4 - Arrival in Sado

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[00:04] keiji
    What a horrible thing to happen.
[00:06] kane
    Indeed.
[00:07] kane
    Around that time, Hideyoshi's
    former enemy, Sassa Narimasa,
[00:10] kane
    was sent to lead
    the Kyushu government,
[00:13] kane
    sending him to Higo from Etchu.
[00:16] keiji
    It appeared to be a joyous event,
[00:19] keiji
    but Higo was in turmoil.
[00:22] keiji
    Narimasa was met with
    opposition from the citizens,
[00:25] keiji
    and couldn't contain the revolts.
[00:27] kane
    Sassa Narimasa had to commit
    seppuku because of misrule.
[00:32] kane
    His family collapsed.
[00:34] kane
    But Hideyoshi had foreseen all of this
[00:36] kane
    and was the one who
    set up this ingenious trap.
[00:39] kane
    And that same trap has now
    been set for us, the Uesugi clan.
[00:43] hide
    Do you not want Sado,
    Uesugi-dono?
[00:51] kane
    Since he had not been able
    to stop the civil war in Sado,
[00:56] kane
    there was nothing
    he could say in return.
[00:58] kane
    Despite knowing this was a trap
[01:00] kane
    that Hideyoshi had set
    in order to obtain Echigo,
[01:02] kane
    we headed into Sado to conquer it.
[01:06] kane
    And that was when...
[01:13] keiji
    It's obvious that my conniving uncle
    is involved in this matter.
[01:19] kane
    But this battle
[01:21] kane
    is like sticking your head
    into the tiger's den...
[01:26] keiji
    It's because you are battling a tiger
[01:29] keiji
    that I have come to help.
[01:32] keiji
    That is my righteousness!
[01:35] kane
    That's what you said, wasn't it?
[01:41] nar
    Two eccentrics enter battle.
[01:47] nar
    Dazzling Sengoku Period Story:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji.
[01:51] nar
    Gifuu Doudou!!
SIGN    Arrival in Sado
[03:19] man
    I have to hurry! At this rate,
[03:21] man
    all of our efforts
    will have been for nothing!
[03:30] lady
    Pardon me.
[03:32] lady
    If you'd like, I shall say
    a Buddhist chant for you.
[03:36] man
    Shut up! I don't have time for—
[03:44] man
    You bitch...
[03:54] jiro
    I'm sorry! I didn't make it in time.
[03:57] lady
    W-We have to tell them...
[04:02] lady
    That land is...
[04:08] jiro
    Th-That's...
[04:11] hide
    Sado!
[04:16] toshi
    I see...
[04:21] hide
    The Kawarada-Honma
    clan of northern Sado,
[04:25] hide
    and the Hamochi-Honma
    clan of southern Sado...
[04:30] hide
    What a troublesome clan.
[04:33] toshi
    Fighting over land
    for the supremacy of Sado,
[04:37] toshi
    they have no intention
    of listening to Uesugi's mediation.
[04:42] hide
    But because of that,
[04:46] hide
    it seems that Uesugi will be bringing
[04:49] hide
    a giant army to Sado this time.
[04:52] toshi
    Amusingly, because of that,
    the two feuding clans
[04:57] toshi
    will join together to ensure
    that no one takes Sado.
[05:03] hide
    That is how people are.
[05:09] nar
    June 10, 1589. Sawane Harbor.
SIGN    June 10, 1589, Sawane Harbor
[05:22] keiji
    Land boldly floating
    in the wide open sea...
[05:25] keiji
    what a grand sight.
[05:28] keiji
    On top of that,
    thinking about the trap
[05:31] keiji
    that awaits us on that island
    just makes me even more excited.
[05:36] kane
    I expect nothing less from you, Keiji-dono.
[05:40] kane
    Behold, Kagekatsu-sama.
[05:43] kane
    The advance army lead by
    Fujita Nobuyoshi-dono is already waiting.
[05:49] kage
    Indeed.
[05:50] kane
    And, apparently, the stewards
    of northern Sado await our arrival.
[05:56] keiji
    Those dogs. I wonder what
    they have up their sleeves.
[06:01] kage
    Let us get them drunk
    and make them talk.
[06:08] keiji
    That would be amusing.
[06:12] kane
    However...
[06:13] kane
    it's not the dogs who have laid out this trap.
[06:18] kane
    The real enemy behind this
[06:21] kane
    is the tiger hiding behind the dogs.
[06:29] kage
    So how shall we lure him out?
[06:38] kane
    Fear not.
[06:40] kane
    I have a secret plan in motion.
[06:55] fat
    Uesugi, my ass. How annoying.
[07:02] guy
    Reporting.
[07:03] guy
    Uesugi's main army has landed.
[07:10] guy
    Takatsuna-sama, will Uesugi trust us?
[07:18] fat
    Well, just watch.
[07:20] fat
    I'll make him trust us.
[07:23] nar
    This man is Honma Takatsuna.
    The head of the Kawarada-Honma clan,
[07:26] nar
    which reigned over northern Sado.
SIGN     Honma Takatsuna
[07:28] nar
    Honma Takatsuna
SIGN    Hamochi County
SIGN    Hamochi Castle
SIGN    Kawarada Castle Sawato County
[07:31] ---
    At the time, Sado was
    its own kingdom.
[07:35] nar
    After the Jokyu War in 1221,
SIGN    Kamo County
[07:38] nar
    the Honma clan that was
    transferred to the island
[07:44] nar
    had split up all across the land,
    establishing their own territories,
[07:47] nar
    and then fought over
    supremacy of the land.
[07:51] nar
    Eventually, two of the clans succeeded:
[07:54] nar
    the northern clan of Kawarada-Honma,
    who sided with Shibata Shigeie
[07:58] nar
    and the Hamochi-Honma clan,
    who put Uesugi Kagekatsu behind them,
[08:03] nar
    thus, intensifying the fight
    for supremacy of Sado.
[08:09] nar
    Two years prior, however,
    Shibata was destroyed by Uesugi,
[08:15] nar
    and Uesugi had then tried to take over Sado.
[08:26] kage
    Head of the Honma clan,
    raise your head.
[08:41] fat
    Greetings, my lord.
[08:44] fat
    Welcome to Sado.
[08:48] kage
    How goes the battle?
[08:49] fat
    Huh? Oh, right!
[08:52] fat
    The Hamochi of the south
    refuse to listen to your mediation,
[08:55] fat
    despite you being their lord,
    Uesugi-sama.
[08:58] fat
    They are planning to battle with us Kawarada.
[09:03] fat
    However, Kagekatsu-sama,
    we have resolved ourselves.
[09:08] fat
    Please, please, please
[09:11] fat
    leave the vanguard to me,
    Honma Takatsuna.
[09:15] fat
    That would be my greatest honor.
[09:20] fat
    Please, please.
[09:23] fat
    Vanguard, vanguard.
    Smile, smile.
[09:27] kage
    Well said.
[09:31] fat
    Thank you! I am honored!
[09:33] lackies
    We are honored!
[09:39] keiji
    That dog...
[09:40] keiji
    he has no idea that
    his deception has failed.
[09:45] kane
    Let's allow them to do
    their little dance for a while.
[10:20] mosuke
    My lord! I found it!
[10:22] mosuke
    We can see the battlefield from up here.
[10:32] kane
    This is splendid.
[10:34] nar
    A river flows through the land
[10:36] nar
    as if intentionally
    splitting Sado in half.
[10:39] nar
    The Kawarada-Honma
    clan of the north
[10:42] nar
    and the Hamochi-Honma
    clan of the south
[10:45] nar
    fought along this river.
[10:48] nar
    But it was also the site
    of a stalemate for both parties.
[11:08] fuji
    Takatsuna-dono!
    I request an audience with you!
[11:17] fat
    Oww...
[11:18] fat
    What the hell do you want? Jeez...
[11:21] fuji
    What is the meaning of this,
    Takatsuna-dono?
[11:25] fat
    Meaning? Meaning of what?
[11:27] fuji
    It is good that you have been put in charge
    of the vanguard for Kagekatsu-sama
[11:30] fuji
    and have set up camp on this land,
[11:32] fuji
    but we've just been in a staring contest
[11:34] fuji
    with the Hamochi army
    and haven't had a single battle!
[11:36] fuji
    What is the meaning of this?
[11:38] fat
    You don't understand the war
    of Sado, Fujita-dono.
[11:42] fat
    We have fought repeatedly over
    supremacy of Sado for years.
[11:48] fat
    I know the enemy
    like the back of my hand.
[11:51] fuji
    If that's the case, get along with it!
[11:52] fat
    No.
[11:53] fat
    Both armies know the other
    like the backs of their hands,
[11:56] fat
    meaning it'd be better to not
    thoughtlessly make any moves, right now.
[12:00] fuji
    Thoughtlessly?
[12:04] fuji
    Oh, forget it!
[12:07] fuji
    If all else fails, I will take
    the first step into battle.
[12:11] fuji
    Do you understand,
    Takatsuna-dono?
[12:17] fat
    Uh, you really shouldn't.
[12:24] fat
    Oh, well. Whatever, then.
[12:29] fuji
    Charge!
[12:35] fuji
    Look! They're so frightened
    that they can't even move.
[12:39] fuji
    We shall take care of them
    in a single blow!
[12:46] fuji
    What?
[12:50] fuji
    Wh-What?
[12:56] fuji
    Look out! The reeds!
[12:58] fuji
    They're hiding in the reeds!
[13:08] soldiers
    Now!
[13:16] fuji
    Wh-What...
[13:19] fuji
    Pull back! Pull back! Retreat!
[13:21] fuji
    Retreat!
[13:32] fat
    I told you so!
[13:36] fat
    Isn't that right, Takasue of the South?
SIGN    Hamochi Castle
[13:44] guy
    I see. It appears
    that Takatsuna of the Kawarada
[13:48] guy
    is manipulating
    the Uesugi quite well.
SIGN    Honma Takasue
[13:54] nar
    Honma Takasue is the lord of Hamochi Castle
[13:58] nar
    and is the lord of the Hamochi-Honma clan
[13:59] nar
    that governs southern Sado.
[14:03] taka
    But to think that the Uesugi army
[14:06] taka
    would go running
    after a little attack like that.
[14:11] taka
    It appears that the Uesugi army
    has gone downhill.
[14:17] taka
    And they thought they
    could take over Sado.
[14:20] taka
    It's true that Kenshin
    had authority over us
[14:24] taka
    but this Kagekatsu has
    no right to try to govern us.
[14:28] taka
    The Uesugi clan should
    just disappear while in Sado.
[14:43] fuji
    My apologies, Kagekatsu-sama!
[14:50] fuji
    I led the troops without permission
    and with this kind of a result...
[14:57] kage
    It's fine.
[14:58] fuji
    But...
[15:00] kane
    Fujita-dono, this first battle
    was not wasted.
[15:05] kane
    Actually, we were able
    to find out quite a bit.
[15:09] fuji
    What do you mean by that, sir?
[15:12] kane
    Please look.
[15:13] kane
    The Hamochi army is heavily laid out,
    determined not to let us cross the river.
[15:20] fuji
    That is, indeed, a troublesome defense.
[15:23] fuji
    But with the size
    of our Uesugi army,
[15:26] fuji
    it is possible to push them
    back with just our numbers.
[15:29] kane
    Yes, but if Takatsuna's army
    were to attack us from behind...
[15:37] fuji
    That would leave us surrounded!
[15:39] fuji
    Does that mean the Sado armies...
[15:41] kane
    Indeed. As long as we know that
    the two are working together,
[15:46] kane
    it's dangerous for us
    to make the first move.
[15:48] fuji
    But the Kawarada army
    won't move on its own.
[15:53] fuji
    That means a battle will never start.
[15:56] keiji
    So what shall we do?
[15:58] keiji
    Get them drunk and
    make them talk, after all?
[16:03] kane
    No... More importantly...
[16:14] mosuke
    Where are you going? Jirobo?
[16:24] keiji
    This is... Buddhist chanting.
[16:28] mosuke
    At a place like this?
[16:36] mosuke
    Wh-What?
[16:54] keiji
    These women...
[16:56] kane
    Kumano Buddhist nuns.
[16:58] kane
    They bear the sorrows of the world
[17:00] kane
    and have no choice
    but to rely on Buddha.
[17:07] nar
    The Kumano Buddhist nuns
    were nuns who carried boxes
[17:13] nar
    with the Kumano mandalas
    that visualized Paradise and Hell,
[17:17] nar
    making pilgrimages across the land
    while interpreting the pictures.
[17:22] nar
    And this nun was
    named Seion.
SIGN    Sister Seion
[17:27] nar
    She is a nun who brought
    the Kumano Kanshin Jukkai Mandala to Sado
[17:32] nar
    and eventually would be the one
    to opened the red-light district in Sado.
[17:37] mosuke
    Wow, she's gorgeous.
[17:49] seion
    Those with Kaga dialect
    have been going in and out
[17:53] seion
    of Kawarada Castle
    and Hamochi Castle.
[17:57] jiro
    The Kaga shinobi of the Maeda clan.
[18:00] mosuke
    Shinobi?
[18:02] mosuke
    But how did you find that out?
[18:04] mosuke
    Shinobi wouldn't let their
    identities be known that easily...
[18:07] keiji
    I see!
[18:09] keiji
    So Naoe-dono's secret plan was
    to make use of these women.
[18:15] seion
    It's because we're
    women that it works.
[18:17] seion
    Men... say things quite easily
[18:21] seion
    in bed.
[18:25] keiji
    Point taken...
[18:28] seion
    Naoe-sama, as you already know,
    the north and the south
[18:33] seion
    are planning to continue
    this facade of a war.
[18:36] kane
    What's the ulterior motive behind that?
[18:38] seion
    Hideyoshi's messenger
    has already left Kyoto.
[18:43] mosuke
    Huh? What? Why would a messenger
    of mediation have left
[18:47] mosuke
    if the battle hasn't started yet...
[18:50] kane
    That messenger will claim
    the Uesugi clan is incompetent
[18:54] kane
    for not being able to bring
    Sado under control.
[18:59] mosuke
    Sir?
[19:00] keiji
    I see.
[19:05] keiji
    That'd be more than
    enough of an excuse
[19:08] keiji
    for Hideyoshi to take
    the Uesugi clan's land from them.
[19:13] mosuke
    Th-That's so selfish!
[19:15] jiro
    No, this whole battle in Sado
    was to render the Uesugi clan powerless.
[19:24] kane
    It appears that the identity
    of the tiger is becoming apparent.
[19:30] hide
    But...
[19:33] hide
    You can't run now,
    can you, Uesugi?
SIGN    Uesugi
[19:43] keiji
    An island with no righteousness...
[19:45] keiji
    so that is Sado.
[19:47] kane
    No, that's not true.
[19:52] keiji
    Who is the one being cremated here?
[19:57] seion
    She was only fifteen...
[20:00] seion
    This nun...
[20:02] seion
    died to dispose of the Kaga
    shinobi who was onto us.
[20:10] jiro
    If only...
[20:12] jiro
    If I was in Sado earlier,
    I could have saved her life.
[20:19] seion
    It's all right.
    This is also fate.
[20:34] kane
    This rugosa rose
    was blooming on the shore.
[20:39] kane
    Please use it as a hair accessory
    for your trip into the next world.
[21:07] seion
    Everything is for us to make
    this land a safe land.
[21:19] keiji
    Then this nun was also...
[21:24] keiji
    a soldier.
[21:38] keiji
    Naoe-dono...
[21:41] keiji
    It appears we need to settle
    this battle as soon as possible.
[21:47] kane
    Because of that, we...
[22:03] both
    ...become fierce dragons!
SIGN    Episode 5 Attack on Sado
[23:40] Kane
    Next time on Gifuu Doudou:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji:
[23:44] kane
    Episode 5
    "Attack on Sado."
[23:47] kane
    Let us discuss the path
    of righteousness next time, as well.