All language subtitles for Yoshitsune 09

If Yoritomo and Shanao
should join hands,

it will be dangerous.

I am going to Oshu.

Oshu?

Shanao decides to go
to Hiraizumi, Oshu.

Back then, it took
five days by horse

or two weeks by foot
to go from Kyoto to Izu.

And the road to Hiraizumi,
which is beyond that,

was not properly maintained.

In the letter that Yoshitsune
later addressed to Yoritomo,

he states that he wandered
the country as a refugee,

and worked amongst the farmers
to conceal his identity.

His journey to Hiraizumi
was extremely harsh.

Please stay alive, Shanao.

Yoshitsune's long journey
in life was about to begin.

YOSHITSUNE

Episode 9: Yoshitsune's Beginning.

CAST

Shanao/Yoshitsune: Takizawa Hideaki.

Musashibo Benkei: Matsudaira Ken.

Utsubo: Ueto Aya.

Ise Saburo: Nanbara Kiyotaka.

Suruga Jiro: Ujiki Tsuyoshi.

Kisanta: Ito Atsushi.

Maki: Tanaka Minako.

Kakunichi Risshi: Shiomi Sansei.

Taira Shigemori: Katsumura Masanobu.

Taira Munemori: Tsurumi Shingo.

Taira Shigehira: Hosokawa Shigeki.

Taira Morikuni: Hirano Tadahiko.

Kimasaka Chohan: Kawahara Sabu.

Hojo Masako: Zaizen Naomi.

Taira Tomomori: Abe Hiroshi.

Akane: Manda Hisako.

Kichiji: Ichikawa Sadanji.

Hojo Tokimasa: Kobayashi Nenji.

Minamoto Yoritomo: Nakai Kiichi.

Taira Kiyomori: Watari Tetsuya.

Subtitles TNJ/MTI.

This happened on
an autumn night in 1171.

Are you going?

I was planning to secretly
descend the mountain.

So that I wouldn't cause
trouble for you all.

We were aware of your
consideration toward us.

I cannot thank you enough for
your many years of guidance.

I thought of giving you a
memento for your departure,

but I changed my mind.

Instead, I'll be waiting
for the day we meet again.

Thank you for everything.

Go on.

Take care.

Kisanta.

I heard from Utsubo and Gotari
that you are going to Oshu.

Please take me with you.

Kisanta?

Please make me your vassal.

But...

I'm indebted to you
for saving my life.

I concluded that it is
my duty to serve you.

I'm good at handling horses.

I'll surely be of use to you
down the road.

Everyone ignores me in Kyoto,
so I'm as good as dead.

If you, whom I am indebted to,
are going to Oshu...

please take me with you!

The road to Oshu might
be a blood one.

I'll think of it as my reward
for being alive.

Please make me your vassal!

Thus Shanao put Kyoto behind him.

Sir Shanao... l.

Kichiji.

Do you have a follower?

Yes, it's Kisanta.

He's very good at handling horses

and he insisted on
accompanying me.

So he's your vassal.

I'm his vassal.

Hey, Kumashichi.

There are no guard until Katada.

Sir Shanao, let us go now.

The lights of Kyoto are shining.

I pray that this will not be
a final farewell.

Please come back.

Two days later...

Morikuni, who came by to order
Shanao to become a priest,

heard that Shanao had escaped.

What is the commotion?

Shanao has escaped from the temple!

What?

The temple monks don't
know when Shanao left.

Where could he have gone?

He couldn't possibly have gone
to see his mother in Kyoto.

He probably left Kyoto.

But where would he go?

He must've gone to Izu.

To see Yoritomo?

We mustn't let Shanao reach Izu.

We must stop the brothers from uniting.

Yoritomo is under surveillance
by the Hojo and the Ito clans.

Izu is governed by Hojo Yorimasa.

In the vicinity are the Oba
and the Kajiwara clans, too.

They are samurai clans under our influence.

It won't be easy to get
close to Yoritomo.

Depending on the situations,
the samurai clans may switch sides.

We mustn't take things lightly.

Morikuni, notify the leaders
of the various regions...

of the order to apprehend Shanao.,

You should have him killed on the spot.

Sandals for sale!

Are you Utsubo?

You were at Kurama Temple...

I want to know where
Sir Shanao went.

Did you say "Sir" Shanao?

It's only proper for a vassal to
add "Sir" to his master's name.

Don't lie. You're not his vassal.

Sir Shanao was troubled by you.

He's my master because I decided so!

I plan to serve him for life.

That's impossible.

No!

Sir Shanoa went to Oshu...

What?

Meanwhile, Shanao and his
little party had entered Owari Province.

We're being followed.

I doubt it.

There are two men in the back,
and a man off to both sides.

Are they with the Heike?

I don't know.
They could be bandits.

The ravine up ahead
could be dangerous.

Shall we turn back
and take the long way around?

Then we'll be going
through Heike territory.

We can't pass through there.

Why don't we split up
into two groups?

That's an idea.

Half of us will pass through
the Heike domain as tradesmen,

and the other half will
proceed along this road.

We will take this route
with Sir Shanao.

What if they turn out
to be bandits?

Juzo has traveled this many times.

Don't let a fight with bandits scare you.

KUMASAKA CHOHAN

ISE SABURO

Just leave the load quietly.

If you defy us, you'll lose your life.

We're not giving you the load.

We're not handling it over to anyone!

Attack them!

You're in the way!

Master!

You are...!

I, Musashibo Benkei, shall assist.

I can handle them alone!

Those who value your life, flee now!

Stop acting so mighty!

Don't let that priest scare you!

Attack!

Retreat!

I am mortified!

Musashibo...

Why didn't you tell me that
you were leaving Kyoto?

Sir Shanao, who is he?

I am his first vassal.

What?

I turned you down on that.

I told you that I wasn't
going to give up.

That is why I left Kyoto
to be by your side.

By fighting them with you,
I have entrusted my life with your.

Which makes me your vassal!
Isn't that right?

I understand. But we are heading for Oshu.

I shall accompany you where ever.

But...

How can he be your number one vassal?

That's true. Kisanta is
your number one vassal.

What?

If you don't like that, then give up.

What do you say to that?

Why are you his number one vassal?

The Kumasaka group is
acting suspiciously.

They may be planning to attack us
again with a larger force.

We've been tricked!

It's over.

Sir Shanao!

Excellent!

What shall we do with them?

I think we should behead them all.

They are villains who have caused
misery for travelers.

I would like to ask you something.

Judging by how you carry yourself...

you appear to be a man of status.

I would like to hear your name
before you behead me.

He cannot state his name.

Please heed my last wish
and tell me your name.

He is Sir Shanao, the son of
Lord Yoritomo, the Genji leader

who was defeated and kill
in the civil war of the Heiji era.

I see... so he is with the Genji.

Then I am quite satisfied.

Kumasaka Chohan.

Behead me quickly!

I will not kill needlessly.

If you will promise to stop
stealing, I won't take your life.

You have my word on it!

I, Kumasaka Chohan,
will stop stealing as of today.

I will turn a new leaf
and till the fields.

Do you swear by it?

Yes!

Will you give the man
I slain a warm burial?

Most certainly!

You can go too.

My name is Ise Saburo Yoshimori!

Yoshimori, my foot!
Don't be ridiculous, bandit!

I am from Futami, Ise!

My father was a Genji vassal.

He said he accompanied Lord
Yoritomo to the Kumano Shrine!

Stop making up stories!

I am truly ashamed of myself
for attacking you, Young Lord.

You should be ashamed of yourself
for becoming a bandit!

I am ashamed of it
without your telling me!

My parents died when
I was still young.

When the Genji lost the war,
I was surrounded by the Heike.

In order to survive,
I became a bandit, but...

I never lost my pride of
being a Genji vassal.

I am hiding in the fields
and mountains now, but

my dream of living as a Genji
warrior has never died

I've always kept that dream
close at heart.

If you have reformed, then
till the fields with your leader.

I would like to serve you!

What are you saying?

Please make me your vassal!

Don't be foolish!

He can't make a bandit
his vassal! Leave at once!

Young Lord!

Go!

Did he really serve my father?

That crab man was just
muttering nonsense.

Crab?

He had a face like one.

He's truly a crab.

That's a good one.

Was that the first time
you've killed someone?

This is my father's keepsake.

My mother gave it to me
and I let it shred blood.

You were just defending
yourself from danger.

If you didn't swing your dagger then,
you would've been dead.

Whether he died or you,
there still would be bloodshed.

Don't brood on it.

From the time that you wore
that dagger on your waist,

you should have prepared
yourself for this fate.

After all, you are a samurai
with the Genji blood.

If the Heike men should attack,

it'll really be a life
or death struggle.

Must I be an enemy to the Heike?

Yes.

When you left Kyoto, you
became an enemy to the Heike.

You have no choice but to live
your life as a Genji man.

And I, Musashibo Benkei,
shall accompany you for life.

Benkei...

We've been waiting for you.

Who is he?

This is Kichiji.

Are you Musashibo?

Kumashichi told me that you
became Sir Shanao's vassal.

Please be good to me.

Let us go to our inn now.

Sir Shanao, do you know
of this province, Owari?

No.

I don't know if I should be
telling you this, but...

your father died in
Utsuminosho, up ahead.

My father?

Yes.

I would like to have my manhood rite here.

Up until now, I've been
helped by those around me.

But hereafter, I must stand
on my own two feet.

But you need a guardian.

Why don't you have it in Hiraizumi?

Then we can ask Fujiwara
Hidehira to be your guardian.

I don't even know what
kind of person he is.

I can't ask him to be my guardian.

I want to have my manhood
rite before I get to Oshu.

I want to have it here,
where my father had close ties.

My deceased father, be my witness...

I shall accept the headgear
with my own hands.

You're done.

Now that you've attained
manhood, what will your name be?

I am the ninth son
of the Genji leader,

so I'll call myself Kuro.

The traditional "gi"
character for the Genji...

with "tsune" for my sutra-
chanting days at Mt. Kurama...

Sir Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune.

From this day forth,

Sir Shanao became Kuro Yoshitsune.

Arrest all traveling tradesmen
heading for the East!

The crab is here.

Please take another route.

The Heike men are looking
for Sir Shanao.

I hope you are not trying to trick us!

I am speaking to Sir Shanao!

I hear the clatter of hooves
and footsteps approaching...

There are ten...
no, twenty of them.

We'll take the horse load
along this path.

Sir Yoshitsune, please
take the side road.

Where do we meet?

In Yaizu, Suruga Province in three days.

Very well.

Three days later...

Judging by the fact that
they are coming after you,

the banishment order must have
reached the Eastern Provinces.

From Suruga to Sagami,

there are the Kajiwara,
Oba and Hojo clans.

If we continue to proceed,
your life may be in danger.

What do we do then?

We should give up traveling by land
and go by sea.

How do we get a boat?

There was a boat at
the cove up ahead,

so I sent someone to check on it.

What did you find out?

It is an empty boat.

It apparently belongs to two
brothers named Taro and Jiro.

They had a fight, and Taro
got off the boat with a load

so Jiro was left on the boat.

Does it look like
he'll give us a lift?

It depends on how much we pay him.

How much does he want?

Ten bags of gold dust.

What?!

Tell Jiro we'll pay him the amount.

You'll go that far for me?

I have plenty of gold dust.

The Crab is outside.

What?

SURUGA JIRO

Jiro, this is our master.

I'm Kichiji from Sanjo, Kyoto.

They are my petty servants.

I have no water or food for you.

The number of boatmen
have decreased, too.

I may need to ask for your help.
Is that clear?

Yes, I understand.

What are you looking at?

Where is Izu?

Izu?

It's over there.

Brother...

Rumors of Masako and Suke?

I was in a fix, with the Heike
suspecting that we are going

to take the exiled man
as our bridegroom.

Father, what did you say to that?

That the Ito were
talking nonsense.

Masako, there isn't anything
going on with Suke, is there?

Well?

I would like to have Suke as my husband.

Of all things!

Masako!

I have to go back to Kyoto.

Confine her to the house until I return!

Why, it's...

You should wait here
until it lets up.

Are you really a petty servant?

I heard you had a fight with your brother.

I had an argument with
my small-time brother.

I want to go to the foreign countries.

To the foreign countries?

My father used to go back and
forth to Goryo (Korea) and Song (China).

My dream is to become
a seaman like him.

Did he transport Japanese
brocade, Buddhist scriptures,

and coins from Song?

That's right. How did you know that?

I just happened to know.

And he transported gold dust,
swords, and lacquer from Japan.

But with the Heike
controlling foreign trade,

who knows what will happen?

The sea should be free for everyone.

Exactly!

You're not an ordinary petty servant.

Don't talk to him freely.

Benkei!

Boss!

A stowaway...

Is he with you?

No.

He's...!

Crab!

Crab?

Please... make me your vassal.

Stop this nonsense!

Are you ill?

I'm starving.

What can I say, if you follow me to sea?

You can come with us.

SHIOGAMA

Thanks for the ride.

I hope your dream to go to the
foreign lands comes true.

Shall we go?

Shall I accompany you
to Hiraizumi?

That won't be necessary.

Boss!

Stay here until I return.

Just do as I say!

It's my job to make sure
the load is safely delivered.

Are you calling us a load?

Let it be.

Shall we get going?

They had left for Hiraizumi
a day after Kichiji.

They were now heading north
across unfamiliar lands.

That's what we saw earlier.

There's one for each block.

The first lord, Kiyohira,
had them placed there.

Are they like sign posts?

They were just a day away from Hiraizumi.

Does peace or turmoil
await Yoshitsune

beyond the roadside sign posts?

I'm not sure if I want to
welcome Kuro as a guest yet.

He might be a more fearful
opponent than the Genji.

It's good to see you.

They're just worthless beings!

You're just a priest who was
expelled from the temple.

He's either very bold...

or a plain fool.

What do you make of that
Kuro Yoshitsune?

I dislike talking badly about others.

If he is deemed worthless...

Yoshitsune's Journey Iwate
Prefecture, Hiraizumi-chō (Town)

Hiraizumi was considered a
big city in Yoshitsune's time.

It's past wealth was based on
its local gold mines as the.

Fujiwara built large temples,
palaces and monasteries.

It was the home of the
Hiraizumi Fujiwaras for

about 100 years in the
late Heian period.

With the fall of the
Fujiwara at the end of the

12th century, Chusonji
temple suffered likewise

so that now only two
buildings from that era remain.

Luckily, among these is the
most spectacular, the Konjikido.

Similar to Kyoto's famous
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion),

Konjikido is a hall
completely covered in gold.

Fujiwara Kiyohira built the large
temple complex during the Heian period

including the golden Konjikido

intended to represent the
Buddhist Pure Land and

the final resting place
of the Fujiwara lords.

The other building that survives
from the period is the Kyozo Hall

reached through a long
walkway through a woods.

Near Kyozo Hall is the small
wooden Benkeido shrine

dedicated to the god of war

and contains a wooden
statue of Musashibō Benkei

a seated statue of Minamoto no
Yoshitsune is also enshrined.