TAIGA DRAMA
Sanada Maru
Written By: MITANI Koki
Music By: HATTORI Takayuki
Narrator: UDO Yumiko
Cast
Sanada Nobushige (Yukimura): SAKAI Masato
Sanada Nobuyuki: OIZUMI Yo
Kiri: NAGASAWA Masami
Matsu: KIMURA Yoshino
Haru: MATSUOKA Mayu
Ina: YOSHIDA Yo
Takanashi Naiki: NAKAHARA Takeo
Hotta Sakubei: FUJIMOTO Takahiro
Sasuke: FUJII Takashi
Toyotomi Hideyori: NAKAGAWA Taishi
Ohno Harunaga: IMAI Tomohiko
Chosokabe Morichika: Anan Kenji
Hirano Nagayasu: KONDO Yoshimasa
Tokugawa Hidetada: HOSHINO Gen
Mouri Katsunaga: OKAMOTO Kenichi
Chacha: TAKEUCHI Yuko
Goto Matabe: AIKAWA Sho
Uesugi Kagekatsu: ENDO Kenichi
Honda Masanobu: KONDO Masaomi
Tokugawa Ieyasu: UCHINO Seiyo
Translations by MTI
Director: KIMURA Takafumi
Episode 49: The Night Before
The conflict between peace and war intensified in Osaka Castle.
Nobushige devised a plan to overthrow the Tokugawa.
The final battle was steadily approaching.
I'll be going to Osaka.
What can you do in your condition?
I'm going to dissuade Genjiro.
He plans to die.
EDO - SANADA MANSION
Make preparations.
Very well.
It says nothing about dying.
I just know.
He's going to attack the enemy camp with deathly resolve,
and take Lord Ieyasu's head.
Please let him go.
It's our duty to let him live a life with no regrets.
I know that!
Pardon me.
But if you're meeting with the enemy's general,
you may be suspected of betrayal.
You could be beheaded.
The Sanada clan may meet with demise.
I'll be very careful.
Please travel incognito.
Don't wear anything showing our crest.
And...
...be sure to...
come back alive.
You can't take anything that will reveal you're a Sanada.
But this much should be all right.
That looks like a lot.
I want Genjiro to eat them.
I'll make sure he gets them.
Someday, the three sibling...
can have a lively chat over tea.
Don't worry. I'm sure that day will come.
I hope so.
I'm saying it will, so it will be.
Sometimes, you are like Grandmother.
Huh?
Nothing.
Take care of this place.
This is an amulet to help your wish come true.
What is this?
Money... 6-mon.
Safe travels.
Are you all right?
EDO CASTLE
Father has finally made up his mind.
That's true.
The ronin are gathering, not leaving.
Now is the time to attack.
Actually, Lord...
Dear.
Lord.
Teach the Toyotomi a lesson this time.
The enemy is helpless in that castle.
Promise me that Sen won't be in danger.
Pray for her safety.
We can win.
We can definitely win.
I know that.
We will leave Osaka and control Kyoto.
With our main camp at Fushimi,
we'll confront the invading Tokugawa in Omi and Seta.
We'll crush them before they can unite.
In the chaos, we'll take Ieyasu's head.
All right!
What about Lord Hideyori?
He'll give the commands at Fushimi Castle.
No!
By having him at the battle scene,
the entire army's morale will rise.
It's dangerous.
I'll go to Fushimi if that will make our army happy.
The chief commander should stay put.
Then what do you suggest?
We should confront the enemy at Osaka Castle.
That might've been possible if the forts were completed.
Since it's not,
it would be a bad idea to dwell on this castle.
Regardless, it's your job to bring victory!
Will you listen to our strategy now?
We thought of it last night.
The enemy has a big army.
They will invade from the open south side.
Hence, we will advance our army to Tennoji,
secure this entire area and confront them here.
We'll keep the enemy away from the castle.
All right!
What about Lord Hideyori?
He can watch from the castle.
Wonderful!
That would work for the south side,
but what if they attack from the east?
They'll be behind us.
Let's destroy some dikes along the Hirano River.
Then this area will become like a swamp.
They can't approach the castle from the east.
Lord.
Let's get to it!
Yes, sir!
You devised a similar strategy before.
Did I?
In our first conference.
Have you exhausted your resources?
I'm embarrassed.
Please gather to discuss the battle formations.
I'm getting excited.
Don't jump the gun.
I'll be officially first.
None of that, too.
It's all for the Toyotomi.
Yes, I know.
My duty is to protect Lady Chacha and Lord Hideyori.
I'm harsh by nature.
So we're looking in the same direction.
The difference is...
I hate the ronin.
APRIL 22,1615
The Date, Uesugi, Maeda, Kuroda,
and other daimyos are headed this way.
KYOTO - NIJO CASTLE
A total of 300,000.
Let's siege Osaka Castle this time.
Is that possible, Sado?
Father... Father!
No, let him sleep.
We'll launch a full-scale attack when everyone gathers.
You needn't rush.
Masazumi.
Send another letter to Hideyori in Osaka Castle.
If he banishes the ronin and evacuates the castle,
we'll withdraw our army.
Father, it's useless.
With Hideyori around, more ronin will gather.
Unless Hideyori dies,
there is no end to this battle.
The Toyotomi bloodline ends with this battle!
Father, you are too lenient!
He's matured into a frightening man.
If we move to Koriyama Castle in Yamato,
Ieyasu will withdraw his army.
But I can't take the ronin with me.
What are you going to do?
I'm severing ties with the Tokugawa.
All right, Saemon-no-Suke?
As you wish.
The Toyotomi family...
and Osaka Castle, famous of being the best...
will soon be gone.
Nobuyoshi and Nobumasa,
SANADA NOBUYOSHI'S CAMP
Nobuyoshi and Nobumasa,
you look good in armor.
Thank you.
Will you be taking command now?
I'm supposed to be in Edo.
The Sanada's chief commander is Nobuyoshi.
Father, why are you here?
I want to talk to Genjiro.
Any way I can meet him?
Actually, Sir Nobutada is headed this way.
Uncle is?
He's seeing Genjiro again under Lord Ieyasu's order.
APRIL 29TH - KASHII
I'm going to be a daimyo.
I definitely will!
On April 29th, Ohno Harufusa's army
and the Tokugawa's Asano army clashed.
It was the start of the Osaka Summer Campaign.
Charge!
Your Ladyship.
Let's go.
Will everyone be like him eventually?
Please stop it.
You'll lower the morale by being here.
Ieyasu's main camp passes the Yamato road in Nara,
through the side road, south of Mount Ikoma,
into Kawachi.
We'll block him here.
Domyo-ji.
I'll go.
Akashi, please go with Goto.
Will do.
Mouri and I will bring up the rear.
Come slowly.
We'll settle it by then.
Chosokabe will suppress Yao and Wakae here,
and stop Hidetada's army on East Koya Road.
Will do.
Kimura, assist him.
Will do.
Now then, men...
be on your guard.
On May 1st,
Goto Matabe and Akashi Teruzumi headed to Hirano.
Where's Domyo-ji?
Right here.
Goto Matabe is there.
They thought I was taking the Yamato road route.
In that case, Hidetada...
you and I will take this route.
As for Yamato...
let's have the Date take care of it.
I'll arrange it immediately.
Sado!
Go on home.
Father, I'll take care of the rest.
Goto Matabe worries me.
Let's destroy him now.
What should we do?
I have a plan.
The Tokugawa wants to hire me?
HIRANO - MATABE'S CAMP
That is correct.
With my own province?
Where?
Harima 350,000 koku.
Don't play games with me.
Good job.
That was good.
Spread a rumor now
that Matabe met with a Tokugawa messenger
in the Toyotomi camp.
Spread the rumor that he agreed to our offer.
I understand.
Matabe will be frantic to erase that rumor.
His only resort is to make a name in battle.
When the general panics, his camp is in disorder.
With that...
Matabe's fate has been sealed.
TOKUGAWA YOSHINAO'S CAMP
Don't worry. They're just checking the people.
Why...
are you here?
I had no choice.
They confiscated all the provisions.
There was nothing I could do.
Wait!
It's nothing.
You're the suspicious men who walked along the secret route?
We're headed to Osaka with a letter from Lord Ieyasu.
Forgive me.
I am Muroga Kyudayu, vassal of the Owari Tokugawa.
Sanada Nobutada, a direct vassal of the Shogunate.
Sanada?
We are in a rush.
Wait.
Sanada, as in Awa-no-kami?
Awa-no-kami is my brother.
I can't allow you to pass.
My father, Muroga Masatake, was deceived by Awa-no-kami...
Silence!
I am sorry.
Let's proceed.
Thank you for waiting.
Brother.
Lord Ieyasu really wants you.
An unwelcomed kindness.
The circumstances have changed.
How can you win with this castle?
It's not a bad move to switch sides now.
Lord Ieyasu is offering the province of Shinano.
What?
How generous.
You'll be the lord of Shinano, my brother's long-desired province.
Sir Genjiro.
Genjiro plans to die.
And...
take Ieyasu with him.
Brother, you overestimate me.
That's impossible, even for me.
Defy the Tokugawa, if that's what you want.
If you don't want to prostrate yourself to him, then don't.
However, you must not die!
You want me to get caught?
And once again, I promise to save you.
I'll desperately runabout between Edo, Sunpu, and Kyoto,
and get you pardoned!
And then another 14 years.
I won't let you die!
That is my mission.
Back then...
Father, you and I made a promise.
That someday, we'd drink together again.
Father is no longer here.
But I still plan to fulfill that promise.
That's what I came to relay.
Then, now, right here let's drink.
Sakubei, we're leaving.
Uncle.
I want to drink with you, Brother!
Brother.
This is not eternal farewell.
Pardon me.
Live the way you want.
We've known each other a long time...
Lord Uesugi.
That is true.
Hojo Ujimasa...
and Sanada Masayuki are both gone.
It's just you and I left...
who survived.
I owe what I am today to the Taiko.
However...
I will destroy the Toyotomi.
Hideyori remaining where he is...
is not good for the Tokugawa.
That is the reason for this war.
Why reveal that to me?
I wanted you to understand.
It's because...
you have a guilty conscience.
What're you saying?
This battle...
has no just cause. And that bothers you.
Let's end this conversation.
In the last battle...
I saw Sanada Genjiro's figure.
Sanada?
Genjiro...
is living...
the life I wanted.
For two generations, father and son defied me.
And it still continues.
Damn Sanada.
On May 5th, the Tokugawa army split in two
and headed for Kawachi Plain.
Have a drink.
The enemy will be here tomorrow.
HIRANO - MATABE'S CAMP
I'm thinking about heading to Domyo-ji tonight.
Goto, don't take this in a bad way and listen.
I heard an unsavory rumor.
We totally do not believe it.
Why would I switch sides?
Some men believe you are.
Who?
Old Lady Okura.
Let them say whatever.
Harima 350,000 koku.
Ieyasu was generous.
I was also enticed with Shinano 400,000 koku.
You too?
Why didn't I get any calls?
Goto, I have one favor to ask.
What is it?
Do not become desperate because of the bad rumor.
You needn't rush for honors.
I know that.
In a battle, the one who is in disorder loses.
Why was I left out?
Sir Goto.
Finally.
Go wild.
Thank you for teaching me various things, Sir Goto.
What is that?
I'm honored to have met you.
Don't ever say that again.
I'm sorry.
Saying that before a battle
always means one of us will die.
You smell nice.
In the event I am beheaded, to prevent embarrassment,
I've been burning incense into my helmet from last night.
Don't be stupid.
Return to your post.
Yes!
Date Masamune's army of 35,000 headed to Domyo-ji
defended by Goto Matabe.
And Ieyasu's main army of 130,000 was approaching
Yao and Wakae defended by Kimura Shigenari.
DOMYOJI
Let's go.
We must wait for Saemon-no-Suke.
I can't wait.
The Goto force attacked at the crack of dawn,
but will face a fierce counter- attack from Date's main force.
Is that it?
That's it?
Sir Goto!
Goto Matabe...
died in battle.
We reminded him not to act in desperation.
KONDA - YUKIMURA'S CAMP
That fool!
Who's leading the Tokugawa on the Yamato road?
Date Masamune.
All right. We'll proceed.
Sanada is up ahead.
Don't underestimate him!
Meanwhile, Kimura Shigenari's force at Wakae and Yao...
That's the enemy's headquarters.
Our plan went wrong.
We're outnumbered. Let's withdraw.
No.
If they pass through, Goto will have no escape at Domyo-ji.
Kimura Shigenari was unaware of Goto's defeat.
Let's attack.
We stand no chance to win.
It's over.
My dream to reinstate the Chosokabe clan is no more.
Men. ..
live on.
Lord!
Don't follow me!
We found them!
The thoroughly outsmarted us.
Who would've thought the main force would come this way?
The enemy...
knew of our plan.
A spy?
Wasn't Urakusai the spy?
There's someone else.
Amongst the five of us...
Wait!
Someone who was always listening to our conversations.
The rice is done.
How many rice balls should I make by morning...
Who is that?
I'll dispose of him.
Go to Lord Ieyasu immediately.
Withdraw!
Riding the momentum after routing Domyo-ji,
the Tokugawa forces attacked Nobushige.
Charge!
Daisuke!
Let's go.
As a fierce battle developed with the Date,
the Sanada-Mouri forces turned around toward the castle.
Is this the end?
Is there not even one true samurai in the Tokugawa camp!
Get him!
Enough!
Men, I'm glad you're back.
You fought well.
Sir Saemon-no-Suke.
This man...
accompanied us from Kudoyama.
Kyubei!
Sasuke.
Yes?
What do you mean by leave the castle?
Don't ask and just obey.
Leave and go where?
To Date Mutsu-no-kami's camp.
Date?
He will surely protect all of you.
Sanada Saemon-no-Suke, I'm glad he's relying on me.
I will gladly shelter his wife.
We are very grateful.
Will you be...
telling Lord Ieyasu?
Of course not.
It's a secret pact between Sanada and myself.
Daisuke, you will remain with me in the castle.
Yes.
Naiki.
Of course I'll stay.
You'll be a burden.
How rude!
I've been building up my strength.
Sakubei, return after you escort Haru and the women to the Date.
I will.
And me?
I've an important task for you.
Will you stay back?
This is not eternal farewell.
Bear it for a while.
Daisuke.
Be sure to protect your Father well.
I will.
Please take care
of my husband.
I will.
Thank you for bearing it.
If I'm allowed to cry...
I will.
I am Otani Yoshitsugu's daughter.
Yes, you are.
Good luck in battle.
My Lord.
This is Saemon-no-Suke's wife and children.
I am Date Masamune.
Don't worry.
I will protect you all with my life.
Do you like zunda mochi (soybean rice cake)?
Huh?
Zunda mochi.
Nobushige's daughter, Ume,
would later marry the son of Masamune's vassal, Katakura.
But that is down the road.
Daihachi, want some?
Daihachi.
I'll leave tomorrow and challenge Ieyasu to a decisive fight.
It's down to the wire.
When the time comes, take Princess Sen
and go to Hidetada's camp.
That's a huge task.
So I'm asking you.
I'll inform Lady Chacha.
What happens after I deliver her?
Go back to Numata.
No.
I'll return here.
I'll accompany Lady Chacha to the end.
Living in a world without you...
is boring.
What're you doing?
Too late.
I'm sorry.
Ten years earlier...
I was at my prettiest during that time.
There are various stories about Takanashi Naiki's daughter.
That she was Nobushige's concubine and had his child.
Whatever the truth, one certainty is
amongst all the women around Nobushige,
she stayed by him the longest.
Aim for Ieyasu's head!
Our only aim!