16 - The Flute General

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[00:02] Nar
    April, 1590.
[00:05] Nar
    Toyotomi Hideyoshi deployed his army to Odawara.
[00:12] Nar
    His troops numbered 32,000.
[00:15] Nar
    Furthermore, Otani Yoshitsugu,
[00:19] Nar
    Ishida Mitsunari and
    others converged
SIGN    Sunpu Castle Odawara Castle
SIGN    Toyotomi Hideyoshi
    Otani Yoshitsugu
    Ishida Mitsunari
SIGN    Chosokabe Motochika
[00:21] Nar
    with Chosokabe Motochika's navy.
[00:23] Nar
    In all, the troops numbered 180,000.
[00:28] Nar
    In addition,
[00:29] Nar
    the northern army of Maeda Toshiie,
    Sanada Masayuki and Uesugi Kagekatsu,
[00:36] Nar
    was 35,000 strong.
SIGN    Hachioji Castle
[00:39] [SONG] ---
    Ueda Castle
SIGN    Northern Army:
    Maeda Toshiie, Sanada Masayuki,
    Uesugi Kagekatsu
[00:39] Nar
    By command of the Chief Advisor, Hideyoshi,
    they attacked Matsuida Castle,
SIGN    Matsuida Castle
[00:45] Nar
    which was the protective
    fortress of Odawara Castle.
[00:53] Nar
    However...
[00:55] Nar
    the leader of the fortress,
    Daidoji Masashige, led a strong defense.
[01:00] Nar
    The battle had both sides constantly
    in flux between advance and retreat…
[01:02] Nar
    but the attackers were determined
    to seize the fortress.
[01:06] Kagekatsu
    Matsuida Castle...
[01:07] Kagekatsu
    Daidoji Masashige...
    quite an opponent.
[01:12] Kagekatsu
    Quite tough.
[01:14] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[01:16] Kanetsugu
    But we shouldn't be too forceful
    now and lose more troops...
[01:20] Kanetsugu
    Our lord, the Chief Advisor,
    is in no hurry for victory either.
[01:26] Kagekatsu
    We can't make a move until
    we completely encircle them.
[01:32] Kanetsugu
    Oshu and Date haven't joined us yet...
[01:35] Kanetsugu
    we don't have enough troops.
[01:37] Kagekatsu
    That's why we need the Chief Advisor...
[01:41] Kagekatsu
    Where could he be?
[01:44] Kanetsugu
    Reconnaissance said he's
    somewhere near Sunpu Castle.
[01:48] Kanetsugu
    He's probably there proving his
    military prowess to Tokugawa-dono...
[01:53] Kanetsugu
    No... To the whole nation.
[02:01] Kagekatsu
    He's going to offer Hojo of Odawara
    as human sacrifice for that.
[02:05] Kanetsugu
    That's just the nature of this battle.
[02:33] Honda
    Look at the number of troops!
[02:35] Ieyasu
    Hojo's foolishness was that he
    did not see the tide was turning...
[02:39] Ieyasu
    which has now given us the advantage.
[02:42] Honda
    Pardon?
[02:43] Ieyasu
    If Hojo were smart, the Chief
    Advisor might have feared him,
[02:48] Ieyasu
    and collaborated with him...
[02:51] Ieyasu
    and thus chosen the path to attack
    us with a cross-fire instead.
[02:55] Honda
    Lord...
[02:57] Ieyasu
    Look.
[02:58] Ieyasu
    Look at this massive army of troops.
[03:01] Ieysau
    What if the Chief Advisor's
    command to attack Hojo
[03:06] Ieysau
    gets aimed at us instead?
[03:11] Ieyasu
    We would be decimated in an instant.
[03:19] Ieyasu
    A fearful thought, indeed.
SIGN    The Flute Player Strategist
[04:59] Voice
    Announcement!
[05:01] Voice
    Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army has
    infiltrated our Odawara fief!
[05:06] Ujimasa
    Fine.
[05:08] Ujimasa
    So the monkeys have arrived.
[05:12] Ujinao
    Well, well. Let's have a look
    at those monkeys' faces.
[05:32] Ujimasa
    Damn you...
[05:36] Ujimasa
    Hideyoshi!
[05:48] Hideyoshi
    While Uesugi Kenshin was
    laying siege to Odawara Castle,
[05:53] Hideyoshi
    Takeda Shingen overtook Kawanakajima.
[05:58] Hideyoshi
    Kenshin was forced to retreat to Echigo.
[06:02] Hideyoshi
    However...
[06:04] Hideyoshi
    I won't be going anywhere.
[06:08] Hideyoshi
    Because...
[06:13] Hideyoshi
    throughout the nation...
[06:15] Hideyoshi
    there is no one left to intimidate me!
[06:36] Ii
    Huh? Huh?
[06:38] Ii
    What the hell is this?
[06:43] Ii
    I rushed to Sunpu for this?
[06:47] Ii
    What an unimaginative positioning of troops.
SIGN    Ii Naomasa
[06:50] Nar
    This man's name is Ii Naomasa.
[06:57] Tadakatsu
    I agree.
SIGN    Honda Tadakatsu
[06:59] Nar
    And Honda Tadakatsu.
SIGN    Sakakibara Yasumasa
[07:04] Nar
    Sakakibara Yasumasa.
[07:07] Nar
    These three generals were
[07:09] Nar
    the cornerstone of Ieyasu's
    eventual conquest of the nation.
[07:13] Nar
    They came to be known in the world
    as the "Three Heroes of Tokugawa."
[07:19] Ieyasu
    Do all of you agree about this?
[07:22] Sakakibara
    Yes.
[07:24] Sakakibara
    It looks here as if Tokugawa and
    Toyotomi's armies are going to clash.
[07:29] Tadakatsu
    Indeed, look at the stations.
[07:31] Tadakatsu
    Six years ago in the battle
    of Komaki and Nagakute,
[07:35] Tadakatsu
    we, with Oda, defeated Toyotomi's army.
[07:38] Tadakatsu
    He's forming the same positions,
    as if to settle an old score.
[07:41] Ii
    Should we launch an attack now, then?
[07:45] Tadakatsu
    What?
[07:48] Tadakatsu
    You and your reckless schemes.
[07:52] Ii
    Oh, this one isn't.
[07:54] Ii
    The Chief Advisor's formations
    are unexpectedly weak.
[07:56] Ii
    The positions could be considered good
[07:58] Ii
    only if they bring all their might
    and have all the luck on their side.
[08:02] Ii
    However, if Date, who hasn't shown up yet,
[08:07] Ii
    brings reinforcements, victory is ours.
[08:10] Tadakatsu
    It won't be that easy.
[08:11] Tadakatsu
    The Chief Advisor is extremely cautious.
[08:13] Sakakibara
    That's correct.
[08:14] Sakakibara
    The allied forces of Maeda,
[08:16] Sakakibara
    Uesugi, and Sanada
    are ready to attack Odawara.
[08:20] Sakakibara
    They're behind us.
[08:22] Ii
    But I hear they're running
    into trouble capturing Matsuida Castle.
[08:29] Ii
    That army won't show up right away.
[08:36] Sakakibara
    Lord.
[08:46] Ieyasu
    We mustn't underestimate their forces.
[08:52] Iesyasu
    Especially because...
[08:53] Ieyasu
    Uesugi has Naoe Kanetsugu on their side.
[08:57] Ii
    Naoe Kanetsugu?
[08:58] Tadakatsu
    Isn't he the...
[09:01] Ii
    The one who acted as
    an intermediary for Maeda Keiji.
[09:12] Ieyasu
    There's...
[09:15] Ieyasu
    something about him.
[09:44] Kanetsugu
    Whoa! You're so fast, so fast.
[09:47] Kanetsugu
    What an easy mountain hike.
[09:57] Mosuke
    Wait for us!
[10:01] Mosuke
    You said to find you a dog and
    not give it water for a few days,
[10:06] Mosuke
    and now we're hiking mountains with that dog.
[10:08] Mosuke
    What's this all about?
[10:11] Kanetsugu
    Don't you know?
[10:12] Mosuke
    Nothing whatsoever.
[10:14] Kanetsugu
    Listen.
[10:15] Kanetsugu
    Dogs have a keen sense of smell.
[10:17] Kanetsugu
    So we're letting the dog
    find a water source for us.
[10:21] Mosuke
    A water source?
[10:22] Kanetsugu
    An aqueduct that goes to the castle.
[10:26] Kanetsugu
    We can't lay siege
[10:28] Kanetsugu
    on a mountain castle like this
    without controlling their water first.
[10:31] Kanetsugu
    No matter how formidable a fortress this is...
[10:34] Kanetsugu
    they don't stand a chance without water.
[10:39] Mosuke
    I get it now.
[10:41] Mosuke
    That's why we kept the dog thirsty.
[10:56] Kanetsugu
    Looks like he's sniffing out water.
[11:14] Mosuke
    Milord!
[11:24] Mosuke
    There are so many of them.
[11:27] Kanetsugu
    Looks like we...
[11:31] Kanetsugu
    have found the water source.
[11:36] Soldier
    Don't let them get away!
[11:40] Mosuke
    They're coming.
[11:42] Mosuke
    Milord, what do we do?
[11:50] Mosuke
    Lunch? At a time like this?
[11:52] Kanetsugu
    This thing.
[11:54] Mosuke
    Ah, that is...
[12:15] Soldier
    What is this?
[12:17] Mosuke
    How do you like these smoke bombs?
[12:29] Kanetsugu
    That'll do it, Mosuke.
[12:30] Kanetsugu
    Let's get out of here.
[12:31] Mosuke
    Yes.
[12:35] Mosuke
    Milord.
[12:37] Kanetsugu
    This castle is as good as captured now.
[12:41] Ii
    I see.
[12:43] Ii
    Naoe Kanetsugu...
[12:45] Ii
    sounds like an interesting fellow.
[12:49] Ieyasu
    If you get careless, he could
    put you in a painful situation.
[12:55] Ii
    True.
[12:56] Ii
    But...
[12:59] Ii
    According to the late Takeda,
[13:01] Ii
    he is not the son of a coal
    manager by the name of Higuchi.
[13:06] Ii
    In fact, he is said to be
    the orphaned, only son...
[13:12] Ii
    of the lifelong celibate,
    Uesugi Kenshin.
[13:17] Tadakatsu
    That can't be true.
[13:19] Sakakibara
    There you go again
    with your stories.
[13:28] Ieyasu
    That's quite an interesting story you heard...
[13:34] Keiji
    At that time...
[13:36] Keiji
    lord Ieyasu's intentions
    must have been clear.
[13:41] Keiji
    For example, remember the matter
    concerning Saito Dosan...
[13:46] Keiji
    Some time ago, Dosan staged a coup
    against his own lord, Toki Yorinari,
[13:50] Keiji
    and stole the province of Mino from him.
[13:54] Keiji
    In the end, however,
    Dosan was killed in a family dispute.
[14:02] Keiji
    Yoshitatsu, Dosan's heir at Mino,
    was actually the son of Yorinari.
[14:08] Keiji
    And...
[14:09] Keiji
    Yoshitatsu, having learned of the secret
    of his own bloodline, killed Dosan.
[14:15] Kanetsugu
    Sometimes...
[14:16] Kanegtsugu
    blood can lead to evil deeds.
[14:21] Ii
    In other words,
[14:22] Ii
    If that is a fact...
[14:25] Ii
    It will some day become the fire of karma...
[14:28] Ii
    that will burn up Uesugi.
[14:35] Ieyasu
    Hm. And when will that day be?
[14:43] Mosuke
    Matsuida Castle...
[14:46] Mosuke
    will be captured soon.
[14:49] Mosuke
    All it took was
[14:51] Mosuke
    cutting off their water supply.
[14:53] Mosuke
    It sounds all too easy.
[15:33] Kanetsugu
    Beautiful.
[15:34] Kanetsugu
    What splendid flute playing.
[15:36] Kanetsugu
    I heard it last night, too.
[15:38] Mosuke
    He's a Shugen ascetic monk,
    who's just passing by.
[15:41] Mosuke
    I heard he plays the flute to guide the dead.
[15:45] Kanetsugu
    Mosuke, you met him?
[15:49] Mosuke
    I was lured by the sounds
    of his flute last night.
[15:51] Kanetsugu
    Did you get his name?
[15:54] Mosuke
    No.
[15:55] Mosuke
    But he told me the name of his flute.
[15:57] Kanetsugu
    The name of the flute?
[15:58] Mosuke
    It's called Sea Breeze.
[16:01] Kanetsugu
    Sea Breeze.
[16:48] Kanetsugu
    You want a drink?
[16:52] Kanetsugu
    This is sake from Yanagiya of Kyoto.
[16:55] Kanetsugu
    Lord Kenshin was very fond of it.
[16:59] Kojuro
    You... are Naoe Kanetsugu, aren't you?
[17:05] Kojuro
    Who else would be eccentric
    enough to drink sake
[17:08] Kojuro
    with a strange Shugen monk...
[17:12] Kojuro
    here at this Uesugi encampment?
[17:16] Kanetsugu
    We are both strategists in battle, aren't we?
[17:18] Kanetsugu
    We can talk endlessly.
[17:22] Kojuro
    I see you already know who I am.
[17:25] Kanetsugu
    A master flautist,
    whose favorite flute is Sea Breeze...
[17:32] Kanetsugu
    You must be none other
     than Katakura Kojuro.
SIGN    Katakura Kojuro
[17:39] Mosuke
    K-Katakura Kojuro...
[17:42] Mosuke
    the strategist of the Date clan, from Oshu?
[17:48] Kanetsugu
    Why are you here?
[17:51] Kojuro
    If Date and Toyotomi were to clash in battle...
[17:55] Kojuro
    you would be the one
    in command, and no other...
[18:00] Kojuro
    Such being the case...
[18:08] Kojuro
    I thought I'd want to have a good look at you.
[18:19] Keiji
    The Flute Player Strategist,
    Katakura Kojuro, eh?
[18:23] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[18:24] Kanetsugu
    Will they side with Hojo and revolt
    against the Chief Advisor?
[18:29] Kanetsugu
    Or will they come to the aid
    of national unification?
[18:33] Kanetsugu
    The Date clan of Oshu is key
    in the subjugation of Odawara.
[18:38] Keiji
    And here comes Katakura Kojuro
    to the battlefield...
[18:42] Keiji
    What is his plan?
[18:51] Kanetsugu
    Date has not arrived on the fields yet.
[18:55] Kanetsugu
    Are they going to challenge Toyotomi?
[19:03] Kojuro
    We are still uncertain.
[19:06] Kanetsugu
    Uncertain?
[19:08] Kojuro
    It is a shameful thing,
[19:10] Kojuro
    but currently, the Date clan
    is divided with regard to Toyotomi.
[19:13] Kojuro
    One faction wants to oppose him;
    another faction wants to serve him.
[19:15] Kojuro
    The conflict is intense.
[19:18] Kanetsugu
    I have heard the rumors.
[19:22] Kojuro
    In defiance of our Chief Date Masamune,
[19:25] Kojuro
    the opposing faction is led by
    the fierce commander of the Date clan,
[19:29] Kojuro
    Date Shigezane, along with
    Lord Masamune's own brother, Kojiro-sama...
[19:34] Kojuro
    Lord Masamune is of the serving faction.
[19:37] Kojuro
    But he does not foresee
    the value in betraying Hojo,
[19:42] Kojuro
    who was his father, Terumune's friend.
[19:47] Kojuro
    However, everyone is forgetting
    the most essential point.
[19:52] Kojuro
    The Date clan knows nothing
    of Chief Advisor Hideyoshi.
[19:57] Kojuro
    They do not know who they are dealing with,
    whether he is friend or foe.
[20:00] Kojuro
    They have not seen or touched him,
[20:03] Kojuro
    yet they seek to devise
    a grand plan to move against him.
[20:05] Kojuro
    Utter foolishness!
[20:07] Kojuro
    Which means we are no different from Hojo.
[20:10] Kanetsugu
    So, did you catch a glimpse
    of the Chief Advisor in the encampment?
[20:20] Kojuro
    Yes, I did.
[20:23] Kojuro
    Like this.
[20:30] Kojuro
    Furthermore, I have found a way
    to cripple their formations.
[20:43] Kojuro
    Do you want to kill me?
[20:45] Kojuro
    I might become your enemy.
[20:48] Kanetsugu
    I...
[20:50] Kanetsugu
    see righteousness in you.
[20:53] Kojuro
    Righteousness.
[20:55] Kanetsugu
    You put your own desires
    aside for a higher purpose.
[20:59] Kanetsugu
    You are not cruel, but you are cold.
[21:02] Kanetsugu
    That is the righteousness of the strategist.
[21:05] Kanetsugu
    The righteousness of Uesugi
    is to fight with dignity,
[21:09] Kanetsugu
    even against a tactician of your caliber.
[21:13] Kojuro
    Righteousness and dignity, eh?
[21:16] Kojuro
    I think I know now what I must do.
[21:20] Kanetsugu
    We shall meet again...
[21:23] Kojuro
    perhaps as enemies...
[21:25] Kanetsugu
    perhaps as allies...
[21:26] Both
    On the battlefield.
[21:39] Nar
    Soon thereafter, Katakura Kojuro
[21:43] Nar
    dauntlessly counseled
    for the deployment to Odawara.
[21:46] Nar
    Date of Oshu departed from Aizu.
[21:50] Nar
    And in the shadows...
[21:51] Nar
    To avoid internal discord in the clan,
[21:54] Nar
    Date Masamune killed his own brother, Kojiro,
[21:57] Nar
    who was of the opposing faction.
[22:00] Nar
    He did it not out of cruelty,
[22:04] Nar
    but rather as a cold, calculated
    measure to protect his clan.
[23:41] ---
    Next time on Gifuu Doudou:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji:
SIGN    Episode 17 "The Red Demon of Ii."
SIGN    Episode 17 The Red Demon of Ii
[23:49] ---
    Let us discuss the path
    of righteousness next time, as well.