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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,038 --> 00:00:13,173 TOEI COMPANY LTD. 2 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:21,444 LADY KASUGA (Jotei Kasuga no Tsubone) 3 00:00:43,743 --> 00:00:47,975 SEKIGAHARA FIELD - 1600 4 00:00:48,248 --> 00:00:50,283 The East Force, which was led by Tokugawa Ieyasu, 5 00:00:50,283 --> 00:00:52,519 gained a signal victory at the battle in the Sekigahara Field, 6 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:55,522 one of Japan's greatest civil wars, which eventually 7 00:00:55,522 --> 00:00:57,080 decided the fate of the country. 8 00:00:57,323 --> 00:00:59,159 The East Force owed its victory 9 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:01,461 to the betrayal of Kobayakawa Hideaki, one of the warlords which had 10 00:01:01,461 --> 00:01:03,122 participated in the West Force. 11 00:01:12,539 --> 00:01:15,702 My lord, Kobayakawa Hideaki is here! 12 00:01:16,376 --> 00:01:18,310 Hideaki is? 13 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:20,110 Tell him to wait. 14 00:01:28,655 --> 00:01:31,249 Welcome, Hideaki. I'm glad you could come. 15 00:01:31,891 --> 00:01:33,654 Come here. What are you doing? 16 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,352 Give him a stool! 17 00:01:35,762 --> 00:01:38,424 Come on, be seated. 18 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:44,993 Sir Hideaki, I shall never forget what you did for us today. 19 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:48,506 I'm more than pleased that you joined us. 20 00:01:48,741 --> 00:01:51,574 I appreciate it. 21 00:01:53,213 --> 00:01:56,239 I'm very grateful. 22 00:01:58,118 --> 00:01:59,585 Thank you, my lord. 23 00:02:00,386 --> 00:02:04,624 I'm taking sides with you because I believe that no one else but 24 00:02:04,624 --> 00:02:08,685 you could be the supreme ruler of the world in these turbulent times. 25 00:02:11,564 --> 00:02:13,225 Well said, Hideaki. 26 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:17,066 Sir Hideaki... 27 00:02:17,570 --> 00:02:22,701 From now on, I shall regard you as my son. 28 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:25,270 Thank you! 29 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:44,362 So, you are Inaba Masanari, the major-domo to Hideaki, right? 30 00:02:45,798 --> 00:02:46,765 Yes, my lord. 31 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:48,766 You are? 32 00:02:49,769 --> 00:02:52,294 I hear that you were the first attacker to the enemy force. 33 00:02:52,372 --> 00:02:53,862 Is that right? 34 00:02:55,441 --> 00:02:58,638 Masanari is the bravest person in my clan. 35 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:02,209 He beheaded three of the enemy generals. 36 00:03:02,549 --> 00:03:04,141 As many as three generals? 37 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:11,722 I envy you Hideaki, because you are favored with such a good retainer. 38 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:20,028 Masanari, you can come to me whenever you feel like it. 39 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:23,636 I shall employ you with the annual stipend of 50,000 koku, 40 00:03:23,636 --> 00:03:25,729 no, 100,000 koku of rice! 41 00:03:27,006 --> 00:03:30,305 Oh, I was only joking. 42 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:34,502 If I took you away, Sir Hideaki would be enraged. 43 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:40,653 Kobayakawa Hideaki was promoted to the greatest feudal lord 44 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:42,518 in the western part of Japan. 45 00:03:42,689 --> 00:03:46,059 And Inaba Masanari enjoyed a high annual stipend of 46 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,754 20,000 koku of rice. 47 00:03:47,961 --> 00:03:50,953 But only two years later... 48 00:03:52,232 --> 00:03:55,724 Hideaki abruptly went out of his mind and died. 49 00:03:56,102 --> 00:03:58,662 The Kobayakawa clan became extinct. 50 00:03:59,305 --> 00:04:01,908 The world laughed at the clan, saying that the incident was 51 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:03,276 a just reward for their betrayal. 52 00:04:03,276 --> 00:04:06,045 All his retainers, including Inaba Masanari, lost 53 00:04:06,045 --> 00:04:07,979 their jobs all at once. 54 00:04:10,049 --> 00:04:13,314 FUSHIMI CASTLE, KYOTO 55 00:04:24,964 --> 00:04:29,367 The wife of Inaba Masanari was called Ofuku. 56 00:04:33,573 --> 00:04:40,013 Are you thinking that you can see the Shogun directly anytime 57 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:43,039 now that you are in his castle? 58 00:04:44,651 --> 00:04:45,709 Pardon? 59 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:51,691 Even lords with a stipend of 100,000 koku of rice 60 00:04:51,691 --> 00:04:54,888 are awaiting their turns. 61 00:04:57,230 --> 00:05:02,361 Is that so? I humbly apologize for my innocence. 62 00:05:02,535 --> 00:05:09,575 However, my husband received very kind words from the Shogun 63 00:05:09,575 --> 00:05:13,602 at the time of the Sekigahara Battle. 64 00:05:13,713 --> 00:05:18,217 I would be extremely grateful if you could kindly announce 65 00:05:18,217 --> 00:05:21,152 me to the Shogun, sir. 66 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:28,719 Will you wait here? 67 00:05:29,195 --> 00:05:30,184 Certainly, sir. 68 00:05:57,090 --> 00:05:58,887 She's nice. 69 00:06:11,337 --> 00:06:13,931 Inaba Ofuku... 70 00:06:14,941 --> 00:06:16,101 Come with me. 71 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:17,600 Certainly. 72 00:06:51,844 --> 00:06:55,803 Would you please take off your clothes? 73 00:06:58,084 --> 00:06:59,517 Hurry. 74 00:07:00,787 --> 00:07:05,622 Do you plan to meet the Shogun without cleaning yourself? 75 00:07:45,131 --> 00:07:48,066 So you are Inaba Masanari's wife Ofuku? 76 00:07:48,601 --> 00:07:50,262 You are as beautiful as I'd heard! 77 00:07:50,336 --> 00:07:51,394 Let me go! 78 00:07:52,905 --> 00:07:54,099 How unreasonable! 79 00:07:54,540 --> 00:07:56,440 What are you doing? 80 00:07:57,210 --> 00:08:00,577 Your Excellency, are you all right? 81 00:08:00,713 --> 00:08:03,341 Yes, I am all right. Leave us alone. 82 00:08:03,449 --> 00:08:04,507 Insolent! 83 00:08:04,717 --> 00:08:05,818 Stop it! - Someone, come! 84 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:07,285 What are you saying?! I told you to leave! 85 00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:08,454 Leave! 86 00:08:08,454 --> 00:08:10,081 But... - Leave! Get out! 87 00:08:15,895 --> 00:08:18,090 You made a bump on the head of this Ieyasu. 88 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:21,466 That was very courageous of you. 89 00:08:23,769 --> 00:08:27,671 But, Ofuku, you cannot resist me for a second time. 90 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:34,571 I shall not resist, Your Excellency. 91 00:08:36,215 --> 00:08:38,012 I shall obey you. 92 00:08:42,221 --> 00:08:47,260 But, in return for it, 93 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:52,129 I would be grateful if you could promise... 94 00:08:52,765 --> 00:08:56,428 that you will employ my husband Inaba Masanari. 95 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:01,598 Ofuku... 96 00:09:02,475 --> 00:09:07,213 what did he get paid when he was serving 97 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:09,943 the Kobayakawa clan? 98 00:09:13,319 --> 00:09:16,516 He was given a stipend of 20,000 koku of rice. 99 00:09:17,356 --> 00:09:19,221 As much as 20,000 koku? 100 00:09:20,426 --> 00:09:23,259 That's a little too much. 101 00:09:24,196 --> 00:09:27,300 I'm told that, at the time of the Sekigahara Battle, 102 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:32,966 you said that my husband deserved a 100,000 koku. 103 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:40,112 He is still young... 104 00:09:41,047 --> 00:09:43,641 And I'm not certain that this is not a bad deal. 105 00:09:43,749 --> 00:09:45,842 Ofuku... 106 00:09:48,454 --> 00:09:53,721 You are also a very good negotiator, aren't you? 107 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,991 I like it. I like you. 108 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:05,627 It's been such a long time since I became excited so much. 109 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:13,172 Now, come. 110 00:10:35,034 --> 00:10:36,467 Young lady, hand on! 111 00:10:37,603 --> 00:10:38,237 Young lady, you are good! 112 00:10:38,237 --> 00:10:39,705 EDO CASTLE - 1605 Young lady, you are good! 113 00:10:39,705 --> 00:10:39,905 EDO CASTLE - 1605 114 00:10:39,905 --> 00:10:41,273 EDO CASTLE - 1605 One more time! 115 00:10:41,273 --> 00:10:41,967 EDO CASTLE - 1605 116 00:10:44,877 --> 00:10:47,004 I heard that Lord Hidetada's wife is pregnant. 117 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:49,775 Is she expecting a baby? 118 00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:54,987 In these days, the master of Edo castle was Lord Hidetada, 119 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:57,512 the third eldest son Ieyasu. 120 00:10:57,690 --> 00:11:00,092 But actually he was a mere feudal lord ruling only 121 00:11:00,092 --> 00:11:01,594 the Musashi province. 122 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:04,096 The actual political power still lay in the hands 123 00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:06,291 of Ieyasu who lived in Kyoto. 124 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:11,871 My lord, you and your wife live very happily together, 125 00:11:11,871 --> 00:11:14,999 and you have many children. 126 00:11:15,474 --> 00:11:18,177 But they are all girls, including your eldest 127 00:11:18,177 --> 00:11:21,078 daughter, Princess Sen. 128 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:25,818 Under these circumstances, the Shogun is waiting 129 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:27,809 for a son to be born. 130 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:32,258 He said that when you are favored with a son, 131 00:11:32,258 --> 00:11:35,695 who will be your successor, he shall be named 'Takechiyo', 132 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:38,391 the name of the Shogun when he was a child. 133 00:11:38,931 --> 00:11:40,057 Is that so? 134 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:42,396 My father will give him his name? 135 00:11:43,002 --> 00:11:46,403 What a kind and thoughtful consideration! 136 00:11:47,973 --> 00:11:51,534 Oeyo, you must have a boy at any cost, then. 137 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:55,948 Despite your words, it is God's or Buddha's business to decide 138 00:11:55,948 --> 00:11:58,849 whether the coming child will be a boy or a girl. 139 00:11:59,085 --> 00:12:01,451 There is nothing I can do about it. 140 00:12:02,822 --> 00:12:05,313 You are logically right, but... 141 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:08,761 The prophet says that this year falls on 142 00:12:08,761 --> 00:12:12,331 a very fortunate one for Lord Hidetada and his wife, 143 00:12:12,331 --> 00:12:16,165 and that they will most certainly be favored with a male child this year. 144 00:12:16,769 --> 00:12:18,930 I wish it to come true. 145 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:25,274 The family master of the Tokugawa has no successor... 146 00:12:25,511 --> 00:12:31,006 although we have been waiting such a long time. 147 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:36,485 My father-in-law in Kyoto doesn't like me from the first. 148 00:12:37,990 --> 00:12:42,427 Because I'm the sister of Lady Yodo in Osaka... 149 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:46,823 Because the late Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi forced you to marry me... 150 00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:49,363 he detests me. 151 00:12:49,502 --> 00:12:52,130 Oeyo, what are you saying? 152 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:53,572 My lord... 153 00:12:53,572 --> 00:12:57,906 I shall have a male child! 154 00:12:58,310 --> 00:13:02,713 If my wish cannot be granted, I shall kill myself! 155 00:13:03,749 --> 00:13:06,877 Masanobu, tell the Shogun so! 156 00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:20,093 Very well, my lady... 157 00:13:20,432 --> 00:13:28,100 I want a successor very badly myself. 158 00:13:29,074 --> 00:13:30,666 Is that your goal? 159 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:38,143 But it is beyond me. 160 00:13:41,387 --> 00:13:45,016 Minbu, render him hearty hospitality. 161 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:46,382 Yes, my lord. 162 00:13:58,704 --> 00:14:05,166 Lord Honda, I cannot disregard what you said a while ago. 163 00:14:06,111 --> 00:14:09,682 Rumor has it that the Shogun said he would not give away 164 00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:12,885 his post to such an incapable man as could not even have a male child. 165 00:14:12,885 --> 00:14:14,443 That's the trouble. 166 00:14:15,254 --> 00:14:19,959 The Shogun is already 60 years old, but he has had 167 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:26,922 three more sons lately: Goro-maru, Chofuku-maru and Tsuruchiyo. 168 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:29,969 It is said that people hold their children especially 169 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:32,171 dear when they have the children when they are old. 170 00:14:32,171 --> 00:14:34,537 The Shogun is no exception. 171 00:14:34,773 --> 00:14:38,510 The young mothers are pushing him, too, 172 00:14:38,510 --> 00:14:42,281 and he seems to be wondering which of his sons he should select 173 00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:44,943 as his successor. 174 00:14:45,918 --> 00:14:49,121 But the three sons in Fushimi are only small, 175 00:14:49,121 --> 00:14:53,292 and it will take at least ten more years to hold their 176 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:55,283 coming-of-age ceremonies. 177 00:14:56,462 --> 00:14:58,931 And no matter how healthy the Shogun may be, 178 00:14:58,931 --> 00:15:00,799 he won't live that long. 179 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:04,003 That's why he thinks that he should select 180 00:15:04,003 --> 00:15:06,062 his successor quickly. 181 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:16,582 But, it goes without saying that Lord Hidetada who lives 182 00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:19,652 in this castle is closer than anyone else to the post 183 00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:21,347 of the second Shogun. 184 00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:27,159 That's why Lord Hidetada ought to have his father's 185 00:15:27,159 --> 00:15:33,655 first grandson this time at any cost, do please him. 186 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:37,499 The child in Lady Oeyo's womb is a boy. 187 00:15:38,370 --> 00:15:42,636 There is no mistake about it. 188 00:15:43,509 --> 00:15:44,567 Lady Ohba! 189 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:48,948 As long as deities and Buddha exist, the wish of 190 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:54,687 Lord Hidetada, Lady Oeyo and us will certainly be 191 00:15:54,687 --> 00:15:56,814 granted some day. 192 00:15:59,224 --> 00:16:07,232 I can see the baby in Lady Oeyo's womb has 193 00:16:07,232 --> 00:16:10,135 the spirit between its small legs. I can see the baby in Lady Oeyo's womb has 194 00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:10,260 I can see the baby in Lady Oeyo's womb has 195 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:15,106 I can see it clearly. 196 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:22,136 TAGUCHI VILLAGE, MINO PROVINCE 197 00:16:26,952 --> 00:16:28,544 Hey, Shichi! 198 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:33,215 Tsume, come back! 199 00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:34,381 Wait! 200 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:35,620 Young Lord Senkuma! 201 00:16:38,697 --> 00:16:39,686 Wait! 202 00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:41,226 Hey, Shichi! 203 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:42,959 Wait! 204 00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:46,194 Wait! 205 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:57,510 You fighting again? That's enough! 206 00:17:02,187 --> 00:17:04,553 Shichinojo, stop it! 207 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:11,758 That hurts! 208 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:13,165 You surrender? 209 00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:15,531 Mother, Tsume hit me! 210 00:17:15,901 --> 00:17:17,569 That's because you hit my buttocks! 211 00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:18,866 Be a good boy... 212 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:21,732 Are you hungry? 213 00:17:25,477 --> 00:17:29,573 Your mother will give you milk very soon. 214 00:17:35,754 --> 00:17:37,823 That's all for today. You may go and play. 215 00:17:37,823 --> 00:17:38,881 Thank you! 216 00:17:39,858 --> 00:17:42,190 That baby is really cute. 217 00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,363 You will be able to have one before long, too. 218 00:17:46,465 --> 00:17:49,662 Mother, I'm hungry, too. Give me some food. 219 00:17:49,868 --> 00:17:52,063 Wait until supper. 220 00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:53,798 You are a samurai's son, aren't you? 221 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:55,741 Iwamatsu's drinking milk. 222 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:58,005 He's still a baby. 223 00:17:59,011 --> 00:18:01,070 And Father is drinking 'sake'. 224 00:18:08,487 --> 00:18:09,647 'Sake'! 225 00:18:10,389 --> 00:18:11,788 Give me more 'sake'! 226 00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:15,027 Tsume, will you please see to the baby? 227 00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:16,051 Very well. 228 00:18:24,236 --> 00:18:25,567 One is for your brother. 229 00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:26,660 I know. 230 00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:50,855 My lady, what is the matter? 231 00:18:52,431 --> 00:18:53,830 Nothing. 232 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:08,745 My lady, isn't it morning sickness? 233 00:19:09,014 --> 00:19:10,413 You are expecting! 234 00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:12,645 Nonsense. 235 00:19:15,888 --> 00:19:18,618 Well, maybe I'm mistaken. 236 00:19:19,057 --> 00:19:23,362 Since Lord Inaba came home, he's been drinking 237 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:25,762 all day and every day. 238 00:19:26,865 --> 00:19:28,389 Where's my 'sake'?! 239 00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:31,726 I will bring him the 'sake'. 240 00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:44,781 Make a ball of betel nut powder. 241 00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:49,079 And apply peppermint water and mercury to it. 242 00:19:49,721 --> 00:19:57,496 Then use your fingers to insert it deep into your womb 243 00:19:57,496 --> 00:20:00,522 and leave it in there for a night. 244 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:04,002 Then the fetus goes rotten and flows out. 245 00:20:05,170 --> 00:20:08,799 Give me a silver coin or a 'to' of rice for this trick. 246 00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:19,280 My lord, did you know that Lady Inaba is pregnant? 247 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:22,514 And that she went to see an old lady abortionist? 248 00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:25,479 My lord, you are smart, aren't you? 249 00:20:26,491 --> 00:20:29,328 They all say that Lord Inaba lost your capability as a man 250 00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:33,958 together with your stipend of 20,000 koku of rice. 251 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,097 But they are all wrong. 252 00:20:37,869 --> 00:20:42,636 Your wife is so beautiful and kind. 253 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:45,943 And she has many children. 254 00:20:46,812 --> 00:20:49,940 I wish I could have such a lovely child. 255 00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:55,820 Listen, I want your child...! 256 00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:24,640 Hey, Shichi, wait! 257 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:27,676 Wait! 258 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:48,536 My lord, what's the matter with you?! 259 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:54,843 My lord, I want your child... 260 00:21:55,247 --> 00:22:01,447 My lord, I want a child like your... 261 00:22:02,287 --> 00:22:08,624 Senkuma, Shichinojo and Iwamatsu... 262 00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:10,821 Please! 263 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:27,812 My lord...! 264 00:22:34,886 --> 00:22:37,252 That hurts! 265 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:39,482 What are you doing?! 266 00:22:45,764 --> 00:22:48,164 Damn it! Don't act big! 267 00:22:48,333 --> 00:22:51,666 Your husband is impotent after all! 268 00:22:52,170 --> 00:22:54,104 I know! 269 00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:58,373 I know that you procured abortion by that old woman! 270 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:00,772 Who was the father? 271 00:23:01,146 --> 00:23:02,477 A demon?! 272 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:09,650 I have something to tell you. 273 00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:15,883 As Tsume said, I meant to procure abortion. 274 00:23:16,194 --> 00:23:18,992 But I did not have an abortion. 275 00:23:20,365 --> 00:23:24,267 I decided not to. 276 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:30,108 Please divorce me. 277 00:23:31,643 --> 00:23:33,941 I beseech you! 278 00:23:34,613 --> 00:23:36,103 Who was the father? 279 00:23:39,284 --> 00:23:41,650 I'm asking who the father was! 280 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,593 I will not tell you. 281 00:24:02,874 --> 00:24:04,102 Kill yourself! 282 00:24:09,314 --> 00:24:10,872 Commit suicide! 283 00:24:15,387 --> 00:24:17,252 No, I have no intention of dying. 284 00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:19,516 What a shameless woman you are! 285 00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:27,896 You have disgraced not only me but the entire Inaba clan. 286 00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:31,102 For a woman, children are Heaven-sent treasures. 287 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:33,464 They cannot be replaced with anything else. 288 00:24:34,739 --> 00:24:37,230 How can I kill my child? 289 00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:41,469 Call me an adulteress if you like. 290 00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:43,715 But no matter what you call me, I shall not kill the child in my womb. 291 00:24:43,715 --> 00:24:44,773 Shut up! 292 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:50,512 Damn you! 293 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:54,955 Are you acting in defiance of your husband?! 294 00:24:55,126 --> 00:24:59,297 Yes, I am! I would even fight against deities 295 00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:01,128 or Buddha to shield the child in my womb! 296 00:25:01,199 --> 00:25:02,564 Shut up! 297 00:25:25,624 --> 00:25:27,421 What a shame! Look at yourself! 298 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:33,365 How can I believe that you were once called the bravest... 299 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:36,061 warrior in the Inaba clan? 300 00:25:36,568 --> 00:25:38,160 Shut up! 301 00:25:38,803 --> 00:25:40,327 Silence! 302 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:42,269 No, my lord! You mustn't kill your wife! 303 00:25:42,807 --> 00:25:45,071 It's your fault, my lord. You are to blame! 304 00:25:45,143 --> 00:25:46,337 Step aside! 305 00:25:51,850 --> 00:25:56,082 My lady, please forgive me. 306 00:25:56,187 --> 00:25:57,950 Forgive me! 307 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:05,861 Tsume, I must leave together with the children. 308 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:11,325 You stay and take care of my husband. 309 00:26:11,803 --> 00:26:14,738 No! I will go with you! 310 00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:16,340 No, you won't. 311 00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:18,276 I will go with you. 312 00:26:18,276 --> 00:26:20,301 I will follow you if I have to leave home by myself. 313 00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:27,478 I don't want to part from you and your children. 314 00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:33,753 I will work hard for you. 315 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,261 Please! Please take me with you! 316 00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:43,624 What a girl. 317 00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:49,965 EDO CASTLE, INNER PALACE 318 00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:01,452 Kagawa, how is it? 319 00:27:03,254 --> 00:27:07,088 It's already five months since she was delivered of a child. 320 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,461 But she still has plenty of nourishing milk. 321 00:27:18,169 --> 00:27:19,363 Thank you for coming. 322 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:22,402 I'd appreciate it if you could choose me. 323 00:27:31,282 --> 00:27:34,342 She's the wife of a samurai, isn't she? 324 00:27:34,919 --> 00:27:37,522 Yes, her name is Sato, and she's the wife of 325 00:27:37,522 --> 00:27:40,184 Aoki Jonoshin, a samurai with a stipend of 50 koku. 326 00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:44,324 She's a distant relative of Nobleman Sujaku. 327 00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:46,464 How many more women have we left? 328 00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:49,459 Servant of Lady Inaba Ofuku! 329 00:27:50,769 --> 00:27:52,862 Servant of Lady Inaba Ofuku! 330 00:27:53,304 --> 00:27:54,794 Here, madam. 331 00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:01,437 My lady! 332 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:03,607 Tsume, bring my baby. 333 00:28:04,749 --> 00:28:07,240 The ladies here insist on seeing him. 334 00:28:19,831 --> 00:28:23,460 What a good child! How old is he? 335 00:28:23,768 --> 00:28:26,134 Precisely fifteen days, ma'am. 336 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:28,306 Did you bring him 337 00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:30,797 all the way from Mino to Edo right after he was born? 338 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:33,241 I brought five more children with me. 339 00:28:33,344 --> 00:28:34,504 As many as five? 340 00:28:34,646 --> 00:28:35,680 Right, madam. 341 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,045 How many male children do you have? 342 00:28:37,148 --> 00:28:38,750 Four, madam, including this baby. 343 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:40,775 The eldest one is seven years old. 344 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:42,045 Are they all well? 345 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,645 The never fell ill, madam. 346 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,727 Inaba Ofuku happens to be the daughter of Saito Kuranosuke, 347 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:51,062 the major-domo to Lord Akechi Mitsuhide... 348 00:28:51,062 --> 00:28:54,054 who betrayed his master Lord Oda Nobunaga and assassinated him. 349 00:28:54,999 --> 00:29:00,238 On the other hand, the wife of Lord Tokugawa Hidetada 350 00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:03,833 is the niece of Lord Oda Nobunaga. 351 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:08,041 In short, they are enemies. 352 00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:11,580 Do you think that it is right to employ such a woman as the nurse of her child? 353 00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:14,612 I recommend Ofuku because she has good milk. 354 00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:18,289 She has delivered four male children and has 355 00:29:18,289 --> 00:29:22,783 reared all of them without losing any of them. 356 00:29:23,661 --> 00:29:27,529 I agree with Grand Lady Ohba myself. 357 00:29:28,366 --> 00:29:30,568 And I hear that Ofuku was educated at the home of 358 00:29:30,568 --> 00:29:33,605 Sanjo-Nishi, one of Japan's highest aristocrats, 359 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:34,936 when she was a child. 360 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,541 Speaking of family, 361 00:29:36,541 --> 00:29:38,710 Aoki Jonoshin's wife Sato is also from an aristocratic family. 362 00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:42,514 And I heard that she, too, is a woman of ability, 363 00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:45,150 who is very good at martial arts and an excellent scholar 364 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:46,484 at the same time. 365 00:29:46,484 --> 00:29:49,112 Anyway, we should choose one of these two women. 366 00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:53,617 We have no choice but to ask Lord Hidetada to decide. 367 00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:58,593 I suppose... 368 00:29:59,764 --> 00:30:05,100 I'm still worried about what family Ofuku really comes from. 369 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:08,898 Excuse me. 370 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,038 Lord Hidetada's wife has begun to feel pains. 371 00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:15,874 The doctor says she will deliver the baby at midnight. 372 00:30:16,014 --> 00:30:18,710 What? - Why, it's so sudden. 373 00:30:19,050 --> 00:30:20,881 Everyone, get ready! 374 00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:36,333 Lady Ohba... 375 00:30:37,135 --> 00:30:38,568 What's the matter? 376 00:30:40,271 --> 00:30:42,762 Lady Minbu, come closer and listen. 377 00:30:47,212 --> 00:30:53,418 What do you plan to do if the coming baby 378 00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:59,015 happens to be another girl? 379 00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:02,018 I will think about it when it actually happens. 380 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,386 I'm more worried about this premature birth of the baby. 381 00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:08,299 Lady Minbu, would you please leave everything up to me? 382 00:31:08,299 --> 00:31:11,502 Would you please forget about everything you might 383 00:31:11,502 --> 00:31:12,867 hear or see today? 384 00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:18,400 I wonder what on earth is on your mind? 385 00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:24,883 Even if this new baby happens to be a girl, 386 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:29,877 we shall rear her as a boy. 387 00:31:30,021 --> 00:31:32,319 What? - Quiet! 388 00:31:32,857 --> 00:31:35,417 Lady Ohba, are you insane? 389 00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:41,630 Staying sane, we cannot compete with the Shogun in Kyoto. 390 00:31:43,935 --> 00:31:47,972 Lord Hidetada is so dear to me, 391 00:31:47,972 --> 00:31:50,702 because I reared him with my own milk. 392 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:53,945 And you are the chief of the entire ladies-in-waiting 393 00:31:53,945 --> 00:31:56,243 and maid-servants in this inner palace. 394 00:31:56,547 --> 00:31:59,417 Should the post of the second Shogun be taken away by 395 00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:03,854 someone else, it would be the greatest disgrace for both of us. 396 00:32:04,055 --> 00:32:08,321 Still, I do not think it possible to pretend that the girl is a boy. 397 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:11,761 How could we keep the secret? 398 00:32:11,829 --> 00:32:14,766 We shall use every possible method 399 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:17,132 to hide the truth and rear the baby. 400 00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:23,308 Should the truth be revealed, 401 00:32:23,308 --> 00:32:25,640 I shall commit suicide to apologize. 402 00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:26,903 Enough! 403 00:32:27,712 --> 00:32:29,543 You are certainly out of your mind! 404 00:32:29,647 --> 00:32:31,581 Lady Minbu! - Say no more! 405 00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:33,415 I shall not listen any more! 406 00:33:31,709 --> 00:33:33,939 Sagami, how is Oeyo? 407 00:33:34,212 --> 00:33:35,680 My lord... 408 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,148 They informed me that she is heading for the lying-in room. 409 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:41,586 Though this is a premature birth, there appears to be 410 00:33:41,586 --> 00:33:43,781 absolutely no problems about her delivery. 411 00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:46,322 She is peacefully waiting for her child to be born. 412 00:33:46,791 --> 00:33:48,952 I wish it to be a boy this time. 413 00:34:10,848 --> 00:34:13,184 In those days, mothers were delivered of their babies, 414 00:34:13,184 --> 00:34:14,617 while taking a sitting posture. 415 00:34:25,696 --> 00:34:29,393 To pray for the health and longevity of the baby, 416 00:34:29,734 --> 00:34:31,402 it was once deliberately abandoned 417 00:34:31,402 --> 00:34:33,393 and later a specially-selected man picked it up. 418 00:34:33,638 --> 00:34:40,009 This was the tradition preserved among samurai families. 419 00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:48,646 The best samurai of all the retainers was selected. 420 00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:51,456 As another tradition, strong samurai shot arrows 421 00:34:51,456 --> 00:34:53,287 in the four directions to exorcise evil spirits. 422 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:59,059 My lady, why are we left alone here? 423 00:34:59,430 --> 00:35:02,490 They have already selected someone else as the nurse, haven't they? 424 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:03,858 Stop it! 425 00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:06,503 I will bring these home to your sons. 426 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:09,566 I suppose they are missing us. 427 00:35:15,646 --> 00:35:17,511 My lady. 428 00:35:17,882 --> 00:35:21,147 Ofuku, I'm sorry to have left you for so long. 429 00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:24,489 As a matter of fact, the madam suddenly began 430 00:35:24,489 --> 00:35:26,184 to feel labor pains. 431 00:35:26,824 --> 00:35:31,693 So, at my own discretion, I have kept you here as a nurse. 432 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:37,401 But, my lady, I hear that someone else has already 433 00:35:37,401 --> 00:35:38,868 been selected as the nurse. 434 00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:40,699 That woman? Forget about her. 435 00:35:41,305 --> 00:35:46,244 In my opinion, I rate you as high; you were courageous 436 00:35:46,244 --> 00:35:52,205 enough to leave your husband and come to Edo with only your children. 437 00:35:53,751 --> 00:35:57,655 I would like you to work for me keeping close 438 00:35:57,655 --> 00:35:59,486 contact with me from now on. 439 00:35:59,790 --> 00:36:01,553 Thank you very much, my lady. 440 00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:05,429 I shall stake my whole heart and body on this work. 441 00:36:07,598 --> 00:36:13,468 By the way, will you give me your baby? 442 00:36:15,606 --> 00:36:16,595 Pardon? 443 00:36:16,741 --> 00:36:22,008 Worry not. I shall rear him by myself. 444 00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:26,308 I hope you do not oppose. 445 00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:30,421 I'm sorry, my lady, but this is so sudden that 446 00:36:30,421 --> 00:36:33,618 I cannot agree to give away my child so easily. 447 00:36:35,359 --> 00:36:38,095 If you are trying to test my loyalty, 448 00:36:38,095 --> 00:36:39,995 it's very unreasonable of you, my lady. 449 00:36:40,097 --> 00:36:41,621 Shut up, Ofuku! 450 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:47,738 Don't you think it's insolent of you to give the same milk 451 00:36:47,738 --> 00:36:50,536 to Lord Hidetada's child and yours at the same time? 452 00:36:52,410 --> 00:36:54,571 I understand, my lady. 453 00:36:56,180 --> 00:37:04,053 You shall have my baby. 454 00:37:25,509 --> 00:37:27,636 Well, nurse, hurry. 455 00:37:30,681 --> 00:37:31,739 Hurry up. 456 00:38:05,716 --> 00:38:08,981 Please try! Hang on, my lady. 457 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:13,757 You are almost there. 458 00:38:17,261 --> 00:38:19,559 Push, my lady... 459 00:38:24,168 --> 00:38:28,002 A little more, my lady. 460 00:38:33,177 --> 00:38:37,204 It's late. Isn't it taking too long? 461 00:38:52,897 --> 00:38:55,058 What? Foot presentation?! 462 00:38:55,599 --> 00:38:57,968 That's because she twisted herself, 463 00:38:57,968 --> 00:39:00,266 since she's having such a difficult delivery. 464 00:39:00,404 --> 00:39:02,006 Staying like that, 465 00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:05,271 anything can happen to both her and her baby. 466 00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:08,745 I beg you to call a doctor. 467 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,674 No male doctors can be admitted into the lying-in room. 468 00:39:12,450 --> 00:39:14,213 You must save the baby at any cost. 469 00:39:14,452 --> 00:39:17,080 Save the baby at least! 470 00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:18,889 Lady Ohba! 471 00:39:18,889 --> 00:39:20,914 Kagawa! Do whatever you can! 472 00:39:21,258 --> 00:39:22,282 Yes, my lady! 473 00:39:28,933 --> 00:39:32,232 Lady Minbu, worry not. 474 00:39:33,337 --> 00:39:36,966 This foot presentation proves that the baby is so healthy and active. 475 00:39:38,909 --> 00:39:42,811 It must be a male child! 476 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,057 Push, my lady. 477 00:39:59,263 --> 00:40:00,560 Push! 478 00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:03,632 I can see the baby! 479 00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:05,368 Hang on, my lady. 480 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:10,731 It's here! Try, my lady! 481 00:40:17,882 --> 00:40:19,008 It was born! 482 00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:21,745 A boy! 483 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,147 It's a boy! 484 00:40:24,522 --> 00:40:25,648 A boy! 485 00:40:27,958 --> 00:40:29,425 You did well, my lady! 486 00:40:30,194 --> 00:40:32,355 You did well! 487 00:40:34,198 --> 00:40:36,189 A male child... 488 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:46,933 What's the matter? 489 00:40:48,312 --> 00:40:49,609 Where's the first cry?! 490 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:53,940 Why doesn't he cry?! 491 00:40:54,752 --> 00:40:56,276 Why doesn't he cry?! 492 00:40:57,755 --> 00:40:59,017 Pour water on him. 493 00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:03,016 Spray cold water on his thighs. 494 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:15,405 I'm very, very sorry for this. 495 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:22,771 Kagawa, why is this? 496 00:41:23,447 --> 00:41:26,541 He's the successor to the Tokugawa clan. 497 00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:28,718 Hurry! Do something! 498 00:41:28,953 --> 00:41:33,219 I'm sorry, but he was already dead while he was in the womb. 499 00:41:33,390 --> 00:41:35,159 His navel cord had strangled him. 500 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:36,592 Shut up! Say no more! 501 00:41:37,761 --> 00:41:38,955 Call the doctor! 502 00:41:39,430 --> 00:41:40,664 Call Doctor Nakarai Ho-in! 503 00:41:40,664 --> 00:41:43,599 Lady Minbu, what makes you so upset? 504 00:41:44,134 --> 00:41:47,137 When a baby fails to cry, it's best to ask for a cat's help. 505 00:41:47,137 --> 00:41:50,971 It's been regarded as the best for many years. 506 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:57,175 It's because a cat's meow sounds very much like a baby's cry. 507 00:42:04,121 --> 00:42:05,452 A baby? 508 00:42:06,557 --> 00:42:07,649 That's good. 509 00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:11,756 My lady! 510 00:42:16,967 --> 00:42:18,525 It was born. 511 00:42:33,584 --> 00:42:34,949 Excuse me. 512 00:42:35,419 --> 00:42:36,716 Good news, my lord. 513 00:42:36,954 --> 00:42:39,889 Lord Hidetada's wife has delivered a baby boy. 514 00:42:40,090 --> 00:42:42,058 What? A boy? 515 00:42:42,459 --> 00:42:43,517 Congratulations! 516 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,576 Well, well... 517 00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:02,774 You are cleaned up, young lord. 518 00:43:03,314 --> 00:43:07,216 You are closing your eyes happily... 519 00:43:08,485 --> 00:43:13,479 Well, Nurse, give your milk to the young lord. 520 00:43:17,828 --> 00:43:21,491 Come on, what are you waiting for? 521 00:43:21,899 --> 00:43:26,131 The young lord is crying for your milk. 522 00:43:27,338 --> 00:43:29,966 Give him your milk. 523 00:43:30,574 --> 00:43:33,099 Hurry up! 524 00:43:44,521 --> 00:43:47,513 What an incapable nurse! 525 00:43:47,825 --> 00:43:49,292 You are useless! 526 00:43:50,427 --> 00:43:51,826 Ofuku, come here. 527 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,024 Lady Ohba! 528 00:43:57,434 --> 00:43:59,163 Have you forgotten her? 529 00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:02,163 She's Inaba Masanari's wife, Ofuku. 530 00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:05,868 I have kept her here just in case. 531 00:44:08,412 --> 00:44:15,181 Ofuku, will you give your milk to the young lord? 532 00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:21,580 If things are going like this... 533 00:44:22,292 --> 00:44:25,887 it will be very bad for him. 534 00:44:28,732 --> 00:44:33,101 Very well. I will take care of him. 535 00:44:49,787 --> 00:44:54,622 I do not understand this... 536 00:44:56,060 --> 00:45:00,963 Lady Ohba, how do you plan to settle this? 537 00:45:01,832 --> 00:45:04,824 Do something or anything could happen, which is far beyond us! 538 00:45:05,269 --> 00:45:06,361 You are right. 539 00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:09,335 I never expected this disaster. 540 00:45:10,541 --> 00:45:12,532 It's all our fault. 541 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:20,976 But Lady Minbu, the young lord is alive. 542 00:45:21,952 --> 00:45:23,920 Another nonsense! 543 00:45:24,588 --> 00:45:26,385 It's too late to pull any tricks! 544 00:45:26,457 --> 00:45:27,890 It's not a trick, my lady. 545 00:45:28,192 --> 00:45:32,730 The young lord, the successor to the Tokugawa clan, 546 00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:35,062 was born safely. 547 00:45:36,967 --> 00:45:42,272 This will certainly make the Shogun in Kyoto approve 548 00:45:42,272 --> 00:45:48,074 our lord Hidetada as the second Shogun. 549 00:45:49,713 --> 00:45:53,012 Lady Minbu, be delighted! 550 00:45:54,618 --> 00:45:56,381 Be pleased! 551 00:45:58,155 --> 00:45:59,417 Ofuku, come with me. 552 00:46:34,591 --> 00:46:37,253 He's sound asleep. 553 00:46:51,942 --> 00:46:54,103 Ofuku... 554 00:46:55,679 --> 00:47:04,755 I took your child because I was afraid that 555 00:47:04,755 --> 00:47:08,418 such a situation as this might happen. 556 00:47:10,027 --> 00:47:11,585 I hope you understand. 557 00:47:14,064 --> 00:47:15,964 Do you understand? 558 00:47:17,634 --> 00:47:18,692 Yes, I do. 559 00:47:52,669 --> 00:47:57,265 Well, well, I have picked up such a healthy baby boy! 560 00:47:57,774 --> 00:48:01,335 Will any of you bring him up in my place? 561 00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:11,051 Sir, I will bring him up, if you do not mind. 562 00:48:11,188 --> 00:48:12,883 You will? 563 00:48:13,156 --> 00:48:15,459 I do not know who you are, 564 00:48:15,459 --> 00:48:19,190 but it must be God Hachiman's wish that you were passing by. 565 00:48:19,596 --> 00:48:22,064 Well, you shall have the child. 566 00:48:22,532 --> 00:48:25,194 Please receive him and declare it. 567 00:48:33,377 --> 00:48:35,937 I declare that I have received the child. 568 00:48:54,598 --> 00:49:01,231 Make way for the young lord! 569 00:49:07,411 --> 00:49:12,439 Make way for the young lord! 570 00:49:24,728 --> 00:49:26,821 Lady Minbu... 571 00:49:36,139 --> 00:49:44,012 Make way for the young lord! 572 00:49:48,785 --> 00:49:55,953 Make way for the young lord! 573 00:49:59,196 --> 00:50:05,567 Make way for the young lord! 574 00:50:09,506 --> 00:50:16,571 Make way for the young lord! 575 00:50:26,857 --> 00:50:30,093 In the following year, Tokugawa Hidetada assumed 576 00:50:30,093 --> 00:50:32,459 the post of the second Shogun. 577 00:50:35,298 --> 00:50:38,201 Ieyasu had a castle built in Sunpu, 578 00:50:38,201 --> 00:50:41,329 present Shizuoka City and retired into it. 579 00:50:41,638 --> 00:50:43,807 He was called the retired Shogun, 580 00:50:43,807 --> 00:50:45,866 but he still kept himself in the position of power. 581 00:50:45,942 --> 00:50:47,739 Masanobu... 582 00:50:48,478 --> 00:50:52,312 I wonder what is going on in the inner palace of Edo castle. 583 00:50:53,050 --> 00:51:01,082 (Takechiyo, later knows as Iemitsu) As I heard, everyone is under the thumb of Takechiyo's nurse. 584 00:51:02,359 --> 00:51:03,986 That's the point, my lord. 585 00:51:04,327 --> 00:51:08,265 The woman called Ofuku, who is the nurse, is rearing 586 00:51:08,265 --> 00:51:11,428 the young Takechiyo in a very strange way. 587 00:51:12,469 --> 00:51:16,872 First of all, about the young lord's residence... 588 00:51:16,973 --> 00:51:22,546 She had two-story rooms built deep in the South Dormitory 589 00:51:22,546 --> 00:51:26,983 and has the young lord live with her own five children. 590 00:51:27,384 --> 00:51:30,353 Under these circumstances, the women in the inner palace 591 00:51:30,353 --> 00:51:32,253 call it Ofuku Palace. 592 00:51:37,461 --> 00:51:42,499 The way of Ofuku to raise children can be called, 593 00:51:42,499 --> 00:51:44,626 in a word, 'Natural School'. 594 00:51:46,269 --> 00:51:49,106 She stubbornly observes the rule of 'thirty percent 595 00:51:49,106 --> 00:51:52,200 of hunger and ten percent of cold'. 596 00:51:52,609 --> 00:51:56,238 She treats the young lord and her children equally. 597 00:51:57,013 --> 00:52:01,852 On the other hand, she is careful as the three of 598 00:52:01,852 --> 00:52:07,858 her children taste everything, ranging from drinking water 599 00:52:07,858 --> 00:52:12,192 to salt, sugar and herb tea, to be offered to the young lord. 600 00:52:21,104 --> 00:52:26,309 She insists that old people's used clothes are the best 601 00:52:26,309 --> 00:52:29,904 for his diaper, because they will bring him a long life. 602 00:52:30,113 --> 00:52:31,915 She made me offer my old clothes, too. 603 00:52:31,915 --> 00:52:35,118 Then, did the retired Shogun give her his used clothes, too, 604 00:52:35,118 --> 00:52:36,486 because she asked him to? 605 00:52:36,486 --> 00:52:37,654 What? 606 00:52:37,654 --> 00:52:42,057 Then are they using my clothes to wipe out the baby's shit? 607 00:52:42,425 --> 00:52:43,619 Hot! 608 00:52:44,227 --> 00:52:46,218 Idiot! It's too hot! 609 00:52:46,363 --> 00:52:48,058 Please endure it, my lord. 610 00:52:48,365 --> 00:52:51,425 This moxa treatment helps you recover your energy. 611 00:52:55,338 --> 00:52:57,272 Masanobu... 612 00:52:57,674 --> 00:53:02,168 Who on earth is this Takechiyo's nurse? 613 00:53:03,146 --> 00:53:05,273 Have you forgotten, my lord? 614 00:53:07,050 --> 00:53:10,120 She is the wife of Inaba Masanari, who was the major-domo 615 00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:12,247 to the late Kobayakawa Hideaki. 616 00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:16,023 You met her in Fushimi Castle. 617 00:53:16,459 --> 00:53:21,419 The one who made a bump on your head, my lord. 618 00:53:22,132 --> 00:53:24,225 Oh, yes! 619 00:53:24,467 --> 00:53:26,094 That woman! 620 00:53:27,537 --> 00:53:30,335 She was some woman. 621 00:53:30,607 --> 00:53:33,599 And she had a properly matured body, too. 622 00:53:42,452 --> 00:53:47,023 At that time, you promised her that you would promote 623 00:53:47,023 --> 00:53:50,720 her husband, Inaba Masanari, to daimyo, didn't you? 624 00:53:51,595 --> 00:53:56,931 Ofuku sent me a number of reminders. 625 00:53:58,435 --> 00:54:01,571 Well, if I kept every such promise, 626 00:54:01,571 --> 00:54:04,233 this country would be full of daimyo. 627 00:54:04,507 --> 00:54:06,839 Your treatment is over, my lord. 628 00:54:23,393 --> 00:54:25,361 Katsuyama... 629 00:54:25,862 --> 00:54:28,965 As I heard, the Shogun and 630 00:54:28,965 --> 00:54:32,492 his wife have not yet met their child, Takechiyo. 631 00:54:33,603 --> 00:54:35,594 Is that correct? 632 00:54:35,705 --> 00:54:36,763 Yes, my lord. 633 00:54:37,741 --> 00:54:40,310 Lady Minbu, who is the head in the inner palace, 634 00:54:40,310 --> 00:54:44,576 and Lady Ohba shut him in a room and let no one meet him. 635 00:54:44,648 --> 00:54:46,878 That's what I'm told, my lord. 636 00:54:48,018 --> 00:54:49,986 Is that so? 637 00:54:51,888 --> 00:54:54,880 Let no one meet him? 638 00:55:04,501 --> 00:55:06,401 Masanobu... 639 00:55:06,836 --> 00:55:08,497 Katsuyama... 640 00:55:12,409 --> 00:55:22,182 Chances are that Takechiyo might be my child. 641 00:55:23,019 --> 00:55:24,316 My lord! 642 00:55:25,188 --> 00:55:26,382 What nonsense! 643 00:55:29,025 --> 00:55:31,186 I was joking. 644 00:55:31,294 --> 00:55:36,823 Because I had a dream like that last night. 645 00:56:19,509 --> 00:56:20,669 No! 646 00:56:21,044 --> 00:56:23,512 Takechiyo is not my child! 647 00:56:23,847 --> 00:56:25,382 What's the matter, Oeyo? 648 00:56:25,382 --> 00:56:27,543 No! I can tell. 649 00:56:27,817 --> 00:56:29,842 Takechiyo is not my child! 650 00:56:29,919 --> 00:56:31,443 Oeyo, calm yourself! 651 00:56:31,721 --> 00:56:34,815 My lord, have you not noticed it? 652 00:56:35,125 --> 00:56:39,061 How arrogantly the nurse has been acting since Takechiyo was born... 653 00:56:39,362 --> 00:56:43,366 Even Minbu and Ohba are keeping me, 654 00:56:43,366 --> 00:56:45,334 the child's mother, away from him. 655 00:56:45,402 --> 00:56:47,302 They seem to be doing something bad. 656 00:56:47,537 --> 00:56:48,799 There is something behind this! 657 00:56:48,905 --> 00:56:50,497 There must be something! 658 00:56:51,007 --> 00:56:53,168 No one can deceive me! 659 00:56:53,543 --> 00:56:54,635 My lady! 660 00:56:56,713 --> 00:56:59,147 Hurry! Call the doctor! 661 00:57:03,953 --> 00:57:06,751 She has a fever, but it's nothing serious. 662 00:57:07,690 --> 00:57:11,182 She is all right. 663 00:57:12,796 --> 00:57:16,425 I'm under the impression that she is pregnant. 664 00:57:17,734 --> 00:57:18,802 What? 665 00:57:18,802 --> 00:57:21,032 Did you say that she is pregnant? 666 00:57:21,671 --> 00:57:26,904 It seems that she and Lord Hidetada are getting well. 667 00:57:27,677 --> 00:57:30,805 Anyway, we must congratulate ourselves. 668 00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:51,460 Lady Ohba! 669 00:57:56,773 --> 00:58:00,641 Lady Ohba, what's the matter? 670 00:58:04,047 --> 00:58:07,312 Lady Minbu, I never expected this auspicious sign! 671 00:58:07,517 --> 00:58:10,714 How can I stop laughing even if you tell me not to? 672 00:58:14,257 --> 00:58:17,920 Now I see deities and Buddha bless us! 673 00:58:18,027 --> 00:58:21,861 This time, too, it must be a boy! 674 00:58:22,699 --> 00:58:24,868 When a woman delivers a boy for the first 675 00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:28,360 time after having only girl babies, she will keep giving birth to boy babies! 676 00:58:35,612 --> 00:58:38,982 The second boy baby that Oeyo delivered 677 00:58:38,982 --> 00:58:40,847 (Kunimatsu, later know as Tadanaga) was named Kunimatsu. 678 00:59:21,925 --> 00:59:23,620 From Lady Ohba... 679 00:59:26,396 --> 00:59:31,663 Kumoi, will you remind Lady Ohba of this? 680 00:59:33,136 --> 00:59:38,267 "Haste makes waste... 681 00:59:38,942 --> 00:59:43,276 "Do be careful not to act carelessly or thoughtlessly." 682 00:59:46,282 --> 00:59:49,342 Look, everyone! Let's celebrate! 683 01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:18,912 THREE YEARS LATER... 684 01:00:30,159 --> 01:00:33,219 TAKECHIYO IS FOUR YEARS OF AGE 685 01:00:33,396 --> 01:00:34,522 Wait! 686 01:00:38,501 --> 01:00:39,559 Shichinojo, don't let him flee! 687 01:00:39,836 --> 01:00:41,463 Wait! Coward! 688 01:00:41,638 --> 01:00:42,764 Shichinojo, that way! 689 01:00:43,039 --> 01:00:44,529 Wait! Coward! 690 01:00:44,807 --> 01:00:45,865 Shichinojo, this way! 691 01:00:46,075 --> 01:00:47,599 Wait! I said wait! 692 01:00:48,277 --> 01:00:49,335 Wait! 693 01:00:49,912 --> 01:00:51,174 Shichinojo, that way! 694 01:00:52,315 --> 01:00:53,714 Coward! Halt! 695 01:00:53,850 --> 01:00:55,044 Shichinojo! That way! 696 01:00:59,989 --> 01:01:02,617 Darn you! Wait! 697 01:01:02,992 --> 01:01:04,894 Shichinojo, the West Mansion is over there. 698 01:01:04,894 --> 01:01:06,828 Don't go there or you will be scolded. 699 01:02:28,778 --> 01:02:29,870 Shichinojo! 700 01:02:31,848 --> 01:02:32,940 Eat, please. 701 01:02:35,952 --> 01:02:36,919 Excuse me! 702 01:02:37,453 --> 01:02:38,784 What are you doing? 703 01:02:42,125 --> 01:02:43,149 Young master! 704 01:02:44,627 --> 01:02:45,889 What's the matter, Shichinojo?! 705 01:02:48,898 --> 01:02:51,628 That woman poisoned the food. 706 01:02:52,001 --> 01:02:55,334 I saw it. The one from West Mansion... 707 01:02:56,272 --> 01:02:57,705 Tsume, no use chasing her! 708 01:02:57,874 --> 01:02:59,068 See to the young lord! 709 01:03:01,144 --> 01:03:03,806 Call a doctor! 710 01:03:05,148 --> 01:03:06,615 Man, bring soy sauce! 711 01:03:07,984 --> 01:03:09,815 Shichinojo, hang in there! 712 01:03:10,386 --> 01:03:13,913 Shichinojo, can you hear me? 713 01:03:14,157 --> 01:03:16,523 Shichinojo! 714 01:03:26,402 --> 01:03:27,494 Throw up! 715 01:03:27,804 --> 01:03:30,295 Vomit everything you have eaten! 716 01:03:32,842 --> 01:03:34,571 I didn't expect this intruder. 717 01:03:34,811 --> 01:03:37,712 Ofuku's son saw me meeting you. 718 01:03:38,047 --> 01:03:39,776 Do you think he knew me? 719 01:03:39,882 --> 01:03:41,281 I don't know... 720 01:03:41,617 --> 01:03:43,778 Anyway, the poison only worked on Ofuku's son and turned useless. 721 01:03:43,886 --> 01:03:45,751 I apologize for it. 722 01:03:46,122 --> 01:03:48,955 As arranged, I shall set out on a journey right now. 723 01:03:49,058 --> 01:03:50,787 Would you pay me what you promised? 724 01:04:09,579 --> 01:04:16,678 "Because this baby keeps crying... 725 01:04:17,386 --> 01:04:26,294 "I've lost so much weight. 726 01:04:27,263 --> 01:04:33,964 "My sash, just long enough to circle my waist twice... 727 01:04:34,737 --> 01:04:40,642 "can now circle thrice. " 728 01:04:40,843 --> 01:04:42,504 Tsume... 729 01:04:43,312 --> 01:04:45,473 Is Shichinojo dying? 730 01:04:47,250 --> 01:04:51,414 He's the strongest of the Inaba brothers. 731 01:04:52,288 --> 01:04:53,915 He will be all right. 732 01:04:55,691 --> 01:04:58,182 Now, go to sleep. 733 01:05:07,503 --> 01:05:17,174 "My sash circles around my body thrice... " 734 01:05:18,147 --> 01:05:21,708 Shichinojo! Don't die! 735 01:05:21,851 --> 01:05:23,648 Die not! - Brother! 736 01:05:23,986 --> 01:05:25,078 Shichinojo! 737 01:06:38,627 --> 01:06:40,959 My lady... 738 01:06:50,139 --> 01:06:52,699 Would you please send this to my father back in my country? 739 01:06:53,709 --> 01:06:58,169 I shall kill Kunimatsu. 740 01:07:00,316 --> 01:07:02,147 Tsume... 741 01:07:13,763 --> 01:07:19,292 Lord Takechiyo is the son of the retired Shogun in Sunpu. 742 01:07:21,637 --> 01:07:25,767 My lady, then why didn't you tell him so? 743 01:07:28,878 --> 01:07:30,106 Why not? 744 01:07:31,547 --> 01:07:37,219 If I had, not only Ladies Minbu and Ohba, but each and every 745 01:07:37,219 --> 01:07:41,679 person in this Edo castle would become Takechiyo's enemy. 746 01:07:42,691 --> 01:07:50,860 Then the retired Shogun would not take sides with Takechiyo, either. 747 01:07:54,703 --> 01:07:56,170 We must wait. 748 01:07:56,839 --> 01:07:58,170 We must endure. 749 01:07:59,675 --> 01:08:03,133 Tsume, do you know how I feel?! 750 01:08:04,914 --> 01:08:06,313 I loved Shichinojo. 751 01:08:06,549 --> 01:08:13,717 He was as dear to me as Takechiyo was. 752 01:08:32,308 --> 01:08:36,438 But I must endure... 753 01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:39,372 All I can do is endure... 754 01:08:42,151 --> 01:08:43,948 My lady... 755 01:08:57,066 --> 01:09:03,027 I shall make Takechiyo a Shogun without fail. 756 01:09:03,472 --> 01:09:06,839 I swear! 757 01:09:14,016 --> 01:09:18,043 I shall make Takechiyo the third Shogun. 758 01:09:20,289 --> 01:09:22,348 Look what you have done! 759 01:09:23,425 --> 01:09:25,359 I'm sorry. 760 01:09:26,228 --> 01:09:30,099 I did it at my own discretion so as not 761 01:09:30,099 --> 01:09:34,229 not to involve you, Lady Minbu. 762 01:09:34,336 --> 01:09:35,428 Enough! 763 01:09:37,506 --> 01:09:42,876 Although I could manage to settle this smoothly... 764 01:09:46,148 --> 01:09:47,706 Worry not. 765 01:09:48,384 --> 01:09:54,152 I am fully aware of the position you are in. 766 01:10:01,964 --> 01:10:04,899 Lady Minbu, you seem worried. 767 01:10:05,201 --> 01:10:08,261 Is there anything else that ails you? 768 01:10:11,073 --> 01:10:12,597 It's Ofuku. 769 01:10:13,742 --> 01:10:15,141 Ofuku? 770 01:10:16,712 --> 01:10:20,249 When her son had to die like that, 771 01:10:20,249 --> 01:10:22,274 she seemed so calm. 772 01:10:23,118 --> 01:10:26,388 Today, too, she said we should refrain from investigating who was responsible for his death, 773 01:10:26,388 --> 01:10:29,221 in order to avoid confusion in the inner palace. 774 01:10:29,491 --> 01:10:31,482 Refrain from investigation? 775 01:10:32,161 --> 01:10:36,791 Actually, I heard something that bothers me. 776 01:10:36,865 --> 01:10:38,133 What can it be? 777 01:10:38,133 --> 01:10:43,706 I heard that Ofuku had met the retired Shogun before 778 01:10:43,706 --> 01:10:46,300 she came to Edo. 779 01:10:47,109 --> 01:10:48,804 What? 780 01:10:49,545 --> 01:10:51,376 Is that for certain? 781 01:10:51,447 --> 01:10:56,111 She went to Fushimi castle to ask him to employ her husband, Inaba Masanari. 782 01:10:56,518 --> 01:11:00,147 At that time, she stayed by the side of the retired Shogun Ieyasu for three days. 783 01:11:00,356 --> 01:11:01,823 Three long days? 784 01:11:01,991 --> 01:11:05,950 Do you not think that Ofuku is perfectly the retired Shogun's type? 785 01:11:06,528 --> 01:11:16,062 Lady Minbu, do not tell me that Lord Takechiyo is his son! 786 01:11:18,007 --> 01:11:19,565 We cannot overlook it. 787 01:11:20,042 --> 01:11:23,345 We must inquire of Lord Honda Masanobu, no, 788 01:11:23,345 --> 01:11:25,006 Lady Katsuyama whether it is true or not. 789 01:11:25,080 --> 01:11:26,308 Not people in Sunpu. 790 01:11:26,715 --> 01:11:29,206 You'd only stir up a hornet's nest. 791 01:11:29,685 --> 01:11:31,880 Then what do you plan to do? 792 01:11:31,954 --> 01:11:35,822 This is really something to decide the fate of Edo castle. 793 01:11:36,292 --> 01:11:39,989 Lady Ohba, I have an idea. 794 01:11:40,396 --> 01:11:43,160 So, do play innocent this time. 795 01:11:45,234 --> 01:11:47,634 Neither too tight nor too loose. 796 01:11:47,936 --> 01:11:52,066 That's it. Wind it firmly. 797 01:11:52,775 --> 01:11:57,803 Tattano, do you really think this works? 798 01:11:58,047 --> 01:12:00,379 This stem is a specialty from Higo province. 799 01:12:00,749 --> 01:12:07,450 When it's used, any women go all but insane from extreme pleasure. 800 01:12:07,656 --> 01:12:11,820 Some even die from shock, they say. 801 01:12:12,261 --> 01:12:14,058 I feel my fingers are beginning to itch. 802 01:12:14,630 --> 01:12:16,097 What? Is it working so soon? 803 01:12:16,231 --> 01:12:18,028 I can hardly wait... 804 01:12:21,570 --> 01:12:23,003 Excuse me. 805 01:12:23,972 --> 01:12:27,109 Lord Honda just arrived back from Edo, 806 01:12:27,109 --> 01:12:29,976 and is here requesting to see you. 807 01:12:30,179 --> 01:12:31,874 It's already late at night. 808 01:12:32,214 --> 01:12:33,681 Tell him to make it tomorrow. 809 01:12:34,016 --> 01:12:37,577 My lord, it will be too late if we make it tomorrow. 810 01:12:37,886 --> 01:12:41,083 This is an emergency! Excuse me. 811 01:12:42,624 --> 01:12:47,561 Very well. Oroku, you go to bed first and wait. 812 01:12:48,130 --> 01:12:49,722 Be certain to wait. 813 01:12:52,234 --> 01:12:53,292 My lord. 814 01:12:55,037 --> 01:12:56,834 What on earth is that? 815 01:12:58,374 --> 01:12:59,671 This? 816 01:12:59,975 --> 01:13:03,001 It's a specialty from Higo province. 817 01:13:03,545 --> 01:13:05,445 It's the stem of a taro. 818 01:13:05,681 --> 01:13:07,649 It works better than sliced sea cucumber. 819 01:13:08,317 --> 01:13:10,410 It's something special, isn't it, my lord? 820 01:13:10,586 --> 01:13:13,282 Why don't you use one, too, Masanobu? 821 01:13:13,756 --> 01:13:15,280 No, thank you, my lord. 822 01:13:15,591 --> 01:13:19,220 In my case, something most important is already worn out. 823 01:13:19,328 --> 01:13:23,059 Really? That's too bad. 824 01:13:26,368 --> 01:13:27,630 Lord Honda. 825 01:13:28,203 --> 01:13:32,105 This is no time for such jokes, is it? 826 01:13:32,374 --> 01:13:34,740 Well, that reminds me. 827 01:13:36,078 --> 01:13:41,675 My lord, I took a close look at Young Lord Takechiyo in Edo castle. 828 01:13:41,917 --> 01:13:44,715 He looked exactly like you. 829 01:13:47,222 --> 01:13:49,458 A ceremony was held to announce 830 01:13:49,458 --> 01:13:51,653 the end of Lord Takechiyo's infancy. 831 01:13:51,827 --> 01:13:55,058 I was invited there as a special guest, too. 832 01:14:15,050 --> 01:14:19,822 After this ceremony, children begin to grow their hair 833 01:14:19,822 --> 01:14:22,222 long and enter boyhood. 834 01:14:48,016 --> 01:14:50,348 He's grown into such a good boy. 835 01:14:51,687 --> 01:14:54,747 The retired Shogun will be very glad. 836 01:14:57,159 --> 01:15:00,754 You have done a good job, Nurse. 837 01:15:01,396 --> 01:15:03,261 Your word is far more than I deserve. 838 01:15:03,465 --> 01:15:05,057 Thank you very much. 839 01:15:10,906 --> 01:15:13,466 He looked exactly like you, my lord... 840 01:15:13,876 --> 01:15:16,538 Not only his countenance, but also the way he acted. 841 01:15:18,647 --> 01:15:21,309 There is such a thing as resemblance between strangers. 842 01:15:24,052 --> 01:15:30,150 You once said that Lord Takechiyo might be your son. 843 01:15:31,293 --> 01:15:35,229 Actually, your words have been lingering on my mind. 844 01:15:35,497 --> 01:15:39,568 I have been to the province of Mino to meet Ofuku's 845 01:15:39,568 --> 01:15:41,593 husband, Inaba Masanari. 846 01:15:42,237 --> 01:15:46,640 On the way, I met someone unexpected. 847 01:16:02,991 --> 01:16:05,516 So Minbu met Masanari, too? 848 01:16:05,727 --> 01:16:06,716 Yes, my lord. 849 01:16:07,262 --> 01:16:11,460 And what did Masanari say? 850 01:16:11,934 --> 01:16:15,597 I'm ashamed to tell you this... 851 01:16:15,938 --> 01:16:17,735 The fourth eldest son is not my child. 852 01:16:17,873 --> 01:16:20,341 Did Masanari say so himself? 853 01:16:20,842 --> 01:16:23,178 Since he came to Mino, he and Ofuku have never done 854 01:16:23,178 --> 01:16:24,980 what a married couple are supposed to do. 855 01:16:24,980 --> 01:16:26,777 That's what he said, my lord. 856 01:16:28,850 --> 01:16:36,658 And, did Ofuku mention the name of the child's father 857 01:16:36,658 --> 01:16:39,684 in Masanari's presence? 858 01:16:39,928 --> 01:16:42,197 Ofuku is not the sort of woman to commit adultery 859 01:16:42,197 --> 01:16:43,562 under any circumstances. 860 01:16:44,733 --> 01:16:48,236 If she had a child by someone besides me, 861 01:16:48,236 --> 01:16:51,467 he should be the son of Japan's greatest warlord. 862 01:16:53,008 --> 01:16:57,679 I make a guess that the only person I can think of is 863 01:16:57,679 --> 01:16:59,909 the great devil who was in Kyoto at that time. 864 01:17:00,916 --> 01:17:04,613 What? He called me the great devil? 865 01:17:08,890 --> 01:17:10,858 Masanobu... 866 01:17:11,627 --> 01:17:16,326 Kill him to keep him quiet! 867 01:17:17,032 --> 01:17:19,626 I gave him a stipend of 10,000 koku. 868 01:17:20,969 --> 01:17:22,402 What? 869 01:17:23,405 --> 01:17:27,899 If we kill Masanari, we must kill Ofuku, too. 870 01:17:28,977 --> 01:17:33,971 And Ladies Minbu and Ohba will also be involved. 871 01:17:34,916 --> 01:17:36,543 They are foxes! 872 01:17:37,152 --> 01:17:40,053 They are all united in deceiving me! 873 01:17:41,556 --> 01:17:43,581 They outwitted us smartly. 874 01:17:44,026 --> 01:17:45,152 Unforgivable! 875 01:17:45,594 --> 01:17:49,325 But, my lord, you caused all this. 876 01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:54,962 Whom are you taking sides with? 877 01:17:55,437 --> 01:17:59,441 In any case, it is evident that Takechiyo is Ofuku's child 878 01:17:59,441 --> 01:18:05,471 and that he's only a dummy that Ladies Minbu and Ohba framed. 879 01:18:06,214 --> 01:18:11,953 Now, everyone is wise to it, and wonders whether or not 880 01:18:11,953 --> 01:18:17,585 he is the retired Shogun's child. 881 01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:21,425 Ofuku is the only person who knows the truth. 882 01:18:21,596 --> 01:18:23,325 Then call Ofuku here. 883 01:18:23,665 --> 01:18:27,260 She will never leave Edo. 884 01:18:27,536 --> 01:18:28,969 What if I order her to come? 885 01:18:29,137 --> 01:18:33,008 A while ago, one of Ofuku's sons died suddenly after 886 01:18:33,008 --> 01:18:37,138 tasting the food for Lord Takechiyo. 887 01:18:40,015 --> 01:18:41,380 What? 888 01:18:41,817 --> 01:18:43,985 Since young Lord Kunimatsu was born, 889 01:18:43,985 --> 01:18:47,716 dangerous events keep taking place around Lord Takechiyo. 890 01:18:48,557 --> 01:18:51,856 Struggle for the post of successor will only bring turbulence to the Tokugawa clan. 891 01:18:52,561 --> 01:18:56,463 Please do something, or something irrevocable could happen. 892 01:18:56,865 --> 01:18:58,492 That's enough. 893 01:19:00,602 --> 01:19:07,474 I shall go to Edo soon to settle it by myself. 894 01:19:10,479 --> 01:19:12,879 How do you like this, Oroku? 895 01:19:14,783 --> 01:19:16,080 It's wonderful... 896 01:19:16,485 --> 01:19:18,043 Is it that good? 897 01:19:18,920 --> 01:19:20,717 My lord... 898 01:19:21,256 --> 01:19:23,190 I can't endure anymore... 899 01:19:42,577 --> 01:19:44,306 What? My father? 900 01:19:44,412 --> 01:19:46,715 The news has arrived that he suffered a heart 901 01:19:46,715 --> 01:19:48,410 attack and is in critical condition. 902 01:19:48,984 --> 01:19:50,246 Critical condition?! 903 01:19:50,652 --> 01:19:53,555 Sakai, our lord is going to visit his father. 904 01:19:53,555 --> 01:19:54,647 Make preparations! 905 01:19:57,259 --> 01:19:59,090 Tadachika... 906 01:19:59,528 --> 01:20:04,363 If he passes away now, the Tokugawa clan will be finished. 907 01:20:04,533 --> 01:20:07,331 Your Excellency, you can rejoice. 908 01:20:08,837 --> 01:20:10,099 Rejoice, you say? 909 01:20:10,272 --> 01:20:13,673 The world has come into your possession... 910 01:20:14,109 --> 01:20:16,373 truly and finally. 911 01:20:18,446 --> 01:20:19,811 Is that so? 912 01:20:20,782 --> 01:20:23,118 So from now on, I can do anything I please, 913 01:20:23,118 --> 01:20:25,052 without minding my father. 914 01:20:25,387 --> 01:20:26,411 Right, my lord. 915 01:20:36,998 --> 01:20:38,226 He was cursed! 916 01:20:38,667 --> 01:20:41,570 My father-in-law forgot how much he was indebted 917 01:20:41,570 --> 01:20:45,273 to the late Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and tried to 918 01:20:45,273 --> 01:20:46,968 dominate the country by himself. 919 01:20:47,409 --> 01:20:49,536 How could he die peacefully? 920 01:21:02,123 --> 01:21:04,557 You have probably heard already... 921 01:21:04,726 --> 01:21:09,186 last evening, the retired Shogun suddenly fell ill. 922 01:21:09,865 --> 01:21:12,857 And how is he, my lady? 923 01:21:13,535 --> 01:21:16,204 I'm not fully informed yet, but it seems that 924 01:21:16,204 --> 01:21:18,172 he is in critical condition. 925 01:21:20,141 --> 01:21:24,579 Shogun Hidetada wishes to select his successor 926 01:21:24,579 --> 01:21:27,343 while the retired Shogun is still alive. 927 01:21:28,316 --> 01:21:33,421 All the high officials and ladies-in-waiting have 928 01:21:33,421 --> 01:21:36,390 decided to recommend Lord Kunimatsu. 929 01:21:37,792 --> 01:21:40,454 Lord Kunimatsu, you say? 930 01:21:41,596 --> 01:21:43,996 You know why. There's no need to explain. 931 01:21:45,367 --> 01:21:48,894 Ofuku, worry not. 932 01:21:50,071 --> 01:21:54,440 Lord Takechiyo will be given a new surname from the Shogun. 933 01:21:54,809 --> 01:21:57,869 He is supposed to establish a new branch family. 934 01:21:58,713 --> 01:22:02,581 He will probably become a feudal lord with a fief yielding more than 500,000 koku rice. 935 01:22:06,354 --> 01:22:11,155 By the way, about yourself... 936 01:22:11,860 --> 01:22:14,262 You lost one of your children, 937 01:22:14,262 --> 01:22:17,026 but still have four of them. 938 01:22:17,265 --> 01:22:21,224 We do not want to make you suffer from any more hardship. 939 01:22:22,170 --> 01:22:26,539 So, we have decided to dismiss you. 940 01:22:30,845 --> 01:22:33,075 Of course, we are not telling you to leave empty-handed. 941 01:22:34,015 --> 01:22:36,351 You shall receive an annual stipend of 50 koku 942 01:22:36,351 --> 01:22:38,046 of rice for the rest of your life. 943 01:22:38,586 --> 01:22:45,219 Your eldest son, Senkuma, shall restore the Inaba clan and be employed as a page. 944 01:22:45,327 --> 01:22:46,487 But, my lady... 945 01:22:46,561 --> 01:22:47,653 Yes? 946 01:22:48,663 --> 01:22:50,290 First of all... 947 01:22:50,432 --> 01:22:55,003 Would you please tell me why Lord Kunimatsu will be recommended as 948 01:22:55,003 --> 01:22:57,403 the successor instead of Lord Takechiyo? 949 01:22:57,906 --> 01:23:00,342 It goes without saying that Lord Kunimatsu is 950 01:23:00,342 --> 01:23:04,608 the only legal descendant of Shogun Hidetada and his wife. 951 01:23:05,680 --> 01:23:09,818 Do not tell me that you have forgotten what happened 952 01:23:09,818 --> 01:23:12,981 when the Shogun's wife gave birth to a baby. 953 01:23:14,155 --> 01:23:16,123 I remember well. 954 01:23:17,359 --> 01:23:21,629 Lord Takechiyo was born as 955 01:23:21,629 --> 01:23:26,123 Shogun Hidetada's first boy baby and eldest son. 956 01:23:27,268 --> 01:23:30,965 But Lord Takechiyo is your... 957 01:23:35,677 --> 01:23:39,078 My what? 958 01:23:41,116 --> 01:23:45,746 Are you accusing me, Ofuku? 959 01:23:47,722 --> 01:23:49,690 Try to remember, my lady. 960 01:23:50,492 --> 01:23:55,096 At that time, Lady Ohba gave me the baby the Shogun's 961 01:23:55,096 --> 01:24:00,659 wife had delivered, and told me to give him my milk. 962 01:24:01,836 --> 01:24:06,136 I am certain you saw it, too. 963 01:24:07,375 --> 01:24:11,246 He was a little weak, but I have devoted my heart 964 01:24:11,246 --> 01:24:15,342 and body to rear him. 965 01:24:17,419 --> 01:24:21,719 Lord Takechiyo is evidently the Shogun's eldest son. 966 01:24:22,457 --> 01:24:24,826 No matter what people may say, he is the only person 967 01:24:24,826 --> 01:24:27,954 to be called "the Shogun's successor". 968 01:24:31,299 --> 01:24:32,789 Excuse me. 969 01:24:39,307 --> 01:24:40,331 Stop! 970 01:24:52,487 --> 01:24:56,856 Ofuku, you have forgotten who you are. 971 01:24:57,892 --> 01:25:00,759 You seem to harbor undesirable ambition. 972 01:25:02,097 --> 01:25:03,530 Capture her! 973 01:25:34,095 --> 01:25:35,289 Hurry up! 974 01:25:59,187 --> 01:26:01,485 Be good children. 975 01:26:02,524 --> 01:26:04,424 Everyone, leave! 976 01:26:06,294 --> 01:26:08,660 Give me Lord Takechiyo. 977 01:26:10,565 --> 01:26:12,226 Give him to me! 978 01:26:23,645 --> 01:26:25,078 What do you think you're doing?! 979 01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:26,841 Give Lord Takechiyo back to me! 980 01:26:26,981 --> 01:26:28,175 Servant! Get out! 981 01:26:29,450 --> 01:26:30,747 Give him back to me! 982 01:26:40,929 --> 01:26:41,953 Young lord! 983 01:26:42,197 --> 01:26:43,221 Damn you! 984 01:26:43,431 --> 01:26:44,625 Wait! - Tsume! 985 01:26:46,601 --> 01:26:47,625 Wait! 986 01:26:48,069 --> 01:26:49,127 Halt! 987 01:26:50,538 --> 01:26:53,132 Someone, come! 988 01:26:54,008 --> 01:26:55,600 Someone! 989 01:26:56,377 --> 01:27:02,111 Ofuku's servant is kidnapping Lord Takechiyo! 990 01:27:10,058 --> 01:27:11,082 Tsume! 991 01:27:11,526 --> 01:27:12,652 Lord Senkuma! 992 01:27:44,826 --> 01:27:46,191 Where is she?! 993 01:27:49,430 --> 01:27:54,535 Where is the maidservant who's kidnapped the young lord? 994 01:27:54,535 --> 01:27:56,264 Where did she go? Speak! 995 01:27:56,371 --> 01:27:58,965 I do not know. - Lying will do you no good! 996 01:27:59,040 --> 01:28:01,099 I really do not know. - She's in the kitchen! 997 01:28:01,242 --> 01:28:02,910 There's someone who saw her in the kitchen. 998 01:28:02,910 --> 01:28:03,899 Let's hurry! 999 01:28:04,646 --> 01:28:05,977 Lady Minbu's order! 1000 01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:08,548 Close the gate and let no one in or out! 1001 01:28:31,606 --> 01:28:33,540 Lady Minbu... 1002 01:28:37,745 --> 01:28:40,043 We could find neither maid nor the young lord. 1003 01:28:40,148 --> 01:28:42,810 Send a ninja! Search outside the castle, too! 1004 01:28:44,786 --> 01:28:45,946 Lady Minbu! 1005 01:28:50,725 --> 01:28:52,386 She's passing away! 1006 01:29:00,435 --> 01:29:02,903 Lady Ohba... 1007 01:29:04,439 --> 01:29:07,670 I guess that you are much vexed. 1008 01:29:10,044 --> 01:29:15,812 You had to be injured by such a humble maid. 1009 01:29:18,786 --> 01:29:20,913 Poor lady... 1010 01:29:26,527 --> 01:29:31,658 Lady Minbu, Ofuku is such a dreadful woman. 1011 01:29:32,500 --> 01:29:38,769 If we leave her alive, she will take over this castle. 1012 01:29:39,907 --> 01:29:44,344 Do be careful... 1013 01:29:45,012 --> 01:29:46,912 Be careful! 1014 01:30:05,366 --> 01:30:06,801 An incident took place... 1015 01:30:06,801 --> 01:30:09,361 I can think of it as nothing but a nightmare. 1016 01:30:10,104 --> 01:30:14,308 Your servant, Tsume, murdered Lady Ohba, 1017 01:30:14,308 --> 01:30:16,640 kidnapped Lord Takechiyo and fled. 1018 01:30:18,546 --> 01:30:19,808 Tsume did? 1019 01:30:20,114 --> 01:30:23,284 We have looked everywhere in and out of the castle for her, 1020 01:30:23,284 --> 01:30:25,013 but she is missing. 1021 01:30:25,653 --> 01:30:29,521 We are now searching the moats just in case. 1022 01:30:31,492 --> 01:30:36,452 Do you have any idea where she is? 1023 01:30:39,300 --> 01:30:42,503 I hope you know that shielding her may cause 1024 01:30:42,503 --> 01:30:44,305 not only you, but also your children 1025 01:30:44,305 --> 01:30:46,739 to be severely punished. You people may be beheaded or crucified. 1026 01:30:47,742 --> 01:30:52,736 I do not think that Tsume murdered her for no reason. 1027 01:30:53,781 --> 01:31:02,951 Maybe she had to do it to save Lord Takechiyo from danger. 1028 01:31:03,090 --> 01:31:06,321 Shut up! Are you protecting the murderer?! 1029 01:31:06,894 --> 01:31:10,932 I hate to say this, but Lady Ohba reaped the harvest 1030 01:31:10,932 --> 01:31:12,365 of her own sowing. 1031 01:31:12,600 --> 01:31:14,397 What?! - Kumoi! 1032 01:31:15,436 --> 01:31:17,495 Continue, Ofuku. 1033 01:31:23,077 --> 01:31:29,482 For some reason, you and Lady Ohba have been trying... 1034 01:31:30,952 --> 01:31:36,515 to appoint Shogun Hidetada's second eldest son, Kunimatsu, as his successor. 1035 01:31:37,258 --> 01:31:42,230 When we heard the rumor, Tsume told me to appeal 1036 01:31:42,230 --> 01:31:47,930 to the retired Shogun in Sunpu. 1037 01:31:49,637 --> 01:31:54,301 Are you saying that Tsume has left for Sunpu with Lord Takechiyo? 1038 01:31:56,844 --> 01:31:58,471 Then it's no use. 1039 01:31:59,280 --> 01:32:02,250 The retired Shogun is critically ill now, 1040 01:32:02,250 --> 01:32:05,219 and even the Shogun, his son, is unable to see him. 1041 01:32:05,620 --> 01:32:09,021 So I heard. Do you think that it's really true? 1042 01:32:09,390 --> 01:32:10,448 What? 1043 01:32:11,826 --> 01:32:14,886 The retired Shogun is a notorious tactician. 1044 01:32:15,496 --> 01:32:17,225 Are you saying he's only pretending to be ill? 1045 01:32:18,165 --> 01:32:22,295 Up to now, we have been deceiving him. 1046 01:32:23,037 --> 01:32:27,406 It's natural that he is planning retaliation. 1047 01:32:28,943 --> 01:32:30,877 I will send someone to chase her immediately. 1048 01:32:33,981 --> 01:32:38,008 Tsume has faster and stronger legs than a deer. 1049 01:32:39,353 --> 01:32:41,719 If she is heading for Sunpu... 1050 01:32:41,789 --> 01:32:43,757 Ofuku... 1051 01:32:45,526 --> 01:32:47,391 You have made a big mistake, haven't you? 1052 01:32:50,064 --> 01:32:54,501 You are still unaware of how fearful the retired Shogun really is. 1053 01:32:56,170 --> 01:33:02,543 Years ago, he even dared to kill his own wife and son 1054 01:33:02,543 --> 01:33:05,808 to maintain the peace in his family. 1055 01:33:08,849 --> 01:33:13,321 I am certain that he will get rid of Lord Takechiyo for 1056 01:33:13,321 --> 01:33:16,347 the Tokugawa clan's sake, too. 1057 01:33:19,760 --> 01:33:28,190 It's like you have dug your own grave. 1058 01:33:38,245 --> 01:33:44,081 Well, I wonder if this is a dream or reality... 1059 01:33:52,426 --> 01:33:54,360 Reality, my lord. 1060 01:33:55,096 --> 01:33:59,328 He is really Lord Takechiyo. 1061 01:34:01,836 --> 01:34:05,135 Takechiyo, I am your grandfather. 1062 01:34:05,973 --> 01:34:08,806 Come here. 1063 01:34:20,588 --> 01:34:25,025 Do not be afraid. 1064 01:34:25,626 --> 01:34:28,493 Come here, I said. 1065 01:34:32,500 --> 01:34:36,163 Is this child mute? 1066 01:34:36,771 --> 01:34:38,238 No, he is not, my lord. 1067 01:34:39,907 --> 01:34:41,238 Who is that? 1068 01:34:41,575 --> 01:34:44,203 She is Ofuku's servant. 1069 01:34:44,712 --> 01:34:48,443 She brought Lord Takechiyo here all by herself. 1070 01:34:49,150 --> 01:34:51,050 It sounds like she is young. 1071 01:34:51,419 --> 01:34:53,148 Bring her here. 1072 01:34:53,320 --> 01:34:55,222 But my lord, her clothes are so dirty now. 1073 01:34:55,222 --> 01:34:58,749 I do not mind. Bring her here. 1074 01:35:00,227 --> 01:35:01,854 Let the servant in. 1075 01:35:10,738 --> 01:35:11,705 My lord! 1076 01:35:11,872 --> 01:35:12,896 My lord! 1077 01:35:13,674 --> 01:35:15,733 Please remember that you are ill, my lord! 1078 01:35:16,711 --> 01:35:18,201 Look at me. 1079 01:35:27,888 --> 01:35:34,088 You brought Takechiyo all the way from Edo by yourself? 1080 01:35:34,729 --> 01:35:35,559 Yes, my lord. 1081 01:35:35,629 --> 01:35:37,531 What is it that took place in Edo castle? 1082 01:35:37,531 --> 01:35:39,400 Tell everything to the retired Shogun. 1083 01:35:39,400 --> 01:35:41,197 No, save the questions for later. 1084 01:35:43,104 --> 01:35:49,737 Katsuyama, give her new clothes. 1085 01:35:51,212 --> 01:35:54,841 No, wait... 1086 01:35:56,951 --> 01:35:58,543 Have her wash up first. 1087 01:36:07,228 --> 01:36:13,189 Lady Minbu, do you intend to keep silent forever? 1088 01:36:14,835 --> 01:36:18,134 Why don't you leave me with your message to the retired Shogun? 1089 01:36:19,039 --> 01:36:23,874 No matter how long you may stay here, it is impossible to see him. 1090 01:36:25,079 --> 01:36:29,413 It's not only because he is ill. 1091 01:36:30,684 --> 01:36:33,954 He is very angry at the mistake you have made 1092 01:36:33,954 --> 01:36:36,252 for the second time. 1093 01:36:37,958 --> 01:36:42,918 He even says to banish all the elders in Edo castle. 1094 01:36:47,468 --> 01:36:49,527 Hurry and speak, Lady Minbu. 1095 01:36:50,571 --> 01:36:55,907 I am old now, and feel like going to the toilet. 1096 01:36:58,012 --> 01:37:03,644 I shall not tell what brings me here to anyone but the retired Shogun himself. 1097 01:37:04,819 --> 01:37:09,089 If I spoke now, the authority of the Tokugawa Shogunate 1098 01:37:09,089 --> 01:37:10,886 would be damaged. 1099 01:37:11,959 --> 01:37:14,757 The authority of the Tokugawa Shogunate, you say? 1100 01:37:16,096 --> 01:37:18,530 What a laugh! 1101 01:37:18,799 --> 01:37:21,290 You only came to make an excuse, didn't you? 1102 01:37:22,303 --> 01:37:25,339 If you want to survive this crisis, 1103 01:37:25,339 --> 01:37:30,778 confess to the retired Shogun every evil act which you 1104 01:37:30,778 --> 01:37:37,547 have done up to date and ask him for mercy. 1105 01:37:38,953 --> 01:37:40,352 Come, come, speak. 1106 01:37:42,189 --> 01:37:46,527 I have been serving him for fifty years since 1107 01:37:46,527 --> 01:37:50,463 he was a mere regional warlord. 1108 01:37:51,999 --> 01:37:53,990 I hear and see things on his behalf. 1109 01:37:55,502 --> 01:37:57,129 Think of me as him and speak. 1110 01:37:57,972 --> 01:37:59,769 What are you waiting for?! 1111 01:37:59,874 --> 01:38:01,205 Speak! 1112 01:38:06,480 --> 01:38:08,175 Lady Minbu became insane! 1113 01:38:08,449 --> 01:38:10,314 Capture her! 1114 01:38:10,551 --> 01:38:12,246 Everyone! Capture her! 1115 01:38:12,353 --> 01:38:13,342 Halt! 1116 01:38:17,725 --> 01:38:18,953 Out of the way! 1117 01:38:27,801 --> 01:38:29,598 Halt, Lady Minbu! 1118 01:38:31,672 --> 01:38:34,470 This is the retired Shogun's private room! 1119 01:38:36,076 --> 01:38:37,304 Lady Katsuyama! 1120 01:38:38,712 --> 01:38:41,943 Please, please announce me to him! 1121 01:38:43,017 --> 01:38:44,075 No, I won't. 1122 01:38:45,119 --> 01:38:47,849 I have something I must tell him at any cost! 1123 01:38:48,322 --> 01:38:49,812 Please announce me! 1124 01:38:51,325 --> 01:38:53,589 I'm sorry. 1125 01:38:53,994 --> 01:38:55,996 He is very much delighted to see 1126 01:38:55,996 --> 01:38:58,931 Lord Takechiyo, because he didn't expect it at all. 1127 01:38:59,633 --> 01:39:04,969 Right now, he is taking a bath with him. 1128 01:39:35,669 --> 01:39:38,570 I have something to tell the retired Shogun! 1129 01:39:40,374 --> 01:39:45,437 I have something to tell Lord Ieyasu! 1130 01:39:46,113 --> 01:39:52,486 The only lineal descendant of the second Shogun who 1131 01:39:52,486 --> 01:39:56,320 lives in Edo castle is Lord Kunimatsu! 1132 01:39:57,191 --> 01:40:03,831 Even if Lord Takechiyo is Lord Ieyasu's child, 1133 01:40:03,831 --> 01:40:09,463 we cannot approve him as the Shogun's successor! 1134 01:40:09,636 --> 01:40:10,830 Kill her! 1135 01:40:11,438 --> 01:40:14,532 Kill her now! 1136 01:40:28,956 --> 01:40:37,091 I stake my life on this petition! 1137 01:40:41,101 --> 01:40:45,435 I beg you to grant it! 1138 01:40:55,482 --> 01:40:56,915 What a mess! 1139 01:40:59,820 --> 01:41:02,789 Everyone knows it now. 1140 01:41:04,558 --> 01:41:07,550 It is no longer just a rumor. 1141 01:41:31,885 --> 01:41:33,716 My lord... 1142 01:41:34,988 --> 01:41:38,480 I am worried about the future of Kunimatsu. 1143 01:41:40,661 --> 01:41:43,687 Please appoint him as his successor as soon as you can. 1144 01:41:43,797 --> 01:41:45,492 We shall not talk about it. 1145 01:41:45,833 --> 01:41:46,993 My lord! 1146 01:41:47,768 --> 01:41:49,167 That's enough. 1147 01:41:50,571 --> 01:41:51,629 Your Excellency! 1148 01:41:53,774 --> 01:41:55,242 An emergency messenger is here. 1149 01:41:55,242 --> 01:41:58,345 He says the retired Shogun has left Sunpu and is 1150 01:41:58,345 --> 01:42:01,075 coming to Edo without any previous announcement. 1151 01:42:02,716 --> 01:42:05,619 He also says that the retired Shogun is galloping at full speed 1152 01:42:05,619 --> 01:42:07,678 and that there seems to be some unusual air about him. 1153 01:42:08,088 --> 01:42:12,354 Maybe he is coming to discuss the successor matter. 1154 01:42:13,627 --> 01:42:17,927 Didn't I warn you? 1155 01:42:19,099 --> 01:42:22,296 My father only pretended to be ill to test me. 1156 01:42:24,037 --> 01:42:27,939 Tadachika, you said for me to rejoice, didn't you?! 1157 01:42:28,342 --> 01:42:30,276 My father got wise to it! 1158 01:42:30,344 --> 01:42:31,845 Your Excellency, I beg you to be brave. 1159 01:42:31,845 --> 01:42:34,982 This is a battle between Edo and Sunpu, you and your father. 1160 01:42:34,982 --> 01:42:36,176 Shut up! 1161 01:42:41,188 --> 01:42:45,090 You keep making so much ado about Takechiyo and Kunimatsu! 1162 01:42:45,859 --> 01:42:47,952 Anyone will do as my successor! 1163 01:42:49,163 --> 01:42:54,032 Anyone can be a Shogun as long as he's a man! 1164 01:43:08,916 --> 01:43:12,352 The retired Shogun Lord Ieyasu has arrived! 1165 01:43:19,293 --> 01:43:22,922 Everyone, look at me! 1166 01:43:31,171 --> 01:43:37,277 I came to Edo because there is something I must discuss 1167 01:43:37,277 --> 01:43:42,340 and make certain of in the presence of the Shogun. 1168 01:43:46,620 --> 01:43:51,250 Takechiyo's nurse, Ofuku, come here! 1169 01:43:56,496 --> 01:43:57,485 Yes, my lord. 1170 01:44:07,874 --> 01:44:09,102 Come closer. 1171 01:44:28,695 --> 01:44:32,961 Is Takechiyo my child? 1172 01:44:44,945 --> 01:44:49,549 Lord Takechiyo is the child of Shogun Hidetada and his wife. 1173 01:44:49,549 --> 01:44:51,016 There is no mistake about it. 1174 01:44:51,318 --> 01:44:52,751 Are you certain? 1175 01:44:54,421 --> 01:44:55,479 Yes, my lord. 1176 01:44:56,657 --> 01:45:00,525 I was with her when she delivered him. 1177 01:45:02,095 --> 01:45:07,624 I received the healthy child myself to take care of him. 1178 01:45:10,837 --> 01:45:12,702 Let me ask you again. 1179 01:45:14,941 --> 01:45:17,808 Takechiyo is not my child, is he? 1180 01:45:20,747 --> 01:45:21,771 Yes, my lord. 1181 01:45:22,983 --> 01:45:28,080 He is the child of Shogun Hidetada and his wife. 1182 01:45:28,422 --> 01:45:29,821 You are lying! 1183 01:45:40,500 --> 01:45:47,133 May I ask what makes you think I am lying, my lord? 1184 01:45:47,741 --> 01:45:49,003 It's Lady Minbu. 1185 01:45:50,310 --> 01:45:53,647 Just before dying, she said that the only lineal descendant 1186 01:45:53,647 --> 01:45:56,946 of Shogun Hidetada is his second eldest son Kunimatsu. 1187 01:45:58,785 --> 01:46:01,219 You know that, don't you? 1188 01:46:02,255 --> 01:46:05,884 Certainly I know that, my lord. 1189 01:46:07,861 --> 01:46:11,298 But she went all the way to Sunpu by herself, 1190 01:46:11,298 --> 01:46:15,598 injured people and even tried to directly appeal to you. 1191 01:46:16,470 --> 01:46:20,040 I regret very much that a man of your position 1192 01:46:20,040 --> 01:46:23,635 must believe what such an insane woman said. 1193 01:46:24,644 --> 01:46:25,804 Let me speak. 1194 01:46:25,946 --> 01:46:29,149 Lady Minbu had served the Shogun's wife since 1195 01:46:29,149 --> 01:46:30,417 before she married him. 1196 01:46:30,417 --> 01:46:33,147 She was such a faithful woman. 1197 01:46:33,286 --> 01:46:34,810 I do not think that she lied. 1198 01:46:35,021 --> 01:46:37,114 She even staked her life on her appeal! 1199 01:46:38,392 --> 01:46:40,494 If truth can be proved only by staking life, 1200 01:46:40,494 --> 01:46:42,325 I shall be glad to die any time! 1201 01:46:42,462 --> 01:46:43,563 What a sophism! 1202 01:46:43,563 --> 01:46:46,794 What about you, Sir Tadachika? 1203 01:46:47,234 --> 01:46:49,327 What do you know about the inner palace? 1204 01:46:50,537 --> 01:46:52,300 Please refrain from interfering, my lord. 1205 01:46:53,473 --> 01:46:55,407 Let me speak to you, my lord. 1206 01:46:55,675 --> 01:46:59,076 You shall never know the truth from this woman, Ofuku, even if you have to kill her. 1207 01:46:59,713 --> 01:47:04,718 The appointment of a successor should only be handled by 1208 01:47:04,718 --> 01:47:06,447 the Shogun and us ministers. 1209 01:47:06,753 --> 01:47:08,744 Please leave it to us. 1210 01:47:08,922 --> 01:47:10,822 I am imploring you, my lord! 1211 01:47:27,574 --> 01:47:29,599 Ofuku... 1212 01:47:30,510 --> 01:47:31,977 Listen very carefully. 1213 01:47:34,114 --> 01:47:36,309 This is the last discussion. 1214 01:47:38,852 --> 01:47:42,389 If Takechiyo is my child, 1215 01:47:42,389 --> 01:47:46,689 he cannot be the Shogun's successor. 1216 01:47:49,930 --> 01:47:51,898 That's the rule to keep order in the world. 1217 01:47:52,466 --> 01:47:55,492 But I'd rather wish he was my child. 1218 01:48:01,041 --> 01:48:04,602 I wish I could have a child by a woman like you. 1219 01:48:07,214 --> 01:48:11,344 Even though he cannot be the Shogun... 1220 01:48:12,486 --> 01:48:16,823 he will certainly grow up into a great man because 1221 01:48:16,823 --> 01:48:18,848 he is the child of you and me. 1222 01:48:20,861 --> 01:48:22,761 And I would like to see it. 1223 01:48:30,770 --> 01:48:33,000 Ofuku... 1224 01:48:34,040 --> 01:48:40,536 Think that there is no one but you and I here. 1225 01:48:41,214 --> 01:48:43,341 Speak the truth. 1226 01:48:46,253 --> 01:48:51,782 Is Takechiyo my child that you delivered? 1227 01:48:56,329 --> 01:48:58,559 A dream... 1228 01:49:00,066 --> 01:49:01,966 It was a dream. 1229 01:49:04,304 --> 01:49:06,067 A dream? 1230 01:49:08,475 --> 01:49:14,277 Every woman who was born in a samurai family wishes... 1231 01:49:14,748 --> 01:49:18,844 to have a child by the greatest warlord in Japan. 1232 01:49:19,986 --> 01:49:23,046 We call it a dream. How else could we call it? 1233 01:49:25,425 --> 01:49:30,453 But a dream is just a dream after all. 1234 01:49:32,766 --> 01:49:39,069 And I shall never... 1235 01:49:40,073 --> 01:49:42,041 never dream again.... 1236 01:49:46,580 --> 01:49:52,246 Never dream again about what happened years ago. 1237 01:50:00,026 --> 01:50:06,989 Lord Takechiyo is absolutely the present Shogun's child. 1238 01:50:14,207 --> 01:50:15,469 I understand. 1239 01:50:22,315 --> 01:50:26,308 Hidetada, as you heard. 1240 01:50:27,420 --> 01:50:32,289 It has been decided that your successor shall be Takechiyo. 1241 01:50:33,793 --> 01:50:37,957 I appreciate your kind consideration, Father. 1242 01:50:43,970 --> 01:50:45,028 Excuse me. 1243 01:50:45,405 --> 01:50:48,636 Let me announce that Lord Takechiyo has arrived from Sunpu just now. 1244 01:50:48,842 --> 01:50:53,108 Has he? Bring him here immediately. 1245 01:51:22,909 --> 01:51:25,605 Come, come. Seat yourself here. 1246 01:51:31,351 --> 01:51:35,788 Everyone, this is Takechiyo, the successor to the Shogun. 1247 01:51:46,666 --> 01:51:50,570 Takechiyo later changed his name to Iemitsu and 1248 01:51:50,570 --> 01:51:52,936 became the third Tokugawa Shogun. 1249 01:51:56,176 --> 01:51:58,406 By the way... 1250 01:51:59,345 --> 01:52:02,473 Ofuku, let me introduce you. 1251 01:52:04,551 --> 01:52:10,319 This is the treasure which is dearest to me now. 1252 01:52:12,759 --> 01:52:14,488 You know what I do, don't you? 1253 01:52:14,961 --> 01:52:17,225 I change my mind so often. 1254 01:52:19,299 --> 01:52:21,096 Remember that. 1255 01:52:22,969 --> 01:52:23,958 Very well, my lord. 1256 01:52:24,738 --> 01:52:27,673 I shall remember it clearly... 1257 01:52:27,907 --> 01:52:31,365 and never forget it. 1258 01:52:33,780 --> 01:52:37,181 Ofuku was called Lady Kasuga afterward. 1259 01:52:37,717 --> 01:52:41,588 It is said that she exercised her great authority which 1260 01:52:41,588 --> 01:52:45,525 (Ooku = Shogun's harem) matched with her nickname, 'Empress', over the Ooku 1261 01:52:45,525 --> 01:52:48,858 which she established and was a rarity in the world's history. 1262 01:53:35,975 --> 01:53:36,839 CAST 1263 01:53:37,177 --> 01:53:40,874 TOAKE Yukiyo NATORI Yuko TORIGOE Mari 1264 01:53:41,080 --> 01:53:43,514 KANEDA Kenichi YOSHIKAWA Towako 1265 01:54:00,366 --> 01:54:02,857 HARADA Daijiro HONDA Hirotaro ASARI Kazuyo NINOMIYA Sayoko 1266 01:54:03,002 --> 01:54:06,096 NAGATO Hiroyuki AWAJI Keiko KUSABUE Mitsuko 1267 01:54:06,206 --> 01:54:08,231 WAKAYAMA Tomisaburo 1268 01:54:08,308 --> 01:54:10,503 Directed by NAKAJIMA Sadao 1269 01:54:12,946 --> 01:54:18,282 Special Thanks to Ichiban and Batman Subtitled and Mastered by Cannibal King www.KuroTokagi.com93028