All language subtitles for Yoshitsune 01

Juei period, 3rd year.
February 7th, 1184.

Harima - Ichi-no-tani.

Men.

Advance!

The enemy! The enemy's here!

Get your weapons!

Defend the state barge!

Protect his majesty!

It was the battle of Ichi-no-tani.

The young emperor Antoku,
as well as the Heike.

Who had withdrawn
their forces to Kyushu.

For this battle of Ichi-no-tani.

The one who was leading
this ambush from the rear.

Was Yoshitsune of
the Minamoto family.

On the Heike side, was
the supreme commander.

Munemori of the Taira family.

At this point,

he was unaware that the general
who was launching this attack on them.

Was in fact Yoshitsune.

East of Ichi-no-tani,
his younger brothers.

Shigehira and Tomomori of the Taira,
who were stationed in the Ikuta Woods.

Were also unaware of this.

Yoshitsune and the Heike brothers

were once so close,
they were like family.

Back then, who could have thought
that it would come to this day.

That they would be fighting each
other as enemies in this battle.

Yoshitsune's connection
with the Heike family

goes back as far as 25 years ago.

It was at that time, 25 years ago

that was shortly after
the birth of Yoshitsune.

Who was at the time
known as Ushiwaka.

Yoshitomo of the Minamoto, who
fathered these young children,

had been defeated in the
civil war of the Heiji era.

Along with their mother, Tokiwa,

they fled to safety from
Kyoto during the spring.

The snow that fell around
them, deterring their journey.

Could have been an omen for this

new born child's
dramatic life to come.

Yoshitsune.

Episode 1.

The Child of Destiny.

CAST

Minamoto Yoshitsune:
TAKIZAWA HIDEAKI.

Musashibo Benkei: MATSUDAIRA KEN.

Iseno Saburo: NANBARA KIYOTAKA.

Suruga Jiro: UJIKI TSUYOSHI.

Tsuneko: MORIGUCHI YOKO.

Muneko: KATO KAZUKO.

Ikenozenni Muneko: MINAKAZE YOKO.

Taira Tomomori: ABE HIROSHI.

Taira Munemori: TSURUMI SHINGO.

Taira Shigehira: HOSOKAWA SHIGEKI.

Old Man Suzaku: UMEZU SAKAE.

Narrator-Otoku: SHIRAISHI KAYOKO.

Ex-Emperor Go-Shirakawa:
HIRA MIKIJIRO.

Taira Shigemori:
KATSUMURA MASANOBU.

Minamoto Yoshitomo: KATO MASAYA.

Tokiwa: INAMORI IZUMI.

Tokiko: MATSUZAKA KEIKO.

Taira Kiyomori: WATARI TETSUYA.

During those times, among the
warriors that protected the court.

The Genji and Heike were
the first to gain power.

The Genji and Heike would
later expand their powers..

And with the backing of the
court and the Fujiwara regency.

They would split the
country into two.

Eventually clashing
in the city of Kyoto.

Heiji period, Year 1, December
26, 1159 the capital Miyako.

This took place in the
first year of the Heiji era.

It turned into a battle
for supremacy between.

The Heike leader,
Kiyomori of the Taira.

And the Genji leader,
Yoshitomo of the Minamoto.

Onward!

However, the Genji army
stood no chance against.

The vast army of the Heike,
and was defeated in a single day.

Minamoto Yoshitomo.

Minamoto Yoritomo.

My lord!

Is that you, Tokiwa?

We have lost the battle.

We will retreat from Miyako.

Tokiwa.

This child.

He is.

So he is Ushiwaka?

Yes.

Ushiwaka.

Tokiwa, take care
of the children.

Okay.

Farewell.

Yoshitomo and Yoritomo,
father and son.

Left Kyoto for the town of Owari.

But they were separated
along the way.

Listen, men. We shall find and
kill Samanokami Yoshitomo.

Taira Kiyomori.

Including the remnants of the Genji.

Yoshitomo, who fled from Miyako,
had made it to Owari, but.

You've betrayed me!

Samanokami Yoshitomo
met with a tragic end.

Due to an ally's betrayal
in Nomanoutsumi, Owari.

Yoritomo arrived in Mino
without his father.

Carrying the heirloom sword to
the Genji family, known as Higekiri.

Unhand me!

Meanwhile, Tokiwa and the
three young children.

Were headed to her mother, Sekiya,
who lived near the capital.

Right after the civil
war of the Heiji era.

The ex-Emperor Go-Shirakawa
sent a reward to the Heike.

Their fief was increased from
five provinces to seven.

This gave them more
power than ever.

Go-Shirakawa: "Lord Kiyomori",

you have performed splendidly
in this recent battle.

The following year, Kiyomori was
conferred the third court rank.

And he became the first samurai
to acquire to status of a noble.

It was truly the beginning
of the Heike rule.

Miyako - Rokuhara
Kiyomori's residence.

Taira Morikuni.

We captured five
relatives of the Genji.

Naruminosaburo Yoshikage,
Izunomotoshika Sekiya,

the mother of Nishi
Horikawakoji Tokiwa.

Taira Tokitada: By Tokiwa,

you mean Yoshitomo's beloved?

Oyamadano Nogukane,
and Atsumino Goro.

This is Tokiwa's
Parent's Residence.

Do you live here?

No.

Where are the people?

I don't know. Perhaps they
fled, or maybe they died.

The remnant hunters
had ravaged this place.

Mother.

Don't!

Uhyoenosuke Yoritomo, who had lost
his father, was captured in Mino.

He was confined in a
quarter in Rokuhara, Miyako.

Pardon me!

You are being summoned.

Are you Lord Uhyoenosuke?

Yes.

How old are you?

I am fourteen years old.

I hear you have been
making handcrafts every day.

And you asked for a short
sword and cypress board.

That is for a Buddhist mass.

I am making a Toba - A wooden
symbol of a fivefold tomb.

Are you making it for yourself?

That's partly the reason, but
I lost my mother last year.

As well as my older brother
and father in battle.

I am unable to hold them
a service in these conditions.

So I decided to at
least make a Toba.

To pray for the repose
of those who had died.

I heard you wanted
your life spared.

My brothers have died in
the Hogen Heiji civil wars.

If I die too, there will no longer be
anyone to pray for my family's repose.

Even if it means being alone,
I would like to survive.

I understand your feelings.

Lord Suke.

Yes?

Ever since the time of
Yoshie of the Minamoto.

The Genji family has passed down their
heirloom sword known as the Higekiri.

My father, Yoshitomo gave
it to me before the battle.

Where is that sword now?

In Mino.

Mino?

My men captured him
at Aohaka in Mino.

I left it with a senior
named Oi that lives there.

Have the Higekiri delivered
to me immediately.

Right away.

What do you intend to
do with our sword?

I had Yoshitomo and his
Genji members slain.

However, until I have the Genji
heirloom sword in my hands.

It doesn't become a
true victory to me.

I must sever the traditional
line of the Genji.

When will I be beheaded?

I will pass judgment later.

Here, please eat
it while it's hot.

When I saw you
on the drifting raft.

I thought you were dead.

I don't remember what
happened yesterday.

I thank you kindly for saving me.

Don't tell me, you are
a relative of the Genji?

No, I'm not trying to pry here.

If you are, I thought I'd tell you
about something I heard recently in Miyako.

What is it?

The Genji leader, Yoshitomo of
the Minamoto has been killed.

His head was delivered
to Rokuhara.

Mother!

Sit down.

I have something to
tell you both.

Your father has died.

I am thinking of
following him in death.

Yes.

Mother.

Tokiwa, take care of the children.

But Uncle, why are we to
save Yoritomo's life?

Why is Ikenozenni saying such things?

Taira Shigemori. Taira Yorimori.

Well, when I met with Mother the other day.

I told her that I saw one of
the Genji family members.

And that he was innocently making a Toba.

I told her how young he is and.

She felt sorry for Yoritomo.

It's not that I don't
understand how she feels.

She was depressed when
my elder brother died.

The image of Yoritomo reminded
her of my elder brother.

Of lemori?

Lady Ikenozenni is Kiyomori's stepmother.

Because Yoritomo reminded
her of her late son.

She wanted to save his life.

Lady Ikenozenni

I am sorry to cause you trouble, brother.

Both of you, wait here.

When will that boy be executed?

On the 13th.

That isn't very far way.

Correct.

When my lord was still alive.

It was wretched to behead people.

So I pleaded with the lord
to spare the lives of a few.

But it is now your reign and
you won't hear my pleas.

If he really resembles
lemori, I can't let him die.

Lord Rokuhara, please think of that
boy as the late lemori and save him.

Mother.

Iemori was your half-brother.

In honor of your late brother,
please show him mercy.

Even if it is a plea from you,
who I am deeply indebted to.

The possibility of saving Yoritomo.

Is out of the question.

Is that right?

Yes.

They're even capturing the
Genji women and children.

I heard they even captured the mother
of Yoshitomo's beloved woman, Tokiwa.

Is this considered to be a
black and white battle here?

What is going on?

Tokiko.

The Lady Ikenozenni said
she will starve herself to death.

Why is that?

As you know, Mother is a
very strong-willed person.

She hasn't eaten anything since that day.

She will not take any liquids either.

What day are you referring to?

The day Yoshitomo's son was sentenced.

She won't accept any of my consolation.

She's been getting weaker by the day.

At the rate it's going, she will die.

The lord must be in a predicament.

Father, you are known as a
man of valor and mercy.

Therefore, you should not ignore your
elderly mother's pleas and let her die.

But it is common practice to end
the bloodline of the enemy.

Even so.

Father, to you, who had lost
your mother at a young age.

Lady Ikenozenni is your dear stepmother.

I am also aware of the many problems
you have had with her over the years.

What are you trying to say?

Are you refusing to listen
because it is a plea from her?

That is going a bit too far.

Stay out of this!

If word should spread that
you let your stepmother die.

Our family will be disgraced.

Shigemori!

He is only a boy of fourteen years.

Sparing him will not affect
the country's situation.

Please show some mercy
toward Lady Ikenozenni.

I am pleading with you too.

Lord, a woman named Tokiwa
is at the front gate.

She is with Samanokami Yoshitomo's
three young children.

Old Man Suzaku.

Is that Tokiwa?

Yes.

Tokiwa was formerly a low-grade court
lady who served Emperor Konoe's consort.

She later become the beloved
of Yoshitomo of the Minamoto.

Her astounding beauty has
been the talk of the capital.

Tokiwa.

Yes.

Raise your head.

I heard my mother was captured.

So I came here.

To ask for your mercy.

It is not a problem to
spare your mother's life.

We only want the lives
of Yoshitomo's children.

Otowaka.

Imawaka.

Please spare their lives.

You may take my life, but please spare
the lives of my mother and my children.

I beg of you. I beg of you!

Please heed my request.

Face me.

Though they are the children
of Samanokami Yoshitomo.

They can be raised not to
know their Genji bloodline.

Or their samurai heritage.

Please spare their lives.

Lord.

How old are they?

Imawaka is eight, Otowaka
is six, and Ushiwaka here.

Was just born last year.

You said to take your life.

But what will become of that
infant after you are gone?

There is nothing I can do.

Lord!

I shall pass judgment later.

I heard something unusual happened today.

What is that?

You didn't pass judgment
on the Genji children.

Normally, you would pass
judgment on the spot.

So why didn't you do so this time?

The servants were gossiping.

Gossiping?

That Tokiwa, famed to be the
most beautiful woman in Miyako.

Has captured your heart.

I wonder if that is the truth.

Well?

What are you angry about?

No, it's nothing.

No, you are definitely angry.

What is the matter?

Lord Suke, verify that this
sword is in fact the Higekiri.

This is indeed the Higekiri.

What do you plan to do with Lord Suke?

Who is that?

What a beautiful moon.

This is like another
backyard to you, Otoku.

I've been here since your father's time.

Thanks for your help in
the battle last year.

I wasn't the one who had set fire to it.

Although I had ordered someone to do it.

It was a job well done.

I heard you were able to save the Emperor
from the Palace during that fire riot.

That's what made us the Imperial army.

You've matured into a
fine strategist, haven't you?

Otoku.

Did you come here for a reward?

The battle at the end of the year had
brought in plenty of armor repair jobs.

So it has been extremely profitable for me.

I guess you could say that was my reward.

Good.

A crescent moon.

The moon looks like it is about
to burst with its many troubles.

I heard Lady Ikenozenni is
starving herself to death.

It seems like your troubles
with her are endless.

You seem to have no luck
with motherly affection.

Otoku.

Your natural mother, Tsuruha,
died when you were three.

Then you were taken in by her
older sister, Lady Gion.

When Lady Muneko, who is now known as Lady Ikenozenni
married your father, then you were sent to her.

Lady Ikenozenni is from
the Fujiwara family.

She raised you very strictly
from a very young age.

I'm sure you must've yearned
for your real mother then.

Do you remember?

Right before you attained
manhood, you came to me.

And asked about your late mother.

What are you getting at?

I didn't come here to tell you what to do.

You know very well how it
feels to lose one's mother.

You know the pain.

The sorrow.

And the loneliness.

You are like the crescent moon up there.

Otoku, did you come here to talk
to me about Yoshitomo's children?

Tokiwa somewhat resembles
your mother, Tsuruha.

I will pass judgment now.

Tokiwa's mother, Sekiya, will be released.

Of the three young children,
Imawaka and Otowaka.

They will be admitted
into a Buddhist temple.

The infant Ushiwaka will
be in Tokiwa's care.

And allowed to live within
the city of Miyako.

I thank you for your
sincerely for your mercy.

Live the way of the Buddha.

I won't be needing this
in the Buddhist temple.

Take care of yourself.

You too, Mother.

Yoritomo received his
sentence that same day.

He was to be banished to Izu.

Izu was the harshest place for exile.

Yoritomo headed to Izu in March.

Before his departure, he had
sent a letter to Kiyomori.

In it, he said he would
become a priest in Izu.

And fervently pray for the
repose of the Genji clan.

Tokiwa and Ushiwaka lived in Shichijo.

Tokiwa, The Lord Rokuhara. He's.

Raise your head.

The market is nearby so I can
hear the people passing by.

The liveliness of the
market is truly consoling.

I see.

As for the temples your
two sons were sent to.

Yes?

Imawaka went to Daigoji,
Otowaka went to Eizan.

Thank you for sparing our lives.

And making the many kind arrangements.

It wasn't much.

Not to mention,

you have provided this fine mansion
for Ushiwaka and I to live in.

We cannot thank you enough
for your merciful acts.

We were on opposing sides
in this recent battle.

But Yoshitomo and I fought
together as allies before.

I want to treat his beloved
with the proper respect.

Thank you very much.

I'm sure you must pray
to Buddha sometimes.

When you do, burn this incense.

Thank you for everything.

Tokiwa.

Yes?

Face me.

I was wondering how
you are feeling now.

I was your lord's enemy. With
that in mind, how do you.

You were surprisingly
merciful to my family.

Why would we hold any
grudges against you?

Now that it has come to this.

As a woman and a mother. I
only pray for peaceful days.

For that reason, I will
not defy the winds of life.

What is it?

Nothing.

I was told you closely resembled someone.

I do?

To whom?

Never mind.

Where's Ushiwaka?

He is sleeping.

I see.

Tokiwa.

Yes?

I would like to come over tonight.

Is that all right?

I will be waiting for you.

Five years later.

Ushiwaka.

Ushiwaka!

Big brother Shigehira!

I'm coming!

Quickly!

Father!

Ah! Shigehira.

It's crooked.

Father!

Refrain!

It's all right.

Are you having fun?

Yes!

Where's your bamboo dragonfly?

Right here.

Fly it for me.

At this time, Tokiwa was
pregnant with Kiyomori's child.

What are you going to do, Ushiwaka?

Once more!

Are you enjoying it?

Yes!

Fukuhara is my dream capital.

That must be Ushiwaka.
Keep an eye on him.

I heard she's one of the most
beautiful women in Miyako.

Tokiwa.

Muneko?

Lord Kiyomori has been very kind.

Kind, you say?

Please let me stay with
Ushiwaka for a while longer.

You'll leave this mansion,
part with me, your mother.

And live there.

Mother!

There is resentment.

A son of the Genji?

That is correct.

What about the Heike?

They are the Genji's enemies.

I am unable to forget
or get over it in life.

You needn't forgive.

Just accept it as it is.

Are by any chance, Utsubo?

I'll fight as a Genji man.

That means you'll cross
Lord Kiyomori's path.

I was framed!

The Eizan and the Heike are my enemies now!

I, Benkei, have won these sword!

Stop!

My elder brother?

Correct.

Uhyoenosuke Yoritomo.

What is so funny?

The Heike are trying to kill you.

You're an eyesore to them.

A person that is pursued
by the Heike is trouble.

Shanao!

Shanao! Run!

Yoshitsune's Journey - Kyoto Prefecture,
Kyoto City the capital during the Heian era.

Located east of the Kamo River.

The area between
Shijo and Shichijo

was formerly called Rokuhara,
and was a strong point for the Heike.

With three to five thousand
mansions standing there.

The Rokuhara-Mitsuji once
existed in central Rokuhara.

When Kiyomori of the
Taira's daughter, Tokuko.

Was pregnant with the
Emperor Takakura's child.

The Heike, in hopes of
having a boy born.

Offered a Deito - A mud monument.

The Deito that were
made at this time.

Had come from the
Rokuhara-Mitsuji.

Rokuhara is a town that saw
the rise and fall of the Heike.