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Shōgun Season 1 Episode 2 || Servants of Two Masters
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00:02In the early 1600s, Portuguese Catholics had been trading with Japan for decades,
00:07keeping its location a secret from their sworn enemies, the European Protestants.
00:12From the very first scene, we witness a storm-ravaged schooner, its sails in tatters, drifting hopelessly.
00:19The crew is desperately searching for Japan.
00:22Their food ran out days ago, and today even the water is gone.
00:26The captain, losing faith in their journey, prepares for the worst.
00:31Suddenly, one sailor throws a plumb line into the sea to gauge the depth.
00:35When it emerges, smeared in grease and coated in white sand, it signals that land is near.
00:40The pilot rushes to the captain with the news, but the captain remains unmoved.
00:45Of the original five ships, only one remains, barely afloat, with a handful of survivors near death.
00:50The captain dismisses the hope as delusion, believing the end is inevitable.
00:55The disheartened pilot steps out of the cabin, only to hear a gunshot moments later.
00:59The captain has taken his own life.
01:02We're then shown the coast of Japan.
01:04The schooner has made landfall, but there are no cheers, no celebration.
01:09Instead, a Japanese boarding party climbs onto the ship.
01:12They descend into the hold and find the emaciated, nearly lifeless crew.
01:16The sailors show no reaction, except for the pilot, who jolts up,
01:20only to be quickly restrained and subdued until he loses consciousness.
01:24Meanwhile, Lord Torunaga responds to a summons from the Council of Regents, led by Lord Ishido.
01:30Ishido accuses him of consolidating power through strategic marriages,
01:33allowing him to expand his territory significantly.
01:36The main charge?
01:37The mother of the heir is within Torunaga's domain, a suspected hostage.
01:41Torunaga is given seven days to return her to Osaka, or risk being stripped of his regent title.
01:46Now, a virtual prisoner within the castle walls,
01:49Torunaga knows that if she is returned, he and his men will likely be executed.
01:54Still, he dispatches a trusted man to inspect the foreign vessel that has arrived,
01:58but Torunaga isn't the only one intrigued by the ship.
02:01Lord Yabushigi also comes ashore.
02:04He proceeds directly to where the captured sailors are held.
02:07The twelve captives have no idea what awaits them as they're ordered to come up.
02:11Pilot John insists on going alone.
02:13He's the only one who speaks Portuguese and hopes to explain that they are merely lost traitors.
02:19However, the Japanese have no interest in negotiation.
02:22Armed men descend and violently confront the weak foreigners.
02:26In the chaos, a Japanese man is taken hostage.
02:29John emerges topside but is immediately beaten.
02:31A villager who knows some Portuguese tells John to cooperate.
02:35John refuses.
02:36When denied release, he tells the old man to translate his message,
02:40that he's ready to urinate on every soul in this country for such hospitality.
02:44The Japanese interrogator, understanding every word,
02:47because he speaks perfect Portuguese,
02:49beats John and urinates on him in return.
02:53John is paraded through the village.
02:55Curious locals wonder who he is, whether he's Christian.
02:58A samurai gives no answers, only orders them to clear the path.
03:01An old man approaches John and makes the sign of the cross.
03:05A second later, his head is severed.
03:08The samurai sheathes his blade and the procession continues.
03:11They arrive at Yabushige's residence.
03:14A Portuguese priest is summoned to translate.
03:16But seeing a Protestant, the priest refuses to help,
03:19instead accusing John of being a vile pirate worthy of death.
03:23Realizing the betrayal, John lunges at the priest,
03:26rips the rosary from his neck and stomps it underfoot,
03:28making it clear he's neither Catholic nor Portuguese.
03:32This piques Yabushige's interest.
03:34The Japanese ordered John to be cleaned,
03:37though someone else must die in his place.
03:39Meanwhile, Torunaga spends time with the young heir.
03:42The boy is summoned for a calligraphy lesson,
03:45leaving the lord alone with the lady guardian.
03:47She voices her suspicions that Ishido has promised Torunaga's lands to the regents.
03:52She foresees Torunaga's execution,
03:54followed by the downfall of the regents,
03:56and possibly the death of the heir.
03:58Torunaga vows to protect the boy with his life.
04:01But she urges him to embrace destiny and become shogun,
04:04as his lineage demands.
04:06Torunaga believes the title, a warlord, belongs to a barbaric past.
04:11Back in Yabushige's domain, everything is prepared for execution.
04:15While John is scrubbed and dressed, another sailor is boiled alive.
04:19By morning, Yabushige prepares to leave,
04:22believing the ship is now his.
04:24He sees no reason to inform Torunaga,
04:26who he assumes will soon be dead.
04:29With war looming, possession of the ship and its weapons would make him powerful.
04:34However, Torunaga's man, Hiramatsu,
04:36arrives and declares that the lord has seized ownership of the ship,
04:40the crew, and all valuables aboard.
04:43Yabushige has no choice but to submit.
04:46Hiramatsu then returns to Osaka with John and Yabushige.
04:49A Spanish pilot named Rodriguez speaks up for John,
04:53offering to vouch for him.
04:54They all set sail.
04:56That night, a storm erupts.
04:58Rodriguez takes the helm while the Japanese row,
05:01but they lack experience.
05:03John shouts for them to face the waves.
05:05The Spaniard frees John and sends him below to urge the rowers.
05:09Yabushige follows,
05:10but sees John confidently taking charge,
05:13an expert pilot.
05:15Swallowing his pride,
05:16Yabushige joins the oarsmen under John's orders.
05:19Suddenly, a wave washes Rodriguez overboard.
05:22John throws him an oar to cling to,
05:24then takes over at the helm himself.
05:26They survive.
05:28Assure, John wants to search for Rodriguez.
05:31Hiramatsu protests,
05:32but Yabushige, grateful for John's heroism,
05:35supports him.
05:36Together, they find Rodriguez on the rocks.
05:39John is not allowed to descend.
05:41Knowing Rodriguez is vital,
05:42he hands the rope to Yabushige,
05:44who cannot refuse in front of his men.
05:46Yabushige descends,
05:48but the rope snaps.
05:49He falls but survives,
05:50only to be hit by a wave.
05:53His men fetch more rope as Yabushige struggles.
05:56Seeing him near death,
05:57John draws his sword,
05:58ready to end the suffering.
06:00But a new rope arrives,
06:01and Yabushige is pulled to safety.
06:03John bows in respect.
06:06Back aboard,
06:07Rodriguez shows John the ship's logs.
06:09He knows John and his men came to find Japan,
06:11and burned every accessible village.
06:14He promises to hand the journals to the Portuguese
06:16when they reach Osaka.
06:18The journey ends.
06:19John is brought before Lord Torunaga.
06:22The pilot bows deeply,
06:24determined to survive in this foreign land.
06:27One year earlier in Osaka,
06:28Japan's leader,
06:29Taiko,
06:30lay dying.
06:31He summoned Torunaga,
06:33entrusting him with the protection of his young heir.
06:35He formed the Council of Regents,
06:37and named Torunaga as its fifth member.
06:40The Council of Regents is set to govern,
06:42until the heir turns 16.
06:44Torunaga realizes that accepting the role of protector,
06:47is effectively signing his own death sentence.
06:50By taking this on,
06:51he'll draw all his enemies toward him.
06:53But he has no grounds to refuse.
06:56He agrees.
06:57Rodriguez keeps his promise,
06:59and hands over the pilot's journal to the Portuguese clergy.
07:01Initially,
07:03they plan to show the documents to the Japanese,
07:05which would likely result in the pilot's execution.
07:08But one voice warns that Torunaga is meticulous,
07:11and would insist on translating the entire journal.
07:14That would reveal damaging entries,
07:16detailing atrocities committed by the Portuguese themselves.
07:19One of the missionaries is sent to the castle,
07:21where Torunaga is confined to interpret John's testimony,
07:24with the unspoken expectation,
07:26that the translation will turn the sailor into a problem no more.
07:29What the Portuguese interpreter doesn't know,
07:31is that Torunaga has already summoned Mariko to join the meeting.
07:35She's the daughter of his old friend,
07:37and the wife of Hiramatsu's son.
07:39And she speaks Portuguese fluently.
07:41She takes her place beside them.
07:44John barely gets a chance to explain who he is,
07:46where he's from,
07:47and why his nation is at war with Portugal,
07:49insisting that he's not a pirate.
07:51When suddenly, Ishido, the head of the council, arrives.
07:55He's surprised to see Torunaga spending his supposed final days with a barbarian.
07:59In response, Torunaga orders John imprisoned.
08:03That evening at Mariko's home,
08:04her husband is furious that she left the house.
08:07But his father arrives and interrupts the outburst,
08:09announcing that Lord Torunaga wishes to see Mariko again.
08:13Her husband says nothing more.
08:14At the meeting, Torunaga asks how accurate the Portuguese translation was.
08:19Mariko replies that it was truthful,
08:21but warns she'd be cautious with the Englishman.
08:24Hiramatsu is puzzled about the connection between the pirate
08:26and Torunaga's removal from power.
08:29He lets Mariko explain.
08:31She says the Portuguese are deeply troubled by the pilot's presence.
08:35Eventually, they'll pressure the two Christian regents to have him executed.
08:38That would trigger dissent among the council,
08:41breaking the required unity to remove Torunaga,
08:43effectively keeping him alive while under house arrest.
08:46John later speaks to a Protestant priest.
08:48He insists it's all a misunderstanding,
08:51that he's Torunaga's guest, not a prisoner,
08:54and the Lord promised to let him sail.
08:56But the priest tells him the truth.
08:58Torunaga's days are numbered,
09:00and anyone seen as his ally,
09:02especially a foreigner,
09:03will not be leaving Japan alive.
09:05The decisive day arrives.
09:07The council must vote unanimously on Torunaga's fate.
09:10But first, as expected,
09:12the Catholic regents demand the execution of the heretic,
09:15John.
09:16Ishido refuses to delay the vote.
09:18The Christian regents won't proceed unless the heretic is executed first.
09:21The vote collapses.
09:23Torunaga's plan has worked.
09:25Meanwhile, John continues speaking with the priest.
09:28He learns that Taiko, the deceased ruler,
09:30had wanted to cut ties with Portugal,
09:32but the church incited a rebellion,
09:34secretly smuggling weapons from Macau.
09:36John is stunned.
09:38He's been to Macau.
09:39He saw hundreds of armed Japanese Catholics there,
09:42and the local Portuguese authorities were unaware.
09:45This intel could be his lifeline.
09:47The Portuguese priest later visits Torunaga's castle,
09:50seeing Mariko praying,
09:52he praises her,
09:53calling her his brightest student.
09:55But he also comments on her involvement
09:56in yesterday's meeting with a heretic.
09:58He accuses the Englishman of horrific crimes
10:01based on the journal.
10:02Elsewhere, Ishido visits Yabushige
10:04and asks why Torunaga values the foreigner.
10:07Yabushige speculates that the pilot
10:09is being used to fracture the council.
10:11He suggests that once Torunaga falls,
10:14the Christian regents will turn against Ishido.
10:16Ishido concedes this is likely.
10:19Yabushige then offers himself as a loyal vassal,
10:22someone who can keep the barbarian under control,
10:24ensuring Ishido doesn't lose his advantage.
10:26Ishido likes the idea,
10:28but reveals he's already agreed
10:29to have the foreigner executed.
10:31Even so,
10:32Yabushige has a solution.
10:34The execution is staged.
10:36John is blindfolded and led into the forest,
10:38but they're ambushed by robbers
10:40who slaughter the guards.
10:41Yabushige had hired them to stage the rescue.
10:44Immediately afterward,
10:45he has the bandits killed,
10:47tying up loose ends.
10:48John thanks him for saving his life.
10:50The pilot is brought before Torunaga,
10:52with Mariko translating.
10:54John apologizes and clarifies that he's not Catholic.
10:58Torunaga, in turn,
10:59apologizes for the imprisonment.
11:01With Mariko's help,
11:02John outlines the real ambitions
11:04of the Portuguese and Spanish.
11:05They've carved up undiscovered territories
11:07among themselves,
11:08with Japan marked for Portuguese control.
11:11He explains their plan
11:12to replace Japan's rulers
11:13with European viceroys,
11:15and reveals the secret Catholic base in Macau,
11:18complete with Japanese mercenaries
11:19and weapons stockpiles for rebellion.
11:22Torunaga orders him to stay in the castle
11:24for the night,
11:25warning that bandits still prowl outside.
11:27Meanwhile,
11:28the Portuguese priest demands
11:30that Torunaga authorize
11:31the departure of the black ship,
11:33a vessel bound for Portugal
11:34with another treasure haul.
11:36Torunaga refuses.
11:38He confronts the priest
11:39with what he knows
11:40about their hidden military presence
11:41and says he wants more information
11:43before making any decisions.
11:45The church is furious.
11:46The barbarian is disrupting their plans.
11:49A Christian regent is summoned
11:50to eliminate the threat.
11:51That night,
11:52an assassin infiltrates the castle.
11:54A woman,
11:55blade in hand,
11:57slaying guards and concubines alike.
11:59Shouts ring out.
12:00An intruder is inside,
12:02and Lord Torunaga must be protected.
12:05John hears the commotion
12:06and rushes to help.
12:08Meanwhile,
12:09Torunaga has staged his bed
12:10with pillows under a blanket
12:11to fake sleep.
12:12Sword in hand,
12:13he hides in the shadows.
12:15The assassin bursts in,
12:17ready to strike the bed,
12:18but Torunaga wounds her.
12:19She lunges again,
12:21and John blocks her,
12:22taking a cut to the arm.
12:23Together,
12:24they kill her.
12:25As the body is examined,
12:27Torunaga reveals
12:28that he switched rooms
12:29with the barbarian,
12:30meaning the assassin
12:31wasn't after him,
12:32but John.
12:33The attack didn't come
12:34from Ishido.
12:35It was the Christian regents
12:37who sent her.
12:38After the attempt,
12:39Torunaga summons Yabushige.
12:41Expecting the worst,
12:43Yabushige comes prepared
12:44with a written will.
12:45He bows,
12:46and offers his sword.
12:48Torunaga's first question,
12:49does he know the Amida Tong,
12:51a clan of assassins?
12:53What would Yabushige pay them
12:54for a target like himself?
12:56Yabushige realizes
12:57the regent suspects him
12:58and knows about
12:59Ishido's recent visit.
13:01Torunaga presses.
13:02What was Ishido's offer?
13:05Yabushige confesses.
13:06He was promised
13:07Torunaga's place
13:08on the council,
13:08but he's not interested
13:10in power,
13:10only a small province
13:11to expand his land,
13:13and a head on his shoulders
13:14to rule it.
13:15Torunaga concludes
13:16Yabushige wasn't behind
13:17the attack,
13:18since the target
13:19was the pilot,
13:20not him.
13:21He gives Yabushige a mission,
13:23hide the sailor
13:24and Lady Kiri
13:24at his estate.
13:25If successful,
13:26he'll receive
13:27the province he desires.
13:29That very morning,
13:30the captain of the black ship
13:31and a Portuguese priest
13:32arrive in town
13:33with grim news.
13:34Torunaga still refuses
13:35to let the ship depart.
13:37The captain, however,
13:38doesn't care.
13:39He has to deliver
13:40the treasure to Macau,
13:41so he declares
13:42that he will sail today.
13:44He doesn't care
13:45what happens next,
13:45but the damned pilot
13:47hurts them more and more,
13:48so waiting it out
13:49isn't an option.
13:50Meanwhile,
13:51John is being treated
13:52for a wound on his arm
13:53after being attacked.
13:55Mariko is nearby
13:56and translates the conversation
13:57with the healer.
13:59A Japanese man enters
14:00and says that the sailor
14:01will be taken elsewhere today.
14:03A group of Torunaga's warriors,
14:05led by Yabushige,
14:06has already gathered
14:07in the courtyard
14:08the lord's first concubine,
14:10Lady Kiri,
14:11sits in a handcart.
14:12John has been told
14:13to stay close to him
14:14and remain visible
14:15at all times.
14:16Yabushige is not happy.
14:18They should have left long ago.
14:20But then a signal sounds
14:21that Ishido's troops
14:22are at the gate.
14:23The regent is extremely annoyed
14:25that the pilot
14:25and Lady Kiri
14:26are leaving his castle.
14:28The guards inspect
14:29the handcarts
14:29after making sure
14:30that Lady Kiri
14:31is definitely there.
14:32The chief sets out
14:33his warriors
14:34to escort the procession
14:35to the port.
14:36No assurances
14:37from Yabushige
14:37that they would make it
14:38on their own
14:39affect his decision,
14:40only Mariko and John
14:41notice that Lady Kiri
14:42has quietly left her handcart
14:44after the inspection
14:45and that Lord Torunaga
14:46has taken her place.
14:49The escort moves on
14:50before leaving the city.
14:52They were stopped
14:52by guards.
14:54Again,
14:54by order of Ishido,
14:55they have to inspect
14:56all travelers.
14:58John realizes
14:59that just a little more
15:00and Lord Torunaga's cunning
15:01will be revealed.
15:02When the handcart
15:03is a few steps away
15:04and the sailor sees
15:06that no one
15:06is stopping the guard,
15:07he rushes towards him.
15:09Pilot plays
15:10the offended man
15:11who is forced
15:11to watch a man
15:12peeking into a woman's carriage.
15:13The play was a success.
15:15They were all
15:16let out of the gate.
15:17Night found the troops
15:18in the woods
15:19from the top of the hill.
15:20Burning arrows
15:21flew at the people.
15:22The first victims appeared.
15:24Several flaming arrows
15:24hit the handcart
15:25and Torunaga
15:26had to get out.
15:27His son saw him
15:28as did the commander
15:29of Ishido.
15:31Men Torunaga realizes
15:32that they attack pilots again.
15:34Meanwhile,
15:35the commander of Ishido Men
15:36sends a messenger
15:37with news of Torunaga's escape.
15:39The only chance to escape
15:40is to head for the harbor.
15:42Everyone runs to the harbor,
15:44leaving only a few samurai
15:45to hold off the enemies
15:46on the shore.
15:47The refugees are loaded
15:49into boats
15:49and set sail
15:50with hundreds of pursuers
15:51already on their trail.
15:53As they swim away
15:54from the shore,
15:55everyone looks
15:55and sees
15:56Mariko S. husband Untaru,
15:58the brave samurai.
15:59This is one of the samurai
16:01left behind
16:01to protect his master's retreat.
16:03His military skill
16:04allows him to cut down
16:05the enemy,
16:06left and right,
16:07retreating to the water itself.
16:09He makes sure
16:10that Torunaga
16:11is already far
16:11from the shore.
16:12His mission
16:13is accomplished.
16:14He bows to his master
16:15and accepts Torunaga's bow
16:17in return.
16:18The warrior then
16:18raises his sword
16:19and attacks
16:20the hordes of enemies.
16:21Looking out from the boat,
16:23Mariko realizes
16:24that she is about
16:24to lose her husband.
16:26When they reach their galley,
16:27everyone sees
16:28a huge number of boats.
16:30The pirates have blocked
16:30the exit of the harbor
16:31and are already waiting
16:32for Tora.
16:34Naga John has a bold idea,
16:36sail up to the Portuguese
16:37black ship
16:37and negotiate with them.
16:39Pirate boats
16:40are no match
16:40for a huge schooner.
16:42Once on board,
16:43the captain agreed
16:44for a fee.
16:45Portuguese priests
16:45were also on board.
16:47Torunaga promises them
16:48that he will allow
16:49a Christian church
16:50to be built in his town,
16:51but in return,
16:52they'll have to win
16:53over two Christian regents
16:54who are currently
16:55loyal to Ishido.
16:56The priests pretend
16:57to agree,
16:58but the captain
16:59has another condition.
17:00The pilot must stay
17:01in Osaka.
17:03Captain gives Torunaga
17:04John's ship's logs,
17:05which prove that
17:06he is a pirate,
17:07so Torunaga agrees.
17:10John watches
17:10the black ship
17:11sail away
17:11and realizes
17:12that his life
17:13is pretty much over.
17:15Now Ishido
17:16watches from the shore.
17:17John decides
17:18to fight to the end.
17:19He stays on the galley
17:20and looks at the crew
17:21and their captain.
17:22The captain is his buddy,
17:24so the pilot asks him
17:25to beat the drums
17:26and sail
17:27after the black ship.
17:28He almost catches up
17:29to the schooner
17:30and keeps pace with it.
17:31Preparing to crash
17:32into the pirate's rows.
17:34No one on the black ship
17:35expected such audacity
17:36from a sailor.
17:37The schooner
17:38smashes into the boats,
17:39gradually crowding
17:40in John's galley.
17:41The black ship
17:42has created a gap
17:43in the pirate ambush
17:44into which
17:44John's galley has slipped,
17:46but there's no time
17:47to celebrate.
17:48The schooner's captain
17:49didn't just help the sailor
17:50by turning left.
17:51Yes,
17:52he covered the galley
17:53with his hull,
17:53but the plan was different,
17:55to push the galley
17:56into the reefs,
17:57but the Spaniard
17:57remembers that
17:58John saved him,
17:59so he lets the galleys go,
18:00thus,
18:01paying off his personal debt.
18:03Both ships
18:03have left the harbor
18:04and Torunaga decides
18:05to return to his galley
18:07at that time.
18:08Hiramatsu visits
18:08the council of regents.
18:09He brought the regents
18:10an order from Torunaga,
18:12in which he voluntarily
18:13resigns from his position
18:14as regent.
18:15The remaining regents
18:16now have four votes each,
18:18which does not give them
18:18the right to vote on issues,
18:20as only five regents
18:21can make decisions,
18:22and on the galley Torunaga.
18:24Torunaga thanks John
18:24for his help
18:25in getting out of Osaka.
18:27He says he has
18:27John's journals,
18:28and piracy
18:29is punishable by death,
18:31but they will take
18:31a long time to translate.
18:33John has to raise a regiment
18:34and train them
18:35in foreign tactics,
18:36and from that moment on,
18:38John is no longer
18:38a barbarian.
18:40Torunaga declares him
18:41his Haramoto,
18:42a high-ranking samurai
18:43in the fishing village
18:44of Yabushigi,
18:45where Torunaga
18:46and John
18:47plan to seek refuge.
18:49The cold
18:49has already set in.
18:50The viceroy of the village,
18:52Yabushagi's nephew,
18:53receives a letter
18:54about the imminent arrival
18:55of the guests,
18:56so he tells all the villagers
18:57to prepare
18:58for the big meeting.
18:59Torunaga orders
19:00that John as Haramoto
19:01be provided with a concubine,
19:03a widow who has recently
19:04lost her child and husband,
19:06sails with them
19:06on the galley.
19:08Mariko tells her
19:09that Torunaga
19:09wants her to be
19:10the pilot's concubine.
19:12The girl feels insulted,
19:13but it is impossible
19:14to defy the lord,
19:15so she agrees
19:16to serve the new
19:17Haramoto for six months.
19:19The galley
19:20reaches the village.
19:21The nephew
19:22has done his best,
19:23and the entire
19:24Yabushigi army
19:25greets the guests
19:25on the shore.
19:26Hundreds of soldiers
19:27bow their heads
19:28in respect.
19:29After Torunaga
19:30reviews the troops,
19:31he leaves on business.
19:33Left ashore,
19:34John tries to find
19:35his crew,
19:35but learns that
19:36they have recently
19:37been transferred
19:37to another town.
19:39The pilot wants
19:39to board his ship,
19:40which remains moored
19:41off the coast of the village,
19:42but the viceroy
19:43does not allow it.
19:45John does not understand
19:46he has agreed
19:47with Torunaga
19:47that the ship
19:48and crew are his.
19:50However,
19:50Mariko,
19:51who has approached
19:52the man,
19:52makes it clear
19:53that everything
19:54belongs to Torunaga,
19:55so nothing can be done
19:56without his permission.
19:58Mariko shows John
19:59his new home,
19:59his servants,
20:00and introduces him
20:01to his concubine.
20:03She reminds the man
20:04that he has agreed
20:04to train people,
20:05and that it will
20:06take six months.
20:07John is outraged.
20:08While Torunaga
20:09is away,
20:10Yabushige has the guns
20:11and cannons
20:12from the barbarian ship
20:13at his disposal.
20:13If the regents
20:15find a fifth,
20:15they will send
20:16Torunaga into retirement.
20:18In that case,
20:19the weapon will remain
20:20in Torunaga's possession.
20:21He can then present it
20:22to Ishido
20:23as a gift.
20:24Meanwhile,
20:25John tries to get
20:26his concubine
20:27to stop following him around.
20:29Mariko says
20:29that a concubine
20:30cannot go to bed
20:31while her master is awake.
20:32In the morning,
20:33the regiment leaves
20:34for training.
20:35The viceroy follows John
20:36and tries to force him
20:37to give up his pistols.
20:38John stubbornly refuses.
20:40He points both pistols
20:41at the guest.
20:42Mariko tells him
20:43to come to his senses,
20:44but John can't forget
20:45his first encounter
20:46with the viceroy
20:47who bullied him
20:48in the pit.
20:49The concubine also asks him
20:50to hand over the weapons,
20:51but not to anyone else,
20:53but to her for safekeeping.
20:55She will guard them
20:55with her own life.
20:57John has no choice
20:58but to obey.
20:59When the viceroy sees
21:00the barbarian handing
21:01the weapon to his concubine,
21:02he insists that she give it to him,
21:04but the girl points a pistol
21:05at him and tells him
21:06to leave the court.
21:07John looks at the girl
21:08with admiration,
21:09and the viceroy leaves
21:10the court in the field.
21:12Yabushige demands
21:13that John talk about
21:14foreign battle tactics.
21:15Mariko is willing
21:16to translate,
21:17but John keeps telling her
21:18that he is a sailor
21:19and has not participated
21:20in land wars.
21:21He realizes that his entire position
21:23could collapse in an instant.
21:25After reflecting,
21:26he offers to show
21:27Yabushige how to fight at sea,
21:29claiming that land warfare
21:30is child's play
21:31compared to naval combat.
21:33John points to Osaka Castle
21:35as an example
21:36and offers to conduct
21:37a demonstration.
21:38The Japanese set up
21:39ground targets.
21:40Yabushige is doubtful.
21:42He believes it's impossible
21:43to hit such distant targets
21:44with a cannon.
21:45But all the targets
21:46are destroyed,
21:47and Yabushige and his men
21:48are left speechless.
21:50Over time,
21:51John begins learning Japanese
21:52with Mariko
21:53and conducts military drills
21:55each morning.
21:56One evening,
21:57Mariko reads John's ship logs
21:58and discovers his past crimes
22:00against the Portuguese.
22:01The next day,
22:03she tells John
22:03that Torunaga
22:04will never join him
22:04in waging war
22:05against the Portuguese.
22:06During another training session,
22:08news arrives.
22:09Ishido's men
22:10have broken through
22:10the outpost
22:11and are approaching
22:12the village.
22:13Yabushige meets the commander
22:15of the incoming forces
22:16and realizes that Ishido
22:17suspects him of betrayal
22:18for leaving Osaka
22:19with Torunaga.
22:21Yabushige convinces the commander
22:22to stay until the next morning
22:24to witness a weapons demonstration.
22:26He promises that his artillery
22:27is the only thing
22:28that could help Ishido.
22:30The commander agrees.
22:31Later,
22:32Yabushige explains
22:33to Torunaga's son
22:34that he was summoned
22:35by the council
22:35but refused the order
22:37out of unwavering loyalty
22:38to Lord Torunaga.
22:39That evening,
22:40John dines at home
22:41with his concubine
22:42and Mariko.
22:43He apologizes to the woman
22:45for his past rudeness
22:46and gives her a pistol,
22:47his most treasured possession.
22:49In return,
22:50she presents him
22:51with her father's family swords.
22:53She insists that
22:54she cannot serve a man
22:55who has no sword
22:56and John is left
22:57with no choice
22:57but to accept
22:58the expensive gift.
23:00Meanwhile,
23:00the village viceroy
23:01speaks with Torunaga's son
23:03warning him
23:03that showing military tactics
23:05to Ishido's men
23:06would guarantee future defeat.
23:08He relies on the young man
23:09to fix the situation
23:10and sees it as a chance
23:12to raise his own importance.
23:14Torunaga's son
23:14promises to handle it.
23:17Later that night,
23:18John goes to a cave
23:19to bathe.
23:20Mariko finds him there
23:21and they talk.
23:23The pilot describes
23:24his hometown of London,
23:25how it feels
23:26to walk along the Thames
23:27and experience true freedom.
23:29That night,
23:30Mariko wakes John
23:31and makes love to him.
23:33In the morning,
23:34John learns
23:35it wasn't out of desire.
23:36Mariko had spoken
23:37with the concubine
23:38the day before
23:38and the two decided
23:40to give Hatamoto
23:40a gift together.
23:42Morning arrives.
23:43The targets are in place.
23:45As Ishido's commander
23:46prepares to observe
23:47the demonstration,
23:48Torunaga's son
23:49draws his sword
23:50and declares
23:50that the commander's
23:51very presence
23:51dishonors his father.
23:53He gives the signal
23:54and the cannons fire,
23:55not at the targets,
23:56but at the soldiers.
23:58The commander
23:59and his men
23:59are instantly torn apart.
24:01Within seconds,
24:02only blood
24:02and debris remain.
24:04Everyone is stunned
24:05by the violent act.
24:06Mariko is shaken.
24:07She realizes
24:08war has officially begun.
24:09The remaining bodies
24:11of Ishido's troops
24:11are loaded into a cart.
24:13Meanwhile,
24:14an army of thousands,
24:15led by Torunaga
24:16and Mariko's
24:17surviving husband,
24:18Buntaro Toda,
24:19marches toward the village.
24:21Elsewhere,
24:22the Council of Regents
24:23unanimously votes
24:24to remove Torunaga
24:25from power.
24:26But since the Council
24:27is incomplete,
24:28they cannot act.
24:29Now it is time
24:30to appoint
24:31a fifth regent.
24:32Ishido proposes Dano,
24:33a cousin of one
24:34of the current members.
24:35Back in the village,
24:37Torunaga orders Mariko
24:38to remain at John's house
24:39and places her husband
24:40there as well,
24:41so she can serve them both.
24:44Torunaga's son
24:44approaches him
24:45and criticizes the decision
24:46to massacre Ishido's men.
24:48Torunaga immediately
24:49understands that his son
24:50has been manipulated
24:51and even figures out
24:53by whom,
24:54Yabushige's nephew.
24:55To teach his son a lesson,
24:57he removes him
24:57from command.
24:59Later,
24:59John is gifted a pheasant
25:00by Torunaga,
25:01caught during falconry.
25:03Hatamoto is delighted
25:04and hangs it
25:05in the courtyard,
25:06warning everyone
25:07not to touch it
25:07for several days,
25:08or they will die.
25:10The concubine tries
25:11to explain that the bird
25:12will rot in that time,
25:13but John insists
25:15that is exactly
25:15his intent.
25:17The concubine later
25:18meets Buntaro,
25:19Mariko's husband.
25:20He is furious
25:21at having to live
25:21under the same roof
25:22as a barbarian.
25:23Soon after,
25:24Torunaga speaks
25:25with Yabushige
25:26and accuses him
25:27of corrupting his son.
25:29Yabushige,
25:29hoping to avoid blame,
25:31betrays his nephew,
25:32admitting they had been
25:33drinking the previous night
25:34and that it was the nephew
25:35who encouraged
25:36Torunaga's son
25:37to kill Ishido's men.
25:39Yabushige is willing
25:40to punish his nephew,
25:41but Torunaga is satisfied.
25:43Ishido is now offended
25:44and will likely
25:45attack on his own,
25:46saving Torunaga
25:47from initiating conflict.
25:49Torunaga then appoints
25:50the young man
25:50as artillery commander.
25:52That evening,
25:53everyone gathers
25:54at John's house
25:54for dinner.
25:55Buntaro insults John.
25:58Mariko attempts
25:58to soften the translation
25:59to avoid offending anyone.
26:01The two men begin
26:02to compete
26:03over everything.
26:04John swaps
26:05a small sake cup
26:06for a larger bowl
26:06and Buntaro follows suit.
26:09Soon,
26:09both are drunk.
26:11The competition
26:11escalates to archery.
26:13Buntaro shoots an arrow
26:14just a millimeter
26:15from Mariko's face.
26:17John confronts him,
26:18saying no one
26:19should treat their wife
26:20like that.
26:20In response,
26:22Buntaro forces Mariko
26:23to confess her shameful lineage.
26:24Her father served
26:26Japan's cruel former ruler.
26:27For the good of the country,
26:29her father assassinated him.
26:31As punishment,
26:32he was forced to kill
26:33his own family
26:34and then himself.
26:35Because Mariko is married,
26:37she must obey her husband,
26:38even when he orders her to leave.
26:41That night,
26:42John hears Toda
26:43beating Mariko.
26:44He rushes to her,
26:45but Toda is already gone,
26:47leaving the bruised woman behind.
26:49John finds him outside,
26:50and the two men face each other.
26:53Toda bows
26:53and apologizes
26:54for disrupting the peace
26:55of John's home
26:56while drunk.
26:57The next morning,
26:58John asks Mariko
26:59how she is.
27:01She says it was her fault,
27:02and that from now on,
27:03she will only do her duty,
27:05translate,
27:06and nothing more.
27:08Back at home,
27:09John finds tragedy.
27:10The gardener threw out
27:11the rotting pheasant,
27:12and the others killed him for it,
27:14because Master John
27:15had ordered that it not be touched
27:16under threat of death.
27:17John is horrified.
27:19He never imagined
27:20someone would be killed
27:21over such a thing.
27:22He goes to Torunaga,
27:24reminding him that he fulfilled
27:25his part of the deal
27:26by training the regiment.
27:27Now it's Torunaga's turn
27:29to give John the ship
27:30and crew
27:30so they can leave Japan.
27:32Suddenly,
27:33the earth begins to quake.
27:34A powerful earthquake hits.
27:36Torunaga falls into a crevice.
27:38His son and John
27:39jump in to rescue him.
27:41John finds the Lord,
27:42pulls him out,
27:43and revives him.
27:44But Torunaga has lost his swords,
27:46a disgrace.
27:48John offers him his own.
27:49As the earthquake continues,
27:51they witness an entire army
27:52in the valley
27:53being swallowed by the earth.
27:55Disaster hits the village.
27:56John returns home
27:57and finds his loyal concubine alive,
27:59though wounded.
28:01Yabushige now searches for a spy,
28:03someone who's been reporting
28:04to Torunaga from the village.
28:06To divert suspicion,
28:07the real spy presents
28:08the recently deceased gardener
28:09as the culprit.
28:11The following night,
28:12the queen,
28:12the mother of the heir,
28:14arrives at Ishido's castle.
28:16She knows that Torunaga
28:17has paralyzed the council of regents.
28:19Ishido's assurances
28:20that he will restore the council
28:21have no effect.
28:23The queen declares,
28:24to the regent's shock,
28:25that the council will now obey her.
28:2822 years earlier at Azuchi castle,
28:30a young girl,
28:31the future queen,
28:32is introduced by her father
28:33to Mariko,
28:34daughter of his vassal.
28:35The girls become friends,
28:37grow up together,
28:38and trains side by side.
28:40When Mariko comes of age,
28:42she is married off to Toda,
28:43a political union
28:44to strengthen her family's alliance
28:45with the Toda clan.
28:47Now,
28:4822 years later,
28:49Torunaga makes a speech
28:50honoring the dead.
28:51He tells all gathered
28:52that John has saved his life
28:53a second time,
28:54and once again bestows on him
28:56the prestigious title of
28:57Hatamoto,
28:58a high-ranking samurai.
29:00John is now appointed as commander
29:01of both the fleet
29:02and the cannon regiment.
29:04As a symbol of this new authority,
29:06Torunaga gives him a sword.
29:08Yabushige and his nephew
29:09clearly show their displeasure
29:11with this decision.
29:13Torunaga later receives Toda,
29:14who apologizes for dishonoring
29:16Hatamoto's house,
29:17but explains that he cannot remain
29:18composed in front of his wife.
29:21Mariko has been emotionally distant
29:22for most of their marriage,
29:24but she behaves very differently
29:25when in Hatamoto's presence.
29:27Torunaga orders a samurai
29:28to separate from his wife
29:30for seven days.
29:30John visits him again,
29:32requesting the return of his ship
29:34and permission to fight
29:35the Portuguese.
29:36Torunaga declines,
29:37and John departs in frustration.
29:40Torunaga then instructs Mariko
29:42to arrange for John
29:42to spend a night at a tea house
29:44with the finest woman available,
29:46hoping to ease the commander's mind.
29:48At the same time,
29:49Ishido has taken the Catholic regents
29:51and their families hostage
29:52in an effort to force the council
29:53to elect a fifth regent
29:54and to vote for Torunaga's removal.
29:57Hiramatsu manages to flee the castle
29:59to deliver the warning.
30:00Meanwhile,
30:02the Portuguese grow uneasy.
30:04They suspect the queen
30:05is behind these events
30:06and realize they may need
30:07to form an alliance with Torunaga
30:09or face severe consequences.
30:11That evening,
30:12there's a play held at Ishido's castle.
30:15After the performance,
30:16Ishido and the queen
30:17speak with the lead actor,
30:18a former retainer of the late Taiko
30:20during the queen's youth.
30:22Ishido proposes that the actor
30:23join the council
30:24as the fifth regent.
30:26Once appointed,
30:26he will be expected to vote
30:28for Torunaga's execution,
30:29accusing him of plotting
30:30against the heir.
30:32The next morning,
30:33Hiramatsu arrives at the village
30:34and informs Torunaga
30:35that Osaka is now entirely
30:37under Ishido's control.
30:39Hiramatsu insists it's time
30:41for Crimson Sky,
30:42a decisive strike
30:43against Ishido's castle.
30:44This would dismantle the council
30:46and elevate Torunaga
30:47as sole regent,
30:48the new shogun.
30:50But Torunaga is unwilling.
30:51He never desired
30:53the title of shogun.
30:54He instructs his men
30:55to devise an alternative plan
30:57that doesn't involve
30:58mass bloodshed.
30:59Later that evening,
31:00Mariko escorts John
31:01to the tea house,
31:02where they are greeted
31:03by a stunning
31:04and intelligent woman.
31:06Mariko warns John
31:07to stay cautious.
31:08They are being watched.
31:09Eventually,
31:10the woman invites John
31:11to a private room.
31:12Mariko translates,
31:14then quietly leaves.
31:15Though both Mariko
31:16and John
31:17wish to stay together,
31:18they are bound by roles
31:19and witnesses.
31:21The next day,
31:22John thanks the tea house girl.
31:23Mariko visits Torunaga
31:25to report.
31:26Torunaga asks her
31:27if she remembers
31:27her childhood friendship
31:28with the future queen.
31:30Can Mariko guess
31:31what might have turned
31:32her old friend
31:32so bitter and hostile?
31:34Mariko doesn't know.
31:36Torunaga shares
31:36that her father once said
31:38his daughter was destined
31:38for greatness.
31:40Mariko protests.
31:41He could have ensured
31:42her future
31:42by arranging a better marriage.
31:44But Torunaga admits
31:45the marriage was part
31:46of her father's strategy,
31:47a decision that ultimately
31:48saved her life.
31:50Meanwhile,
31:50at Ishido's council,
31:52the fifth regent
31:53is introduced
31:53and Torunaga's execution
31:55is brought to the table.
31:56A unanimous vote
31:57is required.
31:58However,
31:59one regent refuses
32:00to support the execution.
32:02That evening,
32:03still at Ishido's castle,
32:05the queen reveals
32:05her true hatred
32:06for Torunaga.
32:07She believes her father
32:08was murdered
32:09by Mariko's father
32:10under Torunaga's orders.
32:12The next morning,
32:13the dissenting regent
32:14flees Osaka
32:15with his family,
32:16but Ishido's samurai
32:17intercept them
32:17in the forest.
32:18They slaughter
32:19the entire family.
32:20Back in the village,
32:22Torunaga convenes
32:23his men.
32:24He warns them
32:24that Ishido
32:25is about to seize
32:26total control
32:26of the council,
32:27leading to accusations
32:28of treason
32:29and his eventual execution.
32:30Not willing to wait
32:32for that outcome,
32:33Torunaga finally declares
32:34crimson sky.
32:35They will strike first.
32:37The army supports him.
32:39Flashback.
32:39Forty-six years ago,
32:41a young Torunaga
32:42achieves his first
32:43battlefield victory.
32:44A captured commander
32:45respectfully offers himself
32:46for seppuku.
32:48Torunaga assists
32:49the ritual with satisfaction.
32:51Now,
32:51Torunaga and his forces
32:52wait on the forest road,
32:53hoping his cousin
32:54Saeki will join them.
32:56Saeki arrives,
32:57ready to support Torunaga,
32:59but first,
33:00he insists on visiting
33:01the local hot springs.
33:02Later,
33:03John visits Torunaga
33:04and asks whether
33:05Crimson Sky includes
33:06his role as fleet commander.
33:08Torunaga has made
33:09no decision.
33:10Mariko translates
33:11and urges John
33:12to drop the matter,
33:13but John presses.
33:14Why grant him land
33:15and titles,
33:16yet exclude him from battle?
33:18Torunaga gives no answer,
33:20and Mariko pleads again.
33:21This time,
33:22John backs down.
33:24Meanwhile,
33:25Yabushige's nephew
33:26visits the tea house
33:26to see the same girl
33:27who previously served
33:29the pilot.
33:29The owner tells him
33:31she's unavailable.
33:32Torunaga has already
33:33secured her company
33:34for the week.
33:35That same morning,
33:36Hiramatsu visits
33:37John's concubine.
33:38He gives her the ashes
33:39of her husband and child,
33:41a somber moment.
33:42That evening,
33:43Torunaga dines
33:44with his brother.
33:45They reminisce
33:46about the past,
33:47but the mood sours.
33:49Torunaga's brother
33:49becomes disrespectful,
33:51eventually revealing
33:52that he received
33:52a better offer.
33:54Villagers report
33:55that the brother's army
33:56has blocked all roads,
33:57trapping everyone inside.
33:59Saiki presents
34:00a formal document.
34:01He has been appointed
34:02the fifth regent,
34:03and Torunaga
34:04has been stripped
34:04of his titles
34:05and summoned
34:06to Osaka.
34:07Saiki then turns
34:08to his nephew,
34:09the one he was
34:10just laughing with,
34:11and presents an order
34:12requiring him
34:13to take responsibility
34:13for the massacre
34:14of Ishido's men
34:15and commit seppuku.
34:17Torunaga screams
34:18at his son
34:19not to accept
34:19the document.
34:20Torunaga announces
34:21he will consider
34:22the matter
34:22and respond tomorrow.
34:23John asks Mariko
34:25what would happen
34:26if Torunaga
34:27truly went to Osaka.
34:28She explains
34:29he would be executed
34:31and his men
34:31would be forced
34:32to kneel before Ishido.
34:34Half would choose
34:34seppuku out of loyalty.
34:36John reveals
34:37that his ship
34:38is still in the harbor.
34:40Yabushige's men
34:40could help repair it
34:41so they could escape.
34:43Meanwhile,
34:44Saiki visits Yabushige.
34:45He claims that Ishido
34:46met a man
34:47who confirmed
34:47Yabushige's loyalty.
34:49Then,
34:49he presents a box.
34:51Inside is the severed head
34:52of Yabushige's man.
34:53The message is clear.
34:55Ishido still sees
34:56Yabushige as a traitor.
34:58His game of duplicity
34:59has ended.
35:00Back in the village,
35:02Torunaga is approached
35:02by the tea house owner.
35:04She asks for permission
35:05to build a new quarter
35:06that will remain
35:06protected by his name
35:08even after his death.
35:10On the shoreline,
35:11John studies Ishido's ships.
35:13Yabushige approaches
35:14complaining that
35:15every time he escapes
35:16one danger,
35:17another emerges.
35:18He lashes out
35:19at the pilot
35:19for carrying swords
35:20he doesn't know
35:21how to use.
35:22Yabushige challenges
35:23Hatamoto to draw a blade
35:25and begins teaching him
35:26how to wield it.
35:27Elsewhere,
35:28Torunaga begins
35:28dictating his will.
35:30Buntaro,
35:31Mariko's husband,
35:32arrives.
35:32He requests permission
35:34to spend one last night
35:35with his wife
35:35and asks to be allowed
35:37to behead the barbarian.
35:38But Torunaga
35:39denies the request.
35:40The time arrives
35:41for Torunaga's
35:42official answer.
35:43He announces
35:44to his brother
35:44that he will obey
35:45the council
35:46and travel to Osaka.
35:48No one objects
35:49except John
35:50who voices his outrage
35:51and storms out
35:52of the meeting.
35:53That night,
35:54Saeki enjoys himself
35:55with the tea house girl.
35:57Suddenly,
35:58he hears a noise.
35:59Torunaga's son appears,
36:01sword drawn.
36:02Saeki flees
36:03into the courtyard.
36:04The boy gives chase
36:05and swings
36:06but slips
36:07at the last moment,
36:08hit his head
36:09against a sharp rock.
36:10A few minutes later,
36:11Torunaga's son
36:12passes away.
36:13The funeral procession,
36:15led by Torunaga,
36:16moves slowly
36:16toward the town.
36:18Saeki's army
36:19accompanies the procession,
36:20agreeing to wait
36:21for 49 days
36:22until the lord
36:23finishes mourning
36:23before escorting him
36:25to Osaka.
36:26Torunaga returns
36:27all of John's journals.
36:28When he departs
36:29for Osaka,
36:30Hatamoto is released
36:31from duty
36:31and is free
36:32to leave Japan.
36:33His service
36:34is considered complete.
36:36John's crew
36:36is already in the town,
36:38but he is more concerned
36:39about Mariko's fate.
36:40Mariko assures him
36:41that her loyalty demands
36:42she accompany
36:43her master to Osaka.
36:44In Osaka,
36:46Ishido is already
36:46celebrating
36:47what he believes
36:48is a decisive victory.
36:49But the queen
36:50is not yet satisfied.
36:51She insists
36:52that Torunaga
36:53still poses a threat.
36:55Ishido proposes
36:56strengthening their alliance
36:57through marriage,
36:58but the queen
36:58remains non-committal.
37:00Night falls
37:01in the village
37:01where the funeral
37:02has reached
37:02its final rites.
37:04Torunaga's son
37:04is honored
37:05and the cremation
37:06begins in the morning,
37:07notably without
37:08his father present.
37:09A Portuguese priest
37:10visits Torunaga.
37:12He assures the lord
37:13that his true enemy
37:14isn't all of Osaka,
37:15but Ishido alone.
37:17If Torunaga
37:18can forge an alliance
37:19with the queen,
37:20Ishido will lose
37:20his grip on power
37:21and the heir
37:22will become a symbol
37:23of unity
37:23with Torunaga's army.
37:25But Torunaga
37:26doubts this outcome.
37:27He knows that
37:28many of his vassals
37:29wore armor to the funeral,
37:31a silent protest
37:32against his surrender.
37:33He intends to summon them
37:34and extract written oaths
37:36confirming their agreement
37:37to surrender with him.
37:37He believes
37:39a peaceful resolution
37:40is preferable
37:40to a bloody conflict.
37:42Nonetheless,
37:43he keeps his promise
37:44and allows the priest
37:45to build a church,
37:46but only if the priest
37:47goes to Osaka
37:48and tells them
37:49that Torunaga
37:49is surrendering peacefully.
37:51Hiramatsu, however,
37:52is convinced
37:53this is just a ruse.
37:55The lord is preparing
37:56for war.
37:57Meanwhile,
37:58Toda prepares tea
37:59for his wife.
38:00He reconsiders
38:01his harsh treatment
38:01of her,
38:02knowing they may
38:03all die in Osaka.
38:05He suspects
38:05Mariko still has feelings
38:07for the barbarian
38:07and,
38:08in response to
38:09Torunaga's planned surrender,
38:11offers her
38:11a grim form of love,
38:12a mutual seppuku.
38:15Mariko refuses.
38:16She explains
38:17that she never wished
38:18for death,
38:19but for a life
38:19without him.
38:20She will not die
38:21alongside him.
38:22Elsewhere,
38:23John is taken
38:24to a sailor's den
38:24where his crew is living.
38:26They reject him,
38:27blaming him
38:28for coming to Japan
38:29out of personal ambition.
38:31John leaves,
38:31disheartened.
38:33Haramoto then visits
38:34Yabushige with Mariko,
38:35seeking her translation.
38:37He tells Yabushige
38:38that Torunaga is doomed.
38:40Since the lord refuses
38:41to attack Osaka
38:42from the sea,
38:43John now wants to leave
38:44on his own ship
38:45under Yabushige's banner.
38:46He no longer believes
38:48in Torunaga's cause
38:49and doesn't want
38:49to die with him.
38:51But Yabushige declines.
38:52He firmly believes
38:53Torunaga will not surrender.
38:55As a true vassal,
38:56he remains loyal.
38:58Mariko sees John's actions
38:59as treacherous.
39:01John insists he's been
39:02released from all obligations,
39:03but no argument
39:04changes her opinion
39:05of his betrayal.
39:07The next day,
39:08Torunaga gathers
39:09his warlords.
39:09He announces that
39:11Yabushige will be
39:11the first to travel
39:12to Osaka
39:13and hand over
39:14all weapons,
39:15along with a list
39:15of those willing
39:16to surrender with him.
39:17Yabushige signs first,
39:19followed by his nephew.
39:20But the other warlords
39:21refuse.
39:22They declare they
39:23will not surrender,
39:24even if their master does.
39:26Hiramatsu states
39:27that he would rather die
39:28than see defeat.
39:29Torunaga,
39:30unmoved,
39:31tells him he is free
39:31to do so.
39:32That night,
39:34Hiramatsu commits
39:34seppuku.
39:35Later that evening,
39:37Torunaga summons
39:37Mariko.
39:38He asks whether
39:39John went to
39:40Yabushige.
39:41Upon hearing
39:41that he did
39:42and that Yabushige
39:43refused,
39:44Torunaga smiles.
39:45He is confident
39:46Yabushige will change
39:47his mind
39:48after witnessing
39:48Hiramatsu's death.
39:50Mariko now understands
39:51it was all part
39:52of the lord's plan.
39:54Hiramatsu remained loyal,
39:55even in death.
39:57Osaka must be convinced
39:58beyond doubt
39:59that Torunaga
40:00has truly surrendered.
40:01Now it's up to Mariko.
40:03Is she ready
40:04to fulfill her mission?
40:05Mariko confirms,
40:07she is.
40:08In Osaka,
40:09the queen approaches
40:10Ishido and bows,
40:11signaling her agreement
40:12to the proposed alliance.
40:14At the same time,
40:15Yabushige begins
40:16loading weapons
40:17onto John's ship,
40:18having changed his mind
40:19and decided to ally
40:20with the barbarian
40:21after all.
40:22Soon after,
40:23Mariko arrives
40:24with orders
40:24to escort Yabushige
40:25to Osaka.
40:27Flashback,
40:28Sendai Domain,
40:2914 years ago.
40:30Mariko is captured
40:31for the third time.
40:33Though spared
40:33by her husband,
40:34she longs for death.
40:36A Portuguese priest
40:37comforts her,
40:38offering a cross.
40:39She accepts it.
40:40The ship carrying
40:41John,
40:42Yabushige and Mariko
40:43arrives in Osaka.
40:45Yabushige asks John
40:47to stay close
40:47when they meet
40:48Ishido's men.
40:49Later,
40:50they are taken
40:50to Ishido's castle,
40:52where the noble families
40:53are being held hostage.
40:54The next morning,
40:55Ishido and the queen
40:56receive their guests.
40:58Yabushige tries
40:59to excuse himself
40:59by presenting John
41:00as a gift to the council.
41:02Ishido dismisses him,
41:04saying the heir
41:04has no need
41:05for a barbarian.
41:07Next,
41:07Mariko is introduced.
41:09She announces
41:09that she will leave
41:10Osaka the next day
41:11and take with her
41:12Torunaga's first concubine
41:13and another woman
41:14carrying his child.
41:16The room is stunned.
41:18Ishido immediately orders
41:19that she not be allowed
41:20to leave the castle,
41:21but Mariko defies him.
41:23She is the daughter
41:24of a warlord,
41:24not a peasant girl.
41:26With that,
41:27she leaves the council chamber.
41:29Yabushige is furious.
41:30He's convinced
41:31she will be prevented
41:32from leaving by morning.
41:33Morning comes.
41:35Mariko prepares
41:35to leave Ishido's castle
41:37with Torunaga's concubines.
41:38She is accompanied
41:39by a small group
41:40of elite samurai.
41:41On the way out,
41:42Ishido's guards
41:43try to stop them,
41:44but a single order is given,
41:46and one of her guards
41:47cuts down the obstruction.
41:48However,
41:49they are outnumbered.
41:50A skirmish ensues,
41:51and Mariko's samurai
41:52are killed.
41:53She's forced to admit defeat
41:55and returns to the castle.
41:56But for failing
41:57to complete her master's mission,
41:59she vows to commit
42:00seppuku at sunset.
42:01At the council of regents,
42:03Ishido discusses the incident.
42:04He finds himself trapped.
42:06If Mariko dies,
42:07Osaka will be disgraced.
42:09But if she's allowed to leave,
42:11other nobles may demand
42:12their freedom too.
42:13Meanwhile,
42:14the young heir wants
42:15to meet John.
42:16Ishido's men escort
42:17the sailor to the meeting.
42:19The queen asks
42:20if he speaks Japanese.
42:21John replies that he understands,
42:23but she should use
42:24simple words.
42:25Regardless,
42:26she summons Mariko
42:27to translate.
42:28Mariko warns John
42:30that this is just a pretext
42:31to lure her out.
42:32The queen recounts
42:33her childhood friendship
42:34with Mariko,
42:35how she was like
42:35a sister to her.
42:36But then,
42:37one day,
42:38Mariko was taken away.
42:40And now she sees
42:41a grown woman
42:41returning to destroy everything.
42:43She demands
42:44that these games stop.
42:45Mariko replies,
42:47only the queen
42:47has the power
42:48to end this.
42:49The queen insists
42:50she does not hold
42:51that much authority.
42:53Mariko and John
42:54exit the palace.
42:55Later,
42:56John begs Mariko
42:57not to go through
42:57with her death,
42:58not for religion,
42:59not for honor,
43:00but maybe for him.
43:02She softly holds his hand,
43:04then lets go,
43:04and walks away.
43:06Elsewhere,
43:07Yabushige receives
43:08a message from Ishido.
43:09The regent has agreed
43:10to accept his loyalty.
43:12Evening falls.
43:13Mariko's death approaches.
43:15She confesses to the priest,
43:17acknowledging that
43:17seppuku is a sin.
43:19She asks the Catholic regent
43:20to assist with the ceremony.
43:22He agrees.
43:23But when the time comes,
43:25the regent does not appear.
43:27John steps forward.
43:28He will assist her,
43:29unwilling to let her
43:30condemn her soul
43:31by dying in disgrace.
43:33At the very last moment,
43:35just as Mariko
43:35presses the dagger
43:36to her chest,
43:37and John holds his breath
43:38with his sword drawn,
43:39Ishido arrives.
43:41He grants Mariko permission
43:42to leave the castle.
43:43The other of Torunaga's concubines
43:45also request to leave
43:46with her,
43:47and Ishido,
43:48unable to publicly admit
43:49he's holding them hostage,
43:50allows it.
43:52That night,
43:53Yabushige begins quietly
43:54killing the guards
43:55along the castle walls.
43:56Soon after,
43:57assassins climb up ropes
43:58and scale the walls.
44:00Yabushige opens the gates,
44:02letting in more armed men.
44:04Silently,
44:05they begin slaughtering samurai
44:06throughout the castle.
44:07Inside,
44:08John and Mariko
44:09fight desperately
44:10to fend off the attackers.
44:11Mariko is convinced
44:12that the assassins
44:13are targeting her.
44:14She,
44:15along with the concubines
44:16and John,
44:17searches for shelter.
44:19Yabushige joins them,
44:20and they barricade themselves
44:21in a warehouse
44:22with a heavy door.
44:23But the enemy
44:24is already trying
44:25to break it down.
44:26John struggles
44:27to hold it closed.
44:28Mariko realizes
44:29they are out of time.
44:31She steps in front of the door,
44:32offering her life
44:33in protest
44:34against the dishonorable attack.
44:36Moments later,
44:37the door explodes.
44:38The blast kills Mariko.
44:41John,
44:41barely conscious,
44:42rushes to her,
44:43but she is already dead.
44:45By morning,
44:46the noble families
44:47begin leaving Ishido's castle.
44:48At the council of regents,
44:50Torunaga's brother
44:51delivers a formal protest.
44:53Torunaga is devastated
44:54by the loss
44:54of his most loyal vassal,
44:56and he leaves the city,
44:57determined to go to war
44:58with Osaka.
44:59Ishido is unmoved.
45:01He doesn't care
45:01if Torunaga surrenders
45:02at the castle
45:03or dies on the battlefield.
45:05He orders preparations
45:06for war.
45:07Just then,
45:08a small earthquake strikes.
45:10The other regents
45:10consider it a bad omen.
45:12But Ishido is resolute.
45:13The war order is signed.
45:15Later,
45:16he visits Yabushige
45:17to thank him for his work.
45:18Yabushige is stunned.
45:19He thought Mariko
45:20would merely be arrested,
45:22not killed.
45:23He recalls that once,
45:24Taiko had planned
45:25to fight Torunaga,
45:26but an earthquake
45:27changed his mind.
45:28Taiko interpreted it
45:29as a sign
45:30and made peace instead.
45:32Another earthquake strikes.
45:34Ishido sends Yabushige home
45:35to gather troops
45:36and await further orders.
45:38John wakes days later.
45:40Mariko has already
45:41been laid to rest.
45:42He is told to pack.
45:43He's being escorted
45:44to the harbor.
45:45He's handed an exit pass.
45:47At the harbor,
45:48a priest meets him,
45:49ready to accompany him
45:50to the galley.
45:51Yabushige is already there,
45:53preparing to depart.
45:55Ishido's men walk
45:56beside John and the priest.
45:57The priest informs him
45:58that Ishido has officially
46:00declared conflict
46:00with Torunaga.
46:02The queen will support him
46:03with the heir's army.
46:04According to the priest,
46:05Torunaga is destined to fall.
46:07But John remains doubtful.
46:09He knows Torunaga
46:10is not someone
46:11to be taken lightly.
46:12With the help of a woman,
46:13without lifting a weapon
46:14or making an open declaration,
46:16he managed to free
46:17all the hostages.
46:19As they near the shore,
46:20John surveys the landscape.
46:22Woods surround them.
46:23He asks the priest
46:24if this is where
46:25an ambush is waiting.
46:26But the priest
46:27fulfills his promise.
46:29Mariko had pleaded
46:29with the church
46:30to ensure John's safety
46:31before she passed.
46:32The priest honors her request
46:34and delivers John safely
46:35to Yabushige's galley.
46:37At the village,
46:38John sees the charred remains
46:40of his ship on the shore.
46:41Yabushige's nephew
46:42gives the order
46:43to take away his uncle's swords.
46:45Torunaga has called
46:46for his detainment.
46:47John demands to know
46:48who was behind the destruction.
46:49The answer,
46:50followers of the foreign faith.
46:53Yabushige is brought
46:53before Torunaga.
46:55It's revealed he was seen
46:56allowing intruders
46:57into the stronghold.
46:58Under pressure,
46:59he admits to his role.
47:01Torunaga strips him
47:02of his lands
47:02and commands him
47:03to face a traditional sentence
47:04by sunset.
47:05John returns home,
47:07greeted by his faithful companion.
47:09Torunaga visits his own household,
47:11holding his child.
47:12He thanks the women
47:13for protecting the baby.
47:15His first wife presents him
47:16with a letter,
47:17from the queen,
47:18delivered before they left Osaka.
47:20After reading it,
47:22Torunaga understands
47:22the full weight
47:23of what Mariko accomplished.
47:25John's companion informs him
47:26that she's leaving
47:27in the morning.
47:28Torunaga grants her wish.
47:29She will retire from service
47:31and take up a spiritual life.
47:33John cannot persuade her to stay.
47:35He thanks her
47:36and says farewell.
47:37The next morning,
47:38John visits Torunaga.
47:40He's enraged
47:41by the loss of his ship
47:42and promises to find
47:43those behind it.
47:44He pleads for the lives
47:45of the villagers,
47:46explaining that the fire
47:47was Mariko's doing,
47:48the cost she paid
47:50to save him.
47:50But Torunaga refuses.
47:52The search for hidden enemies
47:54must go on.
47:55In anguish,
47:56John sets down his sword
47:57and asks to face judgment as well.
48:00He admits
48:00that from his first day in Japan,
48:02he manipulated those around him.
48:04Even then,
48:05Torunaga doesn't waver.
48:06So John lifts the blade
48:08and begins a ritual
48:09of self-accountability.
48:11Just before he completes it,
48:12Torunaga intervenes.
48:13He halts the punishments
48:14and orders John to rebuild.
48:16Not just his ship,
48:17but a fleet.
48:19Later,
48:19Yabushige and Torunaga
48:20meet atop a cliff.
48:22The time has come.
48:24Yabushige begs to understand
48:25the full strategy.
48:26Torunaga is surprised
48:27he still hasn't figured it out.
48:29He reveals that
48:30crimson sky is already unfolding.
48:32Within a month,
48:33all forces will converge
48:34on the battlefield.
48:35Ishido believes
48:36the queen will support him,
48:37but her final message
48:38confirms she will not.
48:40Ishido will be outnumbered.
48:41The remaining regents
48:42will rise against him.
48:44What lies ahead
48:45is not just triumph,
48:46but a future without war.
48:48With those words,
48:49Torunaga draws his sword
48:50and helps Yabushige find peace.
48:53Later,
48:54John is seen by the shore,
48:55working to pull the broken remains
48:56of his ship from the water.
48:58The villagers are too few
49:00and too weak to assist.
49:02Suddenly,
49:03Buntaro,
49:03Mariko's husband,
49:04appears
49:05and joins the effort.
49:09Above them,
49:10Lord Torunaga
49:11watches quietly from the cliff.
49:12And I'll have a story
49:14And eventually,
49:15And I'll have a try
49:15and keep going
49:15with confidence to transcend
49:15Gracias.
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