053 01:27:46,530 --> 01:27:48,431 ...it's like a dream. 1054 01:27:50,167 --> 01:27:52,136 Do you have any family? 1055 01:27:53,537 --> 01:27:55,438 Yes. 1056 01:27:55,539 --> 01:28:01,706 A younger sister... She works as a maid for people we know. 1057 01:28:01,812 --> 01:28:05,544 She's in Shimabara, too far away for me to look after her. 1058 01:28:05,716 --> 01:28:07,514 We can take her in. 1059 01:28:07,685 --> 01:28:10,849 Really?! Do you mean it?! 1060 01:28:11,022 --> 01:28:14,686 Commander! Mr. Yamanami has deserted! 1061 01:28:15,126 --> 01:28:18,119 Okita said he'd go get him, and went after him on horseback. 1062 01:28:29,807 --> 01:28:31,435 Okita! 1063 01:28:31,509 --> 01:28:33,478 Okita! 1064 01:28:38,983 --> 01:28:40,781 Yamanami! 1065 01:28:43,721 --> 01:28:47,089 Yamanami, please escape! Use this horse and flee! 1066 01:28:47,258 --> 01:28:49,227 Now that you've seen me, I cannot escape. 1067 01:28:49,393 --> 01:28:52,192 You're the one who said that life mustn't be taken so lightly. 1068 01:28:52,363 --> 01:28:55,162 You'll be held responsible for letting me go. 1069 01:28:55,333 --> 01:28:57,302 Yamanami... 1070 01:28:59,303 --> 01:29:02,273 I have only two more years to live. 1071 01:29:03,908 --> 01:29:04,876 Two years? 1072 01:29:05,042 --> 01:29:08,069 I have consumption, which no doctor can cure. 1073 01:29:08,179 --> 01:29:12,275 If I die with Mr. Kondo and Mr. Hijikata, as a Shinsengumi, I'll have no regrets. 1074 01:29:12,383 --> 01:29:15,876 So please... please... you must flee! 1075 01:29:17,655 --> 01:29:21,615 Okita... Let's go back together. 1076 01:29:23,661 --> 01:29:25,630 Yamanami! 1077 01:29:28,099 --> 01:29:32,059 Comrade Yamanami... tell me why you deserted. 1078 01:29:32,570 --> 01:29:35,734 I hate being in the Shinsengumi. I just couldn't take it any more. 1079 01:29:35,906 --> 01:29:37,204 Why? 1080 01:29:37,375 --> 01:29:41,540 During these turbulent and historic times... 1081 01:29:41,645 --> 01:29:44,547 ...to kill without reflection is the act of a mad dog. 1082 01:29:44,648 --> 01:29:47,550 I didn't want to be a mad dog. 1083 01:29:47,718 --> 01:29:50,688 We don't live in an age of reason. 1084 01:29:52,323 --> 01:29:55,623 I used to like you, Commander Kondo. 1085 01:29:55,726 --> 01:29:58,696 Once upon a time, warm blood flowed in your veins. 1086 01:30:00,064 --> 01:30:02,556 But now, it's frozen. 1087 01:30:02,666 --> 01:30:05,465 You're just like Hijikata. 1088 01:30:05,636 --> 01:30:10,006 Criticism... hatred... curses... whatever... 1089 01:30:10,107 --> 01:30:14,101 You don't lead our men with warm blood and tears... you must be cold-blooded. 1090 01:30:14,278 --> 01:30:17,510 I see, you say this even though... 1091 01:30:17,615 --> 01:30:22,679 ...you were responsible for Kawai's death? 1092 01:30:22,853 --> 01:30:24,617 What do you mean by that? 1093 01:30:24,789 --> 01:30:30,660 The missing 50-ryo was used to buy out your Shimabara woman's contract. 1094 01:30:32,763 --> 01:30:38,259 Quite so. But our Commander had no knowledge of this. 1095 01:30:38,369 --> 01:30:40,099 He is therefore completely without fault. 1096 01:30:40,271 --> 01:30:41,330 Hijikata! 1097 01:30:41,439 --> 01:30:46,002 Commander... Even you will commit seppuku if you violate the code. 1098 01:30:46,177 --> 01:30:49,705 The code, the code, always you bring up the code! 1099 01:30:49,814 --> 01:30:54,684 Our soldiers are human, not merely your puppets. 1100 01:30:55,486 --> 01:30:57,045 Comrade Yamanami! 1101 01:30:57,221 --> 01:31:00,282 And you too... 1102 01:31:00,391 --> 01:31:02,360 ...are a puppet. 1103 01:31:10,768 --> 01:31:12,737 Okita, if you would be so kind... 1104 01:31:26,484 --> 01:31:31,445 Kondo... Don't get swallowed up by the times. 1105 01:31:32,523 --> 01:31:34,492 Farewell. 1106 01:32:08,659 --> 01:32:12,619 What happened? Is something troubling you again? 1107 01:32:17,101 --> 01:32:19,764 Just forget it... 1108 01:32:19,870 --> 01:32:23,830 Forget everything, and get some rest. 1109 01:32:45,696 --> 01:32:47,426 Who are you? 1110 01:32:47,531 --> 01:32:49,500 I'll kill you... 1111 01:32:50,634 --> 01:32:52,569 I'll kill you! 1112 01:32:52,736 --> 01:32:56,730 Oko! What are you doing?! Stop it, stop it! 1113 01:32:56,907 --> 01:32:59,570 Stand... Stand aside! 1114 01:32:59,677 --> 01:33:02,237 He's... he's a murderer! 1115 01:33:02,413 --> 01:33:06,942 Have you lost your mind?! Drop that knife right now! 1116 01:33:11,288 --> 01:33:15,749 My sister, he murdered my true love. 1117 01:33:15,859 --> 01:33:18,226 He's murdered so many people! 1118 01:33:18,329 --> 01:33:21,561 Sister, move aside! Move! 1119 01:33:21,732 --> 01:33:23,030 I'm not moving! 1120 01:33:23,133 --> 01:33:27,571 Oko... you'll have to kill me first! 1121 01:33:29,907 --> 01:33:31,876 I'll kill you! 1122 01:33:39,550 --> 01:33:41,348 Oko! 1123 01:33:42,186 --> 01:33:43,848 Oko! 1124 01:33:44,021 --> 01:33:48,925 Bitch! Bitch! Sister, you're such a stupid bitch! 1125 01:33:52,630 --> 01:33:58,365 I hate them, the Imperialists, the Shogunate, the murderers... I hate them all! 1126 01:33:58,469 --> 01:34:01,098 I hate this world! 1127 01:34:02,439 --> 01:34:04,408 Oko! 1128 01:34:19,490 --> 01:34:21,459 Isami... 1129 01:34:24,695 --> 01:34:28,655 This is no time to grieve over the deaths of Kawai and Yamanami. 1130 01:34:36,540 --> 01:34:40,443 With both Emperor and Shogun now dead, their dream of reconciliation is dead too. 1131 01:34:40,544 --> 01:34:43,104 Satsuma and Choshu are plotting to use the new Emperor's ascension... 1132 01:34:43,213 --> 01:34:47,014 ...to destroy the Shogunate. 1133 01:34:47,184 --> 01:34:51,485 The Shogun's army is impotent. They don't stand a chance. 1134 01:34:51,655 --> 01:34:54,147 Commander, such words are unbecoming of you! 1135 01:34:54,324 --> 01:34:56,452 I'm stating a fact. 1136 01:34:56,627 --> 01:35:01,122 Had the Shogunate been strong, they would have had no need for the Shinsengumi. 1137 01:35:01,231 --> 01:35:04,201 But you already knew that. So why did you leave Tama to come here? 1138 01:35:09,306 --> 01:35:12,276 The Shogunate is in chaos, a chaos that will infect the Shinsengumi! 1139 01:35:13,777 --> 01:35:16,144 Are you talking about Ito? 1140 01:35:16,313 --> 01:35:18,646 Exactly! 1141 01:35:18,816 --> 01:35:22,719 I didn't have the ability to properly ascertain his character. 1142 01:35:22,886 --> 01:35:24,718 Commander... 1143 01:35:24,888 --> 01:35:28,848 Toshi. I want to believe in people. 1144 01:35:34,498 --> 01:35:38,401 Ito, are you a spy for the Imperialists? 1145 01:35:38,569 --> 01:35:39,537 What? 1146 01:35:39,703 --> 01:35:46,166 You took advantage of Kondo's candor to sow dissension within the Shinsengumi. 1147 01:35:46,343 --> 01:35:49,711 Do not make wild accusations, Hijikata. 1148 01:35:49,813 --> 01:35:53,875 I am merely teaching the soldiers the truth as I see it. 1149 01:35:54,051 --> 01:36:00,184 You're the same as Kiyokawa Hachiro, infecting us with Imperialist ideas! 1150 01:36:00,357 --> 01:36:04,453 Why you...! You are being insolent towards the Shinsengumi's Military Advisor. 1151 01:36:04,628 --> 01:36:09,464 We've investigated your jaunts to the Satsuma fief. 1152 01:36:09,566 --> 01:36:13,264 We know all about your activities! 1153 01:36:22,746 --> 01:36:25,716 As Military Advisor, you must be held responsible for your actions. 1154 01:36:31,789 --> 01:36:33,815 I will let Kondo adjudicate this matter. 1155 01:36:34,124 --> 01:36:36,491 Letter: "Request for Secession" 1156 01:36:44,802 --> 01:36:46,498 Are you deserting? 1157 01:36:46,670 --> 01:36:52,507 Not at all. We merely wish to support the Shinsengumi in a different way. 1158 01:36:53,310 --> 01:36:55,506 A different way? 1159 01:36:56,046 --> 01:36:58,572 We will throw in our lot with the Satsuma and Choshu fiefs. 1160 01:36:58,682 --> 01:37:02,949 We will uncover their secrets, and report them to the Shinsengumi. 1161 01:37:06,123 --> 01:37:08,092 As you wish... 1162 01:37:09,326 --> 01:37:14,287 Having received the Commander's approval, we, the fifteen of us, bid you farewell. 1163 01:37:17,100 --> 01:37:20,070 Kondo, until we meet again... 1164 01:37:23,373 --> 01:37:25,308 Todo! You too?! 1165 01:37:28,345 --> 01:37:29,813 I'm sorry... 1166 01:37:29,813 --> 01:37:30,480 I'm sorry... Bastards! 1167 01:37:30,480 --> 01:37:30,614 Bastards! 1168 01:37:30,614 --> 01:37:31,215 Wait! Bastards! 1169 01:37:31,215 --> 01:37:31,348 Wait! 1170 01:37:31,348 --> 01:37:33,317 Wait! Commander! 1171 01:38:01,778 --> 01:38:03,380 Who are you? 1172 01:38:03,380 --> 01:38:05,349 Who are you? Kondo Isami. 1173 01:39:44,781 --> 01:39:45,515 Master! 1174 01:39:45,515 --> 01:39:46,283 Master! Master! 1175 01:39:46,283 --> 01:39:46,416 Master! 1176 01:39:46,416 --> 01:39:46,917 Master! Master! 1177 01:39:46,917 --> 01:39:47,050 Master! 1178 01:39:47,050 --> 01:39:48,916 Master! Master! 1179 01:39:49,086 --> 01:39:51,521 We will... we will avenge you! 1180 01:39:51,688 --> 01:39:53,657 We will defeat Kondo Isami! 1181 01:40:07,170 --> 01:40:09,139 Cowards! 1182 01:40:20,384 --> 01:40:25,084 New Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu reinstates Imperial rule. 1183 01:40:30,093 --> 01:40:32,722 There's going to be a war! 1184 01:40:32,896 --> 01:40:35,263 Choshu and Satsuma are going to attack! 1185 01:40:35,432 --> 01:40:37,526 We have to run! 1186 01:40:37,701 --> 01:40:40,671 Hurry up and get out of here! 1187 01:40:46,376 --> 01:40:48,277 Kaori! Kaori! 1188 01:40:50,047 --> 01:40:56,146 Are you all right? Uh, wait! 1189 01:40:56,319 --> 01:40:57,412 Okita! 1190 01:40:57,587 --> 01:40:59,852 Miss Kaori! I'm so glad to see you. 1191 01:41:00,023 --> 01:41:03,084 How've you been? Are you okay? 1192 01:41:03,260 --> 01:41:04,284 Yes. 1193 01:41:04,394 --> 01:41:09,230 Okita, I hear you're leaving Kyoto and going to Fushimi. 1194 01:41:09,332 --> 01:41:12,996 We're going to go as far as we can, to relatives in Ohmi. 1195 01:41:13,170 --> 01:41:16,163 The time has come for us to part. I thank you for everything you've done for me. 1196 01:41:16,339 --> 01:41:17,705 No... 1197 01:41:17,808 --> 01:41:21,904 Miss Kaori. Thanks to that funeral sake, I'm going to live for a long time. 1198 01:41:22,079 --> 01:41:24,048 Thank you. 1199 01:41:26,116 --> 01:41:27,982 Don't be silly! Don't cry! 1200 01:41:28,151 --> 01:41:35,752 That's right. When the war is over, we'll meet again, and drink more sake. 1201 01:41:35,859 --> 01:41:38,829 I promise I'll come to see you. 1202 01:41:42,065 --> 01:41:44,034 I will not die. 1203 01:41:45,435 --> 01:41:47,404 Until then... 1204 01:41:50,307 --> 01:41:52,276 They're coming! 1205 01:41:53,610 --> 01:41:56,045 Okita! 1206 01:41:59,616 --> 01:42:01,585 Oyuki. 1207 01:42:03,420 --> 01:42:04,854 Oyuki, there you are. 1208 01:42:05,021 --> 01:42:06,011 Oh, hello. 1209 01:42:06,189 --> 01:42:10,149 The city's in a panic. What are you doing here? 1210 01:42:11,862 --> 01:42:15,594 Did you hear from Oko? 1211 01:42:15,765 --> 01:42:18,325 Yes. She's working in Edo. 1212 01:42:18,502 --> 01:42:20,471 I see. 1213 01:42:24,141 --> 01:42:26,110 Oyuki. 1214 01:42:27,544 --> 01:42:32,505 Thank you for being kind to this unworthy man. 1215 01:42:35,452 --> 01:42:39,947 Take this money, leave this place, and make something of your life. 1216 01:42:40,123 --> 01:42:43,958 I don't want it. I'm not leaving. 1217 01:42:44,127 --> 01:42:49,794 I won't be returning. The Aizu clan left for Osaka Castle with the Shogunate forces. 1218 01:42:49,900 --> 01:42:54,338 The Shinsengumi have been ordered to pacify Fushimi. We're leaving Kyoto. 1219 01:42:59,509 --> 01:43:04,345 My life... belongs to you. 1220 01:43:04,447 --> 01:43:07,611 I'll stay with you until death. 1221 01:43:07,717 --> 01:43:11,210 I don't regret my burning passion for you. 1222 01:43:11,321 --> 01:43:15,520 I'll wait for you here, even if it kills me. 1223 01:43:15,692 --> 01:43:17,126 Oyuki... 1224 01:43:17,294 --> 01:43:21,061 You won't die. You won't! 1225 01:43:21,164 --> 01:43:26,125 You will surely, surely return to me. 1226 01:43:26,703 --> 01:43:31,437 I have... faith in you. 1227 01:44:01,004 --> 01:44:03,974 This is to avenge Master Ito! 1228 01:44:23,493 --> 01:44:27,453 Sign: "Shinsengumi Headquarters" 1229 01:44:30,800 --> 01:44:33,235 Please take it easy and rest up at Osaka Castle. 1230 01:44:33,403 --> 01:44:35,167 I'm counting on you, Hijikata! 1231 01:44:35,338 --> 01:44:37,705 Don't worry, leave everything to me! 1232 01:44:37,874 --> 01:44:40,503 Commander! We pray for your swift recovery. 1233 01:44:50,787 --> 01:44:54,417 The Battle of Toba and Fushimi 1234 01:45:08,571 --> 01:45:10,767 Goddamn bullets! 1235 01:45:10,874 --> 01:45:15,437 Hijikata, this is the end. I've lived for the sword alone. Let me charge them! 1236 01:45:15,612 --> 01:45:16,671 Okita. 1237 01:45:16,846 --> 01:45:19,543 The day of the sword is done! 1238 01:45:19,649 --> 01:45:23,313 Please give my regards to Commander Kondo. 1239 01:45:26,923 --> 01:45:29,051 CHARGE! 1240 01:46:20,977 --> 01:46:22,605 Okita! 1241 01:46:22,779 --> 01:46:25,840 The Satsuma and Choshu armies have raised the Imperial flag! The Imperial flag! 1242 01:46:26,015 --> 01:46:29,782 That... That means we'll be considered to be rebels! 1243 01:46:29,953 --> 01:46:31,751 We're not opposed to the Emperor! 1244 01:46:32,222 --> 01:46:35,454 Damn! Satsuma and Choshu are the traitors that started the war! 1245 01:46:35,558 --> 01:46:38,460 They've stripped the Shogun of all his power! 1246 01:46:38,928 --> 01:46:45,266 Executive Officer! Executive Officer! The Shogun's gone by ship to Edo! 1247 01:46:45,802 --> 01:46:48,704 So... Okita...! 1248 01:46:48,805 --> 01:46:54,711 We'll rejoin our Commander in Edo. We shall rise again! 1249 01:48:26,402 --> 01:48:28,871 How's Tamako? 1250 01:48:29,038 --> 01:48:34,568 It was raining so hard, I left her at my uncle's. 1251 01:48:34,677 --> 01:48:37,237 I'll go get her right away. 1252 01:48:37,347 --> 01:48:40,249 She's really grown. 1253 01:48:40,416 --> 01:48:42,282 I'm glad you're all doing well. 1254 01:48:42,452 --> 01:48:44,421 You too. 1255 01:48:47,457 --> 01:48:50,427 Please, come in. 1256 01:48:54,297 --> 01:48:57,267 I can't, I have no time. 1257 01:49:01,471 --> 01:49:04,441 Depend on your brother for advice. The rest is up to you. 1258 01:49:05,708 --> 01:49:08,678 I'll be back soon! Take care of Tamako. 1259 01:49:21,157 --> 01:49:25,857 Husband! Wait! Please wait! 1260 01:49:25,962 --> 01:49:29,922 Please see Tamako before you leave! 1261 01:49:36,973 --> 01:49:41,570 I came to bid you farewell, before we leave for Koshu with the Koyo suppression force. 1262 01:49:41,744 --> 01:49:44,714 I'm glad that you came, really glad. 1263 01:49:46,082 --> 01:49:52,147 Lord Awa... You found a way to elegantly remove the Shinsengumi from Edo. 1264 01:49:53,089 --> 01:49:54,853 Kondo... 1265 01:49:54,991 --> 01:49:59,759 You've given us military funds and cannons... 1266 01:49:59,862 --> 01:50:02,832 ...you made me a junior elder, and now you're kindly giving me a place to die. 1267 01:50:04,233 --> 01:50:07,362 But before I go, there is something I want to tell you. 1268 01:50:07,470 --> 01:50:11,202 I do not like war. 1269 01:50:11,307 --> 01:50:16,905 The Shogun has courageously relinquished power after 300 years in authority. 1270 01:50:17,013 --> 01:50:20,006 But Choshu and Satsuma... 1271 01:50:20,116 --> 01:50:25,646 ...have cast him in the role of traitor, and have dragged him into this war. 1272 01:50:25,755 --> 01:50:29,214 To hell with the Imperialists! 1273 01:50:29,325 --> 01:50:33,729 The only reason they support the Emperor is because they want power. 1274 01:50:33,830 --> 01:50:36,629 I cannot forgive them for that. 1275 01:50:36,733 --> 01:50:41,000 Never have I despised the Imperial court! 1276 01:50:41,137 --> 01:50:47,134 But if we retreat now, the proud history of the Tokugawa clan will be besmirched! 1277 01:50:47,210 --> 01:50:50,669 This is why I fight. 1278 01:50:50,780 --> 01:50:55,548 Some say I'm living in the past, but this is what I call "makoto!" 1279 01:51:00,556 --> 01:51:03,219 Banners: "Koyo Suppression Force" 1280 01:51:25,348 --> 01:51:28,944 There it is... Tama, our home. This is the last time we'll see it. 1281 01:51:29,118 --> 01:51:31,053 May we end with valor! 1282 01:51:32,422 --> 01:51:35,085 Master Kondo! Master Hijikata! 1283 01:51:35,258 --> 01:51:37,124 Please let us join you! 1284 01:51:37,293 --> 01:51:38,556 We're the young men of Tama. 1285 01:51:38,728 --> 01:51:39,923 We want to go with you! 1286 01:51:40,096 --> 01:51:43,191 Please let us join the Koyo suppression force. 1287 01:51:43,366 --> 01:51:44,857 Please! 1288 01:51:45,601 --> 01:51:47,968 I appreciate your zeal, but I will not permit it. 1289 01:51:48,137 --> 01:51:49,901 Why? Please let us help you! 1290 01:51:50,073 --> 01:51:51,063 Please let us go with you! 1291 01:51:51,240 --> 01:51:52,765 Please! I'm begging you! Let us come! 1292 01:51:52,942 --> 01:51:57,471 Thank you. You boys have a future ahead of you. 1293 01:51:57,580 --> 01:52:01,745 There are many things that you have yet to accomplish. Ten years from now... 1294 01:52:03,019 --> 01:52:08,981 ...Japan will have changed a great deal, and Japan will need you. 1295 01:52:09,092 --> 01:52:12,119 I beg you, work for that future. 1296 01:52:28,444 --> 01:52:32,407 Signpost: "Shimofusa, Nagareyama" 1297 01:52:48,331 --> 01:52:52,564 Men at Nagareyama headquarters, attend to my words! 1298 01:52:52,668 --> 01:52:56,230 I am staff officer Arima Tota of the Imperial Army! 1299 01:52:56,339 --> 01:53:01,710 Your headquarters are surrounded by the Imperial Army! 1300 01:53:01,811 --> 01:53:08,945 The Shinsengumi, and their leader, Kondo Isami, must surrender immediately! 1301 01:53:09,118 --> 01:53:09,886 Damnit! 1302 01:53:09,886 --> 01:53:13,118 Damnit! The Koyo suppression force was defeated... 1303 01:53:13,222 --> 01:53:16,215 ...and now we find ourselves surrounded here at Nagareyama! 1304 01:53:16,392 --> 01:53:17,826 This is the end. 1305 01:53:17,994 --> 01:53:21,089 We have to escape somehow! We'll all die in vain if we fight here. 1306 01:53:21,297 --> 01:53:22,031 That's right! 1307 01:53:22,031 --> 01:53:23,199 That's right! Let's escape! 1308 01:53:23,199 --> 01:53:23,332 Let's escape! 1309 01:53:23,332 --> 01:53:26,860 Isami, with the Aizu's help, we will rise again! Let's escape! 1310 01:53:27,036 --> 01:53:29,437 I am going to go meet the Imperial messenger. 1311 01:53:29,605 --> 01:53:30,706 Are you surrendering? 1312 01:53:30,706 --> 01:53:32,231 Are you surrendering? You are the Commander of the Shinsengumi! 1313 01:53:32,341 --> 01:53:34,177 I'll drag you with us if I have to! 1314 01:53:34,177 --> 01:53:35,111 I'll drag you with us if I have to! I'm not going with you. 1315 01:53:35,111 --> 01:53:35,244 I'm not going with you. 1316 01:53:35,244 --> 01:53:36,379 Please! Escape with us! I'm not going with you. 1317 01:53:36,379 --> 01:53:36,512 Please! Escape with us! 1318 01:53:36,512 --> 01:53:36,846 Please! Escape with us! Commander! 1319 01:53:36,846 --> 01:53:36,913 Commander! 1320 01:53:36,913 --> 01:53:39,144 Escape with us! Commander! 1321 01:53:39,315 --> 01:53:42,945 All of you must flee. This is my final command. 1322 01:53:43,052 --> 01:53:44,918 Escape while I'm meeting with the messenger! 1323 01:53:45,087 --> 01:53:45,822 Isami! 1324 01:53:45,822 --> 01:53:47,552 Isami! Commander! 1325 01:53:47,723 --> 01:53:51,490 Toshi, you've always been good to me. 1326 01:53:51,594 --> 01:53:55,326 You did all the work that I didn't want to do. 1327 01:53:55,431 --> 01:54:00,335 I was only able to lead because you were there for me. 1328 01:54:00,436 --> 01:54:02,735 Thank you. 1329 01:54:02,905 --> 01:54:08,776 Isami... I've trampled all over your warm heart. 1330 01:54:08,878 --> 01:54:10,546 Forgive me! 1331 01:54:10,546 --> 01:54:15,814 Forgive me! You still have the warm hands of a Tama farmer. 1332 01:54:15,918 --> 01:54:18,786 From today on, each of you must do what you think is right. 1333 01:54:18,955 --> 01:54:23,086 I... I don't want you to die! 1334 01:54:23,259 --> 01:54:28,493 Toshi... Let me do what I want for once, won't you? 1335 01:54:28,664 --> 01:54:31,634 Live a life full enough for the both of us! 1336 01:54:36,706 --> 01:54:38,675 Halt! 1337 01:54:48,084 --> 01:54:50,644 I am Shogunate junior elder... 1338 01:54:50,753 --> 01:54:54,246 ...and former leader of the Shinsengumi: Kondo Isami Masanori. 1339 01:54:54,724 --> 01:54:58,422 I am Arima Tota. The former Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu... 1340 01:54:58,527 --> 01:55:01,554 ...vacated Edo in the third month, thirteenth day. 1341 01:55:01,664 --> 01:55:05,192 He has sworn allegiance to the Emperor... 1342 01:55:05,301 --> 01:55:06,564 ...so why do you still resist? 1343 01:55:06,736 --> 01:55:10,468 I was never under anyone's orders. 1344 01:55:10,573 --> 01:55:13,668 Everything I did, I did voluntarily. 1345 01:55:13,843 --> 01:55:17,041 Where is Hijikata Toshizo, and the rest of your men? 1346 01:55:17,346 --> 01:55:19,110 They will not be handed over to the Imperial forces. 1347 01:55:19,282 --> 01:55:22,446 How dare you! Bring Hijikata! 1348 01:55:22,618 --> 01:55:24,587 Silence! 1349 01:55:28,991 --> 01:55:31,722 Are you saying that you, Kondo Isami, are sacrificing yourself... 1350 01:55:31,827 --> 01:55:34,661 ...so that the others could escape? 1351 01:55:34,830 --> 01:55:39,768 Let my soldiers die in places of their own choosing. 1352 01:55:39,869 --> 01:55:43,636 If a traitor must die, let it be me alone. 1353 01:55:44,540 --> 01:55:48,409 As the Commander of the Shinsengumi, it is my responsibility to do so. 1354 01:55:48,511 --> 01:55:50,480 Kill me! 1355 01:55:53,449 --> 01:55:55,247 What? Beheading? 1356 01:55:55,384 --> 01:55:59,480 Correct. Beheading befits Kondo. 1357 01:55:59,588 --> 01:56:01,489 He's a traitor who defied the Imperial army. 1358 01:56:01,657 --> 01:56:03,888 Please reconsider. 1359 01:56:03,993 --> 01:56:08,954 Granted, he is our enemy. But he was the Commander of an army, and a samurai... 1360 01:56:09,065 --> 01:56:12,263 ...so shouldn't he be granted the dignity of seppuku? 1361 01:56:12,468 --> 01:56:16,269 Arima... it's out of the question to allow a traitor to commit seppuku. 1362 01:56:16,405 --> 01:56:21,139 Tani... If the fortunes of war had been reversed... 1363 01:56:21,243 --> 01:56:23,735 ...it would be we who would be called traitors, instead of Kondo. 1364 01:56:23,846 --> 01:56:30,377 His was a life of unwavering "makoto." He is an extraordinary man. 1365 01:56:30,486 --> 01:56:32,455 Let the past be the past. 1366 01:56:34,357 --> 01:56:36,451 If possible... 1367 01:56:36,559 --> 01:56:40,621 ...I want Kondo to be spared, so that he can serve the new Meiji government. 1368 01:56:40,796 --> 01:56:45,427 Don't be absurd! Arima Tota, are you a staff officer of the Imperial Army... 1369 01:56:45,534 --> 01:56:47,765 ...or are you a traitorous spy?! 1370 01:56:47,937 --> 01:56:49,462 Choose your words with care! 1371 01:56:49,638 --> 01:56:51,300 Oh yeah? 1372 01:56:52,108 --> 01:56:57,342 Granted, Kondo lead a group that killed many of our finest comrades. 1373 01:56:57,446 --> 01:57:02,976 I realize that his actions are punishable by death. And yet... 1374 01:57:03,085 --> 01:57:06,920 Japan, in order to compete with foreign nations... 1375 01:57:07,023 --> 01:57:09,788 ...must undergo a national rebuilding! 1376 01:57:09,892 --> 01:57:14,227 We need all the exceptional men that we can get. 1377 01:57:14,397 --> 01:57:16,957 Kondo is nothing but a murderer! 1378 01:57:17,066 --> 01:57:21,026 He delayed the flowering of the new Meiji era. 1379 01:57:22,038 --> 01:57:27,238 And what of the men he killed, who could have contributed to the new Meiji government?! 1380 01:57:27,343 --> 01:57:30,541 He should be torn apart! I'll kill him myself! 1381 01:57:30,713 --> 01:57:31,681 Control yourself! 1382 01:57:31,847 --> 01:57:34,407 Sakamoto Ryoma, Nakaoka Shintaro...! 1383 01:57:34,550 --> 01:57:36,519 Kondo murdered them all! 1384 01:57:36,652 --> 01:57:41,022 No, he did not! Stop making a scapegoat out of him! 1385 01:57:41,190 --> 01:57:44,024 This meeting is over. Kondo will lose his head! 1386 01:57:44,193 --> 01:57:45,286 Behead him! 1387 01:57:45,394 --> 01:57:47,260 Behead him! 1388 01:57:47,430 --> 01:57:51,162 And so, "history is written by the victors." 1389 01:57:51,333 --> 01:57:51,959 What? 1390 01:57:52,134 --> 01:57:54,694 You are a General of the Imperial Army. 1391 01:57:54,804 --> 01:57:57,774 You ought to understand the pain of others. 1392 01:58:28,504 --> 01:58:35,240 Kondo... do you have any last words? 1393 01:58:35,411 --> 01:58:41,840 I bade my wife farewell before leaving for Koshu. 1394 01:58:41,951 --> 01:58:47,515 Though I humbly admit, I do regret that I did not see my daughter. 1395 01:58:47,690 --> 01:58:49,989 Your feelings are very human. 1396 01:58:50,092 --> 01:58:56,054 Without true emotions, the greatest warrior, or learned scholar, is nothing but a beast. 1397 01:58:57,500 --> 01:59:02,029 I was an irresponsible father who neglected his family. 1398 01:59:02,138 --> 01:59:07,634 But I wish that my daughter may live in an uneventful, peaceful world. 1399 01:59:10,045 --> 01:59:12,640 Arima... 1400 01:59:12,748 --> 01:59:17,880 These past six years have felt like a hundred. 1401 01:59:17,987 --> 01:59:25,952 In these times, integrity is a crippling burden. 1402 01:59:26,061 --> 01:59:27,859 Ironic, isn't it? 1403 01:59:28,030 --> 01:59:35,767 Kondo... I believe that living with integrity... 1404 01:59:35,871 --> 01:59:41,868 ...is the most important thing that one can do. 1405 01:59:42,745 --> 01:59:46,079 You have hard times ahead of you. 1406 01:59:54,190 --> 02:00:00,289 I've grown a beard. Since they're going to display my head somewhere... 1407 02:00:00,396 --> 02:00:05,357 ...I'd like to look my best. Could you lend me your dagger? 1408 02:00:47,243 --> 02:00:50,145 There... that's better. 1409 02:00:53,282 --> 02:00:55,251 Farewell. 1410 02:01:09,265 --> 02:01:11,234 Please proceed. 1411 02:01:15,237 --> 02:01:18,207 I'll make it easier for you. 1412 02:01:19,375 --> 02:01:21,344 Now! 1413 02:01:27,950 --> 02:01:34,914 In the 4th year of the Keio period, on April 25, Kondo Isami was executed at Itabashi. 1414 02:01:37,960 --> 02:01:43,695 The End 106969

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