All language subtitles for Yoshitsune 31

The Heike fled to Yashima after
the battle of Ichi-no-tani.

There they rebuilt their forces
by the Inland Sea of Japan.

After conquering Kyushu,
Yoritomo's forces tried to besiege

the Heike, but they were thwarted
by the enemy and stopped.

To break the deadlock,
Yoshitsune targets Yashima.

A clash regarding the "Sakaro"
takes place at this time.

Just stay focused on the enemy!

It's like a boar that doesn't
know how to withdraw!

Kajiwara Kagetoki...

was formerly with
the Heike, but...

he became Yoritomo's
number one vassal.

Yoshitsune's antagonism with
Kagetoki will later invite terrible

tragedy on him, but Yoshitsune
was not aware of this yet.

YOSHITSUNE

Episode 31: Over to Yashima.

CAST

Minamoto Yoshitsune:
TAKIZAWA Hideaki.

Shizuka: ISHIHARA Satomi.

Ise Saburo: NANBARA Kiyotaka.

Suruga Jiro: UJIKI Tsuyoshi.

Kisanta: ITO Atsushi.

Sato Tadanobu: KAITO Ken.

Sato Tsugunobu:
MIYAUCHI Atsushi.

Kajiwara Kagesue: OGURI Shun.

Washio Saburo: HASEGAWA Tomoharu.

Magome: TAKANO Shiho.

Moe: ONO Machiko.

Taira Munemori: TSURUMI Shingo.

Muneko: KATO Kazuko.

Taira Tokitada: OHASHI Goro.

Taira Sukemori: KOIZUMI Kotaro.

Yoshiko: GOTO Maki.

Monk-Emperor Go-Shirakawa:
HIRA Mikijiro.

Taira Tomomori: ABE Hiroshi.

Lady Tango: NATSUKI Mari.

Lady Tokiwa: INAMORI Izumi.

Kajiwara Kagetoki: NAKAO Akira.

Tokiko: MATSUZAWA Keiko.

Musashibo Benkei:
MATSUDAIRA Ken.

I was summoned to the Palace today
and was ordered, by request of.

Lord Kamakura, to be the Commander-
In-Chief of the Heike punitive army.

I felt bad about
wasting your time here.

Due to the many unexpected
things that happened.

What are you saying?

We never held it against you,
for not being able to go to battle.

Exactly!

Despite what position
you are placed in...

Our Lord-Vassal relationship
will remain tight.

If you tell us to till the
lands, then we will do that.

If you tell us to go to
battle, then we will do that.

I appreciate your strong support.

Reporting! Sir Kajiwara is here.

Thank you for coming.

I've been appointed as the

battle overseer
by Lord Kamakura.

I came by today to
pay my respects to you.

How reassuring, to have
you as my battle overseer.

Father, they are Kuro's vassals.

Please help us.

Being able to go to battle
with you and your vassals...

has made me truly excited.

Please have a drink.

It'll probably turn into
a decisive battle.

Between the Genji and Heike.

Please take care.

You don't seen to
be your usual self.

You seem to be
resigned to death.

I had lost the trust of
Lord Kamakura for a while.

Yes...

But I had no feelings of
resentment towards him.

As brothers, I believed he'd
understand my feelings someday

and forgive me.

And that time has come.

Yes.

Lord Kamakura has
shown me kindness.

So I must reciprocate it.

Even if it means dying.

I believe you will be victorious.

It was the morning of
Yoshitsune's departure to battle.

Lady Moe: I sincerely pray
for your victory in battle.

I shall be going now.

Lady Moe...

If anything should happen
to me, do as you wish.

You may return to
Kamakura if you wish.

Thank you for your kind words.

I'll be going now.

No, I said!

You are...!

Benkei! Saburo! Jiro!

You're Washio Saburo and Magome!

Let them go!
They are our friends.

It's good to see you!

You're all looking good!

Did you come to see me?

No!

No?

You're Washio Sauro.

Yes!

It's good to see you.

As you can see, we're
about to leave for battle.

What brings you here to Kyoto?

Well...

We have to depart right away,
so we don't have time to talk.

Saburo has changed after
the Battle at Ichi-no-Tani.

He can't catch any game
when he goes hunting.

He must've lost
the spirit to hunt.

There's nothing we can do about that.

He once said that your battles
are similar to our hunting.

After he saw you engage in battle,
he's been unsatisfied with hunting.

So?

Please make him
one of your vassals.

What?

Brother!

Please!

But, to be a vassal...

What will become of him if
he can't become a vassal?

He won't be able to hunt in Tanba,
and will end up doing nothing.

In the end, he will
die of starvation.

Are you threatening the Lord?

I can't let someone who helped
us in Ichi-no-Tani die futilely.

Or I'll be called an
ingrate for eternity.

That's true.

What?

Washio Saburo, you are
my vassal from today.

Thank you, Lord!

Men, do you have any objections?

I do!

Saburo!

Why?

I'm Ise Saburo.
He's Washio Saburo.

It'll be confusing to
have two Saburos.

Brother!

I used to be called
Kuma as a boy.

Then you name will be Kuma!

Yes!

In that case, I
have no objections.

Kuma (bear) and Kani (crab)!

Men, let us depart to battle now.

YES, LORD!

Finally, on this day...

Yoshitsune departed Kyoto as the
Commander-in-Chief of the Genji forces,

to punish the Heike in Yashima.

I see... so he's departed.

He'll be victorious, won't he?

He must win for us.

He has to retrieve the

three Sacred Treasures.

I have a feeling Kuro will

be able to get them back.

Oh, my. You have such
great confidence in him.

He won't give the three Sacred.

Treasures to Yoritomo, will he?

I doubt he will do that.

Everyone in the Genji looks up

to Yoritomo, except for Kuro.

Who has your interest in mind.

We wouldn't want to lose

someone like that in battle.

SANUKI, YASHIMA

So Yoshitsune's
army has left Kyoto.

According to the
report from Kyoto...

Yoshitsune's army
numbers over 40,000.

Does that include Suo Nagato's
relief forces to the Genji?

Or is it...

Yoshitsune is probably headed here.

Father!

The Genji aren't experienced
in sea battles.

They can come in a huge army,
but they can't defeat us.

That's true!

They'll need to engage in a
sea battle to attack Yashima.

It won't be like the
Battle at Ichi-no-Tani.

Right.

Tomomori, why the glum look?

Are you worried about Yoshitsune?

No. Even Yoshitsune can't
beat us in a sea battle.

What worries me is the army
in the western provinces.

They're suppressed by us now
and can't make any moves.

We may not have to fear the
Yoshitsune forces, but...

If the Genji army in the west
hears of the attack on Yashima,

they may gain fighting spirit.

Then we'll be caught in a pincer
attack from the east and west.

We must avoid that at all costs.

What do we do then?

I'll rush over to Nagato to
hold back the Genji forces.

As a matter of fact,
I will crush them.

Very well. We have an
elite army in Yashima.

Tomomori, suppress the west.

Kuro Yoshitsune is
coming to Yashima?

So it seems.

What is the matter?

Yoshiko has been acting
strange the past few days.

Yoshiko?

Yoshiko, who had followed
the Heike to Yashima,

has been feeling depressed
the past few days.

Are you plotting something after
hearing that your brother,

Yoshitsune, is the Commander-in-Chief
of the Genji army invading Yashima?

My brother is coming to Yashima?

Although you are Kiyomori's
daughter, you are also.

Yoshitsune's younger sister. I'm
sure you must've known about it.

I did not know anything about it.

Didn't Yoshitsune ask you to
help him with the invasion?

Of course not!

Then why do you look depressed?

That is because...

I received word from Ichijo.

Naganari the other day that...

my mother passed away.

Lady Tokiwa passed away?

Yes.

So she passed away...

I met her once.

Long ago, when she was...

I'm Tokiwa.

Are you pregnant?

Yes.

She was pregnant with you them.

Her daughter followed the Heike.

And her son is a General of the
Genji army, who will battle with us.

What a frightening fate.

On this day, Yoshitsune's
army arrived

in Watanabe, Settsu Province,

which was on the opposite side
of the strait facing Yashima.

I'm Watanabe Manabu.

I'm Kuro.

I've been waiting for you.

I'll be depending on you.

Yes, My Lord.

Did you say 40 boats?

Yes, that was the most we could get.

With the Kajiwara boats, that
would total about 150 boats.

Sir Kagetoki, when will your boats arrive?

In about 6 or 7 days.

It seems like a waste of time
to wait around for the boats.

But you can't attack
Yashima with just 40 boats.

Watanabe, can't you
get more boats?

The warriors in the
area favor the Heike.

It won't be possible to get
any more than that.

Why don't we head over to
Yashima in the 40 boats?

NO!

The Heike are protected by
the Awa and Kumano navies.

If they attack, we
won't stand a chance.

We should stay
here until my navy

arrives, to head to Yashima.

As for Yashima...

The Heike must've heard
about our march here.

Yes, they have.

Which means, they must've
prepared for battle,

and are waiting for
us to cross over.

We must act in haste.

What are you planning to do?

What choice do we have?

We must find another means
of getting to Yashima.

We must find a way, win the
battle, and retrieve the 3.

Sacred Treasures to repay
Lord Kamakura for his kindness.

Lord, we'll keep your
will close at heart.

We'll be back in 3 no, in 2 days.

I'll be counting on you.

What is Kuro planning to do?

I was remembering the time
before the attack on Ichi-no-Tani.

Even that time, he
did an elaborate plan.

In the end, he came up
with a shocking strategy.

If we proceed, what's the depth?

This is delicious.

By the way, have you
ever been to Awa?

Isn't that it?

I don't have all the details, but...

I believe this is where Yashima is.

It's most convenient to use
this sea route from Settsu, but...

The Heike probably have boats

hidden in this
area to ambush us.

So, to get to Yashima...

We'll have to take the roundabout
routes from lyo-Sanuki, or Awa.

If we take the lyo-Sanuki route,
the Heike might discover us.

It means we'll have to pass
right in front of Yashima.

So that leaves the Awa route.

Even if we make it to Awa,

we'll have to pass a very tall
mountain to get to Yashima.

And I heard there are
Heike allies there.

According to a boatman I
talked to in Watanabe,

you can get to Yashima
from Settsu in a day,

but if you take the Awa
route it'll take 3 days.

Three days?

The tides are rapid in
the strait of Naruto.

It's a perilous spot for
even the veteran seamen.

There are some brave men who
say they can make it across.

If need be, we can call on them.

The land route?

We'll take the 40 boats provided
by the Watanabe force,

and head to Awa.

From Awa, we'll take the land
route to the back of Yashima.

Contrary to what you say...

It's impossible to lead an
army into Yashima from Awa.

Why?

Kondo Chikaie and
Sakuraba Yoshito

will be waiting between
Awa and Yashima.

Even if you were to
fight and defeat them,

you'd still have the
high mountain to pass.

With the soldiers and horse weary,
you can't fight a good battle.

My navy will arrive
in about 3 to 4 days.

We should head out to Yashima
at that time, in full force.

We, who have no experience
in sea battles, can't possibly

win against the Heike, who
outnumber us in boats.

Well, that is...

Our best bet for us, who
have an inferior naval force,

is to take the land route.

I agree.

Kondo Chikaie, whom you are
concerned about, is the son of

Buddhist Priest Saiko, who
was beheaded by Kiyomori

for participating in the
Shishigatani Conspiracy.

On the surface,
he is a Heike ally,

but I'm sure he holds a grudge
against the Heike deep at hear.

If Kondo Chikaie sides with us, then
Sakuraba might sway to us, too.

I hope things go as
easily as you say...

In any event, we
should go to Awa first.

To catch the enemy off guard,

we have to take
unexpected measures.

Sir Kagetoki, as soon as your navy
arrives, head to Awa after us.

However...

On the day Yoshitsune
was to head to Awa...

A spring storm hit Settsu,

damaging most of Watanabe's 40 boats.

How long will it take to
repair the boats?

About a day or two.

Kuro, shouldn't we wait for our

navy to arrive and depart then?

If they were also caught in the
storm, they might be delayed.

That's right.

Who knows when the navy will arrive?

If we wait for them, we may miss
our opportunity to attack...

We should install "sakaro"
on these boats then.

What are "sakaro"?

Normally, all you need are
"Ro" (oars) to push forward.

But when you go out into the rough
seas or are preparing for battle.

With the enemy, you install "Ro"
(oars) at the head of the boat.

With the "sakaro" you can easily
maneuver the boat when attacked.

And you can quickly retreat,
in times of emergency.

How long do you need
to install the "sakaro"?

It'll take about 5 days to
install them on all the boats.

I can't wait that long.

Why not?

But...

Besides, when a warrior
goes into battle...

He shouldn't be thinking
about retreating.

Retreating can be a strategy, too.

A mind frame that you can
retreat at any time, will create

weaken the warrior's morale.
And they won't fight well.

Unlike leading a small army,

a General who leads a huge army
must think of the worst scenario.

Are you saying our Lord lacks
the abilities to lead an army?

Benkei!

What's going on?

I'm saying it's important to
prepare for the next battle,

by limiting the damages to our own army.

Sir Kagetoki...

In order to repay Lord
Kamakura for his kindness,

I must win this battle.

I must retrieve the 3
Sacred Treasures.

This might be the only
opportunity I have.

When I leave this land, I
do not plan to return alive.

The bow had been drawn,
and we are the arrow.

Once shot, we stay
focused on our enemy.

Yes.

You are like a boar that
doesn't know how to withdraw.

Are you calling our Lord a boar?
That's going too far!

No, I'm not!

How dare you call our Lord
a boar-like warrior!

Please stop fighting!

This army doesn't belong to you.
It belongs to Lord Kamakura!

You can't do as you wish with it.

NO! As the Commanding General

of the army, it is my army.

Even if you are the Commanding General,
you can't do as you wish with it,

without my approval
as the battle overseer.

You're hampering me from
carrying out my duties.

Refrain, both of you!

When we make our plans, we

don't think of the next battle.

We engrave it in our minds that
this will be our last battle.

I can't follow you, Kuro.

Kagesue.

Was Kuro like this
in the battles

at Ujigawa and Inch-no-Tani?

Yes. He stood at the
forefront, inspiring his allies,

and achieved spectacular victories.

Without conferring with
the battle overseer?

Kuro's battle strategies
surpassed all strategies so far.

His strategies are adapted to the
time, place, and circumstances.

I don't understand it.

I've never seen such behavior
from a General before.

So I don't get it.

A General who is in charge
of many warrior's lives

should cherish the warrior's lives.

If you and I should die in battle,

what will become of
the Kajiwara fief?

A fief is a warrior's life line.

Kuro doesn't understand it,
because he has no fief.

That is why he can
unhesitatingly...

I am about to send my vassals

and everyone to their deaths.

But I can't think of any

other means now.

Don't be perplexed.

Do as you see fit.

We will follow you,
without any hesitation.

My younger brother, Tadanobu,

and I followed you from Oshu...

because we liked your nature.

Just as you are staking your
life for Lord Kamakura...

We have dedicated our
lives to you, my Lord.

Your wish is our wish, my Lord.

Tsugunobu...

If I didn't meet you, I probably

would've been a warrior.

That leads a quiet life in Hiraizumi.

But by getting to know you,
Benkei, and the others...

and by being allowed
to accompany you...

I've had many unexpected experience.

By staking my life for you...

I've learned how
invigorating life can be.

Will you follow me?

Of course.

Lord!

The winds are getting
strong again.

What did you just say?

I'm thinking of going to Awa
in the boats tonight.

With the strong winds and heavy
rains, it'll be stormy at sea.

Don't you see it as a perfect
opportunity to catch them off guard?

That's reckless!

Fortunately, the winds are blowing
from the north to the south.

If we hoist the sails,
the winds will be with us.

Like the dragon soaring above,

we'll be guided to Awa.

Now is the time to act!

What about the boats?

I heard there are 5 or 6 boats
that can go out immediately.

As battle overseer,
I cannot approve of it.

Sir Kagetoki!

If you still insist, then
you can do as you wish.

Father!

I would like to go with Kuro!

Kagesue!

I've followed him since the battles
at Ujigawa and Ichi-no-Tani.

If I don't go this time,
I'll regret it for life.

Do you plan to die in vain?

We're doing it to win the battle.

We'll be going ahead.
We'll see you in Yashima.

Please!

It's like going out to die!

Manabu!

No one wants to go out.

Are they flinching?

The winds will get stronger.
The rain will fall harder.

Who'd want to go out
into the stormy seas?

This way!

What's going on here?

Where did you go?

To get these men, who'd bravely
go out into the stormy seas.

Can you set out into
these stormy seas?

Sure.

That's reckless.

We just need to read the tides
and winds right and we'll be fine.

Jiro, good work.

Manabu, I'm taking 4
of your boats.

Lord, let's go in 5 boats.

We only have 4 boatmen.

With me, there's 5.

I used to be a boatman that
sailed the rough seas.

Oh, yes!

On the night the winds and
rains were getting stronger...

Yoshitsune set out
into the stormy seas.

With 150 men on 5 boats.

Jiro!

We're riding on the tides now!

Don't worry! I believe
in the God of War!

For Yoshitsune and his vassals...

The battle had already
started that night.

Next episode.

Is it another surprise attack,
after the one at Ichi-no-Tani?

Get the boats ready!

Are they trying to provoke us?

Gather the master bowmen.

I don't think I can do it.

Why did you select him?

He said he lacks the confidence.

I perceive him to be quite a man.

May the God of War be with us.

Brother...

Aim for the Genji General!

Tsugunobu!

Stay with me always.

I will.

YOSHITSUNE'S JOURNEY
Osaka Prefecture Osaka City.

In the 4th year of
Juei (February 1185),

Yoritomo ordered Yoshitsune
to command the Genji forces.

Gathering not far from present day Osaka.

Just across from Shikoku.

Yoshitsune joined forces
with the rest of the Genji

warriors here at Watanabe Tsu
(Port) in Settsu province.

The Pine of Sakaro Monument located
today in Fukushima-Ku (town)

marks the place where according
to the Tale of the Heike,

Yoshitsune met with Kagetoki
Kajiwara to discuss plans

for attacking the Heike
under this large pine tree.

The two are sharply-divided on how to
win the battle against the Heike.

Before departing for battle, Yoshitsune
came to Asahishinmeisha Shrine.

Where it is said that he wrote a
prayer for victory in the upcoming battle.

Yoshitsune set sail with
just 5 boats 150 cavalry.

He arrived in Katsura not
far from Yashima and

led a surprise attack
against the Heike.