TOKUGAWA IEYASU
Episode 21: Exile Nobuyasu
Okazaki Castle
Ieyasu, who was forced to execute his son
due to the proposal from Nobunaga,
lead an army of 200 men into Okazaki castle.
Your sword, my young lord.
What?
Please don't disobey our lord.
Excuse me for not greeting you, father.
Nobuyasu, you shall be expelled from this castle.
You will be confined at Ohama.
Father!
I have been assigned to this castle.
What as strange this to say.
I supposed you want me to hunt and fish at Ohama?
Watch yourself, Nobuyasu!
Nonaka Shigemasa, Sakakibara Yasumasa, move him to Ohama.
Don't disobey me. Wait for your sentence at Ohama.
Wait!
Are you denying the charges?
That's right!
I am your son!
Shut up!
You lost your recent fad dance,
and killed and innocent monk while on a hunt!
I've apologized for that!
You pointed your arrow at Yasumasa,
and killed Toku's maid from Owari.
- Father! - That's not all!
You communicated secretly with Takeda Katsuyori
and plotted with lady Tsukiyama to kill me.
Chikayoshi! Take Nobuyasu away!
That's too much, father!
Father!
Princess Toku is a cruel woman!
Everyone believed that his tragedy resulted because
Toku told her father on Nobuyasu.
The page Hatsuchiyou, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Nonaka Shigemasa
accompanied Nobuyasu who was expelled from his castle.
Lord Nobuyasu has left for Ohama.
It was my fault to have let this happen.
You're not the only one to blame, my lord.
I thought the defeat at Mikatagahara was a crisis,
but this is even more of a crisis for our clan.
I know.
Put up a stockade around Lady Tsukiyama's mansion,
and make it off limits.
We've arranged for that.
I see. I hope you're guarding Princess Toku.
You'd have to give those orders.
Call Ishikawa Taroza. I'll tell him.
Listen, Sakuza.
I won't let them kill Princess Toku.
Not Lady Tsukiyama, either.
They are both pitiful women who are victims of this era.
I understand how you feel...
But...
I have come with a once-in-a-lifetime request, my lord.
So have I, Hattori Hanzo.
Same with me. Ishikawa Tarozaemon!
Please spare Lord Nobuyasu's life, my lord!
Get out! Control yourselves!
Lady Tsukiyama's mansion
A stockade was put up around the Tsukiyama mansion,
and a guard was placed.
Princess Toku, too, was under guard.
Ieyasu also received a signed pledge from Nobuyasu's men
vowing not to communicate with Nobuyasu.
In order to withstand pressure from Nobunaga,
Ieyasu was forced to act for the good of his country
which was to make Nobuyasu commit seppuku.
Nobuyasu...
Father!
You...
Please forgive me, father.
You... did you forget my orders?
Father!
I can't die like this!
You coward! Who dressed you up like that?
Chikayoshi and Utanosuke planned this.
Please don't punish them.
You fool...
Chikayoshi talked to me
and I understand how you are suffering.
Shut up!
If you do, you wouldn't be here like this.
I regret it... and I'm ashamed... but...
But what!
I didn't come here secretly to beg for my life.
I will die gladly if it's for the sake of our clan.
But...
It's too cruel of you to say
that I communicated secretly with the Takeda clan.
Please believe me.
I have to be remembered as
the son who turned against his father.
Father, all I need to hear from you is that
you believe that I didn't plot against you.
Believe me.
Believe me, father, please.
It's too cruel of you to let me die with those charges.
- Fool! - Father!
Can't you see that you're being cowardly?
Are you so weak that you can't stay in confinement?
Even if I beg you...
You're persistent! Go!
A true samurai would wait in confinement
until further sentence is given!
Don't be rash, now.
Don't be rash.
I'll go back...
I'll go.
I must go to Azuchi and ask for your father.
I'm sure your grandfather would understand me.
Kino! I'm getting ready to leave.
My lady, out lord is coming to see you.
My father-in-law?
I'll ask him to let me go.
Take my girls away.
Let's go.
Welcome, father.
I have a favor to ask.
Please let me go to Azuchi.
You are Lord Nobunaga's daughter.
I won't let anyone hurt you.
Rumors are that my father suspects my husband.
I know that my husband is innocent.
I shall go to Azuchi to explain.
Then, you're going to Azuchi to save Nobuyasu?
That's a wife's duty.
Please allow me to.
For Nobuyasu...
He is a kind father to my daughters.
He is my one and only valuable husband.
Princess...
Please send me to Azuchi!
I'll risk my life to prove my husband's innocence.
I don't know what rumors you've heard,
but this is not Lord Nobunaga's wish, but my own.
There's no need to go to Azuchi.
Then, more so, please, on my behalf, spare him!
He hasn't plotted against you.
He has been working hard lately from morning to night.
As his wife, I know about that.
It was clear that Princess Toku loved Nobuyasu.
This complicated matters for Ieyasu.
Forgive me, Princess.
Maybe someone would take Nobuyasu away...
I'm being emotional!
Ieyasu's firm decision was relayed to his retainers.
Nobody else came to beg for Nobuyasu's life.
Meanwhile, a reply from Nobunaga arrived.
"My son-in-law Nobuyasu is hopeless
"he was abandoned by his retainers and his father.
"Please do what you think is right, Lord Ieyasu."
What did it say?
It's what I expected. I'm not surprised.
Sakakibara Yasumasa is back from Ohama.
Yasumasa?
How was Nobuyasu?
He is confined, and hasn't taken a step out.
I see...
His orders were strictly obeyed by his men.
Though he should've been satisfied, Ieyasu was upset.
Kazumasa...
I heard of out crisis, and I just arrived.
My lord, I sympathize with you...
Tomorrow...
Let's move Nobuyasu to the Horie castle.
Is that where he'll die?
I have an idea... get ready for that.
Yes, sir!
That idea was nothing but
Ieyasu's express on of sad confusion and panic.
Hurry! I know how my lord feels now.
We must save Lord Nobuyasu!
Hurry!
I'm counting on you, Kazumasa.
Run, Nobuyasu, run from me!
Father!
Nobuyasu!
Please forgive me.
Fool...
What parent wants to kill his own child?
Father!
Lord Nobunaga threw this problem at me
for the sake of order in the country.
I couldn't avoid it.
Then, I'll commit seppuku for our clan...
Fool!
You survived... why can't you stay alive?
Father!
But Nobuyasu, who was moved to Horie castle
was not aware of Ieyasu's true feelings.
Horie Castle
You're returning to Okazaki?
It's our lord's order.
Chikayoshi.
I may never see you again. Take care of yourself.
Please escape!
What?
Can't you see why our lord had you moved here?
Control yourself, Chikayoshi!
I'm sure he had you moved here because he wanted you to escape.
If someone crossed the lake by boat and kidnaps you,
then we can't carry out his orders.
Shut up! Do you think that can be allowed?
I do!
Chikayoshi!
After he had you expelled, I could see his reluctance.
My father's reluctance?
I intend to return to Okazaki and verify his feelings.
Please, be patient 'til then. I beg of you!
Chikayoshi...
Please escape while I'm gone.
The boat is ready.
No!
My lord!
Chikayoshi's words stirred Nobuyasu's emotions again...
I'm being emotional...
What are you troubled about?
Why should I be troubled?
That's good.
It's autumn judging by the sun light.
Crops bear fruit in autumn, and leaves wither away...
I wonder what happens in life's autumn...
Travelling monks such as myself are called "Un-sui".
"Un" as in "cloud" and "sui" as in "water".
Because there're clouds we have water, and
man cannot live without water.
But in floods, things made by man, are swept away.
Water is like one's fate.
Just let it flow within your heart.
Leave everything up to the flow of fate.
You're...?
I knew your father once.
My father?
When your mother had you,
your father asked why children were born into our age of wars.
He might've sensed that he may lose you one day.
But the one who suffered most for his wife and child
is your father.
Lady Tsukiyama's mansion
Ieyasu prayed for news of his son's escape.
But the miracle did not happen.
Why did you come?
Forgive me.
Has Nobuyasu... committed seppuku?
Why...?
Why doesn't he try to save himself?
Why can't my men see that I want to save him?
Torment yourself!
To sentence you own son to death..
This was bound to happen.
Live the rest of your life
with the guilt of having killed your son!
I'll live... branded the child-killer.
But I won't kill you.
Don't tell me you came to this dungeon
just to tell me that?
I'm not trying to offer excuses...
But I neglected you while I was busy at war.
It's no use saying that now, it's too late.
I won't say that you were a good wife.
But you're Nobuyasu's mother.
I should've made you good.
It was a mistake for me to go to Hamamatsu alone.
It was mistake to leave you and Nobuyasu here.
I could never have lived away from my son.
You're my wife.
With wars as my excuse, I avoided getting alone with you.
I am guilty of having let you communicate with the enemy.
My punishment is the fact that Nobuyasu won't try to live.
Forgive me, Sena.
I adamantly refused to believe in you, my lord.
But now, I'll let my guard down, and beg of you.
Please, spare Nobuyasu in exchange for my life!
Sena...
I betrayed you, Nobuyasu is innocent.
Please understand a mother's wish to save her child,
and present my head to Lord Nobunaga.
No!
My lord!
You're the niece of the late Imagawa general.
How can you beg for Nobunaga's mercy?
Even if I can't save Nobuyasu I won't let you die!
As your husband, I shall order you not to kill yourself!
Live your life out the way you choose.
Killing yourself would be submitting to the Oda clan.
I, Okubo Tadachika have come as you summoned.
Go to your father
and have him move Nobuyasu to Futamata castle.
I'll got to Hamamatsu.
I'll relay that message to my father.
Do that.
...he sent Tadachika because he expected him
to see through our lord and let Nobuyasu escape.
Don't tell me that's what you're hoping for, too.
I can't bear to watch our Lord suffer so...
That can't be...
Our young lord should just escape!
Stop this foolishness, it's not like you!
I'm sitting on a bed of needles, watching over our lord!
Stop that! That's our duty.
Can you see how I feel?
I can, but even so, we must have Nobuyasu commit seppuku
or the problem will be aggravated.
This is the tight trap that we're in.
I heard that Lord Nobunaga is doing this
because our successor is more skilled that his successor!
If you talk, and if anything should happen to Toku as a result,
that would be a disaster.
Don't worry about that.
Our men began to believe in Toku's sincerity,
when she offered to stay here as our hostage
in exchange for Nobuyasu's life.
Lady Tsukiyama and Lord Sakai are in danger.
You, as a resident lord of Okazaki, must control your men.
If it can't be helped, I'll become even more cold!
As if to follow Ieyasu as he returned to Hamamatsu,
a messenger arrived from Nobunaga.
The message is thus our lord wished to know
what has happened to Lord Nobuyasu aster expulsion.
We moved Nobuyasu to Futamata castle.
That's because some men bear a grudge against Lord Sakai
and we exercised caution.
I have ordered Lady Tsukiyama to come to Hamamatsu.
I will personally guard her.
Lady Tsukiyama is still in Okazaki as is?
Not 'as is'.
What do you mean?
We set up a stockade and she's confined to her room
until her dungeon in Hamamatsu is set up.
I see...
I'll return to Azuchi to report that to my lord.
That messenger wasn't satisfied, my lord.
I don't think you can postpone Nobuyasu's execution any longer.
Kazumasa.
Make arrangements for lady Tsukiyama's room here.
I've decided what to do with Nobuyasu,
but I'll tell them Lady Tsukiyama went mad
and it's useless to kill a madwoman.
My lord!
Alright? I'll at least let her live her life through.
It's nothing, just a cold.
I'll call a doctor!
It's nothing!
- My lord! - It's nothing!
Here you are, my lady.
Look, the crows are returns to their nests.
How is the young lord? Have you heard anything?
Since he was moved to Futamata castle, I heard nothing.
I see...
Ieyasu, who lay sick in bed from a cold,
felt a weariness in every joint of his body,
and he was stricken with fever.
Nobuyasu!
I was wrong...
It was wrong of me to send you away from me.
Grandfather... grandmother, forgive me.
I was careless...
Please take care of Nobuyasu...