During the late Edo period, to pursue Dutch knowledge...
Yamamoto Kakuma entered Sakuma Shozan's School in Edo.
The world is evolving.
They're 20 times the size of our ships.
How monstrous.
Should they open the country or not?
The country was divided over this controversy.
How could you imprison and punish him?
What big fools!
The shogunate are big fools!
They made a criminal of the most useful man they have.
Everyone is gone...
I've returned to Aizu.
Welcome home!
You're a samurai's daughter.
Once you start, you cannot give up.
Are you prepared?
Yes!
Good morning.
SPRING OF 1857
I will now show you how to load a Gewehr.
This is a rifle cartridge.
The lead ball and gunpowder are wrapped in strong paper.
When loading...
What is he doing alone?
You insert the gunpowder...
What is a Gewehr?
I don't know.
Would anyone want to learn about foreign fire-arms?
In loading the bullets...
it's the same as with the muskets.
Samurai normally train in archery, spears and swordsmanship.
I agree.
I'm prepared now.
Yae's Sakura
Episode 3: Rout and Move Forward
Screenplay: Yamamoto Mutsumi
Theme Music: Sakamoto Ryuichi Music: Nakajima Nobuyuki
Narrator: Kusabue Mitsuko
Yamamoto Yae: Ayase Haruka
Yamamoto Kakuma: Nishijima Hidetoshi
Kawasaki Shonosuke: Hasegawa Hiroki
Yamamoto Saku: Fubuki Jun
Yamamoto Gonpachi: Matsushige Yutaka
Yamakawa Yoshichiro: Tamayama Tetsuji
Takagi Tokio: Kanjiya Shihori
Yamakawa Futaba: Ichikawa Mikako
Matsudaira Katamori: Ayano Go
Tokugawa Yoshinobu: Koizumi Kotaro
Yamakawa Hyoue: Yamamoto Kei
Kayano Gonbei: Yanagisawa Shingo
Kurokouchi Dengoro: Musaka Naomasa
Jinbo Kuranosuke: Tsukayama Masane
Hayashi Gonsuke: Kazama Morio
[ Skipped item nr. 55 ]
Princess Teru: Inamori Izumi
Sakuma Shozan: Okuda Eiji
Saigo Tanomo: Nishida Toshiyuki
Executive Producer: Naito Shinsuke
Translations by MTI
Director: Kato Taku
Yae! Yae!
Yae!
There you are!
Hurry, or you'll be late for your sewing class!
Yes!
Not quite there.
Yes.
Teacher, I'm done.
Let me see.
Oh my...
The two sides are different sizes.
What?
Put more heart into each stitching.
To begin with...
Grandmother, it's 2:00.
Oh, you're right.
Class is over today.
Teacher, thank you for the lesson.
Tokio, get the tea ready.
I will be leaving now.
Have a cup of tea first.
I still have things to say.
She dashed out already.
In a flash.
Yae is like a bullet.
What's the rush?
Miss Futaba, I'm sorry.
What a woman, not having any attendant!
Yae was always like that.
Is she the one who shoot guns?
She's a strange girl.
Carry it against your left shoulder...
in front of you...
then lift the apron...
Such nice weather!
Be careful!
I was surprised when a gunnery book fell from above.
Were you expecting a baby monkey?
It's best to read in a tree. No one bother you there.
You leave me speechless.
Your sudden visit surprised me.
You wrote you're opening a Dutch school in Aizu.
Hey, I do want you to teach.
But the opening has not been approved yet.
Oh...is that right?
What a hasty guy.
Yae!
Yes.
Please enjoy.
Allow me to stay for a while.
Make yourself at home.
Where are you from?
Izushi in Tajima Province.
What time is my lesson in gunnery?
Not today. We have an important guest.
What?
Yae! Help in the kitchen!
Go quickly!
Yes.
She would always climb trees, so it was very embarrassing.
Whenever Yae was up in a tree,
we would say there was a monkey.
I started teaching Western gunnery at the Nisshinkan.
I'm getting there.
I see.
The class contents are in my head.
I'll teach gunnery, military science, and medicine.
I'll call my friends from Osaka...
Osaka? You mean Furukawa Shunei?
Yes.
He deserted the clan.
I'll negotiate with the clan.
I'm waiting for approval for the westernized training.
Western gunnery, training, and Dutch studies...
will make it like Shozan Sensei's school.
That's right.
Kakuma.
Don't be hasty. You are in Aizu.
Things won't go as smoothly as in Edo.
I'm fully aware of that.
Have a drink.
Is he planning to stay long?
What?
My gunnery lessons will be pushed back.
The thread is loose!
Oh, no!
Granny Takagi complained to me today.
She said your heart isn't in sewing lessons.
If you're not going to put your heart into it,
I'll tell Kakuma not to teach you gunnery.
That's unfair!
Appointing capable men is the first priority.
There is no roundabout way. Education is the only method.
Sir Shozan...
He was happy about the Dutch school.
He said it's important to educate people.
Is he doing well?
He hasn't changed.
House arrest is not that bad.
I have ample times to read and think.
I've deepened my knowledge base since coming here.
I can't help being mortified.
Now is the time we need your support.
I can see the distant scenery from here.
I can clearly grasp the national situation from here.
What do you make of my predictions?
Aren't they all coming true, one after another?
Yes.
The people do not understand the goal of a hero.
Napoleon was exiled too.
Someday...for certain...
I will be called back.
Yes.
Relay this to Kakuma...
When embarking on something...
the useless ones always try to interfere.
Beat them...and move forward.
Beat them and move forward?
That sounds like him.
You're fully equipped.
We can get a lot done here.
How long will you be here?
I haven't decided yet.
What did you tell the Izushi clan?
I asked for leave.
I can't work here with strings attached. So I'm unemployed.
Was that a wise move?
I'm the third son of a town doctor.
I must support myself with education.
But you'll have nothing to fall back on.
Fall back on?
I didn't think of that.
If you think it's possible then it is.
That's what I thought.
I didn't want someone to beat me again.
I admit we were beaten on the Black Ships.
All right, let's do it together!
Yes.
Lend me a hand.
I'll ask my clan to hire you.
Good morning.
Ready!
Fire!
Don't close your eyes!
Yes!
You won't be ready to use real bullets!
Try again!
I'll take you to the Nisshinakan later.
He laughed.
What is so funny?
Ready!
Shoot!
You close your eyes again!
Try again!
Shortly after, Kakuma received approval to open a Dutch school.
However, despite his many requests...
the clan would not hire Shonosuke as a teacher.
Kakuma has improved.
The other day, with the Gewehr rifle...
he shot 85 out of 100 bull's-eye.
Yes, he did.
He's well educated too.
I'm proud to have sent him to Edo.
Thank you very much.
But he should know his limits.
Did something happen?
Opening a Dutch school and hiring from outside...
is for the sake of Aizu.
But if you rush into things, the higher-ups become difficult.
They will see him as conceited.
The youngsters tend to be hasty.
Keep him in line.
I'll have a good talk with him.
Oh...It started to rain.
Please excuse me.
Come here..That isn't good.
It suddenly rained.
Isn't Kakuma with you?
He's at the school, talking with this superiors.
Excuse me...
Is the Dutch school not doing well?
Why do you ask?
Kakuma has a stern face lately.
He can't seem to attract pupils.
Why is that? I'd be the first in line.
You laughed again.
What?
You laughed once when I was practicing shooting.
Oh, excuse me.
Is it that strange for a woman to shoot a fire-arm?
No... I was just happy.
Happy?
You are skilled.
Kakuma has trained you well.
Thank you very much.
But I'm always being scolded for my bad habit.
I tend to close my eyes when I shoot.
I remember doing that too.
Shall I glue my eyes open?
Let's forget the idea.
What?
Just follow the bullet.
Follow the bullet?
You can do it.
Oh, Yae!
Please excuse me.
I'm Yamakawa Yoshichiro.
I'm Kawasaki Shonsuke
He is Kakuma's friend.
Is that right?
I'm staying at their house.
What?
Hey, we'll be late!
I'll be right there!
Who is that?
Let's go.
Why can't I get approval to employ Sir Kawasaki?
The clan has no surplus to hire outsiders.
They just don't get it.
Sir Kawasaki is critical to the Dutch school.
Some feel it was premature to have approved the school.
Behave yourself for a while.
Your request for Furukawa's return was withdrawn.
They just don't get it!
Stop!
Pick up my umbrella!
Pick it up yourself!
Western foot soldier!
What?
What did you just say?
You're publicizing that rifles are the best!
So what?
Rifles are for foot soldiers!
If you think that is the best, then you're a true foot soldier!
Rifles are for cowardly samurai who can't use spears or swords.
Stop! Who are you calling cowardly?
Draw?
Begin!
KUROKOUCHI FENCING HALL
Stop!
All right... I'll fight him next.
Yes!
Sir Kurokouchi!
Excuse me!
Kakuma, what is it?
I want to have a spear match.
Please be a witness.
Fine!
Use this.
Begin!
Stop!
Begin.
Stop!
Let it be known! Rifles are not for cowards!
It's a samurai's best weapon!
He's strong...like a demon.
How could you swing the spear in anger?
You fool!
They were extremely rude!
Kakuma!
Refrain a bit.
I've heard about you.
You're over asserting the power of rifles.
Our ancestors served with arrows, spears and swords.
If told rifles are better...
it's normal to get upset.
Do you think the same?
That's not it!
You look like a boar about to bite!
Sit!
Kakuma.
Listen to me.
If you're too vocal about how strong fire-arms are...
your enemies will only increase.
The shogunate was busy with the U.S. Consul General Harris,
who was staying in Shimoda.
Harris sought to establish trade relations with Japan.
When Perry visited the second time...
Edo was safe because of the Shinagawa fort.
The great earthquake two years earlier...
blew up the gunpowder storehouse.
You've done great work rebuilding it.
Back then...
the men who died, protecting the fort...
were truly to be pitied.
It is a difficult time now...
but we must defend this place.
The Lord is back.
My Lady.
It's all right.
With the wedding held last fall....
Princess Toshi became Lord Katamori's wife.
Welcome home.
Teru brought him.
Such round eyes.
Isn't he adorable, Brother?
I mean, my Lord.
You can have him.
Can I really?
No...I don't want him.
Oh, my...
It's more fun if you bring him over.
Oh my.
When the lord leaves soon...
it'll be lonely again here.
My Lady.
Write poems to each other.
Poems?
When you compose poems, you will be thinking of him.
Even though you're apart, you won't feel lonely.
That's a good idea.
Matsushima.
Yes.
Why was Teru divorced?
I heard she couldn't conceive.
Is that the only reason?
My Lady...?
No...It's nothing.
I wonder who she thinks about when she composes poems.
Kakuma was summoned by the Chief...
shortly after Lord Katamori returned home.
Regarding the replacement of rifles...
that is not possible.
We just rebuilt Shinagawa Fort.
We have no funds for rifles.
As for your request for Westernized training...
You will train the men under the Naganuma style.
This too, was withdrawn.
Archery for distance.
Spears and swords to kill the enemy.
This is the sole method of strategy for samurai.
That is too...
The western provinces including Saga and Satsuma
are reforming their military. Aizu will be left behind...
Kakuma!
You're out of line.
But...
It's not your place to speak!
Yes sir.
Know your place!
Don't they teach you that in your Dutch studies?
No, that is not so.
People fear the youngsters following the Dutch!
We were premature to have approved the Dutch school.
We should reconsider it.
I agree.
How old...
What did you just say?
Regarding the military reform and Dutch school...
please ask the lord again for his sanction.
What you were just told are the Lord's orders!
I don't believe that!
Our lord knows about the Black Ships!
He's well aware of the situation.
What?
You men know nothing of the modern world.
You are like frogs in a well!
Kakuma!
Refrain!
Oh, no...I lost it.
Be gone...Kakuma.
Yes, sir!
The punishment Kakuma received the next day...
was confinement.
It was for an unlimited time.
It's been 20 days now.
When will he be pardoned?
I don't know.
It could be a year, or even 10 years.
I'll have to train Saburo hereafter.
Master...
I can't let this destroy our family name.
What's wrong?
I don't understand.
Kakuma and you are not wrong at all...
so why...
must you be punished?
Yae.
There are things beyond our control...
...in this world.
Aizu people are stubborn.
What is it?
Kakuma...here.
It's a rifle cartridge. What about it?
Yae made it. I taught her how.
Oh...It's well made.
Kakuma, please shoot it.
Oh...
No...
Another time.
I will shoot it then.
Yes..go ahead.
Oh, no!
Yae, don't!
I'm going to continue.
I don't care if I'm mocked.
Even if you give up...
I won't.
Until I master it... I'll continue, even alone.
Are you all right?
It's your first time shooting a real bullet.
What?
Bull's-eye.
You hit the bull's-eye.
Kakuma...
Let's rout and move forward!
Yes!
Yae! Excellent!
American envoy!
Fall of this year...
Harris entered Edo and received an audience with Shogun Iesada.
Thank you for coming a long way with the letter.
Shogun Iesada was sickly and without any heir.
He was rumored to be ignorant.
The shogun's guardian, Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu...
was being considered to carry out his duties.
HITOTSUBASHI YOSHINOBU
Yoshinobu was the son of Tokugawa Nariaki of Mito.
His brilliance was known throughout.
This position doesn't work.
Can we change it?
It goes lower than what I aim.
We need to correct that.
Tell me more in detail.
The sight position isn't good.
Right here.
The battle about the opening of the country...
The strife over the shogun's heir...
The chaos at the end of the Tokugawa regime began.
END OF EPISODE 3
You've been promoted.
Promoted?
Why did you enter into a treaty without approval?
Such indulgence!
Kakuma is fortunate to have such a fine bride.
It's like a foreign ship to me.
This cannot be overlooked. It is treason!
Look there! A ghost star!