2 - The War God of Sasu

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[00:02] Narr
    In the late 13th century,
[00:05] Narr
    a single nation ravaged and took
    control over most of Eurasia.
[00:10] Narr
    It was the Mongol Empire.
[00:17] Narr
    Centuries later, researchers who studied
    the prophecies of Nostradamus would say
[00:23] Narr
    that Mongolia was Angolmois,
[00:25] Narr
    the place from which the king
    who destroys the world will be born.
[00:31] Narr
    And that deadly peril is now descending
[00:35] Narr
    on the furthest point of the
    land of the rising sun, Tsushima.
[00:47] (Flashback) Gu
    I told you that the Kuchii household
    has no need for a persimmon tree.
[00:51] (Flashback) Gi
    This tree is my friend!
[00:54] (Flashback) Gi
    Father, I'll do the best
    I can to protect it!
[00:59] (Flashback) Gi
    I won't lose anyone else!
[01:02] Gu
    Sheesh... I wish she hadn't
    made me remember that.
[01:06] Gu
    Is Kuchii Jinzaburou here?
[01:08] Gu
    I have a message from Princess Teruhi.
[01:10] Gu
    You are to participate in the strategy
    conference held at the lord's mansion.
[01:15] Gu
    Strategy conference?
[02:50] Gu
    I am heir to the line of Taira no
    Tomomori, child of Sou Shigehisa,
[02:57] Gu
    Sou Sukekuni!
[03:00] Gu
    I fired my arrow at exactly
    the right moment,
[03:04] Gu
    and sent it right through
    the throat of the enemy general.
[03:08] Gu
    The lord of the Shouni Clan,
    who was watching from the camp,
[03:12] Gu
    stood up and began to cheer.
SIGN    Lord of Tsushima
    Sou Sukekuni
[03:16] Gu
    When I heard the Mongol
    hordes were on their way,
[03:20] Gu
    the excitement I felt that day
    came racing back to me.
[03:23] Gu
    Now, everyone, take a look
    at this picture scroll.
[03:30] Gu
    This is a strategy conference?
[03:32] Gu
    It feels more like a meeting
    for a village festival.
[03:35] Gu
    You there, exile.
[03:37] Gu
    I've heard that the people of Kamakura
    spend all their time playing kemari ball.
[03:42] Gu
    It must be rare for you
    to hear stories like these.
[03:45] Gu
    Yes.
[03:47] Gu
    By the way, my lord.
SIGN    Adopted Son of the Sou Clan
    Abiru Yajirou
[03:48] Gu
    Who is that exile?
[03:50] Gu
    Don't you think it's bad luck
    to have someone wearing those
[03:52] Gu
    persimmon-colored prisoners' clothes
    during a sacred strategy meeting?
[03:55] Gi
    Abiru Yajirou-dono,
[03:56] Gi
    I asked Father to bring him here.
[04:00] Gi
    This is Kuchii Jinzaburou, who says he
    wishes to fight on behalf of the Sou Clan.
[04:07] Gu
    I did not.
[04:08] Gu
    I see.
[04:09] Gu
    Come, Princess Teruhi.
[04:12] Gu
    It's bad manners to just stand there.
[04:14] Gu
    Sit.
[04:17] Gi
    I'm sorry, Father.
[04:20] Gu
    He calls his own daughter "Princess"?
[04:22] Gu
    Now, on to matters of war.
[04:25] Gu
    The Mongol navy left Gappo Bay
    in Goryeo two days ago,
[04:31] Gu
    but there's been no sign of them.
[04:33] Gu
    It seems we've nothing to fear.
SIGN    Hakata
SIGN    Iki
SIGN    Tsushima
SIGN    Goryeo
[04:38] Gu
    The Mongols will pass by Tsushima.
[04:43] Gu
    That's correct, my heir?
[04:45] Gu
    Yes.
[04:46] Gu
    Yes. The Mongol army contains many
    soldiers from my homeland of Goryeo.
SIGN    Oldest Son of the Sou Clan
    Sou Umajirou
[04:50] Gu
    According to someone I know
    in the government there,
[04:53] Gu
    they say they'd never attack
    their ancient ally Tsushima.
[04:56] Gu
    The Mukuri's huge ships are easily
    capable of going straight to Hakata.
SIGN    Servant of Sou Clan Genpachi
[05:01] Gu
    Tsushima has always been
    a home for strong warriors.
[05:04] Gu
    Perhaps they know that.
[05:06] Gu
    That's ridiculous.
[05:07] Gu
    These aren't lowly pirates.
[05:10] Gu
    The army of an entire empire won't
    just pass right by an enemy base.
[05:13] Gu
    An army is like the head of a snake.
[05:16] Gu
    It can only go forward if huge amounts of food
    and manpower can pass through its backbone.
[05:22] Gu
    And Tsushima is the Mongol army's backbone.
[05:25] Gu
    Silence, exile!
[05:26] Gu
    You know nothing of the Mongols
    or of Goryeo. What do you know?
[05:30] Gu
    Nothing. Except whether
    we're going to win or lose.
[05:35] Gu
    Now that an army's on the march,
    your ancient alliances mean nothing.
[05:39] Gu
    You, old man.
[05:41] Gu
    Your roof is on fire. How long are you
    going to keep sleeping in your bed?
[05:50] Gu
    Everyone, throw him out.
[05:56] Gu
    Let us continue the conference, my lord.
[06:06] Gu
    Well, I got a little too angry.
[06:09] Gu
    I guess even now,
    I still think I'm a samurai.
[06:28] Gu
    You idiot!
[06:29] Gu
    Don't just sit in the middle of the road.
[06:32] Gu
    Sorry.
[06:33] Gu
    Damn it!
[06:34] Gu
    I got up when it was still dark
    to bring these all the way here...
[06:37] Gu
    When it was still dark?
[06:39] Gu
    Is this island bigger than I think it is?
[06:41] Gu
    Hey, can you tell me something?
[06:45] Gu
    Let's say this circle is Tsushima,
    and this spot is its capital.
[06:49] Gu
    Where's your village, kid?
[06:52] Gu
    That's not what Tsushima looks like.
[06:54] Gu
    What do you mean?
[06:55] Gu
    You don't know a thing, do you, outsider?
[06:58] Gu
    There's a big inlet on the island
[07:00] Gu
    which separates it into two parts:
    the upper and lower province.
[07:05] Gu
    So it's like this?
[07:07] Gi
    Oh, Tsushima is longer and thinner.
[07:10] Gu
    Then... like this?
[07:14] Gu
    Not like that. Further up.
[07:16] Gu
    Okay, is that it?
[07:18] Gu
    So this is what it looks like, huh?
[07:20] Gu
    I grew up on this island, but it's like
    I'm seeing it for the first time.
[07:23] Gi
    You have quite the handsome face...
[07:27] Gu
    Five days on foot from north to south,
[07:29] Gu
    a day to cross the mountains
    from east to west.
[07:31] Gu
    And there's a surprisingly
    large amount of villages.
[07:35] Gu
    It's more like a whole
    country than an island.
[07:38] Gi
    Where do we run once the Mukuri come?
[07:43] Gu
    I'll be fighting for my clan again.
[07:47] Gu
    Where do we get the ships?
[07:48] Gi
    Dad's still too sick to stand...
[07:49] Gi
    We need to plant next year's
    wheat crop before we can hide...
[07:53] Gi
    I guess the marriage is off...
[07:59] Gi
    Fascinating.
[08:00] Gi
    Get this map down on paper.
[08:02] Gi
    Yes, sir.
[08:04] Gi
    It's been a long time,
    Kuchii Jinzaburou-dono.
[08:08] Gi
    You're...
[08:11] Gi
    It's been two years since we met
    on Komachi Street in Kamakura, huh?
[08:17] Gi
    What do you want with a mere exile?
[08:20] Gi
    How cold.
[08:22] Gi
    We once both served
    the Kamakura, did we not?
[08:25] Gi
    We weren't exactly friends.
[08:28] Gi
    And your clan was far
    more powerful than mine.
[08:31] Gi
    You're the High General now,
[08:33] Gi
    commanding the shogunate's armies
    in Kyushu, are you not?
[08:37] Gi
    Shouni Kagesuke-dono.
SIGN    Shogunate High General
    Shouni Kagesuke
[08:41] Gi
    What brings you out here,
    to the ends of the Earth?
[08:44] Gi
    Part of it was to learn what
    I could about the Mongols,
[08:47] Gi
    but that's not all.
[08:50] Gi
    Once I got here, I made a decision.
[08:55] Gi
    I'm providing reinforcements.
[08:57] Gi
    I'm sending 3,000 soldiers to Tsushima.
[09:02] Gi
    You'll see them arrive in seven days.
[09:08] Gi
    I'll return to Hakata in a day,
[09:10] Gi
    then spend five days readying an army.
[09:12] Gi
    And it will take one more
    day for them to appear.
[09:16] Gi
    Seven days in all.
[09:19] Gi
    Well, Kuchii-dono,
[09:20] Gi
    can you hold this place until I return?
[09:24] Gi
    I'm asking because I know
    your reputation as a warrior.
[09:28] Gi
    No, I don't have a reputation...
[09:30] Gi
    This was a favorite blade
    of Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune.
[09:34] Gi
    A century ago, the first founder
    of my clan was given it.
[09:37] Gi
    Lord Yoshitsune?
[09:38] Gi
    It belongs in the hands of a master
    of the Gikei style, like you.
[09:42] Gi
    Take it.
[09:43] Gi
    Please. Just seven days.
[09:46] Gi
    You never were the sort of man
    who should fight at another's behest.
[09:57] Gi
    Get those troops in Hakata
    ready in four days, not five.
[10:01] Gi
    It will take one day to get back to Hakata,
[10:03] Gi
    but when you head back here, a fleet loaded
    with troops will take two days to get here.
[10:08] Gi
    I still need you back here
    in seven days, though. Got it?
[10:12] Gi
    Understood.
[10:16] Gi
    Where are you going?
[10:17] Gi
    Don't tell me you're
    now scared of the Mongols,
[10:20] Gi
    and plan to flee on this monk's ship?
[10:23] Gu
    Of course, that's my plan.
[10:24] Gi
    What?
[10:25] Gu
    No, he's simply here to see me off.
[10:29] Gu
    Don't worry, princess.
[10:31] Gu
    I won't take Kuchii-dono from you.
[10:35] Gu
    Farewell, Kuchii-dono, and good luck.
[10:44] Gu
    He's a little different than I remember him.
[10:48] Gu
    Perhaps being in Kamakura
    was too stifling for him.
[10:50] Gu
    I wish I'd never heard that.
[10:53] Gu
    Reinforcements in seven days?
[10:55] Gu
    Now I have to count on something
    I know I can't count on.
[10:59] Gi
    There's no telling how
    much we'll need this man.
[11:02] Gi
    I have to convince him
    to stay here no matter what.
[11:06] Gi
    This isn't something I'm good at, but...
[11:12] Gi
    K-Kuchii Jinzaburou-dono?
[11:16] Gu
    Dono?
[11:22] Gi
    J-Jinzaburou-dono...
[11:25] Gi
    I'm actually so afraid,
    I think my heart might burst.
[11:32] Gi
    Jinzaburou-dono, please...
[11:35] Gi
    Will you stay with me forever?
[11:42] Gu
    Fine. I'll stay.
[11:44] Gi
    R-Really?
[11:44] Gu
    W-Well, I can't turn down
    a request from a princess.
[11:50] Gi
    Too easy.
[11:51] Gi
    In the end, he's just an eastern barbarian.
[12:18] Gu
    Father!
[12:21] Gu
    We just got word.
[12:23] Gu
    The Mongol navy has landed in Sasu Bay.
[12:26] Gu
    I see.
[12:28] Gu
    We didn't expect Sasu Bay.
[12:31] Gu
    Father, this is a serious matter...
[12:33] Gu
    I know.
[12:47] Gu
    What's that bell?
[12:55] Gu
    The Mongols are here?
[13:00] Gi
    At twilight, word came that the Mongol
    Fleet had appeared in Sasu Bay.
[13:05] Gi
    October 5th. The 11th
    year of the Bunmei era...
[13:08] Gi
    It was late fall.
[13:11] Gu
    Seven days, huh?
[13:18] Gu
    We can't use the temple.
[13:19] Gu
    The mountain! Head to the mountain!
[13:23] Gu
    I can't walk anymore...
[13:25] Gu
    You're in the way, old man.
[13:27] Gu
    Shut up, brat.
[13:29] Gu
    So, Kuchii-dono, will you believe
    this Shouni Kagesuke and join the war?
[13:34] Gu
    I don't know. It was just words.
[13:39] Gu
    What?
[13:40] Gu
    I didn't say anything.
[13:43] Gu
    Make way!
[13:45] Gu
    The lord is passing through!
[13:47] Gu
    My lord, will the Mongols make it
    all the way to the capital here?
[13:50] Gu
    Be silent.
[13:51] Gu
    We don't know that there'll be war.
[13:53] Gu
    They may simply have stopped to resupply.
[13:55] Gu
    There's 300 of them at best, huh?
[13:57] Gu
    I'm told the Mongols swarm
    their foes with a huge army...
[14:00] Gi
    Father!
[14:02] Gu
    Princess Teruhi?
[14:03] Gu
    Teruhi! Why are you dressed like that?
[14:06] Gi
    Let me join your army.
[14:08] Gi
    I want to do anything I can
    as a member of the Sou Clan...
[14:16] Gu
    You're 17 years old,
    and you still don't know better?
[14:19] Gu
    Remember your place.
[14:21] Gu
    You haven't forgotten
    your bloodline, have you?
[14:25] Gu
    Bloodline? She's not part of the Sou Clan?
[14:30] Gi
    I don't care about my bloodline!
[14:33] Gi
    I'm part of the Sou Clan,
    the daughter of the Lord of Tsushima,
[14:37] Gi
    the daughter of Sou Sukekuni!
[14:39] Gi
    That's who I want to be!
[14:42] Gu
    Of course.
[14:44] Gu
    You're my daughter, Teruhi.
[14:46] Gu
    The older you are when you have
    children, the more you love them.
[14:51] Gu
    Don't worry, Teruhi.
[14:53] Gu
    We'll destroy the Mukuri easily.
[14:59] Gu
    Gontarou, keep Teruhi here.
[15:01] Gu
    Y-Yes, sir.
[15:02] Gu
    Everyone, we'll be crossing
    the mountains all night.
[15:06] Gu
    The mountains are tougher than the Mukuri!
[15:09] Gu
    Be ready!
[15:11] Gu
    Yes, sir!
[15:12] Gi
    Father! Brother!
[15:13] Gu
    Stay here and wait for good news, Teruhi!
[15:16] Gu
    We'll be back!
[15:17] Gu
    Take care, Princess!
[15:22] Gi
    Everyone...
[15:25] Gu
    Kuchii-dono...
[15:28] Gu
    It's not hard to guess what's on his mind.
[15:56] Gu
    The smell...
[15:59] Gu
    I've never smelled anything like it.
[16:01] Gu
    And this rumbling of strange sounds
    that I've never heard before...
[16:09] Gu
    We finally meet.
[16:15] Gu
    You're kidding me.
[16:16] Gu
    Hold these guys off for seven days?
[16:18] Gu
    We've sighted the enemy vanguard!
[16:23] Gu
    Those flags...
[16:25] Gu
    Goryeo!
[16:27] Gu
    The enemy is at the base of Mt. Ookuma.
[16:30] Gu
    The plains in front shall be
    a fine spot for the battle.
[16:34] Gu
    I see.
[16:36] Gu
    That's a good spot,
    considering you're on horseback.
[16:39] Gu
    But they have over 1,000 men.
[16:45] Gu
    It'll be a rough fight.
[16:46] Gu
    If you like, I'll help you.
[16:50] Gu
    What are you doing here?
[16:52] Gu
    Impudent young man...
[16:55] Gu
    What can you do on your own?
[16:58] Gu
    Our clan fights as one!
[17:02] Gu
    We don't want your help, outsider.
[17:06] Gu
    Kuchii Jinzaburou,
    you shamed me at that meeting,
[17:13] Gu
    and I felt great anger.
[17:15] Gu
    I told myself I should have killed you.
[17:19] Gu
    I was so angry that crossing the mountains
    all night didn't bother me at all.
[17:25] Gu
    But you made me realize something.
[17:29] Gu
    I was satisfied with the fact
    that I'd fought in the past
[17:32] Gu
    and forgot that there was
    more fighting to do.
[17:36] Gu
    I order you to head toward the rear.
[17:39] Gu
    Guard Teruhi.
[17:41] Gu
    Huh? The rear?
[17:43] Gu
    I will give you that armor in exchange.
[17:46] Gu
    Lord!
[17:48] Gu
    That armor belonged to the founder
    of our clan, Taira-no-Tomomori...
[17:51] Gu
    It's a relic from a century ago.
[17:53] Gu
    I've never been one
    to keep up with the times.
[17:57] Gu
    I kept this as a good luck charm,
[18:01] Gu
    but this picture scroll of that battle
[18:04] Gu
    is nothing but a shadow of past glory!
[18:06] Gu
    This will be the greatest
    battle of our lives!
[18:09] Gu
    Let's give them something
    to put on a nice, big scroll!
[18:24] Gu
    I am...
[18:28] Gu
    Descendant of Taira-no-Tomomori,
    who showed his valor in the Genpei War!
[18:36] Gu
    Sou Umanojou Sukekuni!
[18:53] Gu
    They all fire their arrows
    at the sound of the signal.
[18:56] Gu
    So that's the Mongol's strategy?
[18:58] Gu
    It's genius.
[19:00] Gu
    They don't aim at specific targets.
[19:02] Gu
    They just shoot them
    up into the air like a net.
[19:04] Gu
    Each individual arrow is weaker,
    but there's no need for advanced training,
[19:08] Gu
    and each soldier contributes equally.
[19:11] Gu
    If they're using a tactic like this, it means
    their soldiers came from different places.
[19:15] Gu
    Bring the spare horses!
[19:18] Gu
    Stay strong!
[19:19] Gu
    Get closer!
[19:21] Gu
    Two hundred steps to the enemy!
[19:23] Gu
    One hundred and fifty steps!
[19:26] Gu
    One hundred steps!
[19:27] Gu
    Attack!
[19:41] Narr
    One of their high generals was struck
[19:43] Narr
    in the right breast by Sou Umajirou
    and fell from his horse.
[19:47] Narr
    Several dozen fell after being shot
    by Sou Sukekuni and Yajirou.
[19:52] Narr
    In later years, the people
    who lived in this land
[19:54] Narr
    would speak of Sou Sukekuni's
    deeds on this day
[19:59] Narr
    and call him the War God of Sasu.
[20:01] Gu
    Well done.
[20:02] Gu
    The enemy's ranks are broken.
[20:03] Gu
    But...
[20:04] Gu
    Father, we're almost to the bay.
[20:07] Gu
    Push them into the sea!
[20:08] Gu
    Right!
[20:09] Gu
    Their huge army is only at a disadvantage
    when it's in that valley.
[20:13] Gu
    Are they trying a little too hard
    because it's their own home?
[20:23] Gu
    Father, is this...
[20:25] Gu
    Why would they do such a thing?
[20:47] Gu
    My lord, what is this?
[20:50] Gu
    My lord?
[20:52] Gu
    My ears...
[20:53] Gu
    Yajirou, sound the retreat.
[20:55] Gu
    We're leaving.
[20:56] Gu
    Right!
[20:57] Gu
    Get back to the valley!
[20:57] Gu
    Hurry! Run!
[20:59] Gu
    Fall back! Fall back!
[21:03] Gu
    More of them? They landed so many?
[21:08] Gu
    Father, hurry!
[21:11] Gu
    Umajirou?!
[21:17] Gu
    Damn you!
[21:32] Gu
    Very well. I've fought all I need to!
SIGN    Episode 2: The War God of Sasu