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OH-OKU: The Women Of The Inner Palace

Make way! Step back!

1713

What are they?

Rare goldfish from China, they say.

A gift to His Highness.

His Highness?

Kumi!

Give him this, too!

Out of the way!

Stand back! Stand back!

Make way!

How much?

3 mon.

It was 1713.

The Tokugawa Shoguns had ruled for a hundred years.

It was now the reign of Ietsugu, seventh of his line.

At this time, in the city of Edo...

...popular culture flourished...

...in such arts as kabuki theater...

...gardens, and flower arrangement.

Directed by Toru Hayashi

The keep of Edo Castle...

...was divided into the Outer, Central, and Inner Palace.

The business of government was carried out...

...in its central chambers.

A favorite of the previous Shogun, was the pivotal figure...

...in this new administration.

He was Manabe Akifusa, Lord Protector of Echizen.

A handsome former Noh actor, his influence extended...

...beyond government into the Inner Palace as well.

Senior Councilor Akimoto Takatomo, Lord Protector of Tajima...

...had vowed some day to drive Echizen from power.

You are bound...

...for morning audience with His Highness?

Yes.

I thank you for your service to him.

Inner Palace

Lady Gekkoin, the Shogun's mother...

...had been concubine to his father.

Her position, as well...

...had made her many enemies.

Lady Teneiin, the late Shogun's widow.

Embittered by her childlessness...

...she hated Lady Gekkoin with a passion.

Your color is good today.

Thank you.

Although your rouge is a little too red.

Well, be that as it may.

Morning audience...

...will soon commence!

Morning audience...

...will soon commence!

Holding everything together...

...was Ejima, the young and able Mistress of the Inner Palace.

As Lady Gekkoin's right arm, Ejima's exercise of her talents...

...meant that enemies lay in wait for her as well.

Lady Ejima...

Hurry, please. It is time for the morning audience.

Lady Renjoin...

Lady Hoshinin...

Lady Takigawa...

You are looking well today.

I greet you, Ejima.

And where are you bound, so elegantly dressed?

To the morning audience, Lady Renjoin.

Oh, of course.

As His Late Highness' ladies live in the outer baileys...

...we never see his son.

Please convey our best wishes to him.

If you please.

Yes, Lady Takigawa.

These are sicklepod flowers from the garden.

How beautiful they smell.

Your sock's dirty.

The one corridor linking the Central and Inner Palace...

...was 'the Hall of Bells'.

The only male the rules allowed beyond it...

...was His Highness.

His Highness...

...attends!

Your Highness...

The Inner Palace was a maelstrom of feminine desire and jealousy.

The Shogun who should have ruled these inner chambers...

...was a young boy of five years old.

From this came tragedy.

Your Highness, Lady Teneiin, Lady Gekkoin...

...we most humbly present...

...our compliments of the day.

Next year you will give audience to the messenger of...

...His Majesty the Emperor.

The gifts for that occasion are all in readiness.

We of the Inner Palace will overlook no courtesies...

...and carry out our duties with the utmost sincerity.

Lady Gekkoin!

Lady Gekkoin...

...what can the matter be?

It's nothing.

I beg your pardon.

It smells of senburi...

That is strange.

Imagine! Tea transformed to bitter senburi...

Perhaps someone has laid a curse upon it.

Fujikawa!

Take this to the Apothecary.

Do you doubt me?

No, Lady Hoshinin.

I simply wish to ascertain what it is.

Well, we certainly can't go on with the tea ceremony.

Why don't we sing some poems instead?

That's a wonderful idea!

Yes, let's!

'In the light of dawn...

'I awaken to the scent of fall mistflowers.

'Though I cannot see their form...

'...my mind is vivid and bright.'

'I awaken to the scent of fall mistflowers'...very nice!

But if I may ask...

If you cannot see their form...

...with what is your mind vivid and bright?

Yes, well...

What Milady means...

...is that even though she cannot see the flowers...

...the mere scent of them...

...opens her heart.

A flower should fade gently away in its season.

Mistflowers bloom forever and fill the place with their reek.

They're very annoying.

How fortunate Lady Gekkoin is...

...that she can call upon her maid when she reads her poems.

So fitting to her status!

Lady Renjoin...

Was this not the custom long ago, when Princess Nukata...

...put the thoughts of Empress Saimei into poetry for her?

For one town-born in Asakusa, Miss Ejima...

...you are very well-educated.

Your schooling is evident.

Is true refinement not more a matter of heart...

...than of education?

To look upon the failures of others...

...with generosity of heart...

...is the mark of nobility.

Ejima, you were a great help to me today.

Truly, it is Echizen in the Outer Palace...

...and you in the Inner...

...upon whom I depend.

I thank you for those words.

My lineage was criticized even before 'Kiyo' was ennobled as 'Gekkoin'.

Only you remain as you always were.

It is you who have protected me since I entered the Inner Palace.

You are the one...

...who has not changed.

Do you really think so?

Yes.

Then I may beg your indulgence...

Yes.

I am a little tired.

And it is time for His Highness' nap.

Kohagi, conduct His Highness to his chamber.

I will withdraw as well.

Miss Ejima...

Thank you.

Aki...

Lady Ejima...

Yes?

About Lady Gekkoin...

If you leave her to this, and people talk...

...your position here will be in danger as well.

Since the late lenobu died leaving only His Highness as heir...

...Lady Gekkoin has fought with all her heart to sustain him.

She has enemies everywhere.

Her only ally is Manabe, Lord Protector of Echizen.

It is not beyond comprehension...

...she should give herself body and soul to this one ally.

I understand.

But there is one thing I cannot fathom.

Does a man's body...

...so drive a woman mad?

Echizen's heart is not completely mine.

I am sure his heart beats as one with yours.

He has no wife, and whenever he can spare time from his duties...

...he makes his way here.

I know him only here in the Inner Palace.

Ejima, I have a favor to ask.

Yes?

A sacred tree at Aizenin Temple answers lovers' prayers.

If two lovers tie their names for each other to it...

...they will be together for life.

Go there after His Late Majesty's rite at Zojoji Temple.

Excuse us!

Kuzuoka, is it really true?

Will this smoke make...

...a gentleman love me?

So they say.

It's only because of His Late Highness we can come here.

So get all you can.

But, you know...

...this is wasted on us. We never see any men!

Then stop pushing in front!

You step back a little!

Well, I may be leaving you two before very long.

I may be getting married.

Well, isn't that nice!

Congratulations.

Happily ever after!

Fujikawa...

Yes?

What is that?

They say that smoke will link your fate with a gentleman's.

Young women can be such fools!

Is that the famous...

...tree of love?

Why, yes...

All of you wait here, please.

'Aki' 'Kiyo'

About here?

Thank you.

Shingoro!

Did you tie us to the tree?

These laws must tackle frivolity in society at large.

First...

The debasement of currency has led to rising prices.

New coinage should be instituted.

Your Highness...

Do you approve?

I leave it to you.

Yes, Sire.

You show great wisdom, Your Highness.

Lord Tajima...

...have you anything to add?

If this be the wish of His Highness, I have no objection.

Then...

...we will proceed.

Well done, Echi!

It's like you're the Shogun!

Of late there are many of very poor breeding...

...exerting influence in the Inner Palace.

It grieves me.

An ignorant, unschooled woman revered as the Shogun's mother...

...for simply bearing a child.

And her attendant, Ejima...

...preening like the third Shogun's wet-nurse!

It makes my blood boil!

I quite understand how vexing this must be.

But of greater concern...

...is how Lord Echizen uses His Highness as a shield...

...behind which to take government into his own hands.

I have heard a very unusual story.

After the morning audience...

...he is in the habit of sitting with Gekkoin and Ejima...

...and talking with them at great length.

Upon his return to the Central Palace...

...he has been seen with his hair disheveled...

...at the nape of his neck.

His hair disheveled?

Surely...

...he and Lady Gekkoin can't be having an affair!

Fascinating!

I am pleased to hear it.

If the Noh actor who never lets you see behind the scenes...

...were to be hiding something there...

What do you think, Takigawa?

Certainly.

Were it nothing but gossip...

...it would still be enough to trip up Lord Echizen.

Miyaji...

Yes.

Clothier...

...Lady Teneiin wishes you to meet Ejima, Mistress of the Inner Palace.

Yes, ma'am.

Good for you!

You should be very pleased.

Yes, Doctor.

In return, you will do me a service.

On the 10th, she represents Lady Gekkoin at Kaneiji Temple.

Then she takes her maids to kabuki at the Yamamuraza Theater.

As Yamamura is a customer of yours...

...I wish you to entertain Lady Ejima there.

And by 'entertain her'...

...you know what I mean.

In the usual way.

Yes.

I understand completely.

Come one, come all!

Our star today...

...Ikushima Shingoro!

The one and only...

...Ikushima Shingoro!

Ikushima Shingoro

'Loved long ago...

'That face!

'The scent drifts on the air.

'And for that face...

'...tears like morning dew.'

Leave us alone for a bit.

You weren't at your best out there today, were you.

No? Maybe it's because you work me so hard.

Well, it's a fact you can't eat on acting alone.

You're to meet a lady at the rendezvous house.

Yes, I know that!

Hello, Shin. Off to a party?

Off to work.

An actor's life is a hard one.

Ando-sensei, you'll paint my portrait, won't you?

Sure.

I am Ikushima Shingoro. Thank you for your patronage.

There's 50 ryo there.

I have work for you. You will be given 300 ryo.

And you will be elevated to samurai rank.

You will leave Edo for Kyoto, and you will retire from the stage.

At your age, you will not be a star much longer.

This is a good bargain.

What is this work?

Merely what you do all the time.

Sweep a woman off her feet.

She is 28, in the prime of life, but she has never known a man.

For you...

...it should be easy.

My thanks for this fine tea.

By the way...

...I am aware that Lady Takigawa has told you...

...the news?

Yes. The assassin has been dispatched.

An assassin? Won't that cause a scandal?

This is an assassin of virtue.

Excellent!

Let us sit back in safety and watch what happens.

I'm sorry you had to wait.

The wait is a pleasure all its own.

I saw Lady Miyaji at the theater.

Are you up to something?

There's a woman I don't like. That's all I will say.

A woman is a fearsome creature indeed.

Although actors, too, are known to trip each other up, and to quarrel.

This woman is of the Inner Palace, but every morning...

...she gives herself in secret to an upstart former Noh actor.

And meanwhile...

...in the shadows, you do the same.

I see you only once a month at most.

She has his arms around her almost every day.

I loathe her.

Then let me make you feel better.

Enough so you won't forget me for another month.

Kaneiji Temple, Ueno

The Tokugawa family temple rites took place on the 10th of the month.

For the ladies, shut away in the castle...

...rites like these were a rare opportunity for an outing.

Thus on the way home they would amuse themselves with kabuki...

...and banish the gloom of their duties in the castle.

The strict rules of the Inner Palace...

...laid down by the third Shogun's wet-nurse...

...had been watered down with the passage of time.

Narutoya!

Yo! Narutoya!

Wonderful!

Tsudaya! At last!

Yo! Tsudaya! Best in the land!

Oh! Chojuro!

He's so divine!

If woman I must be, I wish just once...

...I could lay beside a gentleman like him!

Did one of you ladies call for a box lunch?

At last!

This is divine!

The play, or the food?

Lady Ejima...

Naraya, the clothier, and the theater owner.

How do you do. My name is Naraya.

I hope we will long enjoy your patronage.

I am Yamamura Chodayu owner of this theater.

Our top-billed actor...

...has also come to say a word in greeting.

May he enter?

He may.

My name is Ikushima Shingoro.

For your patronage of this theater...

...I thank you.

We'll return later.

Please enjoy yourself.

Excuse us.

Let me pour for you.

I'm very sorry.

I saw you at Aizenin Temple.

You did?

With a woman.

Oh, her...

She'd bought me.

'Bought you'?

Women pay for the favors of kabuki actors. You didn't know?

I see...

And how many others like her are there?

Do you want to buy me?

If you wish, I can be yours alone.

Please do not be so vulgar.

I understand.

No, thank you!

Ow!

What's this?!

Who did that?!

I will not be mocked!

Oh, come now!

I won't!

You!

Servant girl!

You should be at work!

What are you doing here?!

Apologize!

Come down and apologize!

Come down here!

Well?!

Sir! Be quiet, please!

No! I am Taniguchi Shinpachi!

I demand an apology!

Come down here!

Come down!

Be quiet, please!

Damn you!

I...

...will face you.

Here we go!

However...

...the law forbids real swords here.

Use this!

I will!

Silence!

Halt!

It seemed Shingoro had saved her from a difficult situation...

...but Taniguchi filed a complaint...

...that soon came to the attention of the Shogun's Inspector.

Interesting!

Teneiin works quickly.

Every month, cedar sticks were burned in a rite of prayer...

...for the young Shogun's frail health.

Lady Ejima, as Lady Gekkoin's representative at the rite...

...would obtain the amulet of prayer for good health...

...and return to the Inner Palace.

I saw you and switched roles with the boatman.

It's 15 minutes to Kamakura Landing. We'll have that time together.

What do you intend?

What do you wish to do?

Just what we're doing now.

Feel the breeze.

Sit side by side.

Watch the clouds go by.

Talk.

Not talk.

Look into each other's face and wonder what the other is thinking.

Have you ever done that with a man?

When I saw you last time, I felt a little sorry for you.

Even outside the castle, you have folding screens around you.

While you're in this boat, fold those screens away.

And when Ejima falls to this actor...?

She will be interrogated.

But will she talk?

She is very upright. She will not easily give herself to this man.

That is of no consequence.

If the man says she fell to him, then she is ours.

So even if there is no fire, there need only be smoke?

What we must do is have Ejima betray Gekkoin.

But will a woman like Ejima betray someone to whom she owes so much?

Lord Tajima...

A woman is...

...a creature who will always betray another woman.

So this means you will not be coming into the Inner Chambers...

...for a time?

If you could speak to Lady Gekkoin...

I sense our enemies are laying a trap.

One careless move...

...will endanger not only me, but Lady Gekkoin as well.

Please understand.

Did Echizen really say that?!

Lord Echizen is breaking his own heart...

...to avoid embroiling you in slander and thus keep you safe.

This is all for the sake of His Highness.

Please try somehow to understand that.

It would seem Lady Gekkoin has had too much sun.

She seems tired.

Too much sun...

...or not enough man.

Everything shows on her face, doesn't it.

Lady Gekkoin!

Lady Gekkoin! Go back!

This is the Central Palace!

Lady Gekkoin!

Aki!

She's gone mad!

Don't just sit there! Milady is deranged.

Call the Apothecary!

Now Lady Gekkoin fell ill...

...and the days went by with her confined to bed.

Aki...

Please control yourself.

Do you remember...

...when I first came here?

I was scorned as an Edo town girl and bullied by the maids.

I was crying by the well.

You took my hand...

...and stroked it like this.

You said you were a town girl just like me.

I remember.

I will always...

...be with you.

'Number one...

'When the dawn comes...

'Happily...

'Happily...'

Your Highness?

Ejima, when can I see Mother?

I'm lonely. I want to play with Mother.

Your mother is indisposed.

She'll be better soon. Be patient till then.

No.

Your Highness...

Sometimes you must put up with being lonely.

That is what being Shogun means.

No! No!

Where is Mother?!

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

I'm terribly sorry. I tried to stop him.

Mother?

Mother?

Mother?

Aki!

Aki!

Aki!

Go and see Lady Gekkoin.

She misses you so much she is risking her life.

Miss Ejima...

...by being in the public eye, do I not risk my own life?

I am beset.

Any false step could be a death-trap.

That is the reality I face.

Echi!

Your Highness...

Echi, do as Ejima says.

Yes, Sire!

Mother was calling you...

...in her dreams.

Milady...

Aki...

Have you missed me?

Yes.

I have.

He lives...

...amidst affairs of state.

But his heart does not lie.

Of that I am sure now.

Beyond any words he might say, the heat of his skin...

...tells me his heart is true.

Laugh if you wish.

The base desires of a woman yearning with love...

...must seem meaningless to a heart as pure as yours.

Boatman...

To Kamakura Landing, please.

Lady Ejima?

Feel the breeze.

Sit side by side.

Look into each other's face and wonder what the other is thinking.

Have you ever done that with a man?

Milady, the palanquins aren't here yet.

Rest a while inside.

All right.

First a boatman...

Now a servant at an inn...

You're a shapeshifter.

I'm an actor.

I saw you earlier.

With a woman.

She was just a customer.

You are not.

I am one who lives behind screens called the 'Inner Palace'.

You and I live in different worlds.

'Different worlds'...

To you, it may appear stifling, a difficult place to live.

But the castle is the home into which I am married.

Everything I would give my life for is inside it.

Ikushima...

...our acquaintance has been brief, but you have shown me a dream.

Withdraw. Let this be the end.

Lady Miyaji...

I am on an errand for Lady Teneiin. Let me pass.

I will be back at dusk.

I can't say no.

For Lady Teneiin, I must agree. Pass through.

What's wrong with the rendezvous room?

This must be something, to want my place.

Is she someone high-up?

That's not it.

Oh, Shin...

Make yourself at home.

Who was that?

Kaigetsudo Ando. An ukiyoe painter.

We grew up together. He knows when to keep quiet.

Have it, if you like.

Why have you asked me here? It's hard getting out of the castle.

Well, our ball does not seem ready to drop.

I can't press hard without knowing what's going on.

Right now...

...the Shogun's mother rules the Inner Palace.

The late Shogun's wife, Teneiin, had the misfortune...

...not to bear her husband a child.

Has Echizen been to see you?

No. He is busy with his duties.

I did not ask you!

But very well.

Let us give you credit for Lady Gekkoin's recovery.

After your next visit to Zojoji Temple, go see a play...

...and relax.

With the Inner Palace asked to reduce expenses...

...such concern is unnecessary.

Oh, nonsense!

Think of how your maids will look forward to it.

This is generosity towards those you are set above.

Yes, ma'am.

You are to seduce Ejima, Gekkoin's confidante.

She will then be pressured to reveal...

...Gekkoin's secret.

Don't tell me...

...you're in love with Ejima!

You haven't slept with her yet.

That's the only reason.

Once you sleep with them, women are all the same, are they not?

If you don't believe that, try me and find out.

Well...

...I could try that.

I've changed my mind.

Ikushima Shingoro

After your next visit to Zojoji Temple, go see a play...

...and relax.

I am Ikushima Shingoro.

You summoned me, ma'am?

Your brother...

Is he not a clerk in the Archives?

He should be due for promotion.

I could mention him to the Senior Councilor.

In return...

...when Ikushima comes to Ejima's box at the theater...

...you will leave your place and make sure they are not disturbed.

And afterwards, could you tell me what transpired there?

You are wise in the ways of the world...

...I assume?

That I cannot do.

Fujikawa?

Hello? Is anybody here?

Kohagi!

A venomous snake.

I gave her an antidote to the poison, so she will live.

Let me...

...return to my father's house!

Kohagi!

Please...

...give me leave!

You have more work to do.

Ejima and Ikushima yearn to be alone in private.

We'll draw attention away from them.

Stand aside! Stand aside!

Stand aside!

Lady Ejima!

I'm afraid it's the Fox-God Festival. We can't get through.

'Oh, but woman is an evil creature...

'Those born to bright lights...

'How wanton...

'...they become.

I did not expect to meet again.

Are you displeased?

I wanted to see you one more time.

'In planting time...

'...beneath the rains of May...

'The maiden sings a planting song.

'The maiden sings a planting song.

'Her sleeves wet, and her hem...'

You do not wish to see me.

Someone has told you to.

Are you not here at someone's order?

To set a trap for me.

Fire! Run!

Fire in the dressing rooms!

Fire!

Everybody stay calm!

Lady Ejima! Get out!

This way!

This way!

Come this way!

We have to leave!

Is everyone safe?!

Fujikawa!

She was caught in the fire as we ran out!

Fujikawa?

Lady Ejima!

No! It's too dangerous!

Stay back!

Stay back!

Fujikawa!

Fujikawa!

Lady Ejima!

Fujikawa! Niimura! Are you all right?!

Quickly!

This way!

Come on!

I must go.

What are you doing?! I am Mistress of the Inner Palace!

No, you aren't.

You're just a woman.

Look at yourself.

Barefoot, alone...

Now you're no different than any other woman.

Come with me.

Let's run away.

Pinwheels!

Who wants a pinwheel?

3 mon, wasn't it?

It's beautiful...

I've never seen anything...

...so beautiful.

Call me by my name.

Your name?

It's 'Shingoro'.

Shingoro...

Lady Ejima...

I believe in...

...the truth of your heart.

Shingoro...

The fireworks tonight...

I will never forget them.

On this one night, I have known love.

Thank you.

Ejima!

Miss Ejima, you are summoned to the Great Hall.

You are to be questioned about a liaison that occurred...

...when you visited Zojoji Temple.

Ikushima Shingoro: on the 14th day of this month...

...you and Ejima, attendant to the Shogun...

...left the Yamamuraza Theater and had illicit relations.

Confess.

You had relations, did you not?

I have no such memory.

I am Sengoku, Lord Tanba, Superintendent.

This past 14th, in the confusion following the Yamamuraza fire...

...you had relations with Ikushima Shingoro.

Is this not so?

No. I did nothing of the kind.

Do not lie!

Will you make a trade?

A trade?

Testify to improprieties between Lady Gekkoin and Lord Echizen...

...and we will overlook your crime.

Talk!

We know you slept with Ejima.

Confess!

I have no such memory.

What?!

You did it with her!

Why, Ikushima? Why are you protecting her?

She's nothing to you!

You just did it once. You'll never see her again!

Talk!

Why protect her?

Tell the truth, and your crime will be forgiven.

Ejima...

...I esteem you as Mistress of the Inner Palace.

The serious crime is that of Lady Gekkoin.

Mother to the Shogun...

...she has given herself to his most trusted advisor in broad daylight.

As a woman yourself...

...can you forgive such licentiousness and disloyalty?

Are you prepared to die?!

Ejima is not only protecting Gekkoin.

She means to shield the man, too.

Ejima, Ikushima sold you out.

The theater owner turned his head with 300 ryo to sleep with you.

Please don't tell me you think he's fallen in love with you!

Only a fool would believe the sweet nothings of an actor.

Yes!

It was all planned from the start.

The human heart is fickle.

Soon your beloved Gekkoin will abandon you.

Before that...

...why not try at least to find a way...

...to save your own life?

Please, Echizen! Save Ejima's life.

You have the power...

They wait for that.

If I intervene to save Ejima...

...our relationship is suspect.

Our enemies will have an opening.

We will not be able to meet again.

No!

But if Ejima takes the crime on herself...

Do you choose Ejima? Or me?

Which of us?

There is but one way to save Ejima.

You must...

...admit to a relationship with Lord Echizen.

He will probably be sent down from the castle.

However, I could arrange it for you...

...that his life is spared.

To me...

...Lord Echizen...

...is a servant.

Is that so?

I see...

The regulations of the Inner Palace must be firmly maintained.

All those who, in violation of them...

...were in attendance at the Yamamuraza Theater...

The Councilor, Akimoto, used the kabuki theater incident...

...to have the maids seen as allies of Lady Gekkoin...

...expelled from the castle, one and all.

Fujikawa!

Down the ranks the expulsions went.

Urano!

The rest of you will await the results...

...of our investigation.

Ejima, Mistress of the Inner Palace...

...is ordered condemned for an illicit liaison.

Here are the particulars.

Is Ejima sentenced to death?

His Highness asks a question, Lord Tanba.

Yes, Sire. The death sentence.

Will Ejima die?

Yes, Sire.

That will not do.

Make it a lighter sentence.

But...

Your Highness...

Echi!

Make it lighter.

His Highness has spoken...

...Lord Tanba.

Yes, Sire!

Life is dear. I have gone.

Gekkoin abandoned you.

The man, under torture...

...insisted to the end he knew nothing.

You are exiled to the House of Takato Naito, in Shinshu.

What is the sentence on Ikushima Shingoro?

He is to be crucified tomorrow at Kotsukahara.

This world is a dreary place.

I had no wish to take an actor's life.

It is Gekkoin I hate, for winning His Late Highness' love...

...then forgetting it to divert herself with Echizen.

Is there anything you wish?

Ask.

I wish to be allowed to witness his execution.

All right.

Proceed!

Kumi!

Don't look! This isn't for a child to see.

Akimoto had tried to bury his opposition...

...under the guise of regulating the Inner Palace...

...but he was unable to bring down...

...Ietsugu's guardian, Lord Echizen.

When the dust settled...

...affairs in the Central Palace awaited as before.

However...

...two years later, Shogun Ietsugu died.

The House of Tokugawa passed to Yoshimune...

...the eighth of his line.

Halt!

Lady Gekkoin!

That was in his cell. Take it for a keepsake.

Forgive me.

I betrayed you...

...for Echizen.

I took your life and weighed it against him.

Forgive me!

You committed no sin.

I do not consider myself unfortunate at all.

Milady...

...the woman's joy that you know...

Now I know it as well.

Yes... a woman's joy...

For even one night...

Now that I know it...

...I have a love to remember the rest of my life.

Farewell.

Yukie Nakama

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Haruka Igawa

Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Kaoru Sugita

Yuko Asano

Yuki Matsushita

Reiko Takashima

Executive producers: Chihiro Kameyama Sunao Sakagami

Planning: Toru Ota, Kenji Shimizu Chiharu Nakasone

Produced by Kenichiro Hobara and Osamu Tezuka

Producers: Yasushi Ogawa, Kaoru Matsuzaki Noriko Koyanagi

Screenplay: Taeko Asano

Music: Katsunori Ishida

Directors of Photography: Shoji Ehara, Akira Hamana (J.S.C.)

Production Designer: Takashi Yoshida

Lighting: Toshio Sawada

Recording: Kazuhisa Hibi

Editing: Hideyuki Ochiai

Theme song "Unmei" by Kumi Koda