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+A SHOCHIKU PRODUCTION
+
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+A 1962 JAPAN ART FESTIVAL ENTRY
+
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+1630.
+
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+13th day of May. Fair skies.
+
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+Extremely hot from eaely in the day.
+
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+IYI CLAN JOURNAL
+
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+10:00 a.m. - Master Bennosuke...
+
+8
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+pays a visit to the Kandabashi mansion
+of the Honorable Lord Doi
+
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+to present fresh river trout
+from the Shirakawa River,
+
+10
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+which arrived from our domain.
+
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+No other official business to record.
+
+12
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+However,
+
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+at about 4:00 in the afternoon,
+
+14
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+a samurai claiming to be a former retainer
+of the Fukushima Clan in Hiroshima
+
+15
+00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:02,038
+appeared at our gate.
+
+16
+00:02:19,515 --> 00:02:22,850
+HARAKIRI
+
+17
+00:02:33,237 --> 00:02:35,404
+Produced by
+TATSUO HOSOYA
+
+18
+00:02:35,781 --> 00:02:38,449
+Original Story by
+YASUHIKO TAKIGUCHI
+
+19
+00:02:39,868 --> 00:02:43,746
+Screenplay by
+SHINOBU HASHIMOTO
+
+20
+00:02:45,123 --> 00:02:49,043
+Cinematography by
+YOSHIO MIYAJIMA
+
+21
+00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:53,714
+Music by
+TORU TAKEMITSU
+
+22
+00:03:23,328 --> 00:03:25,454
+Starring
+
+23
+00:03:26,832 --> 00:03:30,751
+TATSUYA NAKADAI
+
+24
+00:03:32,129 --> 00:03:34,297
+AKIRA ISHIHAMA
+
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+00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:36,674
+SHIMA IWASHITA
+
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+00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:40,386
+TETSURO TAMBA
+
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+MASAO MISHIMA, ICHIRO NAKAYA
+
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+KEl SATO
+
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+YOSHIO INABA, YOSHIRO AOKI
+
+30
+00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:14,503
+RENTARO MIKUNI
+
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+Directed by
+MASAKI KOBAYASHI
+
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+SOTO SAKURADA-MACHI, EDO
+
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+OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE IYI CLAN
+
+34
+00:04:32,230 --> 00:04:36,817
+You were a retainer of the former
+Fukushima Clan in Hiroshima?
+
+35
+00:04:36,985 --> 00:04:38,110
+That is correct.
+
+36
+00:04:38,987 --> 00:04:42,657
+My name is Hanshiro Tsugumo.
+
+37
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+Written with the character
+tsu as in "harbor"
+
+38
+00:04:47,371 --> 00:04:49,747
+and gumo as in "cloud."
+
+39
+00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:53,918
+What is the nature of your visit?
+
+40
+00:04:54,670 --> 00:04:58,381
+My master's house fell in 1619.
+
+41
+00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:02,885
+I subsequently left the domain
+and moved here to Edo,
+
+42
+00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:05,388
+where I found shelter
+in a back-alley tenement.
+
+43
+00:05:05,555 --> 00:05:07,890
+While eking out a meager living,
+
+44
+00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:12,645
+I sought connections
+for employment with a new master.
+
+45
+00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:17,942
+But try as I might,
+we live in times of peace,
+
+46
+00:05:18,568 --> 00:05:21,696
+and my every effort has been in vain.
+
+47
+00:05:22,239 --> 00:05:25,241
+Failing to find employment
+and with little to do,
+
+48
+00:05:25,409 --> 00:05:27,660
+he finds himself in dire straits
+
+49
+00:05:27,828 --> 00:05:31,455
+and believes
+he can endure it no further.
+
+50
+00:05:33,125 --> 00:05:37,753
+Rather than live on
+in such poverty and disgrace,
+
+51
+00:05:38,213 --> 00:05:42,216
+he wishes to die
+honorably by harakiri
+
+52
+00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:46,762
+and asks for permission
+to use our forecourt.
+
+53
+00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:50,266
+Such is his request.
+
+54
+00:05:52,436 --> 00:05:54,895
+Not again.
+
+55
+00:05:55,981 --> 00:05:57,940
+Will they never stop?
+
+56
+00:06:00,068 --> 00:06:02,445
+How shall I respond?
+
+57
+00:06:06,033 --> 00:06:08,409
+Fine. Show him in.
+
+58
+00:06:34,269 --> 00:06:35,811
+This is the room, sir.
+
+59
+00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:38,314
+Please go in.
+
+60
+00:06:42,903 --> 00:06:44,695
+Thank you.
+
+61
+00:07:09,179 --> 00:07:11,472
+I am a former retainer
+
+62
+00:07:12,057 --> 00:07:15,810
+of Lord Masanori Fukushima
+of Hiroshima,
+
+63
+00:07:16,269 --> 00:07:19,230
+Hanshiro Tsugumo by name.
+
+64
+00:07:20,148 --> 00:07:22,817
+I respectfully beg your favor.
+
+65
+00:07:23,902 --> 00:07:28,072
+I am senior counselor
+of the House of Iyi, Kageyu Saito.
+
+66
+00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,784
+I am much obliged
+for this immediate interview.
+
+67
+00:07:32,702 --> 00:07:34,245
+The purpose of my visit -
+
+68
+00:07:34,412 --> 00:07:36,330
+I've already been told
+of your request.
+
+69
+00:07:38,250 --> 00:07:41,001
+Rather than live on
+in endless poverty,
+
+70
+00:07:41,503 --> 00:07:43,587
+idly waiting for death,
+
+71
+00:07:43,755 --> 00:07:46,882
+you wish to end your life in a manner
+befitting a samurai, by harakiri.
+
+72
+00:07:48,218 --> 00:07:50,511
+I believe that was the gist of it?
+
+73
+00:07:50,887 --> 00:07:52,596
+That is correct.
+
+74
+00:07:53,348 --> 00:07:57,101
+In these times,
+it is a truly admirable resolve.
+
+75
+00:07:58,270 --> 00:08:00,729
+I can only express the highest esteem.
+
+76
+00:08:02,732 --> 00:08:04,775
+You mentioned
+
+77
+00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:08,070
+that you served
+the former Lord Fukushima.
+
+78
+00:08:08,405 --> 00:08:11,574
+Did you happen to know
+a man named Motome Chijiiwa?
+
+79
+00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:14,451
+Chijiiwa?
+
+80
+00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:17,163
+Yes.
+
+81
+00:08:19,124 --> 00:08:20,541
+Hmm...
+
+82
+00:08:21,168 --> 00:08:23,127
+You don't recognize the name?
+
+83
+00:08:23,712 --> 00:08:27,548
+I'm quite certain he said
+he'd served the former Lord Fukushima.
+
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+00:08:28,216 --> 00:08:32,052
+In its prosperous days,
+the clan's retainers
+
+85
+00:08:32,470 --> 00:08:34,597
+numbered some 12,000 men.
+
+86
+00:08:35,974 --> 00:08:37,933
+One could hardly know them all.
+
+87
+00:08:38,935 --> 00:08:40,311
+I see.
+
+88
+00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:42,938
+But never mind that.
+
+89
+00:08:43,481 --> 00:08:47,568
+Earlier this year,
+perhaps around the end of January,
+
+90
+00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:52,281
+this ronin named Motome Chijiiwa
+came calling,
+
+91
+00:08:52,699 --> 00:08:55,284
+and the purpose of his visit
+was the same as yours.
+
+92
+00:08:56,536 --> 00:09:00,664
+He requested the use of our forecourt
+to dispatch himself with honor.
+
+93
+00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:03,834
+Is that right?
+
+94
+00:09:09,633 --> 00:09:14,845
+Would you like me to tell you
+what happened in that case?
+
+95
+00:09:16,139 --> 00:09:17,973
+I would indeed.
+
+96
+00:09:18,350 --> 00:09:23,020
+You say you were a retainer
+of the former Fukushima Clan in Hiroshima?
+
+97
+00:09:23,855 --> 00:09:25,272
+That is correct.
+
+98
+00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,691
+I served the former
+Lord Masanori Fukushima of Hiroshima.
+
+99
+00:09:29,152 --> 00:09:31,987
+My name is Motome Chijiiwa.
+
+100
+00:09:32,656 --> 00:09:35,199
+What is the nature of your visit?
+
+101
+00:09:36,451 --> 00:09:38,285
+After the fall of my master's house,
+
+102
+00:09:38,453 --> 00:09:41,956
+I moved here to Edo
+and found shelter in a back-alley tenement.
+
+103
+00:09:43,291 --> 00:09:45,668
+While eking out a meager living,
+
+104
+00:09:46,294 --> 00:09:50,673
+I sought connections
+for employment with a new master.
+
+105
+00:09:51,508 --> 00:09:54,051
+But try as I might,
+we live in times of peace...
+
+106
+00:09:56,054 --> 00:09:58,264
+and my every effort has been in vain.
+
+107
+00:10:09,567 --> 00:10:11,819
+So now it seems it's our turn.
+
+108
+00:10:14,572 --> 00:10:17,157
+How shall we respond?
+
+109
+00:10:17,325 --> 00:10:18,784
+Let me think.
+
+110
+00:10:21,288 --> 00:10:23,664
+It's amazing how such foolishness
+can take hold.
+
+111
+00:10:24,541 --> 00:10:27,001
+Blame it on what
+the Sengoku Clan did.
+
+112
+00:10:27,335 --> 00:10:30,546
+Say what you will, that was a mistake.
+- I disagree, Yazaki.
+
+113
+00:10:30,714 --> 00:10:33,590
+That's not necessarily true.
+- Why not?
+
+114
+00:10:34,092 --> 00:10:39,096
+The fellow who went to the Sengoku house
+was serious about disemboweling himself.
+
+115
+00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:42,016
+There was nothing dishonorable
+about his intent.
+
+116
+00:10:42,517 --> 00:10:46,103
+Precisely because
+they were touched by his sincerity,
+
+117
+00:10:46,271 --> 00:10:51,108
+the Sengoku house decided
+to take him in as a back-room retainer.
+
+118
+00:10:51,776 --> 00:10:54,987
+That was good.
+They made the right decision in that case.
+
+119
+00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:58,240
+The problem
+
+120
+00:10:58,408 --> 00:11:02,202
+is the shameless imitators
+who have followed.
+
+121
+00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:05,497
+They have no intention whatsoever
+of performing harakiri,
+
+122
+00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:08,417
+and just because they're hurting a little
+for food and clothing,
+
+123
+00:11:08,835 --> 00:11:11,420
+they show up at our gate
+to practice their thinly disguised extortion.
+
+124
+00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:16,175
+We can't very well allow him
+to disembowel himself in our gateway.
+
+125
+00:11:17,260 --> 00:11:20,262
+Our only choice is to follow
+the example of other clans:
+
+126
+00:11:20,430 --> 00:11:23,557
+Give him a little something
+and ask him to leave.
+
+127
+00:11:24,267 --> 00:11:25,476
+No.
+
+128
+00:11:25,977 --> 00:11:27,478
+That will not do.
+
+129
+00:11:29,939 --> 00:11:32,066
+If we give him money
+and send him away,
+
+130
+00:11:32,567 --> 00:11:35,277
+he'll soon be followed by others.
+
+131
+00:11:35,445 --> 00:11:37,571
+One after the other,
+
+132
+00:11:37,822 --> 00:11:40,783
+like ants drawn to a mound of sugar.
+
+133
+00:11:43,119 --> 00:11:44,787
+Ever since the Battle of Sekigahara,
+
+134
+00:11:44,954 --> 00:11:48,332
+Edo has been teeming with ronin -
+masterless samurai.
+
+135
+00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:52,586
+They're like wild dogs
+roving about in search of prey.
+
+136
+00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:58,467
+Think what people will say.
+
+137
+00:12:01,388 --> 00:12:05,140
+"The House of Iyi has gone soft
+like the others.
+
+138
+00:12:05,308 --> 00:12:08,685
+Everybody thought they had backbone,
+so until now, the ronin avoided their gate.
+
+139
+00:12:12,023 --> 00:12:14,024
+But look what they've done now.
+
+140
+00:12:14,692 --> 00:12:17,403
+They boast of their martial valor,
+
+141
+00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:19,738
+but this is a time of peace,
+
+142
+00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:23,534
+so they're just
+living in yesterday's dreams."
+
+143
+00:12:24,786 --> 00:12:27,663
+Would you have such laughable chatter
+
+144
+00:12:27,997 --> 00:12:29,665
+spreading all over Edo?
+
+145
+00:12:31,209 --> 00:12:33,419
+Especially when His Lordship
+is away in his domain.
+
+146
+00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,170
+Under no circumstances can we allow
+
+147
+00:12:35,338 --> 00:12:39,883
+a stain to come upon our lord's name
+while he's away.
+
+148
+00:12:41,553 --> 00:12:44,346
+Giving him money
+and asking him to leave -
+
+149
+00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:48,267
+such lily-livered nonsense
+is out of the question.
+
+150
+00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:53,188
+He hasn't the slightest intention
+of killing himself,
+
+151
+00:12:54,023 --> 00:12:55,858
+yet he speaks of honorable harakiri.
+
+152
+00:12:56,025 --> 00:12:57,693
+Counselor!
+
+153
+00:13:01,197 --> 00:13:02,698
+If I may...
+
+154
+00:13:31,895 --> 00:13:33,729
+My apologies for keeping you waiting.
+
+155
+00:13:42,906 --> 00:13:46,867
+I am Umenosuke Kawabe,
+a member of Lord Iyi's mounted guard.
+
+156
+00:13:47,285 --> 00:13:50,829
+My name is Motome Chijiiwa,
+a ronin from Hiroshima.
+
+157
+00:13:51,247 --> 00:13:54,416
+Kindly come with me.
+
+158
+00:13:54,709 --> 00:13:55,751
+Excuse me?
+
+159
+00:13:55,919 --> 00:13:57,628
+I am to show you to the bath.
+
+160
+00:14:02,634 --> 00:14:05,802
+Since Lord Iyi is at present
+away in his domain,
+
+161
+00:14:06,137 --> 00:14:12,100
+Senior Counselor Saito conveyed your request
+to His Lordship's son, Bennosuke.
+
+162
+00:14:12,727 --> 00:14:15,646
+He finds your resolve most admirable
+
+163
+00:14:15,813 --> 00:14:18,440
+and wishes you to be brought forward
+for an immediate audience.
+
+164
+00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:25,197
+I am to have an audience
+with Master Bennosuke?
+
+165
+00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:26,782
+That is correct.
+
+166
+00:14:28,243 --> 00:14:32,162
+I must beg your pardon,
+but your present attire will not do.
+
+167
+00:14:34,457 --> 00:14:37,084
+While you refresh yourself
+in the bath,
+
+168
+00:14:37,252 --> 00:14:40,379
+we'll see to some new robes for you.
+
+169
+00:14:42,298 --> 00:14:44,258
+I place myself in your hands.
+
+170
+00:14:45,843 --> 00:14:47,970
+Your kindness overwhelms me.
+
+171
+00:15:01,985 --> 00:15:03,318
+I must be dreaming.
+
+172
+00:15:04,487 --> 00:15:05,988
+This is so...
+
+173
+00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:09,992
+completely unexpected.
+
+174
+00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:11,994
+Almost -
+
+175
+00:15:12,328 --> 00:15:13,954
+Pardon me.
+
+176
+00:15:26,843 --> 00:15:29,845
+My apologies
+for keeping you waiting so long.
+
+177
+00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:33,849
+I must ask you to change again.
+
+178
+00:15:35,226 --> 00:15:36,977
+Your robes.
+
+179
+00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:08,759
+Is something wrong?
+
+180
+00:16:09,010 --> 00:16:12,054
+What about my audience
+with Master Bennosuke?
+
+181
+00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:17,934
+I was told
+I'd be granted an audience.
+
+182
+00:16:18,269 --> 00:16:19,936
+I don't believe so.
+
+183
+00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:23,732
+You must have misunderstood.
+- No, I'm quite certain.
+
+184
+00:16:24,567 --> 00:16:28,737
+That was the word I received from
+Umenosuke Kawabe of the mounted guard.
+
+185
+00:16:29,781 --> 00:16:31,531
+Kawabe?
+
+186
+00:16:32,742 --> 00:16:35,118
+Now that you mention it...
+
+187
+00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:38,538
+Yes, that must be it.
+
+188
+00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:44,252
+So I'm not mistaken?
+
+189
+00:16:44,712 --> 00:16:47,506
+I believe I understand.
+
+190
+00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:54,179
+When Senior Counselor Saito
+personally conveyed your desire
+
+191
+00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:57,265
+to Master Bennosuke,
+
+192
+00:16:57,558 --> 00:17:00,602
+he noted how rare it is these days to find
+men with such a great sense of honor.
+
+193
+00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:04,648
+"I would like to add this man
+to the ranks of our retainers," he said.
+
+194
+00:17:07,151 --> 00:17:12,072
+"But when a man declares
+that he wishes to tear his belly open,
+
+195
+00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:15,909
+it can only come
+from a most profound resolve.
+
+196
+00:17:18,246 --> 00:17:20,956
+I am sure it would be no use
+trying to dissuade him.
+
+197
+00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:24,334
+Grant him his final wish.
+
+198
+00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:28,505
+Although I would like to meet
+this man of such uncommon valor
+
+199
+00:17:28,673 --> 00:17:32,050
+and tell him how much
+I admire his purpose,
+
+200
+00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:36,304
+I am unfortunately scheduled to go
+to Lord Doi's residence at this hour.
+
+201
+00:17:37,098 --> 00:17:40,642
+Extend to him
+every courtesy of this house,
+
+202
+00:17:40,810 --> 00:17:45,814
+and have all our retainers
+witness his final act,
+
+203
+00:17:46,149 --> 00:17:48,984
+that they may remember it
+as a proud example."
+
+204
+00:17:49,152 --> 00:17:52,279
+Such were Master Bennosuke's words,
+I was told.
+
+205
+00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:12,674
+Tell me:
+What do you think of this story?
+
+206
+00:18:13,176 --> 00:18:15,969
+A most interesting tale,
+
+207
+00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:19,973
+worthy of the famous red armor
+that symbolizes the House of Iyi
+
+208
+00:18:20,349 --> 00:18:23,185
+and its reputation for great martial valor.
+
+209
+00:18:24,353 --> 00:18:27,856
+May I ask what your intentions are?
+
+210
+00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:30,233
+You mean...
+
+211
+00:18:32,028 --> 00:18:33,987
+about this?
+
+212
+00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:36,490
+Exactly.
+
+213
+00:18:40,578 --> 00:18:42,579
+You may set your mind at ease.
+
+214
+00:18:43,247 --> 00:18:46,416
+I came here
+with every intention of dying.
+
+215
+00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:50,295
+Well, well.
+
+216
+00:18:50,755 --> 00:18:53,632
+A most admirable resolve.
+
+217
+00:18:57,220 --> 00:18:59,137
+In that case, Master Tsugumo...
+
+218
+00:19:00,264 --> 00:19:03,141
+perhaps I should recount for you
+
+219
+00:19:03,726 --> 00:19:06,520
+a little more of Motome Chijiiwa's story.
+
+220
+00:19:07,522 --> 00:19:09,272
+By all means.
+
+221
+00:19:09,565 --> 00:19:13,235
+Now then,
+we must be aware of the time.
+
+222
+00:19:13,402 --> 00:19:15,237
+Please change into those robes.
+
+223
+00:19:16,405 --> 00:19:19,115
+All other arrangements
+are already in place
+
+224
+00:19:19,784 --> 00:19:22,077
+for a harakiri ceremony
+with all the proper formalities.
+
+225
+00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:29,209
+I have a request.
+
+226
+00:19:31,045 --> 00:19:34,256
+I must beg a brief respite.
+
+227
+00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:36,174
+Respite?
+
+228
+00:19:36,342 --> 00:19:40,136
+I will not run or hide.
+I will return to this house.
+
+229
+00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:42,764
+But I beg you
+for a day or two respite.
+
+230
+00:19:44,642 --> 00:19:46,893
+I'm afraid it's too late for that.
+
+231
+00:19:47,979 --> 00:19:50,730
+- But this is absurd!
+- Absurd?
+
+232
+00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:57,028
+We made the harakiri arrangements
+at your own request.
+
+233
+00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:59,281
+My most abject apologies!
+
+234
+00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:02,576
+Just a day or two respite.
+I will return without fail.
+
+235
+00:20:03,953 --> 00:20:06,204
+A samurai's word is his bond.
+
+236
+00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:09,124
+There can be no delay!
+
+237
+00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:54,169
+Master swordsman Hayato Yazaki.
+
+238
+00:20:55,671 --> 00:20:58,465
+Fit and eager,
+his skills honed to perfection.
+
+239
+00:20:59,216 --> 00:21:02,677
+One false step
+and he'll slice you in two.
+
+240
+00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:05,805
+The others will descend on you as well.
+
+241
+00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:15,982
+Rather than being chopped up
+like a dead fish,
+
+242
+00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:19,611
+perform harakiri
+and die like a samurai.
+
+243
+00:21:20,863 --> 00:21:23,573
+Now, change into those robes.
+
+244
+00:21:54,522 --> 00:21:57,399
+O ancestors of the House of Iyi...
+
+245
+00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:02,696
+I must beg your forgiveness
+for defiling the mansion courtyard
+
+246
+00:22:03,364 --> 00:22:05,407
+with unworthy ronin blood.
+
+247
+00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:22,424
+I do this to preserve
+the honor of this house,
+
+248
+00:22:22,717 --> 00:22:25,760
+as well as that
+of the Tokugawa family,
+
+249
+00:22:27,221 --> 00:22:30,056
+and of the samurai code itself.
+
+250
+00:22:31,726 --> 00:22:35,895
+I beg you to be witness
+to my decision.
+
+251
+00:23:22,985 --> 00:23:25,111
+His short blade is the same.
+
+252
+00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:27,530
+Look at it.
+
+253
+00:23:27,823 --> 00:23:31,701
+It wouldn't cut tofu.
+
+254
+00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:37,707
+He sells off his soul as a samurai,
+replacing his blades with bamboo,
+
+255
+00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:40,627
+and then shows up
+saying he wants to perform harakiri?
+
+256
+00:23:40,795 --> 00:23:43,338
+The nerve of the man!
+
+257
+00:23:46,467 --> 00:23:49,552
+Everything is in place
+for the ceremony to begin.
+
+258
+00:24:06,028 --> 00:24:08,446
+Master Motome Chijiiwa...
+
+259
+00:24:10,491 --> 00:24:12,534
+rather than sit and wait
+for death in dire poverty,
+
+260
+00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:16,704
+you've declared your wish
+to die honorably by harakiri.
+
+261
+00:24:17,623 --> 00:24:20,458
+It is a commendable decision.
+
+262
+00:24:20,751 --> 00:24:23,878
+You are an example for all samurai.
+
+263
+00:24:26,257 --> 00:24:28,550
+I am ashamed to admit
+
+264
+00:24:29,718 --> 00:24:34,264
+that even in this house known for martial valor
+since our ancestor Naomasa's day,
+
+265
+00:24:35,224 --> 00:24:38,685
+the resolve you've shown
+is seen but rarely.
+
+266
+00:24:40,354 --> 00:24:43,398
+So that they may witness
+the noble demise of a true warrior,
+
+267
+00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:46,818
+and engrave a lasting impression of it
+upon their minds,
+
+268
+00:24:47,236 --> 00:24:50,446
+I've ordered all retainers
+of this household to attend.
+
+269
+00:24:53,075 --> 00:24:56,452
+May your heart be at peace.
+
+270
+00:25:00,082 --> 00:25:01,666
+I beg of you!
+
+271
+00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:04,169
+What is it?
+
+272
+00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:09,090
+I beg for a brief respite -
+a day or two's grace!
+
+273
+00:25:09,758 --> 00:25:13,011
+I swear I will not run or hide.
+I'll return to this spot without fail!
+
+274
+00:25:13,262 --> 00:25:15,763
+Please! I implore you!
+
+275
+00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:19,934
+This is most unexpected.
+
+276
+00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:24,189
+I've heard lately
+of incidents all across Edo
+
+277
+00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:27,859
+in which ronin who don't deserve
+to call themselves samurai
+
+278
+00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:32,989
+demand the use of a clan's forecourt
+to commit harakiri
+
+279
+00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:37,160
+but are happy to walk away
+in exchange for a few coins.
+
+280
+00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:40,788
+Surely you're not -
+
+281
+00:25:41,957 --> 00:25:44,667
+Absolutely not, sir.
+
+282
+00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,586
+No, no.
+
+283
+00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:48,504
+Of course not.
+
+284
+00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:53,843
+I'd never believe that a man
+of your noble character and mien
+
+285
+00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:57,305
+could be such a despicable extortionist.
+
+286
+00:25:59,308 --> 00:26:00,558
+Now then.
+
+287
+00:26:00,976 --> 00:26:02,644
+You may proceed.
+
+288
+00:26:19,161 --> 00:26:22,080
+Unworthy as I am,
+I shall be your second.
+
+289
+00:26:24,124 --> 00:26:27,043
+I am an exponent
+of the Shindo-Munen-Ichi school.
+
+290
+00:26:32,007 --> 00:26:35,760
+I imagine you are aware,
+but let me note just to be sure.
+
+291
+00:26:37,054 --> 00:26:41,432
+The rite of harakiri
+has changed over time.
+
+292
+00:26:42,059 --> 00:26:45,186
+In recent years,
+it is often harakiri in name only.
+
+293
+00:26:45,562 --> 00:26:48,523
+The subject reaches for the blade
+on the wooden stand,
+
+294
+00:26:48,816 --> 00:26:52,402
+and his second immediately
+strikes off his head.
+
+295
+00:26:53,737 --> 00:26:56,406
+In other words,
+there is no disembowelment at all,
+
+296
+00:26:56,740 --> 00:27:01,577
+and in fact sometimes
+the stand holds not a short sword
+
+297
+00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:03,871
+but only a folding fan.
+
+298
+00:27:05,374 --> 00:27:06,958
+However,
+
+299
+00:27:07,126 --> 00:27:10,044
+our proceedings today will not sink
+
+300
+00:27:10,212 --> 00:27:13,089
+to such debased and empty forms.
+
+301
+00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:16,634
+We shall adhere strictly
+to the traditional ways.
+
+302
+00:27:19,179 --> 00:27:21,055
+Is that understood?
+
+303
+00:27:22,182 --> 00:27:26,936
+You will rip your bowels open
+crosswise, like this.
+
+304
+00:27:28,314 --> 00:27:32,400
+Once I see you have done so,
+I will strike off your head.
+
+305
+00:27:36,405 --> 00:27:39,324
+Until I'm satisfied
+you've fully torn open your bowels,
+
+306
+00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:41,617
+I will not bring down my sword.
+
+307
+00:27:41,785 --> 00:27:45,371
+Is that understood?
+Now then.
+
+308
+00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:23,910
+It is your own sword.
+
+309
+00:28:24,286 --> 00:28:26,162
+That is the blade you will use.
+
+310
+00:28:28,957 --> 00:28:31,584
+A samurai's sword is his soul.
+
+311
+00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:36,672
+No blade could be more fitting
+for this purpose than your own.
+
+312
+00:29:07,913 --> 00:29:10,581
+Come. What keeps you?
+
+313
+00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,502
+Proceed.
+
+314
+00:30:44,426 --> 00:30:47,803
+Strike! Strike me!
+
+315
+00:30:48,639 --> 00:30:51,015
+No, not yet!
+
+316
+00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:52,767
+Pull your blade across!
+
+317
+00:31:15,332 --> 00:31:16,791
+Why do you delay?
+
+318
+00:31:16,959 --> 00:31:19,752
+Draw your blade across!
+Pull it to the right!
+
+319
+00:32:07,718 --> 00:32:10,886
+I suppose he had no other recourse,
+
+320
+00:32:11,346 --> 00:32:13,681
+but even so,
+to bite off his tongue?
+
+321
+00:32:13,849 --> 00:32:17,727
+Would you say he was being resourceful,
+or just unseemly?
+
+322
+00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,354
+Then again,
+
+323
+00:32:20,522 --> 00:32:25,192
+who in his right mind attempts harakiri
+with just a bamboo sword?
+
+324
+00:32:28,196 --> 00:32:29,864
+Now then...
+
+325
+00:32:31,074 --> 00:32:33,409
+what are your intentions?
+
+326
+00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:38,581
+You mean...
+
+327
+00:32:40,167 --> 00:32:41,834
+about this?
+
+328
+00:32:44,379 --> 00:32:47,131
+The account I've given you
+
+329
+00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:51,594
+of Motome Chijiiwa's fate
+is true in every detail.
+
+330
+00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:57,308
+Take my advice, Master Tsugumo.
+
+331
+00:32:58,310 --> 00:32:59,810
+Quietly take your leave.
+
+332
+00:33:00,687 --> 00:33:04,940
+You need have no such concerns with me.
+
+333
+00:33:06,234 --> 00:33:10,404
+Unlike this Chijiiwa fellow...
+
+334
+00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:14,700
+the sword in my belt
+is not made of bamboo.
+
+335
+00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:21,582
+Rest assured, I will not bite off my tongue.
+I will disembowel myself in grand form.
+
+336
+00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:28,214
+Very well.
+
+337
+00:33:28,674 --> 00:33:30,299
+Master Tsugumo,
+
+338
+00:33:30,467 --> 00:33:34,720
+since you are unswerving in your resolve,
+I shall grant your wish.
+
+339
+00:33:35,055 --> 00:33:36,764
+Attendant!
+
+340
+00:33:42,437 --> 00:33:45,439
+This ronin from Hiroshima,
+Master Hanshiro Tsugumo,
+
+341
+00:33:45,607 --> 00:33:48,859
+is to be granted use of the courtyard
+to perform harakiri.
+
+342
+00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:54,615
+His present dress will not do.
+
+343
+00:33:54,783 --> 00:33:57,076
+Give him fresh robes befitting
+one who journeys to the next world.
+
+344
+00:33:57,244 --> 00:33:58,619
+If I may.
+
+345
+00:33:58,787 --> 00:34:00,121
+What is it?
+
+346
+00:34:01,289 --> 00:34:03,999
+Please do not trouble yourselves
+over such things.
+
+347
+00:34:05,252 --> 00:34:08,713
+For the final moments
+of a down-and-out ronin like myself...
+
+348
+00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:14,510
+surely nothing is more fitting
+than the clothes I now wear.
+
+349
+00:34:32,028 --> 00:34:37,575
+I am deeply grateful for the courteous
+and considerate treatment
+
+350
+00:34:38,243 --> 00:34:40,453
+you have accorded me today.
+
+351
+00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:45,666
+I can find no adequate words
+to thank you.
+
+352
+00:34:46,042 --> 00:34:48,711
+Now then, I shall begin.
+
+353
+00:34:53,175 --> 00:34:54,884
+Might I ask, Counselor,
+
+354
+00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:59,013
+who will be serving as my second?
+
+355
+00:35:01,183 --> 00:35:04,643
+I have assigned Ichiro Shinmen.
+
+356
+00:35:06,688 --> 00:35:08,522
+Master Shinmen?
+
+357
+00:35:13,779 --> 00:35:15,446
+Did you wish for someone else?
+
+358
+00:35:16,031 --> 00:35:17,406
+Yes, sir.
+
+359
+00:35:17,908 --> 00:35:22,161
+I would like Master Hikokuro Omodaka.
+
+360
+00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:24,163
+You request Hikokuro?
+
+361
+00:35:24,539 --> 00:35:27,166
+I believe he's a retainer in this house.
+
+362
+00:35:27,334 --> 00:35:31,545
+I've heard he's trained
+in the Shindo-Munen-Ichi school.
+
+363
+00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,631
+Indeed.
+
+364
+00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:36,425
+Hikokuro is a fine choice.
+
+365
+00:35:37,093 --> 00:35:38,677
+Hikokuro.
+
+366
+00:35:41,932 --> 00:35:45,059
+I'm afraid he's not
+in attendance today.
+
+367
+00:35:46,228 --> 00:35:50,815
+He sent a note saying he's ill
+and requesting a few day's rest.
+
+368
+00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:53,984
+I see. That's too bad.
+
+369
+00:35:55,278 --> 00:35:56,862
+Master Tsugumo.
+
+370
+00:35:57,489 --> 00:36:01,075
+As you heard,
+Omodaka is not present today.
+
+371
+00:36:03,245 --> 00:36:05,371
+You will need to make another choice.
+
+372
+00:36:07,082 --> 00:36:09,542
+That is most disappointing.
+
+373
+00:36:11,253 --> 00:36:15,005
+I had my heart set on Master Omodaka
+performing the service.
+
+374
+00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:18,592
+I wonder if I might not beg
+his special consideration.
+
+375
+00:36:20,929 --> 00:36:22,680
+Well,
+
+376
+00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:25,975
+he says he's ill,
+but he seemed fine yesterday.
+
+377
+00:36:27,269 --> 00:36:29,436
+Surely it can't be anything serious.
+
+378
+00:36:31,773 --> 00:36:33,274
+Messenger!
+
+379
+00:36:42,617 --> 00:36:46,412
+Make all due haste
+to Omodaka's residence.
+
+380
+00:36:46,746 --> 00:36:50,958
+Tell him to come immediately,
+if his illness permits. Now hurry.
+
+381
+00:36:58,842 --> 00:37:00,926
+I'm putting you
+to a great deal of trouble.
+
+382
+00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:03,804
+Please accept my apologies.
+
+383
+00:37:04,764 --> 00:37:06,640
+Now then,
+
+384
+00:37:06,975 --> 00:37:09,393
+do you wish to wait here
+
+385
+00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:11,896
+or would you like
+to come inside and relax?
+
+386
+00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:13,480
+No.
+
+387
+00:37:13,648 --> 00:37:17,359
+The comfort of your residence
+might cause my resolve to waver.
+
+388
+00:37:18,987 --> 00:37:24,450
+My journey into eternity mustn't grow
+distasteful. I shall remain here.
+
+389
+00:37:26,202 --> 00:37:28,662
+You display remarkable discipline.
+
+390
+00:37:29,539 --> 00:37:31,999
+I can but express my admiration.
+
+391
+00:37:34,377 --> 00:37:36,462
+If I may, Counselor,
+
+392
+00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:41,842
+it could be quite tedious for us both
+to sit here and wait in silence.
+
+393
+00:37:44,054 --> 00:37:45,804
+To pass the time,
+
+394
+00:37:45,972 --> 00:37:49,141
+perhaps you'll allow me to tell you
+a little about myself.
+
+395
+00:37:52,354 --> 00:37:55,022
+About yourself?
+
+396
+00:37:55,732 --> 00:37:57,441
+Yes.
+
+397
+00:37:57,776 --> 00:38:02,154
+The hardscrabble tales of a half-starved
+ronin don't amount to much,
+
+398
+00:38:02,447 --> 00:38:04,865
+but what befalls others today
+
+399
+00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:08,118
+may be your own fate tomorrow.
+
+400
+00:38:10,372 --> 00:38:12,665
+Perhaps your retainers
+
+401
+00:38:12,832 --> 00:38:17,086
+will find some small point or two
+worth remembering
+
+402
+00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:19,254
+among my otherwise
+useless ramblings.
+
+403
+00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:23,968
+"What befalls others today
+may be your own fate tomorrow"?
+
+404
+00:38:30,767 --> 00:38:33,936
+This could be amusing.
+
+405
+00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:40,943
+I want everyone here
+to listen carefully to this man.
+
+406
+00:38:41,236 --> 00:38:44,571
+The words of one
+staring death in the face...
+
+407
+00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:49,159
+are unlikely to be useless ramblings.
+
+408
+00:38:50,912 --> 00:38:54,415
+I'm sure we'll all learn something.
+
+409
+00:38:56,376 --> 00:38:57,876
+Counselor.
+
+410
+00:39:03,550 --> 00:39:06,552
+That tale you related earlier -
+
+411
+00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:11,932
+may I be assured
+it was true in every detail?
+
+412
+00:39:16,813 --> 00:39:17,980
+Indeed.
+
+413
+00:39:19,816 --> 00:39:23,527
+The ronin from Hiroshima
+named Motome Chijiiwa
+
+414
+00:39:24,279 --> 00:39:27,614
+was a man of some acquaintance to me.
+
+415
+00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:49,386
+Motome Chijiiwa...
+
+416
+00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:56,393
+was a man of some acquaintance to me.
+
+417
+00:40:33,848 --> 00:40:37,351
+Motome was a lad of 15,
+
+418
+00:40:38,686 --> 00:40:42,356
+and my daughter Miho
+was an angelic child of 11.
+
+419
+00:40:43,566 --> 00:40:45,818
+That was 11 years ago.
+
+420
+00:40:47,654 --> 00:40:50,197
+But when I close my eyes,
+
+421
+00:40:50,698 --> 00:40:56,870
+their images come back to me vividly,
+as if it were only yesterday.
+
+422
+00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:19,059
+- My turn again.
+- Never mind.
+
+423
+00:41:19,686 --> 00:41:22,646
+All we do all day is count stones
+to repair the castle walls.
+
+424
+00:41:22,814 --> 00:41:25,149
+We won't be needing bows and arrows
+for a good long while.
+
+425
+00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,735
+"The world is at peace.
+The four seas are calm."
+
+426
+00:41:31,656 --> 00:41:35,409
+Incidentally, this coming 22nd
+
+427
+00:41:35,618 --> 00:41:37,995
+is the seventh anniversary
+of Nui's passing.
+
+428
+00:41:38,997 --> 00:41:42,499
+I knew it was coming up,
+but is it seven years already?
+
+429
+00:41:42,917 --> 00:41:47,588
+Yes, and I'm planning
+a modest ceremony at my residence.
+
+430
+00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:49,506
+Don't bring any offerings.
+
+431
+00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:51,175
+Very well.
+
+432
+00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:53,969
+I can hardly believe it.
+
+433
+00:41:54,137 --> 00:41:56,180
+Seven years already.
+
+434
+00:41:58,141 --> 00:42:00,642
+What never ceases to amaze me
+
+435
+00:42:01,769 --> 00:42:03,770
+is how a rough warrior like you
+
+436
+00:42:03,938 --> 00:42:07,566
+has managed to raise Miho all these years
+without taking a second wife.
+
+437
+00:42:07,734 --> 00:42:09,151
+Come, Jinnai.
+
+438
+00:42:09,944 --> 00:42:12,362
+Look who's talking.
+
+439
+00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:17,117
+When your Yuki died,
+I wondered how you would ever manage.
+
+440
+00:42:17,493 --> 00:42:18,952
+But look at you.
+
+441
+00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:23,123
+You're a perfect example
+of the kite begetting a hawk.
+
+442
+00:42:23,416 --> 00:42:24,708
+Kite begetting a hawk?
+
+443
+00:42:25,001 --> 00:42:27,127
+You were the widower kite,
+
+444
+00:42:27,295 --> 00:42:31,882
+doting so on your child
+in every aspect of his upbringing,
+
+445
+00:42:32,050 --> 00:42:33,425
+then lo and behold,
+
+446
+00:42:33,593 --> 00:42:38,472
+the child grew not into a kite
+but a magnificent young hawk.
+
+447
+00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,140
+Nonsense.
+
+448
+00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:44,311
+He certainly keeps growing,
+but he's got a long way to go
+
+449
+00:42:44,646 --> 00:42:48,899
+before you can compare him
+to a young hawk soaring freely overhead.
+
+450
+00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:51,944
+You know,
+
+451
+00:42:52,111 --> 00:42:55,864
+I never figured either of us would be good
+for anything but battlefield laurels,
+
+452
+00:42:56,449 --> 00:42:59,034
+but we haven't done too bad
+at raising children.
+
+453
+00:43:06,626 --> 00:43:11,213
+Had life gone on like that,
+all would have been well.
+
+454
+00:43:13,675 --> 00:43:16,009
+But it was not to be.
+
+455
+00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,515
+When all is said and done,
+
+456
+00:43:22,225 --> 00:43:25,060
+our lives are like houses
+built on foundations of sand.
+
+457
+00:43:26,312 --> 00:43:28,730
+One strong wind and all is gone.
+
+458
+00:43:31,734 --> 00:43:36,488
+How my master's house
+with its 498,000-koku domain
+
+459
+00:43:36,656 --> 00:43:38,615
+was brought to ruin...
+
+460
+00:43:39,951 --> 00:43:44,246
+I'm sure you already know
+even better than I do myself.
+
+461
+00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,127
+Owing to an unreasonable and one-sided
+judgment by the Tokugawa shogunate
+
+462
+00:43:50,295 --> 00:43:54,881
+regarding the repairs
+being performed on Hiroshima Castle,
+
+463
+00:43:55,717 --> 00:43:58,176
+in June of 1619,
+
+464
+00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:02,389
+my master, Masanori Fukushima,
+was ordered into exile at Kawanakajima,
+
+465
+00:44:02,724 --> 00:44:07,060
+leaving his 12,000 retainers
+without any means of livelihood...
+
+466
+00:44:08,146 --> 00:44:10,939
+through no fault of their own.
+
+467
+00:44:42,889 --> 00:44:44,431
+Jinnai!
+
+468
+00:44:49,771 --> 00:44:51,813
+TO HANSHIRO TSUGUMO
+
+469
+00:44:56,277 --> 00:45:01,073
+In view of our long-standing friendship,
+I ask your indulgence in the following:
+
+470
+00:45:02,116 --> 00:45:04,451
+The castle repairs commissioner,
+
+471
+00:45:04,619 --> 00:45:06,953
+the Honorable Masakatsu Fukushima,
+
+472
+00:45:07,288 --> 00:45:10,248
+will be electing death at any moment.
+
+473
+00:45:11,667 --> 00:45:15,962
+Therefore, I will precede him
+on his journey.
+
+474
+00:45:16,255 --> 00:45:19,424
+My company alone will suffice.
+
+475
+00:45:20,635 --> 00:45:22,803
+I beg you not to follow.
+
+476
+00:45:25,223 --> 00:45:27,641
+Regarding my only child, Motome,
+
+477
+00:45:28,434 --> 00:45:32,104
+he has grown tall,
+but he is still only 15.
+
+478
+00:45:33,648 --> 00:45:36,983
+Please look after him
+as he finds his way in life.
+
+479
+00:45:49,831 --> 00:45:52,165
+Why did he have to be so hasty?
+
+480
+00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:54,668
+Committing harakiri
+even before I have done so.
+
+481
+00:45:55,586 --> 00:45:58,588
+Hanshiro, I forbid you to follow.
+
+482
+00:45:59,382 --> 00:46:02,384
+If the house could still be saved, I might
+wish you to accompany me in death.
+
+483
+00:46:03,136 --> 00:46:06,346
+But with the house abolished,
+it would be pointless.
+
+484
+00:46:08,141 --> 00:46:10,225
+Jinnai's company will suffice.
+- But, sire!
+
+485
+00:46:10,393 --> 00:46:12,269
+Don't be foolish, Hanshiro.
+
+486
+00:46:13,479 --> 00:46:18,358
+Jinnai died because he knew
+you would if he didn't.
+
+487
+00:46:18,985 --> 00:46:21,570
+He died to accompany me
+on your behalf as well.
+
+488
+00:46:22,530 --> 00:46:24,656
+Which means, Hanshiro,
+
+489
+00:46:25,199 --> 00:46:27,242
+that you must now live on.
+
+490
+00:46:28,035 --> 00:46:30,036
+Both for you and for him.
+
+491
+00:46:34,876 --> 00:46:39,880
+And also for his son, Motome.
+Who will look after him if not you?
+
+492
+00:46:45,136 --> 00:46:49,431
+I go now to meet Jinnai.
+
+493
+00:46:50,183 --> 00:46:55,520
+Hanshiro, is there anything
+you'd like me to tell him?
+
+494
+00:46:58,566 --> 00:47:01,067
+Do you have nothing for me to say?
+
+495
+00:47:01,777 --> 00:47:03,778
+Tell Jinnai...
+
+496
+00:47:04,071 --> 00:47:06,239
+Tell Jinnai this.
+
+497
+00:47:09,911 --> 00:47:11,578
+Have no fears about Motome.
+
+498
+00:47:11,913 --> 00:47:15,123
+I will watch over his every step
+on the path to manhood.
+
+499
+00:47:16,417 --> 00:47:21,796
+I will not fail him.
+I swear this on my life.
+
+500
+00:47:23,508 --> 00:47:26,927
+Go on, Master Tsugumo.
+
+501
+00:47:40,525 --> 00:47:42,317
+What did you find out?
+
+502
+00:47:43,110 --> 00:47:46,112
+It seems his illness
+is indeed most serious.
+
+503
+00:47:46,447 --> 00:47:48,532
+What's the nature of the ailment?
+
+504
+00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:51,284
+According to his family,
+a high fever
+
+505
+00:47:51,452 --> 00:47:54,579
+and excruciating pain
+in all his joints.
+
+506
+00:47:55,456 --> 00:47:56,623
+Go on.
+
+507
+00:47:56,791 --> 00:48:00,126
+I asked if I might visit him
+at his bedside,
+
+508
+00:48:00,294 --> 00:48:03,255
+but he sent word back
+that his pain was so great
+
+509
+00:48:03,422 --> 00:48:06,299
+that he did not wish to be seen
+in his present state.
+
+510
+00:48:07,051 --> 00:48:10,679
+All I could do was convey
+the message you sent and return.
+
+511
+00:48:10,846 --> 00:48:13,473
+It seems
+there's nothing we can do.
+
+512
+00:48:14,058 --> 00:48:18,603
+Perhaps he was overcome by
+the relentless heat of recent days.
+
+513
+00:48:22,441 --> 00:48:24,025
+Master Tsugumo,
+
+514
+00:48:25,111 --> 00:48:27,237
+you heard what he said.
+
+515
+00:48:27,405 --> 00:48:31,241
+I must ask you to select
+someone else as your second.
+
+516
+00:48:34,996 --> 00:48:38,373
+I am sorely disappointed,
+but it appears I have no choice.
+
+517
+00:48:40,501 --> 00:48:42,419
+In that case...
+
+518
+00:48:44,547 --> 00:48:48,008
+I would ask for Master Hayato Yazaki.
+
+519
+00:48:50,261 --> 00:48:51,845
+Hayato?
+
+520
+00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:59,603
+Inaba, I believe he too
+has been absent these four or five days?
+
+521
+00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:01,187
+That is correct.
+
+522
+00:49:01,355 --> 00:49:05,400
+He requested leave
+because he wasn't feeling well.
+
+523
+00:49:07,028 --> 00:49:08,778
+Master Tsugumo,
+
+524
+00:49:10,031 --> 00:49:13,825
+I'm afraid Hayato Yazaki
+is also absent due to illness.
+
+525
+00:49:16,621 --> 00:49:19,122
+Master Yazaki is also ill?
+
+526
+00:49:20,207 --> 00:49:22,208
+I'm sorry to hear that.
+
+527
+00:49:26,797 --> 00:49:28,715
+Again it seems I have no choice.
+
+528
+00:49:29,884 --> 00:49:33,678
+I request Master Umenosuke Kawabe.
+
+529
+00:49:38,476 --> 00:49:40,018
+Counselor,
+
+530
+00:49:41,103 --> 00:49:44,314
+surely it's not possible
+
+531
+00:49:45,274 --> 00:49:48,109
+that Master Kawabe
+is also under the weather?
+
+532
+00:50:01,999 --> 00:50:03,708
+Well, well.
+
+533
+00:50:04,543 --> 00:50:06,961
+It seems he is indeed indisposed.
+
+534
+00:50:09,090 --> 00:50:14,886
+All three unavailable
+on this particular day -
+
+535
+00:50:15,930 --> 00:50:18,723
+what a very odd coincidence.
+
+536
+00:50:21,936 --> 00:50:23,687
+Most curious.
+
+537
+00:50:31,904 --> 00:50:33,947
+- He's up to something.
+- Clearly so.
+
+538
+00:50:34,990 --> 00:50:38,034
+Hikokuro was the one
+who first insisted
+
+539
+00:50:38,536 --> 00:50:42,914
+that Motome Chijiiwa
+be forced to go through with harakiri.
+
+540
+00:50:43,916 --> 00:50:45,750
+Yazaki was the one
+
+541
+00:50:46,752 --> 00:50:49,963
+who discovered his blades were bamboo
+and insisted he be forced to use them,
+
+542
+00:50:51,173 --> 00:50:53,383
+and Kawabe was quick to agree.
+
+543
+00:50:53,551 --> 00:50:56,636
+That's why I urged that he at least
+be spared the bamboo blade.
+
+544
+00:50:56,804 --> 00:50:59,639
+- Of what good is that now?
+- Indeed, sire.
+
+545
+00:51:02,810 --> 00:51:05,395
+But how shall we deal with him?
+
+546
+00:51:05,563 --> 00:51:07,856
+I doubt he intends
+to meekly disembowel himself.
+
+547
+00:51:08,983 --> 00:51:11,985
+He obviously has something
+up his sleeve.
+
+548
+00:51:14,655 --> 00:51:15,822
+Whatever it is...
+
+549
+00:51:17,533 --> 00:51:20,368
+he won't get away with it.
+
+550
+00:51:21,328 --> 00:51:24,914
+We'll force his hand
+and make him commit harakiri.
+
+551
+00:51:26,333 --> 00:51:28,835
+In fact, if he refuses,
+
+552
+00:51:29,503 --> 00:51:32,589
+we'll descend upon him in force
+and cut him down.
+
+553
+00:51:38,220 --> 00:51:42,015
+What happens within the walls
+of this compound...
+
+554
+00:51:43,267 --> 00:51:46,519
+is as secret as what happens
+behind the walls of our castle back home.
+
+555
+00:51:50,691 --> 00:51:53,443
+One signal from me
+and everyone will know what to do.
+
+556
+00:51:57,198 --> 00:52:00,909
+But I'm bothered
+about Hikokuro and the other two.
+
+557
+00:52:03,412 --> 00:52:05,789
+I need to send someone
+to find out more...
+
+558
+00:52:07,041 --> 00:52:08,583
+and under the circumstances,
+
+559
+00:52:08,751 --> 00:52:12,754
+I'd like you to personally hurry
+and find out the real story.
+
+560
+00:52:25,851 --> 00:52:27,268
+Master Tsugumo...
+
+561
+00:52:31,690 --> 00:52:35,902
+summer days are long,
+but the hour advances.
+
+562
+00:52:40,658 --> 00:52:43,451
+I must ask you to proceed
+without further delay.
+
+563
+00:52:43,619 --> 00:52:45,161
+But, Counselor,
+
+564
+00:52:45,871 --> 00:52:48,373
+the ritual cannot take place
+without a second.
+
+565
+00:52:48,541 --> 00:52:50,416
+I understand your concern,
+
+566
+00:52:50,584 --> 00:52:53,503
+but I've discussed the matter
+with my senior colleagues.
+
+567
+00:52:54,547 --> 00:52:58,049
+With all three men of your choice ailing,
+we cannot accommodate your wishes.
+
+568
+00:52:59,301 --> 00:53:01,761
+You will have to accept our selection.
+
+569
+00:53:03,097 --> 00:53:04,848
+Ichiro Shinmen!
+
+570
+00:53:05,933 --> 00:53:09,352
+I command you to serve
+as second for Master Tsugumo.
+
+571
+00:53:10,729 --> 00:53:13,398
+Perform your duty with care.
+
+572
+00:53:14,108 --> 00:53:15,775
+I must protest!
+
+573
+00:53:17,695 --> 00:53:19,279
+To act as my second,
+
+574
+00:53:19,446 --> 00:53:23,032
+I have named
+three specially selected men.
+
+575
+00:53:24,201 --> 00:53:27,954
+I must have one of these three.
+
+576
+00:53:29,582 --> 00:53:31,749
+Are you deaf?
+
+577
+00:53:35,963 --> 00:53:39,465
+All three you name are ill
+and are not present today.
+
+578
+00:53:40,676 --> 00:53:44,971
+I explained this very clearly.
+Did you not hear?
+
+579
+00:53:46,891 --> 00:53:51,728
+Then in that case,
+I have no choice.
+
+580
+00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:56,065
+I must call off my harakiri for now.
+
+581
+00:53:57,484 --> 00:54:00,236
+Enough, Hanshiro Tsugumo!
+
+582
+00:54:00,988 --> 00:54:03,448
+Your extortion scheme
+has gone too far.
+
+583
+00:54:05,117 --> 00:54:09,579
+It's bad enough to march in here
+demanding a place to perform harakiri,
+
+584
+00:54:09,955 --> 00:54:13,041
+but then you quibble endlessly
+over naming your second.
+
+585
+00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:16,544
+You never intended to commit harakiri.
+
+586
+00:54:16,962 --> 00:54:18,671
+All you really want is money!
+
+587
+00:54:18,839 --> 00:54:20,548
+Counselor!
+
+588
+00:54:21,258 --> 00:54:23,343
+If I were the extortionist you say,
+
+589
+00:54:23,844 --> 00:54:27,180
+would I be calmly sitting here
+on this platform?
+
+590
+00:54:27,348 --> 00:54:30,683
+- Then why do you not quietly proceed?
+- I am fully prepared to die.
+
+591
+00:54:32,353 --> 00:54:35,104
+But cutting my belly open
+does not in itself
+
+592
+00:54:35,272 --> 00:54:38,191
+ensure smooth passage
+to the netherworld.
+
+593
+00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:41,819
+I need someone to expeditiously
+strike off my head -
+
+594
+00:54:42,029 --> 00:54:45,198
+a swordsman of reliable skill.
+
+595
+00:54:46,617 --> 00:54:49,744
+I do not perform harakiri
+to atone for a crime or offense.
+
+596
+00:54:50,704 --> 00:54:53,039
+The least I can expect
+is to choose my own second.
+
+597
+00:55:17,856 --> 00:55:20,400
+Further debate on the matter
+
+598
+00:55:22,987 --> 00:55:25,571
+is clearly a waste of time.
+
+599
+00:55:45,092 --> 00:55:48,136
+You are a fraud,
+a disgrace to our class.
+
+600
+00:55:49,096 --> 00:55:51,681
+You never intended
+to commit harakiri.
+
+601
+00:56:20,669 --> 00:56:22,045
+Insolent dog!
+
+602
+00:56:28,552 --> 00:56:30,178
+Stop!
+
+603
+00:56:30,679 --> 00:56:33,514
+Wait!
+
+604
+00:56:33,807 --> 00:56:34,807
+Wait, I say!
+
+605
+00:57:01,043 --> 00:57:04,128
+I beg of all those present
+
+606
+00:57:05,005 --> 00:57:08,716
+a moment - a brief moment.
+
+607
+00:57:09,551 --> 00:57:13,012
+You can't possibly have more to say.
+
+608
+00:57:13,180 --> 00:57:16,724
+But I do.
+I do have more to say.
+
+609
+00:57:17,893 --> 00:57:21,020
+I haven't finished my story.
+
+610
+00:57:21,396 --> 00:57:26,025
+I have no ears
+for your endless ramblings.
+
+611
+00:57:26,193 --> 00:57:27,860
+Counselor!
+
+612
+00:57:30,155 --> 00:57:32,198
+If you force me to,
+
+613
+00:57:32,783 --> 00:57:36,619
+I will fight desperately to the death,
+no matter the odds against me.
+
+614
+00:57:38,372 --> 00:57:42,792
+Some of your men
+will be wounded undeservedly.
+
+615
+00:57:43,710 --> 00:57:46,045
+Some may even lose their lives.
+
+616
+00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:50,091
+Would it not be better
+
+617
+00:57:50,551 --> 00:57:53,594
+to simply hear me out?
+
+618
+00:57:56,598 --> 00:57:58,474
+Once I have finished my story,
+
+619
+00:57:58,642 --> 00:58:00,935
+I will disembowel myself
+with no further ado.
+
+620
+00:58:01,395 --> 00:58:04,063
+Or if you feel harakiri
+is too good for me,
+
+621
+00:58:04,231 --> 00:58:07,483
+you may turn your men on me
+to do what they will.
+
+622
+00:58:09,820 --> 00:58:11,404
+In any event,
+
+623
+00:58:12,281 --> 00:58:16,909
+I would first like you to hear
+what I have to say.
+
+624
+00:58:25,085 --> 00:58:27,420
+As to these conditions you state,
+
+625
+00:58:27,588 --> 00:58:29,463
+do I have your word?
+
+626
+00:58:30,424 --> 00:58:32,508
+You have my word.
+
+627
+00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:35,595
+And as a samurai,
+you will hold true to it?
+
+628
+00:58:52,279 --> 00:58:53,946
+Very well,
+
+629
+00:58:54,114 --> 00:58:55,907
+but make it short.
+
+630
+00:58:56,325 --> 00:59:00,286
+I will not listen
+to your useless mutterings for long.
+
+631
+00:59:02,664 --> 00:59:04,665
+Men, fall back.
+
+632
+00:59:21,016 --> 00:59:23,809
+Now, where was I?
+
+633
+00:59:28,106 --> 00:59:29,941
+Oh, yes.
+
+634
+00:59:30,692 --> 00:59:32,985
+My master's house fell
+
+635
+00:59:33,654 --> 00:59:36,280
+and Jinnai Chijiiwa died,
+
+636
+00:59:37,491 --> 00:59:39,700
+but before doing so,
+
+637
+00:59:39,868 --> 00:59:44,497
+he asked me to look after Motome.
+
+638
+00:59:48,919 --> 00:59:51,837
+When my master's house fell...
+
+639
+00:59:53,090 --> 00:59:56,342
+we immediately left the domain
+and moved to Edo.
+
+640
+00:59:58,345 --> 01:00:01,305
+The streets of Edo
+were crowded with ronin,
+
+641
+01:00:01,473 --> 01:00:03,683
+flotsam from the Battle of Sekigahara.
+
+642
+01:00:04,851 --> 01:00:06,686
+In former times,
+
+643
+01:00:06,853 --> 01:00:11,941
+other clans would have gladly taken in
+any ronin who'd earned a name for himself.
+
+644
+01:00:13,277 --> 01:00:15,653
+But in an era no longer in need
+of warriors or horses,
+
+645
+01:00:15,821 --> 01:00:19,657
+so peaceful that no wind
+even rustled the leaves on the trees,
+
+646
+01:00:20,867 --> 01:00:24,495
+it was a constant struggle
+simply to find a meal.
+
+647
+01:00:24,663 --> 01:00:28,416
+Indeed, it shames me to recall
+
+648
+01:00:28,583 --> 01:00:31,627
+our miserable lives
+of these last eight or nine years.
+
+649
+01:00:36,341 --> 01:00:40,011
+But amidst all our hardships...
+
+650
+01:00:41,263 --> 01:00:44,724
+my daughter Miho
+was rapidly becoming a woman,
+
+651
+01:00:45,809 --> 01:00:49,437
+and soon it was
+the spring of her 18th year.
+
+652
+01:01:17,007 --> 01:01:18,299
+Father.
+
+653
+01:01:19,551 --> 01:01:24,430
+I've set your lunch out
+in case I'm not back in time.
+
+654
+01:01:24,765 --> 01:01:29,769
+The greatest delicacies
+taste of nothing when eaten alone.
+
+655
+01:01:30,270 --> 01:01:32,897
+If you're not back, I'll wait.
+
+656
+01:01:33,607 --> 01:01:38,152
+I'll collect for these and then stop
+by Yoshizakicho for dried fish.
+
+657
+01:01:40,155 --> 01:01:41,906
+Hello.
+
+658
+01:01:42,074 --> 01:01:43,282
+Welcome, sir.
+
+659
+01:01:43,450 --> 01:01:45,785
+Busy as usual?
+Looks like you're on your way out.
+
+660
+01:01:45,952 --> 01:01:48,245
+Yes, to the wholesaler
+in Kyobashi.
+
+661
+01:01:48,413 --> 01:01:52,041
+The Mikawaya, I suppose.
+Take care.
+
+662
+01:02:00,801 --> 01:02:02,927
+Experience is the best teacher.
+
+663
+01:02:03,095 --> 01:02:05,971
+You've become very deft at that.
+
+664
+01:02:06,139 --> 01:02:07,640
+Forgive me.
+
+665
+01:02:08,475 --> 01:02:12,019
+I hate asking you
+for advances all the time,
+
+666
+01:02:12,479 --> 01:02:14,522
+but my earnings
+simply refuse to catch up.
+
+667
+01:02:14,689 --> 01:02:17,691
+You disarm me
+by beating me to the punch.
+
+668
+01:02:19,319 --> 01:02:22,988
+I came intending
+to lodge a complaint or two,
+
+669
+01:02:23,156 --> 01:02:27,326
+but when you make the first move,
+
+670
+01:02:28,495 --> 01:02:30,830
+what can I say?
+
+671
+01:02:31,498 --> 01:02:33,040
+By the way,
+
+672
+01:02:33,208 --> 01:02:37,503
+what are your thoughts
+on that matter I raised the other day?
+
+673
+01:02:41,508 --> 01:02:45,052
+Have you come to a decision?
+
+674
+01:02:46,221 --> 01:02:49,807
+Yes, I have.
+
+675
+01:02:50,058 --> 01:02:52,476
+Glad to hear it.
+
+676
+01:02:53,019 --> 01:02:56,647
+It takes a load off my mind.
+
+677
+01:02:57,107 --> 01:02:58,441
+No.
+
+678
+01:02:58,942 --> 01:03:02,695
+I appreciate your proposal
+regarding Miho,
+
+679
+01:03:04,030 --> 01:03:06,657
+but I've decided to decline.
+
+680
+01:03:13,373 --> 01:03:17,293
+In the end, her adoption
+by the Joshuya family
+
+681
+01:03:17,544 --> 01:03:20,546
+would be a mere pretext
+lasting perhaps six months.
+
+682
+01:03:20,797 --> 01:03:23,048
+Once established
+as a member of their family,
+
+683
+01:03:23,216 --> 01:03:26,385
+she'd be sent to Lord Sakakibara
+as his concubine.
+
+684
+01:03:28,305 --> 01:03:29,847
+Master Tsugumo,
+
+685
+01:03:30,015 --> 01:03:33,142
+the Sakakibara are a family
+with a domain of 110,000 koku.
+
+686
+01:03:33,310 --> 01:03:35,895
+It may sound odd to seek benefit
+from your daughter's connections,
+
+687
+01:03:36,062 --> 01:03:39,565
+but you need do nothing,
+and doors will open to you.
+
+688
+01:03:39,733 --> 01:03:41,650
+I understand that.
+
+689
+01:03:42,569 --> 01:03:44,195
+But, Master Seibei,
+
+690
+01:03:44,946 --> 01:03:47,239
+no matter how far I've fallen,
+
+691
+01:03:47,407 --> 01:03:50,618
+I cannot make my daughter a concubine
+to profit from her connections.
+
+692
+01:03:50,827 --> 01:03:53,245
+It's fine to uphold your pride.
+
+693
+01:03:53,413 --> 01:03:57,333
+But as a parent, you must consider
+your daughter's feelings too.
+
+694
+01:03:57,834 --> 01:03:59,293
+What?
+
+695
+01:03:59,753 --> 01:04:03,047
+She's young and beautiful,
+
+696
+01:04:03,298 --> 01:04:05,841
+yet she doesn't have
+a single fancy kimono to wear.
+
+697
+01:04:06,426 --> 01:04:11,680
+She can only look forward to endless days
+of slaving at her father's side.
+
+698
+01:04:12,766 --> 01:04:14,517
+Master Tsugumo,
+
+699
+01:04:14,684 --> 01:04:17,394
+you can't fight the world you live in
+
+700
+01:04:17,687 --> 01:04:20,272
+nor go against
+the tide of the times.
+
+701
+01:04:21,441 --> 01:04:24,568
+It's a good proposal for Miss Miho,
+and for you,
+
+702
+01:04:24,736 --> 01:04:26,570
+no matter how you look at it.
+
+703
+01:04:27,489 --> 01:04:29,782
+In fact, to be honest,
+
+704
+01:04:29,950 --> 01:04:33,827
+is it not precisely because Miss Miho
+was blessed with such beauty
+
+705
+01:04:33,995 --> 01:04:36,830
+that an avenue like this
+remains open to you?
+
+706
+01:04:39,960 --> 01:04:41,835
+Confucius said:
+
+707
+01:04:44,714 --> 01:04:49,134
+"He who knows not the will of heaven
+is not a superior man."
+
+708
+01:04:55,850 --> 01:04:59,228
+"He who knows not proper decorum
+must not rise to his feet."
+
+709
+01:05:05,235 --> 01:05:10,239
+"He who knows not the heart of words
+cannot know the heart of man."
+
+710
+01:05:16,663 --> 01:05:18,038
+That will be all for today.
+
+711
+01:05:18,206 --> 01:05:21,208
+Thank you, sir. Good-bye.
+
+712
+01:05:21,459 --> 01:05:24,295
+Hey, Katsuzo,
+let's go sparrow hunting today.
+
+713
+01:05:38,059 --> 01:05:40,060
+Hello, Uncle Hanshiro.
+
+714
+01:05:49,529 --> 01:05:51,030
+It's good to see you.
+
+715
+01:05:59,372 --> 01:06:00,873
+Have some tea.
+
+716
+01:06:02,751 --> 01:06:04,752
+Much obliged.
+
+717
+01:06:05,670 --> 01:06:10,049
+I know this house well enough
+to at least boil water.
+
+718
+01:06:14,387 --> 01:06:16,680
+As it happens, Motome,
+
+719
+01:06:17,724 --> 01:06:20,559
+I came today to discuss
+a matter of some weight.
+
+720
+01:06:22,187 --> 01:06:26,106
+You sound so formal.
+What could it be?
+
+721
+01:06:28,985 --> 01:06:31,945
+How quickly the days
+and months fly by.
+
+722
+01:06:32,739 --> 01:06:35,240
+Miho is now 18.
+
+723
+01:06:35,950 --> 01:06:40,037
+She looks more
+like her mother every day.
+
+724
+01:06:41,039 --> 01:06:46,251
+In fact, it's hard to see
+how she could possibly be of my blood.
+
+725
+01:06:47,545 --> 01:06:51,882
+If she'd taken after me,
+she'd never have grown so beautiful.
+
+726
+01:06:52,175 --> 01:06:55,219
+What are you trying to say, sir?
+
+727
+01:06:57,430 --> 01:06:59,932
+Well, Motome...
+
+728
+01:07:04,646 --> 01:07:08,315
+I'd like you to take Miho as your wife.
+
+729
+01:07:16,783 --> 01:07:19,368
+I realize this is all very sudden,
+
+730
+01:07:20,787 --> 01:07:22,496
+but what do you think?
+
+731
+01:07:23,581 --> 01:07:25,290
+Will you do it, Motome?
+
+732
+01:07:25,625 --> 01:07:27,167
+You know as well as I
+
+733
+01:07:27,335 --> 01:07:30,504
+the state of my livelihood at present.
+
+734
+01:07:31,965 --> 01:07:35,884
+I offer classes in the Chinese classics
+to a handful of children
+
+735
+01:07:36,469 --> 01:07:39,596
+and live from hand to mouth.
+
+736
+01:07:42,475 --> 01:07:45,769
+How could I possibly take a wife?
+
+737
+01:07:45,937 --> 01:07:49,231
+Do you dislike Miho?
+
+738
+01:07:51,735 --> 01:07:54,153
+All I'm asking
+is how you feel about her.
+
+739
+01:08:01,745 --> 01:08:06,623
+It's not only because
+of the promise I made to your father
+
+740
+01:08:06,791 --> 01:08:09,418
+that I hope you'll marry Miho.
+
+741
+01:08:11,379 --> 01:08:13,797
+Boorish and dull as I am,
+
+742
+01:08:14,340 --> 01:08:17,426
+I'm not entirely insensitive
+to your feelings for each other.
+
+743
+01:08:19,929 --> 01:08:22,473
+It was more difficult than I expected
+
+744
+01:08:23,183 --> 01:08:25,976
+to persuade Motome.
+
+745
+01:08:26,853 --> 01:08:28,479
+I didn't realize
+
+746
+01:08:28,855 --> 01:08:32,441
+he had such a stubborn
+and willful streak.
+
+747
+01:08:34,319 --> 01:08:37,154
+But I knew he loved Miho,
+
+748
+01:08:37,697 --> 01:08:41,867
+and I knew Miho
+would have no objections to the match.
+
+749
+01:08:43,369 --> 01:08:49,500
+The crane that lives a thousand years
+
+750
+01:08:49,959 --> 01:08:56,548
+A symbol of myriad joys
+
+751
+01:08:56,925 --> 01:09:04,223
+The tortoise that lives 10,000 years
+
+752
+01:09:04,641 --> 01:09:11,355
+Bears on its back the three worlds
+of heaven, earth and man
+
+753
+01:09:12,732 --> 01:09:17,402
+The sands upon the beach
+
+754
+01:09:17,695 --> 01:09:21,782
+Numberless and smooth
+
+755
+01:09:21,950 --> 01:09:27,788
+May they ever reflect the morning sun
+
+756
+01:09:28,998 --> 01:09:31,250
+After two years
+
+757
+01:09:31,876 --> 01:09:34,169
+a child was born.
+
+758
+01:09:35,547 --> 01:09:39,258
+It was a boy,
+and they named him Kingo.
+
+759
+01:09:40,635 --> 01:09:41,969
+Of course,
+
+760
+01:09:42,887 --> 01:09:45,264
+I was the one who chose the name.
+
+761
+01:10:01,281 --> 01:10:02,990
+Hello, Father.
+
+762
+01:10:08,788 --> 01:10:11,415
+What's this? Asleep again?
+
+763
+01:10:23,094 --> 01:10:26,722
+Father, you're too generous.
+
+764
+01:10:27,515 --> 01:10:29,308
+Nonsense.
+
+765
+01:10:29,475 --> 01:10:32,311
+Even after I married you off,
+you still cook for me.
+
+766
+01:10:32,604 --> 01:10:35,898
+And besides,
+I now have only myself to support.
+
+767
+01:10:36,065 --> 01:10:38,984
+I save more money
+than I know what to do with,
+
+768
+01:10:39,152 --> 01:10:41,695
+and I can't take it with me.
+
+769
+01:10:46,326 --> 01:10:48,118
+Well, well.
+
+770
+01:10:48,286 --> 01:10:50,454
+Did you wake up?
+
+771
+01:10:52,498 --> 01:10:54,541
+Now, none of that, you little rascal.
+
+772
+01:10:54,709 --> 01:10:58,295
+A warrior's son
+should not be flashing dimples.
+
+773
+01:10:58,463 --> 01:11:00,172
+What did I tell you now?
+
+774
+01:11:09,307 --> 01:11:12,684
+Really? Even the Matsudaira Clan
+of Dewa province?
+
+775
+01:11:12,852 --> 01:11:13,769
+That's right.
+
+776
+01:11:13,937 --> 01:11:17,064
+I can understand abolishing
+the domains of newer vassals,
+
+777
+01:11:17,231 --> 01:11:21,526
+but to treat vassals who've supported
+the Tokugawa for generations so harshly?
+
+778
+01:11:22,528 --> 01:11:28,200
+The shogunate's policy toward
+the warlords is completely beyond me.
+
+779
+01:11:28,910 --> 01:11:32,371
+We'll see another jump
+in the number of ronin.
+
+780
+01:11:38,878 --> 01:11:40,462
+Did you hear?
+
+781
+01:11:40,755 --> 01:11:44,424
+One of them tried to commit harakiri
+at the Sengoku Clan's gate.
+
+782
+01:11:44,717 --> 01:11:48,929
+A ronin named Shume Ooi,
+formerly of the Kurume Clan.
+
+783
+01:11:50,056 --> 01:11:53,141
+I heard the Sengoku
+were so impressed
+
+784
+01:11:53,309 --> 01:11:54,935
+that they offered him employment.
+
+785
+01:11:55,103 --> 01:11:57,938
+That much was fine.
+It's what happened next.
+
+786
+01:11:58,272 --> 01:11:59,982
+Yes, I heard.
+
+787
+01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:03,402
+Other ronin who got wind of the story
+
+788
+01:12:03,569 --> 01:12:08,281
+began presenting themselves at the gates
+of daimyo houses all over Edo,
+
+789
+01:12:08,741 --> 01:12:11,159
+insisting on committing harakiri
+and refusing to budge.
+
+790
+01:12:11,327 --> 01:12:14,496
+In order to get rid of them,
+
+791
+01:12:14,914 --> 01:12:17,916
+the houses offered them money
+to leave.
+
+792
+01:12:19,085 --> 01:12:21,920
+It's a shameful turn of events.
+
+793
+01:12:22,088 --> 01:12:24,172
+It certainly is.
+
+794
+01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:27,092
+No matter how hard-pressed
+they may be,
+
+795
+01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:29,636
+it's a despicable thing to do.
+
+796
+01:12:30,930 --> 01:12:35,976
+In these difficult times,
+it's no help growing desperate.
+
+797
+01:12:37,979 --> 01:12:40,897
+Becoming too impatient
+in seeking employment
+
+798
+01:12:41,399 --> 01:12:44,234
+is a danger we must all
+take care to avoid.
+
+799
+01:12:45,028 --> 01:12:48,447
+You are absolutely right.
+
+800
+01:12:49,699 --> 01:12:51,783
+If you stop worrying so much
+about finding employment,
+
+801
+01:12:52,326 --> 01:12:56,079
+you can sit here like this
+without answering to a superior,
+
+802
+01:12:56,247 --> 01:12:58,623
+at no one's beck and call.
+
+803
+01:13:03,004 --> 01:13:05,464
+What's the matter there, little one?
+
+804
+01:13:05,631 --> 01:13:08,800
+It's time for his milk.
+I'll nurse him.
+
+805
+01:13:08,968 --> 01:13:11,678
+You mustn't give him
+your breast every time he cries.
+
+806
+01:13:11,846 --> 01:13:13,805
+He'll develop bad habits.
+
+807
+01:13:13,973 --> 01:13:15,432
+Lookee here, Kingo.
+
+808
+01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:18,810
+Ready?
+See my funny face?
+
+809
+01:13:22,482 --> 01:13:24,024
+All right?
+
+810
+01:13:24,484 --> 01:13:27,694
+Upsy-daisy. Here goes, Kingo.
+
+811
+01:13:28,738 --> 01:13:33,492
+In Kanda
+
+812
+01:13:34,077 --> 01:13:38,997
+At the Myojin Shrine
+
+813
+01:13:42,210 --> 01:13:46,171
+There's a festival
+
+814
+01:13:46,631 --> 01:13:50,300
+Tonight
+
+815
+01:13:52,178 --> 01:13:54,721
+Kingo was the center of our existence,
+
+816
+01:13:55,056 --> 01:13:58,517
+and the three of us lived happily
+
+817
+01:13:58,684 --> 01:14:01,144
+with the constant sound
+of warm laughter
+
+818
+01:14:01,312 --> 01:14:04,773
+raising peaceful ripples around us.
+
+819
+01:14:05,983 --> 01:14:09,569
+It truly was
+a time of greater happiness
+
+820
+01:14:09,737 --> 01:14:13,031
+than I'd ever known in the domain.
+
+821
+01:14:18,788 --> 01:14:20,372
+However,
+
+822
+01:14:20,998 --> 01:14:25,377
+good things never last for long.
+
+823
+01:14:54,448 --> 01:14:58,285
+One day, Miho suddenly coughed up
+profuse quantities of blood.
+
+824
+01:14:59,787 --> 01:15:02,622
+She had always been
+of weak constitution,
+
+825
+01:15:02,790 --> 01:15:05,667
+and with the endless burden
+of our piecework labor...
+
+826
+01:15:08,004 --> 01:15:12,966
+she'd driven her frail body
+too hard for too long.
+
+827
+01:15:46,918 --> 01:15:49,002
+Motome panicked.
+
+828
+01:15:52,924 --> 01:15:54,716
+The poor fellow.
+
+829
+01:15:55,718 --> 01:15:59,262
+Date Clan construction site.
+
+830
+01:15:59,722 --> 01:16:05,477
+Fifty laborers at 40 mon.
+
+831
+01:16:09,106 --> 01:16:11,441
+Just a minute, samurai, sir!
+
+832
+01:16:11,692 --> 01:16:13,610
+Are you trying to get me in trouble?
+
+833
+01:16:13,778 --> 01:16:15,904
+There isn't enough work
+even for the townsmen.
+
+834
+01:16:16,280 --> 01:16:18,281
+If the authorities spotted
+a two-sworded laborer,
+
+835
+01:16:18,449 --> 01:16:21,409
+I'd be in for a real dressing-down.
+
+836
+01:16:22,536 --> 01:16:24,788
+Hosokawa Clan construction site.
+
+837
+01:16:25,081 --> 01:16:29,125
+Twenty laborers, 45 mon.
+
+838
+01:16:32,588 --> 01:16:35,674
+PAWN SHOP
+
+839
+01:16:46,560 --> 01:16:49,312
+Poor Motome.
+
+840
+01:16:50,147 --> 01:16:53,149
+He tried everything, but to no avail.
+
+841
+01:16:54,277 --> 01:16:57,320
+Miho was gradually wasting away,
+
+842
+01:16:58,239 --> 01:17:01,533
+and the worst was yet to come.
+
+843
+01:17:02,827 --> 01:17:04,953
+It's seared forever in my memory.
+
+844
+01:17:05,121 --> 01:17:08,290
+We'd just barely made it
+through the end of the year,
+
+845
+01:17:08,457 --> 01:17:10,959
+and the plum blossoms
+had begun to bloom
+
+846
+01:17:11,127 --> 01:17:13,920
+shortly after the beginning
+of the new year.
+
+847
+01:17:36,694 --> 01:17:37,861
+What's wrong?
+
+848
+01:17:50,791 --> 01:17:57,505
+Is it Miho?
+
+849
+01:17:58,883 --> 01:18:00,508
+It's Kingo.
+
+850
+01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:03,136
+What? Kingo?
+
+851
+01:18:06,599 --> 01:18:08,099
+A fever.
+
+852
+01:18:09,685 --> 01:18:11,519
+Like he's on fire.
+
+853
+01:18:16,525 --> 01:18:18,943
+Why, Miho?
+
+854
+01:18:19,111 --> 01:18:21,821
+Why did you just sit by
+until it came to this?
+
+855
+01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:27,202
+I thought it was an ordinary cold.
+
+856
+01:18:27,536 --> 01:18:30,205
+What did the doctor say?
+
+857
+01:18:33,292 --> 01:18:36,503
+You did have a doctor see him,
+didn't you?
+
+858
+01:18:48,099 --> 01:18:52,310
+You haven't had a doctor see him?
+
+859
+01:18:53,479 --> 01:18:56,439
+Why haven't you had
+a doctor look at him?
+
+860
+01:19:15,292 --> 01:19:17,794
+Kingo, fight it off.
+
+861
+01:19:21,757 --> 01:19:26,594
+Your grandpa,
+like your mom and dad,
+
+862
+01:19:26,762 --> 01:19:30,056
+has already sold off
+everything of value.
+
+863
+01:19:30,641 --> 01:19:32,183
+There's not a thing,
+
+864
+01:19:33,144 --> 01:19:35,812
+not a thing we can do for you.
+
+865
+01:19:40,693 --> 01:19:42,235
+There's nothing...
+
+866
+01:19:43,612 --> 01:19:46,156
+nothing we can do, Kingo.
+
+867
+01:19:48,242 --> 01:19:50,201
+But you're the son of a samurai.
+
+868
+01:19:50,995 --> 01:19:53,204
+You can't let a little illness
+get the better of you.
+
+869
+01:20:00,337 --> 01:20:02,505
+Don't let it beat you.
+
+870
+01:20:25,029 --> 01:20:28,072
+Don't let it... Don't let it...
+
+871
+01:20:34,705 --> 01:20:36,372
+Father.
+
+872
+01:20:42,379 --> 01:20:45,673
+I have an idea.
+
+873
+01:20:46,091 --> 01:20:47,550
+What?
+
+874
+01:20:47,718 --> 01:20:49,928
+I need to go out.
+
+875
+01:20:50,888 --> 01:20:52,555
+Please look after Kingo.
+
+876
+01:20:56,602 --> 01:20:58,019
+What do you have in mind?
+
+877
+01:21:02,066 --> 01:21:05,568
+A former retainer of the Kato Clan
+now lives in Nihonbashi
+
+878
+01:21:05,736 --> 01:21:08,321
+and makes his living
+as a moneylender.
+
+879
+01:21:08,489 --> 01:21:11,366
+His rates are so high
+that I didn't dare go to him before,
+
+880
+01:21:11,534 --> 01:21:15,620
+but I can't worry about that anymore.
+
+881
+01:21:15,788 --> 01:21:20,625
+You're right. If you know such a man,
+hurry and go!
+
+882
+01:21:20,793 --> 01:21:22,335
+I'm on my way.
+
+883
+01:21:22,836 --> 01:21:26,089
+I'll be back by evening at the latest.
+
+884
+01:21:28,884 --> 01:21:31,094
+As you can see, Miho is too weak,
+
+885
+01:21:32,137 --> 01:21:34,973
+so please take care of Kingo.
+
+886
+01:21:35,140 --> 01:21:37,767
+Of course.
+I know what to do.
+
+887
+01:21:38,602 --> 01:21:40,436
+But, Motome,
+
+888
+01:21:40,771 --> 01:21:42,772
+you can see
+he's barely hanging on.
+
+889
+01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:47,819
+You must be quick,
+and you mustn't fail.
+
+890
+01:21:49,822 --> 01:21:52,031
+I'll return by evening without fail.
+
+891
+01:21:53,617 --> 01:21:55,451
+I'll be off, then.
+
+892
+01:22:01,250 --> 01:22:03,793
+We're depending on you, Motome!
+
+893
+01:22:42,124 --> 01:22:44,292
+No, no, I'll do that.
+
+894
+01:22:59,850 --> 01:23:03,019
+It won't be long now, Kingo.
+
+895
+01:23:36,595 --> 01:23:38,805
+What's taking him so long?
+
+896
+01:24:15,134 --> 01:24:16,634
+He's getting worse.
+
+897
+01:24:19,972 --> 01:24:22,140
+What could Motome be doing?
+
+898
+01:24:51,503 --> 01:24:55,923
+No, no. Your getting up won't do
+Kingo's fever any good.
+
+899
+01:25:12,691 --> 01:25:16,068
+Where can Motome be?
+
+900
+01:25:17,362 --> 01:25:21,449
+He swore he'd be back by evening.
+
+901
+01:25:21,617 --> 01:25:25,661
+What could he be doing?
+
+902
+01:25:27,873 --> 01:25:29,999
+I waited.
+
+903
+01:25:32,211 --> 01:25:35,755
+Every moment felt like an eternity.
+
+904
+01:25:37,591 --> 01:25:39,550
+But Motome did not return.
+
+905
+01:25:39,718 --> 01:25:42,845
+We never saw him again.
+
+906
+01:25:45,516 --> 01:25:50,436
+"I'll be back by evening,
+so please look after Kingo."
+
+907
+01:25:51,772 --> 01:25:55,399
+Those were his final words
+as he went out the door,
+
+908
+01:25:55,567 --> 01:25:59,570
+and that was the last I saw
+of Motome Chijiiwa.
+
+909
+01:26:10,040 --> 01:26:11,791
+But then...
+
+910
+01:26:12,835 --> 01:26:17,588
+around 9:00 that night,
+he did return home.
+
+911
+01:26:19,258 --> 01:26:21,342
+Only not on his own.
+
+912
+01:26:21,760 --> 01:26:26,722
+He was borne home by a party
+of retainers from the House of Iyi.
+
+913
+01:26:28,725 --> 01:26:30,810
+Most courteously.
+
+914
+01:26:33,355 --> 01:26:35,398
+This was the request
+
+915
+01:26:35,566 --> 01:26:38,150
+with which Motome Chijiiwa
+came to us.
+
+916
+01:26:38,902 --> 01:26:42,488
+But our forecourt is a busy place
+and would have been most inconvenient,
+
+917
+01:26:43,198 --> 01:26:47,076
+so we offered him our courtyard and saw
+to his needs with all due propriety,
+
+918
+01:26:47,828 --> 01:26:51,247
+thus allowing him to fulfill his wish
+and perform harakiri.
+
+919
+01:26:53,584 --> 01:26:56,919
+We understand there have lately been
+incidents all across Edo
+
+920
+01:26:57,254 --> 01:27:00,172
+in which ronin present themselves
+at the gates of daimyo houses
+
+921
+01:27:00,340 --> 01:27:04,802
+and threaten to commit harakiri
+unless given money.
+
+922
+01:27:06,179 --> 01:27:11,267
+This disgraceful practice has put
+many houses at a loss as to what to do.
+
+923
+01:27:12,227 --> 01:27:17,356
+But now we have Motome Chijiiwa,
+a samurai of true valor,
+
+924
+01:27:18,025 --> 01:27:20,693
+who carried out his resolve
+to die honorably.
+
+925
+01:27:20,861 --> 01:27:24,780
+And we have
+the members of the Iyi Clan,
+
+926
+01:27:25,282 --> 01:27:28,534
+who responded appropriately
+to facilitate his wishes.
+
+927
+01:27:29,286 --> 01:27:33,539
+In contrast to many disgraceful ronin,
+
+928
+01:27:33,707 --> 01:27:37,543
+and the spineless timidity
+of other daimyo households,
+
+929
+01:27:37,794 --> 01:27:39,378
+both parties in this instance
+
+930
+01:27:39,546 --> 01:27:43,841
+acted in an exemplary manner
+that will open eyes and clear the air.
+
+931
+01:27:44,676 --> 01:27:49,055
+It is truly an occasion
+for mutual congratulations.
+
+932
+01:27:50,432 --> 01:27:52,099
+We bid you -
+- Wait.
+
+933
+01:27:54,102 --> 01:27:55,978
+To avoid any misunderstanding,
+we must show the blades.
+
+934
+01:27:56,813 --> 01:27:58,731
+Oh, yes.
+
+935
+01:27:59,149 --> 01:28:03,110
+For the record, we wish you to examine
+the swords Chijiiwa was carrying.
+
+936
+01:28:08,200 --> 01:28:09,825
+You will note
+
+937
+01:28:10,160 --> 01:28:11,786
+that both blades are of bamboo.
+
+938
+01:28:12,913 --> 01:28:14,914
+Bamboo?
+
+939
+01:28:31,848 --> 01:28:34,517
+As you can see,
+both are made of bamboo.
+
+940
+01:28:34,685 --> 01:28:38,813
+No one must accuse us later
+of having switched blades.
+
+941
+01:28:40,023 --> 01:28:41,983
+So take a good look.
+
+942
+01:28:46,446 --> 01:28:48,364
+Is it clear?
+
+943
+01:28:53,203 --> 01:28:54,704
+In that case,
+
+944
+01:28:54,871 --> 01:29:00,418
+Motome must have borrowed
+a blade from your household?
+
+945
+01:29:01,086 --> 01:29:03,629
+No, he did not.
+
+946
+01:29:04,047 --> 01:29:07,591
+He died magnificently
+using his own blade.
+
+947
+01:29:11,513 --> 01:29:13,014
+Motome killed himself
+
+948
+01:29:13,890 --> 01:29:16,726
+with that bamboo blade?
+
+949
+01:29:18,353 --> 01:29:20,062
+Exactly.
+
+950
+01:29:21,106 --> 01:29:24,525
+The entire household
+witnessed the spectacle
+
+951
+01:29:24,776 --> 01:29:27,236
+of harakiri performed
+with a bamboo blade.
+
+952
+01:29:27,612 --> 01:29:29,905
+As you may imagine,
+it was an unsightly affair.
+
+953
+01:29:30,365 --> 01:29:32,533
+It would have been more fitting
+for a samurai
+
+954
+01:29:32,909 --> 01:29:36,787
+to end his life with a true blade,
+which is a warrior's soul.
+
+955
+01:29:39,082 --> 01:29:40,666
+Now then.
+
+956
+01:29:41,084 --> 01:29:42,793
+We bid you good night.
+
+957
+01:31:32,362 --> 01:31:34,155
+Miho wept.
+
+958
+01:31:37,242 --> 01:31:38,826
+She wept...
+
+959
+01:31:41,288 --> 01:31:42,121
+and wept.
+
+960
+01:33:18,677 --> 01:33:20,344
+Motome!
+
+961
+01:33:22,722 --> 01:33:24,306
+Forgive me!
+
+962
+01:33:28,603 --> 01:33:30,062
+I...
+
+963
+01:33:30,855 --> 01:33:33,315
+I had no idea.
+
+964
+01:33:42,659 --> 01:33:44,827
+You had even sold your blades.
+
+965
+01:33:46,788 --> 01:33:50,291
+For Miho's sake
+you even sold your blades.
+
+966
+01:34:09,436 --> 01:34:13,188
+But I... but I...
+
+967
+01:34:15,400 --> 01:34:17,818
+I would never let this go.
+
+968
+01:34:19,487 --> 01:34:21,405
+It never entered my mind.
+
+969
+01:34:22,991 --> 01:34:25,159
+The stupid thing
+was too dear to me...
+
+970
+01:34:26,536 --> 01:34:28,704
+and I clung to it.
+
+971
+01:34:30,373 --> 01:34:32,708
+To this stupid -
+
+972
+01:34:49,476 --> 01:34:53,937
+With his fever still raging
+and in a coma,
+
+973
+01:34:55,440 --> 01:34:59,193
+Kingo died two days later.
+
+974
+01:35:00,570 --> 01:35:02,571
+Three days after that,
+
+975
+01:35:03,823 --> 01:35:06,367
+as if chasing after him,
+
+976
+01:35:06,951 --> 01:35:09,745
+Miho died as well.
+
+977
+01:35:13,541 --> 01:35:15,626
+Thus did Hanshiro Tsugumo
+
+978
+01:35:16,252 --> 01:35:19,671
+find himself utterly alone in the world,
+
+979
+01:35:19,839 --> 01:35:24,259
+having lost every last person
+he had ever cared about.
+
+980
+01:35:24,928 --> 01:35:26,804
+Master Tsugumo,
+
+981
+01:35:29,516 --> 01:35:32,184
+does that conclude your story?
+
+982
+01:35:34,187 --> 01:35:37,356
+Yes, I suppose so.
+
+983
+01:35:42,278 --> 01:35:44,696
+There's just one more thing.
+
+984
+01:35:48,660 --> 01:35:52,621
+May all those here listen carefully
+to what I'm about to say.
+
+985
+01:35:55,291 --> 01:35:58,794
+No matter how grinding
+his poverty and hunger,
+
+986
+01:35:59,587 --> 01:36:03,048
+for a samurai to present himself
+in someone else's entryway
+
+987
+01:36:03,341 --> 01:36:06,927
+and declare that he wishes
+to commit harakiri there
+
+988
+01:36:07,095 --> 01:36:12,391
+is an unspeakable act
+that can in no way be excused.
+
+989
+01:36:14,352 --> 01:36:16,645
+However...
+
+990
+01:36:18,773 --> 01:36:23,610
+the manner in which
+the House of Iyi handled the matter...
+
+991
+01:36:25,613 --> 01:36:30,075
+surely left a great deal to be desired.
+
+992
+01:36:32,912 --> 01:36:35,664
+If a samurai risks shame and ridicule
+
+993
+01:36:36,166 --> 01:36:41,670
+to beg for a day or two's grace,
+he must surely have good reason.
+
+994
+01:36:42,505 --> 01:36:44,298
+A simple inquiry
+
+995
+01:36:44,466 --> 01:36:48,010
+as to the reason for the request
+
+996
+01:36:48,178 --> 01:36:50,679
+would have told so much...
+
+997
+01:36:51,848 --> 01:36:54,224
+yet with this many
+witnesses present...
+
+998
+01:36:55,685 --> 01:36:58,395
+not a single one among you
+had the consideration to ask.
+
+999
+01:37:02,692 --> 01:37:05,819
+His wife lay gasping for breath,
+on the very verge of death,
+
+1000
+01:37:06,321 --> 01:37:10,741
+while his beloved son burned with fever,
+in dire need of a doctor.
+
+1001
+01:37:11,910 --> 01:37:15,746
+Motome no doubt wished
+to explain the situation to me,
+
+1002
+01:37:15,914 --> 01:37:18,540
+make whatever last effort
+he could for his son
+
+1003
+01:37:18,708 --> 01:37:21,627
+before turning all further care
+over to me,
+
+1004
+01:37:21,794 --> 01:37:24,046
+and then return here
+to the House of Iyi.
+
+1005
+01:37:24,214 --> 01:37:25,797
+Hanshiro Tsugumo!
+
+1006
+01:37:27,383 --> 01:37:29,801
+Enough of your self-serving excuses!
+
+1007
+01:37:31,054 --> 01:37:32,846
+What?
+
+1008
+01:37:33,681 --> 01:37:35,599
+As to Motome Chijiiwa -
+
+1009
+01:37:37,185 --> 01:37:40,646
+the circumstances that drove him here
+were no doubt complex.
+
+1010
+01:37:42,148 --> 01:37:45,067
+But it was he who declared
+his wish to commit harakiri.
+
+1011
+01:37:46,361 --> 01:37:50,572
+What followed upon that request
+may not have been what he intended,
+
+1012
+01:37:50,740 --> 01:37:52,824
+but he reaped
+what he himself sowed.
+
+1013
+01:37:54,285 --> 01:37:58,872
+He was in no position to complain,
+or to blame or condemn anyone.
+
+1014
+01:38:00,250 --> 01:38:01,833
+At that point,
+
+1015
+01:38:02,001 --> 01:38:06,213
+his was but to cast all else aside
+and die a magnificent death.
+
+1016
+01:38:07,257 --> 01:38:10,008
+To face death without wavering -
+
+1017
+01:38:10,593 --> 01:38:13,262
+that is truly the way of the samurai.
+
+1018
+01:38:13,429 --> 01:38:15,138
+But what did this man do?
+
+1019
+01:38:15,890 --> 01:38:18,809
+He cravenly asked
+for a day or two's grace.
+
+1020
+01:38:19,936 --> 01:38:22,771
+One might well accuse him
+of having gone mad!
+
+1021
+01:38:23,273 --> 01:38:25,274
+True enough.
+
+1022
+01:38:26,276 --> 01:38:28,610
+Motome had indeed gone mad.
+
+1023
+01:38:29,904 --> 01:38:32,239
+But I say good for him!
+
+1024
+01:38:32,615 --> 01:38:34,700
+I praise him for it.
+
+1025
+01:38:36,452 --> 01:38:38,287
+He may have been a samurai,
+
+1026
+01:38:38,621 --> 01:38:40,956
+but he was also
+a man of flesh and blood.
+
+1027
+01:38:41,124 --> 01:38:43,959
+He could not live on air alone.
+
+1028
+01:38:46,170 --> 01:38:48,505
+When he has reached
+the point of no return,
+
+1029
+01:38:48,673 --> 01:38:52,050
+even a man as strong as Motome
+will go mad trying to protect his family,
+
+1030
+01:38:52,218 --> 01:38:53,885
+and I would praise him for it.
+
+1031
+01:38:55,680 --> 01:38:57,723
+They'll call him "the bamboo ronin."
+
+1032
+01:38:58,808 --> 01:39:04,271
+Not only samurai, but townspeople, too,
+will scoff at his wavering.
+
+1033
+01:39:05,315 --> 01:39:08,275
+But let them laugh all they want.
+
+1034
+01:39:08,568 --> 01:39:13,030
+Who can fathom the depths
+of another man's heart?
+
+1035
+01:39:15,074 --> 01:39:18,118
+Thanks to the shogunate's ruthless policy
+of wiping out the provincial lords,
+
+1036
+01:39:18,703 --> 01:39:20,912
+countless samurai lost their masters
+
+1037
+01:39:21,080 --> 01:39:25,250
+and were cast out
+to wander the depths of hell.
+
+1038
+01:39:25,627 --> 01:39:28,837
+How can those who never wanted for food
+or clothing understand their misery?
+
+1039
+01:39:31,007 --> 01:39:35,010
+To those who find Motome
+loathsome for his pleading, I ask:
+
+1040
+01:39:35,178 --> 01:39:37,929
+What if you found yourself
+in the same position?
+
+1041
+01:39:38,097 --> 01:39:41,224
+Would you do any differently?
+
+1042
+01:39:44,020 --> 01:39:47,856
+After all,
+this thing we call samurai honor
+
+1043
+01:39:48,858 --> 01:39:51,568
+is ultimately nothing but a facade.
+
+1044
+01:39:52,153 --> 01:39:53,737
+Is that your grievance?
+
+1045
+01:39:54,614 --> 01:39:55,822
+Grievance?
+
+1046
+01:39:56,199 --> 01:39:58,158
+Is that what you're trying to tell us?
+
+1047
+01:39:59,327 --> 01:40:01,578
+That samurai honor
+is nothing but a facade?
+
+1048
+01:40:02,872 --> 01:40:04,456
+Yes.
+
+1049
+01:40:07,418 --> 01:40:09,586
+"Even if I say I want
+to commit harakiri,
+
+1050
+01:40:10,546 --> 01:40:12,673
+they surely won't actually
+make me do it."
+
+1051
+01:40:13,049 --> 01:40:16,385
+Such wishful thinking
+is where these ronin go wrong.
+
+1052
+01:40:17,679 --> 01:40:20,430
+If a man says he wants
+to commit harakiri, we will let him.
+
+1053
+01:40:20,598 --> 01:40:23,850
+In fact, since he has proposed it himself,
+we'll make sure he does.
+
+1054
+01:40:24,018 --> 01:40:26,728
+That is the policy of the House of Iyi.
+
+1055
+01:40:27,188 --> 01:40:30,232
+For us, samurai honor
+is no mere facade!
+
+1056
+01:40:48,418 --> 01:40:51,253
+And so Hanshiro Tsugumo too
+
+1057
+01:40:52,046 --> 01:40:55,382
+has come here
+with no intention of committing harakiri,
+
+1058
+01:40:56,426 --> 01:40:59,511
+but rather out of deep bitterness
+
+1059
+01:40:59,679 --> 01:41:04,266
+over the manner in which the Iyi Clan
+treated his son-in-law Motome Chijiiwa,
+
+1060
+01:41:04,767 --> 01:41:07,853
+and the desire to vent
+his many grudges.
+
+1061
+01:41:08,730 --> 01:41:10,981
+Is that what you think?
+
+1062
+01:41:11,399 --> 01:41:13,942
+That's not for me to say.
+
+1063
+01:41:14,944 --> 01:41:17,237
+You can only look into your own heart.
+
+1064
+01:41:18,281 --> 01:41:20,782
+But all the same,
+
+1065
+01:41:20,950 --> 01:41:23,744
+you have no intention
+of letting me leave here alive?
+
+1066
+01:41:24,078 --> 01:41:26,288
+That is my decision to make.
+
+1067
+01:41:26,914 --> 01:41:29,833
+I need make no excuses to you.
+
+1068
+01:41:30,877 --> 01:41:32,502
+Counselor,
+
+1069
+01:41:33,129 --> 01:41:37,132
+there is a proverb, "The suspicious mind
+conjures its own demons."
+
+1070
+01:41:37,633 --> 01:41:39,760
+Do you know it?
+
+1071
+01:41:41,637 --> 01:41:45,849
+When I say I will disembowel myself,
+I truly mean it.
+
+1072
+01:41:51,814 --> 01:41:55,025
+Yet, even after all I have said,
+you still refuse to -
+
+1073
+01:41:57,445 --> 01:42:01,031
+Suppose I were to go on living.
+
+1074
+01:42:01,532 --> 01:42:04,493
+What could I possibly have
+to look forward to?
+
+1075
+01:42:07,163 --> 01:42:09,080
+The fact is, I can hardly wait
+
+1076
+01:42:09,248 --> 01:42:13,001
+to join Motome and Miho and Kingo
+
+1077
+01:42:14,295 --> 01:42:18,173
+in that world to which
+they have gone ahead.
+
+1078
+01:42:20,051 --> 01:42:24,179
+But I would never be able
+to face them
+
+1079
+01:42:24,639 --> 01:42:27,015
+were I to go empty-handed.
+
+1080
+01:42:28,017 --> 01:42:30,268
+I think you can understand that.
+
+1081
+01:42:35,358 --> 01:42:40,111
+I thought perhaps once I had explained,
+then even members of the Iyi Clan
+
+1082
+01:42:41,322 --> 01:42:43,657
+would surely say,
+"Oh, so that's how it was.
+
+1083
+01:42:43,825 --> 01:42:49,871
+Perhaps we were overzealous that day
+in rushing to that end.
+
+1084
+01:42:50,706 --> 01:42:54,501
+Anyone can see that our handling
+of the situation was less than ideal.
+
+1085
+01:42:55,169 --> 01:43:00,215
+Perhaps there were ways
+in which we carried things too far.
+
+1086
+01:43:01,509 --> 01:43:06,471
+No doubt both parties could have
+conducted themselves to better effect."
+
+1087
+01:43:07,473 --> 01:43:11,601
+If I could take with me
+even a single word in this vein,
+
+1088
+01:43:11,769 --> 01:43:14,312
+it would be a comfort to Motome.
+
+1089
+01:43:17,400 --> 01:43:23,405
+Was this not the most fitting gift
+I could hope to take him?
+
+1090
+01:43:23,573 --> 01:43:25,866
+Such were my thoughts,
+
+1091
+01:43:26,033 --> 01:43:29,411
+but I see now it was nothing
+but wishful thinking.
+
+1092
+01:43:29,745 --> 01:43:32,664
+If you can see that,
+then it makes the rest easy.
+
+1093
+01:43:32,832 --> 01:43:35,333
+This world does not bend
+to sentimental tales.
+
+1094
+01:43:38,588 --> 01:43:40,922
+If you really think
+that samurai honor
+
+1095
+01:43:41,132 --> 01:43:45,010
+is ultimately nothing more
+than a facade...
+
+1096
+01:43:46,387 --> 01:43:49,264
+then you never had a chance
+of swaying us.
+
+1097
+01:43:52,852 --> 01:43:55,061
+So in the end,
+
+1098
+01:43:55,229 --> 01:43:58,899
+these have been nothing but the
+useless grumblings of a cranky old man.
+
+1099
+01:44:01,068 --> 01:44:05,572
+But it does no good
+to lament that now.
+
+1100
+01:44:10,995 --> 01:44:12,454
+Well, then,
+
+1101
+01:44:12,622 --> 01:44:15,457
+forgive me
+for my long-winded recitation.
+
+1102
+01:44:16,042 --> 01:44:18,960
+I will now proceed with the ritual.
+
+1103
+01:44:23,299 --> 01:44:25,050
+Wait.
+
+1104
+01:44:27,386 --> 01:44:29,095
+Before that,
+
+1105
+01:44:30,014 --> 01:44:34,392
+I must return some items
+that belong to this house.
+
+1106
+01:44:55,289 --> 01:45:00,251
+For easier identification,
+I have placed name tags on each.
+
+1107
+01:45:00,419 --> 01:45:02,921
+Please examine them carefully.
+
+1108
+01:45:10,262 --> 01:45:12,639
+Master Hayato Yazaki,
+
+1109
+01:45:13,182 --> 01:45:16,851
+and Master Umenosuke Kawabe -
+
+1110
+01:45:17,228 --> 01:45:21,398
+I understand they're both among
+the best swordsmen of the Iyi Clan,
+
+1111
+01:45:21,565 --> 01:45:25,151
+held in high esteem
+for their bravery and honor.
+
+1112
+01:45:25,820 --> 01:45:27,696
+But, Counselor,
+
+1113
+01:45:28,864 --> 01:45:32,200
+gentlemen,
+let me set your minds at ease.
+
+1114
+01:45:32,910 --> 01:45:36,830
+I took only their topknots,
+
+1115
+01:45:37,289 --> 01:45:39,916
+not their lives.
+
+1116
+01:45:46,424 --> 01:45:49,217
+In the case of Hayato Yazaki...
+
+1117
+01:45:51,137 --> 01:45:52,345
+it was six days ago.
+
+1118
+01:47:48,546 --> 01:47:50,463
+Hold it!
+
+1119
+01:48:00,015 --> 01:48:02,600
+In the case of Umenosuke Kawabe,
+
+1120
+01:48:03,352 --> 01:48:06,437
+it was five days ago, on May 8th.
+
+1121
+01:49:15,174 --> 01:49:16,883
+However,
+
+1122
+01:49:17,051 --> 01:49:21,429
+when it came to that master swordsman
+of the Shindo-Munen-Ichi school,
+
+1123
+01:49:21,931 --> 01:49:27,477
+Master Hikokuro Omodaka,
+I had a little more difficulty.
+
+1124
+01:49:28,312 --> 01:49:32,649
+Perhaps aware of what had happened
+to Yazaki and Kawabe,
+
+1125
+01:49:32,983 --> 01:49:35,735
+I could not catch him off guard.
+
+1126
+01:49:35,986 --> 01:49:40,448
+In fact, to be honest,
+I found myself at quite a loss
+
+1127
+01:49:40,616 --> 01:49:45,328
+as to how to deal
+with Master Omodaka.
+
+1128
+01:49:49,416 --> 01:49:50,959
+May I enter?
+
+1129
+01:50:42,344 --> 01:50:45,555
+If you reach for your sword,
+
+1130
+01:50:46,682 --> 01:50:50,143
+I'll slice you in one motion
+from shoulder to waist.
+
+1131
+01:51:00,029 --> 01:51:01,696
+But I fear...
+
+1132
+01:51:03,032 --> 01:51:06,117
+the lintel will catch
+the tip of my blade.
+
+1133
+01:51:10,372 --> 01:51:12,707
+If you lunge to the side,
+
+1134
+01:51:14,293 --> 01:51:16,878
+then this pillar will get in the way.
+
+1135
+01:51:20,674 --> 01:51:24,218
+It took a few days to locate your home.
+My apologies for the delay.
+
+1136
+01:51:26,472 --> 01:51:28,514
+I ask you to make ready.
+
+1137
+01:51:31,852 --> 01:51:34,270
+This is obviously no place
+for a sword duel.
+
+1138
+01:51:34,646 --> 01:51:37,982
+It's a bit far, but I must ask you
+to accompany me to Gojiin-gawara.
+
+1139
+01:51:41,945 --> 01:51:43,821
+As miserable a hovel as this is,
+
+1140
+01:51:44,490 --> 01:51:47,867
+your landlord will be inconvenienced
+if you do not return.
+
+1141
+01:51:50,621 --> 01:51:54,749
+And without someone to retrieve your remains,
+your soul will wander aimlessly.
+
+1142
+01:51:57,378 --> 01:51:59,879
+I suggest you leave a note.
+
+1143
+01:52:06,136 --> 01:52:10,056
+It should indicate you're going
+to Gojiin-gawara
+
+1144
+01:52:10,224 --> 01:52:13,559
+for a duel with Hikokuro Omodaka
+of the Iyi Clan.
+
+1145
+01:56:49,878 --> 01:56:53,005
+Taking advantage of the wind
+was brilliant,
+
+1146
+01:56:53,173 --> 01:56:55,800
+but a blade can do more than cut.
+
+1147
+01:56:55,967 --> 01:56:59,387
+It can also stab,
+or even snap another blade in two.
+
+1148
+01:56:59,930 --> 01:57:02,598
+Swordsmanship untested in battle
+
+1149
+01:57:02,766 --> 01:57:05,226
+is like the art of swimming
+mastered on dry land.
+
+1150
+01:57:27,374 --> 01:57:29,417
+On the other hand,
+
+1151
+01:57:29,835 --> 01:57:32,128
+I had not seen battle either
+
+1152
+01:57:32,462 --> 01:57:37,383
+since the siege of Osaka Castle
+16 years ago.
+
+1153
+01:57:38,051 --> 01:57:40,386
+Taking his head
+would have been difficult enough,
+
+1154
+01:57:40,554 --> 01:57:44,724
+but taking only his topknot
+proved more difficult still.
+
+1155
+01:57:50,147 --> 01:57:52,481
+Whatever the differences in skill,
+
+1156
+01:57:52,649 --> 01:57:55,735
+for a samurai to have
+his topknot taken
+
+1157
+01:57:55,902 --> 01:57:58,612
+is the same
+as having his head stricken off.
+
+1158
+01:57:58,989 --> 01:58:01,198
+It is an ineptitude, a disgrace,
+
+1159
+01:58:01,366 --> 01:58:04,493
+that can scarcely be atoned for
+even by death.
+
+1160
+01:58:05,620 --> 01:58:09,498
+Yet these men claim illness
+and shirk their duties
+
+1161
+01:58:09,666 --> 01:58:13,627
+while waiting for their topknots
+to grow back. Counselor!
+
+1162
+01:58:17,883 --> 01:58:20,968
+This house boasts of its red armor
+and martial valor,
+
+1163
+01:58:21,595 --> 01:58:23,929
+but it seems that even
+in the great House of Iyi,
+
+1164
+01:58:24,097 --> 01:58:27,600
+samurai honor is nothing more
+than a facade.
+
+1165
+01:58:42,324 --> 01:58:44,074
+Maniac!
+
+1166
+01:58:44,576 --> 01:58:46,535
+Cut him down!
+
+1167
+02:05:40,575 --> 02:05:42,367
+Fall back!
+
+1168
+02:06:52,939 --> 02:06:55,983
+Hanshiro Tsugumo
+has been killed, Counselor.
+
+1169
+02:06:59,279 --> 02:07:01,238
+And our casualties?
+
+1170
+02:07:02,532 --> 02:07:04,992
+What were the casualties
+among our men?
+
+1171
+02:07:06,369 --> 02:07:08,996
+Masakatsu Sugita, Sobei Uemura,
+
+1172
+02:07:09,497 --> 02:07:11,999
+Ichiro Shinmen, Uemon Yoshioka -
+
+1173
+02:07:12,166 --> 02:07:13,625
+four dead.
+
+1174
+02:07:14,210 --> 02:07:16,670
+Eight more seriously wounded.
+
+1175
+02:07:19,173 --> 02:07:20,966
+The ronin from Hiroshima...
+
+1176
+02:07:23,177 --> 02:07:25,887
+Hanshiro Tsugumo,
+committed harakiri.
+
+1177
+02:07:28,683 --> 02:07:31,810
+All our own men died of illness.
+
+1178
+02:07:33,855 --> 02:07:36,440
+The House of Iyi has no retainers
+
+1179
+02:07:37,400 --> 02:07:41,445
+who could be felled or wounded
+by some half-starved ronin.
+
+1180
+02:07:44,490 --> 02:07:47,909
+Former retainer of the Fukushima Clan,
+Hanshiro Tsugumo,
+
+1181
+02:07:48,494 --> 02:07:51,204
+committed harakiri honorably,
+according to his wish.
+
+1182
+02:07:52,040 --> 02:07:54,333
+All our men died of illness.
+
+1183
+02:07:54,625 --> 02:07:57,544
+Their deaths have nothing to do
+with Tsugumo's.
+
+1184
+02:08:02,216 --> 02:08:05,802
+Furthermore, we cannot allow
+any more to die of illness.
+
+1185
+02:08:06,387 --> 02:08:10,349
+See that the wounded
+are treated immediately.
+
+1186
+02:08:21,819 --> 02:08:24,029
+I have just returned, Counselor.
+
+1187
+02:08:27,700 --> 02:08:30,827
+Hikokuro Omodaka,
+
+1188
+02:08:31,954 --> 02:08:34,206
+last night at his home -
+
+1189
+02:08:38,586 --> 02:08:44,174
+Kawabe and Yazaki both claim illness,
+
+1190
+02:08:44,801 --> 02:08:46,927
+but in fact -
+- Fool!
+
+1191
+02:08:48,930 --> 02:08:51,765
+Why did you not order them
+to commit harakiri on the spot?
+
+1192
+02:08:53,059 --> 02:08:56,770
+Go back immediately
+and order them to do so.
+
+1193
+02:08:58,898 --> 02:09:00,816
+And take some skilled swordsmen
+with you.
+
+1194
+02:09:01,776 --> 02:09:06,405
+If they fail to willingly disembowel
+themselves, make them do it by force.
+
+1195
+02:09:08,116 --> 02:09:13,912
+Of course, these two men, and Omodaka
+too, did not officially commit harakiri.
+
+1196
+02:09:15,164 --> 02:09:16,790
+They died of illness.
+
+1197
+02:09:16,958 --> 02:09:19,000
+- Sire?
+- Imbecile!
+
+1198
+02:09:22,296 --> 02:09:26,967
+You weren't born yesterday.
+You know the ways of the world.
+
+1199
+02:09:27,718 --> 02:09:31,179
+How can you not realize
+the implications? Idiot!
+
+1200
+02:09:31,722 --> 02:09:33,515
+I am on my way, sire.
+
+1201
+02:11:03,272 --> 02:11:07,234
+The former retainer of the Fukushima Clan,
+Hanshiro Tsugumo,
+
+1202
+02:11:08,694 --> 02:11:12,155
+died by harakiri
+at 6:00 in the evening.
+
+1203
+02:11:13,741 --> 02:11:17,160
+His speech and behavior
+had been somewhat erratic.
+
+1204
+02:11:17,328 --> 02:11:21,706
+Many of those present felt
+he showed signs of derangement.
+
+1205
+02:11:23,668 --> 02:11:26,086
+Furthermore, it has become clear
+
+1206
+02:11:26,254 --> 02:11:28,421
+that when another former retainer
+of the Fukushima Clan,
+
+1207
+02:11:28,589 --> 02:11:31,841
+one Motome Chijiiwa, asked to commit
+harakiri in January of this year,
+
+1208
+02:11:32,677 --> 02:11:35,011
+we did not err in our chosen response.
+
+1209
+02:11:35,555 --> 02:11:38,431
+Word of the martial rigor of this house
+echoed throughout Edo.
+
+1210
+02:11:41,435 --> 02:11:45,272
+In the present case too,
+word of our resolute handling
+
+1211
+02:11:45,731 --> 02:11:50,026
+spread across the city
+before two days were out.
+
+1212
+02:11:51,237 --> 02:11:55,240
+As a result, on the third day,
+in a formal session at Edo Castle,
+
+1213
+02:11:56,367 --> 02:12:00,370
+Lord Doi took the occasion
+to confer words of praise
+
+1214
+02:12:00,788 --> 02:12:05,625
+upon our young master Bennosuke
+as follows:
+
+1215
+02:12:07,003 --> 02:12:09,921
+"'At peace, yet ever vigilant. '
+
+1216
+02:12:11,132 --> 02:12:13,466
+Let the House of Iyi
+continue to embrace this principle,
+
+1217
+02:12:14,051 --> 02:12:18,263
+and your fortunes are sure to prosper
+for ages to come."
+
+1218
+02:12:19,807 --> 02:12:22,142
+The 16th day of May,
+
+1219
+02:12:23,102 --> 02:12:25,061
+1630.
+
+1220
+02:12:46,000 --> 02:12:47,834
+HARAKIRI
+
+1221
+02:12:48,127 --> 02:12:51,046
+THE END
+