TOKUGAWA IEYASU
Episode 10: Ikko Sect Uprising in Mikawa
Original Story By: YAMAOKA Sohachi
Screenplay By: OSANAI Mieko
Music By: TOMITA Isao
Theme Song Performed By: NHK Symphony Orchestra and Keio University Wagner Society Choir
Narration By: TATENO Naomitsu, NHK Announcer
CAST
Matsudaira Motonobu (Tokugawa Ieyasu): TAKITA Sakae
Sena: IKEGAMI Kimiko
Oda Nobunaga: YAKUSHO Koji
Princess Noh: FUJI Mariko
Sakai Tadatsugu: FUKUDA Toyoto Sakai Utanosuke: OGASAWARA Ryochi
Hisamatsu Sado: HASHIMOTO Isao Okubo Shinpachiro: KAWAHARA Sabu
Hachiya Hannojo: KADONO Takuzo Kinzo: KURATA Yasuaki
Torii Mototada: KUSAMI Junpei Ginzo: SANO Koji
Kinoshita Tokichiro: TAKEDA Tetsuya
Zuifu: RYU Raita
Ishikawa Kazumasa: EHARA Shinjiro
Honda Tadakatsu: TAKAOKA Kenji
Oman: AZUMA Terumi
Odai: OTAKE Shinobu
Honda Sakuzaemon: NAGATO Hiroyuki
Takenouchi Namitaro: ISHIZAKA Koji
Produced By: SHIBUYA Yasuo
English Subtitles By: Koala Fansubs
Directed By: OHARA Makoto
SPRING 1563 (Eiroku 6)
TSUKIYAMA MANSION
Sena and her children had been rescued from Sunpu.
Ieyasu newly built a mansion for them in Tsukiyama,
northern section of Okazaki Castle.
Thus, Sena is now called...
..."Lady Tsukiyama", after the name of her mansion.
Lady Tsukiyama (Sena)
Your Ladyship.
The Lord is coming.
Welcome.
- Did you burn incense for your father? - Yes.
Tomorrow is the 49th day after his death.
Let me pray for the repose of his soul, too.
Shortly after Sena and her children were exchanged with Udono Nagateru,
Sena's father, Sekiguchi Gyobu, was ordered by Ujizane to commit seppuku.
If I had known what would happen,
I would have taken him with us.
Sena.
But...
...it's like a dream to stay alive and be with you, my lord.
If it's a dream, I don't want to wake up.
That's how I feel when I cry by myself in bed late at night.
I appreciate this mansion you built for me.
But it's pretty far from your Main Castle.
I miss our small house in Suruga.
That house was too shaggy for you.
- You don't like this place? - I do.
I smell the fresh wood. It's encouraging me to start a new life.
First, try to get used to this land.
Whenever you feel good,
you should go out in the palanquin.
I will.
Well.
I thought Okazaki was a rural outpost.
But the castle and town are much better than I thought.
I'm ashamed of my ignorance.
You're very outspoken.
I'm coming back for the services tomorrow.
Keep burning incense until then.
Well.
Lord?
- Your Ladyship? - He's lying!
Yes?
He comes over only once a week now.
He built this mansion for me, because...
...he has another woman in the Main Castle!
Contrarily, Motoyasu was working so busily...
...developing tactics to live through the turbulent time...
...as the lord of a minor power.
Our ardent wish is...
...to unify Mikawa Province.
East Mikawa still has the Yoshida, Ushikubo, and Tawara
under the Imagawa's influence.
We must attack them at any price.
Sir, I, Kazumasa, believe...
...Makino Narisada of the Ushikubo will listen to our persuasion to surrender.
But Lord Obara at Yoshida Castle and Lord Asahina of Tawara Castle...
...are not able to see the times.
That's why I'm going to leave Hisamatsu Sado in this castle...
...while I go to battle myself.
That will raise your vassals' spirits, sir.
Go ahead and fight them without any worries.
I'm part of this clan now.
I, Hisamatsu Sado, will stake my life on protecting Okazaki Castle!
You are married to our lord's mother.
Lord of Sado, you're the most dependable castle keeper for us.
Lord.
Since he will be the keeper of Okazaki Castle,
your mother will have to move in here, too.
You still must keep an close eye on the temples.
You mean, the Ikko Sect?
I heard unusual turmoils were independently caused...
...by different instigators in Kaga, Noto and Echigo.
If such a turmoil happens in my fief,
my dream of unifying Mikawa will come apart.
We're fully prepared for that.
Lord.
Lord Nobunaga is trying to establish goodwill with the Takeda in Kai.
With the Takeda in Kai?
The more I see you, Kimyo-maru (Prince Weird),
the weirder face you have.
Never mind.
Faces aren't males.
Good. Make the kids leave.
KIYOSU CASTLE
Nobunaga had three concubines all at once.
After Princess Toku,
he had three boys, Kimyo-maru, Chasen-maru and Sanshichi-maru.
I can give Princess Toku to Okazaki.
- What about Kimyo-maru? - Yes.
I'm going to make him marry a Takeda princess.
You must have already made arrangements.
Prince Bear is full of wisdom.
I see.
By securing the Matsudaria and the Takeda in east,
you can finally pave your road to Mino, to avenge my father.
Then, you'll head west, toward Kyoto.
Monkey's working on that now.
Excuse me, sir.
Speaking of the devil.
Come in!
What's the matter, Monkey?
I'm so sorry, sir!
I killed Yoshitatsu in Mino!
Fool!!
I wanted to put his head in front of my father-in-law's altar!
Who killed him?
Your man?
He was...
He was killed by poisoning.
Poisoning...?
I'm so sorry.
As...
As the first step to conquer Mino,
I tamed ji-samurai (rural samurai) in Kawanami...
...to meet Osawa Motoyasu at Unuma Castle.
I risked my life on persuading him to surrender.
- I know it!! - Yes, yes...
Then, I gave a pep talk to Osawa's generals...
and told them to distinguish themselves if they wanted to serve Lord Nobunaga.
That's why Yoshitatsu was poisoned.
Instead of spearing him,
they did such a thing. I don't know how to apologize, sir!
- Face me. - Yes.
Poisoning him is no different than skewering him.
I just wanted to send my archrival to hell.
Did I have to pick the means for that?
You mean...?
Well...
I thought you would order me to commit seppuku here.
What?
Did you bid farewell to your wife before seeing me?
- Lord... - Your...!
...smooth-talking tricked Ujii Mataemon's daughter into marrying you.
You think I didn't know that!?
Smooth-talked her? How outrageous, sir.
She just fell in love with me.
She "got wet" once for you so she fell in love with you?
Well...
Once women "get wet",
they all want to "remain wet", you know.
As for that,
please consult with Her Ladyship.
What did you say?
How insolent!!
I see.
The path to Mino is open now.
Your Ladyship.
Are these candleholders fine?
That's good.
Lord is coming over after so long.
So I want to have many candles.
Now.
I'm just hoping there will be no clouds.
Altair and Vega can cross...
...the Milky Way tonight after one year.
The two must be so beautiful.
OMAN (Sena's Maid)
You can't fall in love with Altair.
Vega will be sad.
Oh, I just thought...
Prince Takechiyo will make a beautiful couple with Oda's first princess.
Oda's first princess?
Yes.
They got engaged last spring.
Congratulations, ma'am.
What are you talking about?
Who told you that?
A maid in the Third Castle, ma'am.
- They're elbowing me aside...! - Yes?
Somebody!
Go to the Main Castle Call Kazumasa over.
- Your Ladyship? - Call Kazumasa over.
Yes.
It's dark. Put light on.
Yes.
Motoyasu saved her and her children from Imagawa Ujizane.
Because of that fact,
Sena wanted to trust her husband,
while she was still disturbed by his act of causing her father's seppuku.
Did you want to see me, ma'am?
It's the 7th, women's festival.
But men are drinking in the Main Castle?
I don't get it.
Yes.
The Lord changed his name today.
That's why he gave us a drink.
He changed his name?
As of today, he is Lord Matsudaira Kurodo Ieyasu.
Ieyasu?
'Moto' was given from the late lord Yoshimoto.
He has severed his ties with Sunpu,
he wanted to return the character 'moto'.
He chose the name 'Ieyasu' (Peaceful Family), because...
...he wants to bring peace to the Matsuaira family without any help.
He's determined to rely on himself only.
Sena was proud of being Imagawa Yoshimoto's niece.
But a character from Yoshimoto is going away.
Kazumasa.
Do you know about Takechiyo's future marriage with the Oda's first princess?
Yes, I know.
Why didn't the Lord tell me?
Even a servant maid in the Third Castle knows about that.
Lady Tsukiyama, you've gone through many hardships.
The Lord said, "I'll tell her when the right time comes."
That's why I haven't told you.
It's all out of the Lord's kindness.
Out of his kindness?
I'm Lord Yoshimoto's niece.
Oda beheaded my uncle!
You shouldn't say that here.
Here in Okazaki,
there are too many people who hate Lord Jibu Tayu,
who treated our lord as a hostage until he was 19-years-old.
I'm so happy!
Finally, he officially severed his ties with the Imagawa.
I'm so happy!!
Clear sky.
The Milky Way will look beautiful.
Where's the princess?
Lord.
I heard you changed your name to Ieyasu today.
Lord Imagawa must be so happy in another world.
I hope so, too.
I must grow my caliber every year.
You severed your ties with Sunpu.
Why didn't you say that?
It's the Star Festival for our princess.
Hey, bring her over.
Yes, sir.
Lord.
I'm not...
...giving my princess away to the enemy clan!
What are you saying?
It's about Prince Takechiyo's fiancee.
Oh, that matter.
Well, I was going to tell you.
Prince Takechiyo and the Oda Princess are still young.
What if they don't get along?
They will.
- That's the way it is. - No.
As Lord Ieyasu's wife,
I refuse his engagement for the sake of his happiness.
Who can have happiness like that?
We live in turbulent times.
Weak ones get killed.
You must kill someone to survive.
Do you really know the current Oda's power?
No, I don't!
I know they're the Imagawa's archrivals.
That's all I know!
Have you ever wondered...
...why Lord Imagawa was killed?
Mikawa, Suruga, Totoumi...
He governed those three provinces.
He attacked into another province and got killed. Why?
Don't you think...
...the Oda have stronger spirit than Imagawa Yoshimoto?
The Owari force beat Imagawa Yoshimoto.
I cannot afford making them my enemies.
Don't you really get it?
I didn't know you were such a weak general.
You know.
I admire Oda Nobunaga.
When the Matsudaira went under,
Sunpu ordered us to send me as hostage.
What if Sir Nobunaga tells us the same thing now?
He didn't say so.
Instead, he said he would send his daughter here.
Are you still against that?
Got it?
Fool!!
I don't get it!!
I'll never get it!!
Lord!
Are you running away? Coward!
Lord!
Mother?
Your Ladyship?
Where's Father?
I...
I didn't know your father was like that...!!
Their argument created the first crack between them.
In peace time,
he wouldn't rush to make his young son engaged.
But Sena didn't want to understand the harsh reality.
Who are you?
You're my wife's...
Please forgive me, sire.
What were you doing here?
Please...
Please forgive me...!
Forgive me, sire!
Listen.
I'm asking you here because you might want other people to hear it.
Tell me exactly what my wife ordered you to do.
She didn't.
I was peeking around your room not on Her Ladyship's order.
That's my own idea.
What kind of idea made you peek around?
Because...
...of love, sire.
Love?
With who?
I'm in love with you, my lord.
Fool!
Stop talking nonsense! I won't forgive you!
I'm not lying!
I'm telling the truth!
Enough!
My wife ordered you to check if I was with a woman in my bedroom.
I already know that.
Lord!
My lord!
Please don't tell Her Ladyship!
Why?
If Her Ladyship finds out that I was stopped by you,
I have to die...!
How pitiful.
Then, I'll take you.
No matter how much I say I have no other woman,
my wife doesn't believe me.
Your job is to convince her.
You're too smart to die.
I'll take you as my concubine.
Go back and clearly tell that to my wife.!
My bedroom is over there.
Follow me!
Please, sire!
Please keep this secret...
...from Her Ladyship.
What...?
As long as you keep this a secret from her...
Lord...
My lord...
It was totally unexpected by Ieyasu.
Ieyasu was irritated.
Sena might have added oil to his simmering flames.
JOGUJI TEMPLE
While Ieyasu was disturbed by his marital strife...
...he was attacked by a big storm.
It was the Ikko Sect Uprising in Mikawa.
This has been a holy temple that no one could invade since its inception.
But they broke in here and took our render-free rice.
That's an unforgiveable defiance against Buddha!
Yeah!
Let's take it back now!
It started when the Matsudaira were building a fort in Sazaki
to prepare for the Imagawa.
They decided to borrow provisions from Joguji Temple in Sazaki.
Before an agreement was made, Ieyasu's vassals carried the rice out.
The instigator's aim was to provoke hot-blooded Ieyasu.
Anti-Ieyasu people started moving by Imagawa's manipulations.
Since the Ikko Sect was widespread within Mikawa,
most of Ieyasu's vassals belonged to the sect.
They were rock solid for the sake of their religions.
What!?
Temple people took the rice back.
And they killed our men who went there to talk with them.
Honshoji and Shomanji Temple followers joined them.
Shielding themselves behind the temple's extraterritorial status,
they are going to stand up against you.
Unforgiveable...!
I, as lord in Okazaki, ensure the peace and security of those temples.
They dare to rebel against me? I cannot ignore it.
Kazumasa, gather all vassals!
Yes, sir.
Lord! It's an emergency!
Lord! It's an uprising!
Lord.
As we can see in the Ikko Sect uprisings in Kaga and Noto...
- ...this is going to be serious. - So what!?
We must draw out the pus now.
How can we fight against our friends?
They see our lord as the enemy! They aren't friends!
Wait, Sakuza.
They're forced to pick between Buddha Amida and their lord.
They must be torn between the two.
Between Buddha Amida and me?
Lord.
This is not a choice between the Imagawa and the Oda.
It's a comparison between this world and another world.
For commoners,
it's a question like, "Is the Lord greater than Buddha?"
"Is Buddha's punishment scarier than the Lord's?"
Those who decided to obey Buddha Amida...
...filled Mikawa in several days.
With peasants and mobs in other places,
it was over 3,000.
OKAZAKI CASTLE
There's the lord!
Retreat!
Namu Amida Buddha, Namu Amida Buddha...
Boy oh boy.
Soldiers sally out, but the mobs start coming back right away.
It's like fighting against lapping waves.
I can imagine.
By the way,
KUMA-YASHIKI (Bear Mansion)
I found your Kinzo and Ginzo in the riot.
Mikawa will be consolidated now.
What?
Ieyasu wields his sword to fight himself.
His guts, skills and temper will illuminate through his people's minds...
...just like the moon tonight.
I see.
Now I get it.
You're so mean.
If Matsudaira Ieyasu is not capable of controlling an uprising,
he should to die for the sake of his people.
How harsh.
What is it?
Takeda's princess is officially engaged with Nobunaga's son, Kimyo-maru.
What a rough way to report news.
If the Oda partner with the Takeda,
the long turbulent times will turn into spring soon.
How true.
That's my wish, too.
But the Ikko Sect Uprising didn't lose momentum.
Once the new year came,
the mobs started setting fire to private houses.
Lord!
The mobs put fire on private houses near Tsunenji Temple!
What!?
What kind of religious faith do they have!?
Being instigated by unprincipled gangs,
OKAZAKI CASTLE
...they foolishly destroy their own lives!
I can't take it anymore!
I'll burn up the gang's base!!
Lord...
I'll burn up the temples that they're holed up in.
I'll make them feel the weakness and misery of...
...the people standing on scorched earth!
- Kazumasa! - Yes, sir!
Tell everyone.
Have a good rest until dawn.
Yes, sir.
Excuse me.
Mother?
Mototada.
- Put the table away. - Yes.
I understand how distressed you are.
What do you want now?
Sire, you aren't thinking of sallying out of the castle...
...to solve the situation, are you?
To solve the situation promptly,
I guess you must start with burning up temples.
That will provide them an excuse.
If you burn up the temples and...
...punish all the vassals who joined them,
what will happen?
That will control the riot, but...
...the Matsudaira's power will be down by half.
What if that's the exact purpose of your invisible enemy?
Then, what will you do, sire?
- My enemy's purpose? - Yes.
I think they want to split the Matsudaira into halves.
Lord.
To make your enemy miss the mark,
please try to bring your clan together in the end.
That's what I've been doing.
But they don't get it at all!
Until they get it, no matter how many years it takes,
you should keep talking with them patiently, sire.
- Mother...! - If you do so,
your vassals will feel more bonded with you, my lord.
They would think,
"We've been together since our ancestors' times."
Then, Mother.
If they succumb to me, I'll punish them as I like.
Is that all right?
My lord, what do you think Buddha is?
Buddha would forgive them and let them go.
Are you telling me to kill my feelings...
...and bear with it?
You don't bear with it.
Like Buddha, you'll be teaching people.
It's a little enlightenment.
Buddha gave birth to you, my lord.
He gave birth to the mobs.
No one can beat Buddha.
If you don't follow his way, you'll be defeated for sure.
So, stay away from the mobs and instigating monks,
follow the strict way of Buddha to win.
We're going to sally out as usual.
No matter how many times.
No matter how many years it takes.
Open the gate!
Lord came out!
Ieyasu's vassals were being provocative in words.
But, in fact, they didn't want to fight against Ieyasu.
Wait over there, OK?
Hey.
I'm Ieyasu. Bring it on.
Go forward to the Pure Land, don't go backward to Hell.
Hey!
Wait!
Come, Buddha's enemy!
You're Hachiya Hannojo.
You're the lord.
This is no good.
Are you running away!?
How can you be a Matsudaira man turning away from your enemy?
What...?
Lord.
Humans are no match for Buddha.
Fool!
Your jelly-like spear cannot penetrate my body!
It can. It's Buddha's spear.
Why don't you try to stab me?
You do first.
Hannojo.
What?
You don't know why I don't try to stab you.
I don't.
You're my family.
"You can't stab your family member."
"Forgive his mistakes. He was just instigated by a fake Buddha."
The real Buddha's telling me so. That's why I don't stab you.
No...
That's not true...!
Our clan just started having a better life.
If you burn it up and continue this uprising,
we'll all die by hunger this winter.
Do you really think merciful Buddha would do such a stupid thing?
Hannojo.
- You're shaking. - No, I'm not.
Then, stab me.
You're able to stab me if you really have Amida Buddha behind you.
Wait.
Were you ordered by the real Buddha...
...not to stab me?
Buddha is merciful to everyone.
He's waiting for you to reconsider.
Lord!
Wait, Hannojo!
Don't go, Nabe!
Don't chase after him.
The Lord is a fool.
I disobeyed him for a fake Buddha.
Why doesn't he stab me...?
He's a fool...
He's a fool...!
What's going on?
He always stays in the castle town.
He stops chasing us and goes back to the castle.
Today, he questioned each one of us.
He followed us everywhere.
- I don't know what to do. - Same here.
I ran away, but I saw him again at Kami-Wada.
He yelled at me, "Disloyal fellow!!"
My spear didn't move forward for some reason.
What are you saying!?
Amida Buddha is with us!
When will Amida Buddha punish the lord, who is Buddha's enemy?
If we cannot cultivate fields in spring and cannot win by summer,
we'll die by hunger in fall and winter.
The Lord said,
"You're instigated by a fake Buddha."
Is his Buddha real, or our Buddha real?
I have no clue!
I'm going back to the lord.
Are you betraying us!?
Stab me if you want.
I saw the real Buddha behind the lord.
Behind me, there must be a real Buddha who doesn't want me to die of hunger.
- I'm going back, too! - You guys...!!
Lord...!
Please forgive them for this old man's sake!
Lord!
With the surrender of Hachiya Hannojo and Watanabe Hanzo,
the uprising started moving toward resolution.
Elder Okubo Shinpachiro apologized for everyone.
Lord!
Ieyasu announced, "No punishment for surrenderers."
Then, vassals started returning one after another.
Wandering monks, who made a living out of riots, ran off.
I was waiting...
...for this day.
Lord...!
Kazumasa.
I really learned a lesson from this uprising.
Yes.
All humans, including myself, are weak.
But a provincial lord during turbulent times...
.....must be strong for others who are suffering from their weakness.
His strength will turn into leadership.
I learned that the hard way.
- Please, sir!! - Who is it!?
I'm Lady Tsukiyama's maid, Man.
Oman...
My lord...
What?
You came all the way to ask me about the girl?
Ridiculous!
But we just can't leave her like this.
HONDA SAKUZAEMON'S MANSION
I...
...am not getting a stipend to handle the lord's relationships.
Sakuza, Lady Tsukiyama is incomparably jealous.
- Do you think he's able to handle it? - Fool!
If he's not able to tame a single shrew,
what else can he do?
Perfect timing.
Let him suffer a lot.
I can't do that to his face.
If you can't, why did you come over?
Go back and polish the apple for Lady Tsukiyama.
Ieyasu separated Oman from Lady Tsukiyama...
...but kept her inside the castle.
Insolent!
Who are you?
It's me. Be quiet.
Silent!
I, Honda Sakuzaemon, was ordered by my lord to guard the castle.
Why are you loitering here at this time?
I'm saying it's me. Lower your voice.
Quiet! Stay still!!
What are you doing?
You, intruder!
I'm going to...!
Oh...
Lord, it was you.
Aye, aye.
- Sakuza. - Yes!
Stop joking around.
What do you mean?
How can I joke around after keeping vigil!?
All right. Your voice is too loud.
I was born with the loud voice.
Now.
What brought you to such a place?
You try to guess.
I see.
That's a good answer.
Lord.
Did you know that girl was trying to kill you?
Fool.
Why does Oman try to kill me?
Oman!
Aren't you trying to kill him and yourself!?
Answer clearly so Sakuza will stop being sarcastic.
Quiet.
Oman.
Why don't you answer me?
Do you think I'll just let you go!?
Oman!
Please forgive me...
I'm just in love with you...
But...
As long as I'm alive...
I'm betraying my master...
Your "master" means, Lady Tsukiyama, right?
- Yes. - And!?
I wanted to marry you in another world...
Please forgive me!
I'm just being in love with you, my lord.
Did you hear that, lord?
You see how fierce women are?
I, Sakuza...
...was secretly guarding you every night you saw her.
Then, I saw her desperate expresssion...
...every time you left her at dawn.
You had a close shave.
Today or next time, you would've been...
Oman...
Lord, she's telling the truth.
If she were on the battlefield, she would've made a gallant warrior.
Now, I want you to save her life for my sake.
Oman, you're forgiven.
I'll arrange everything for you.
Go back to your room and wait.
Go!
Lord!
That's how a desperate woman is.
Did you learn a lesson!?
How cheeky of you.
Are you telling me not to have other women?
Who said you should refrain yourself?
Go ahead and do it!
But, as long as you're being hen-pecked or getting killed,
you're still an inexperienced greenhorn in the art of war.
Become a master of it.
Speak your idea.
"Hen-pecking" means Tsukiyama?
Your consideration for Lady Tsukiyama is...
...out of your attempt to avoid troubles in the clan.
If you want to avoid troubles,
why are you hitting on another girl as if you're a full grown man?
How dare you disdain me like that?
You were just playing with her.
But she was risking her own life in a war against you.
You can't beat her!
If you just want to play,
choose a suitable and calculating women,
who won't ruin themselves by love.
How can you dare to say that, Sakuza?
I can.
If you don't like it...
Here!
Go ahead and kill me.
His harsh admonishments bit into Ieyasu.
Ieyasu learned again from his irreplaceable vassal.
On a new note, he faced a new situation.
To achieve his ardent wish, unification of Mikawa,
he set out for attacking Yoshida Castle, front-line base of the Imagawa.
End of Episode 10