[a special party is leaving Osaka Castle with Lord Ishido's clearance but a detail commander stops the group just before they reach the outer wall]
GGuard Captain
I need to verify all members of the party.
NJNebara Jozen
Lord Ishido cleared us to depart.
GGuard Captain
It is Lord Ishido's order. All travelers are to be verified.
[To Mariko] No one's going to stop him? [Guard captain peers into royal sedan, John announces to himself] No one's going to stop him. [Walks up to Guard Captain] This is unacceptable! Peering into ladies private quarters?! It's not proper!
GGuard Captain
What is the barbarian saying?
Worse than that! It's vulgar! Unholy perversion!
[Walks up, in Japanese] I think the barbarian is offended. In his country it is improper to... leer at women.
GGuard Captain
This is Japan! [Shoves John aside]
Am I the only man present who treasure the purity of a women?! [gets knocked down from the Guard Captain's backhanded slap]
[Gasps, to Guard Captain in Japanese] You must excuse him! He is ignorant of our customs!
Low! A women's virtue is her glory! A blight on us all! My God, the shame of it!
His customs are very different! And I find it's very hard to reach him...
[blocks Guard Captain from opening door of royal sedan] You, sir, are a silly little man! And your hair looks like the tail of a pony!
Kashigi YabushigeWhat is this buffoonery?! Lord Ishido has ordered us all to the harbor. Let them through! [Envoy departs]
[To Toda] Well, I hope you didn't mind the part about the pony.
[In Akiro, Tonomoto Akinao is bringing John to Lord Toranaga]
TATonomoto Akinao
Until we find those who aided the Christian raiders, no one in this village will rest. Lord Toranaga has ordered it. [Walks past boards holding decapitated heads of European sailors]
Kashigi Yabushige
[forced on his knees before Toranaga] Lord.
Thank you for returning my consorts and my vassals.
Yabushige
You’ve heard the news that Lady Mariko is dead.
Yes, I know. That night, you were seen letting intruders into my quarters.
One of Mariko’s ladies-in-waiting was with you in the cellar. She sent a letter to Omi. After Lady Mariko’s death, they say you were guilt-stricken and asked for forgiveness. I felt it was my duty to alert our lord.
Yabushige
[Sighs and inhales sharply] Yes, I did.
Fine. All of your lands are forfeit. Please slit your belly by sunset tomorrow.
Yabushige
Lord... If you must kill me, give me a good death! Like being torn apart by cannon or eaten alive by a school of angry fish! I beg you! Please!
Fine suggestions, but I don’t trust you. Please commit seppuku by sunset tomorrow.
Yabushige
Izu is the fief of the Kashigi clan. I declare Omi to be my heir, and request it be given to him.
It is fair to ask, but Izu is no longer yours to give. Who would you like to second your death?
Yabushige
Let it be the Anjin.
Yabushige
In that case, I would be honored if it would be you, Lord.
I shall. Until tomorrow, then.
Yabushige
[to John as he is carried off] May Fudō Myō’ō smile on tomorrow.
[Yabushige is awaiting his execution at an oceanside cliff with Lord Toranaga]
Kashigi Yabushige
If only I could have lived to see it... the day your plan comes together, whatever it is... my nephew’s first battle... when the Anjin sails against the Christians who burned his ship... so many days I could have seen.
If only it were that simple. The ship had to be destroyed. It was between that and the Anjin’s life. Appointing a watchman to spread gunpowder... wasn’t that hard. Mariko negotiated for the Church, and I agreed.
Yabushige
You burned that ship.
It was a necessary ruse to test the Anjin. Perhaps someday I’ll tell him the truth. By then he’ll have rebuilt the ship, and I’ll likely have to destroy it again. I don’t think it’s his fate to ever leave Japan.
Yabushige
How does it feel to shape the wind to your will?
I don’t control the wind. I only study it.
Yabushige
[Sighs] But how can you win this? With your forces outnumbered, the Heir’s army about to attack... is it Crimson Sky? I suppose it could work... but I don’t see how. At least tell me before I die...
Yabushige. After all we’ve been through, I thought you of all people would see. Crimson Sky is already finished. With the Regents united, I could never send an army to Osaka. It would have meant certain death. So I sent a woman to do what an army never could. Don’t you see what’s coming next? In just one month, we will meet our enemies at Sekigahara. Five armies squaring off on the field of battle. And you’re right... with the Heir’s army on Ishido’s side, I’d be finished. However, because of Mariko’s actions, Lady Ochiba has grown tired of her alliance with Ishido. In a letter to me, she secretly pledged to keep the Heir’s army from the battlefield. On that day, Ishido will have no banner. The Regents will turn on him before a sword is drawn. Only then will my dream be realized... I will start it in Edo, my center of power. A nation without wars. An era of great peace. All of us have made this possible. You, me, Lady Mariko... even the barbarian who came out of the sea. [Sighs]]How many times I’ve thought of giving his life away, but stopped. Not because he’s important... my banner would survive without him... [Chuckles] but because he makes me laugh. And my enemies need a distraction.
Yabushige
It’s hypocrisy, our lives... all this death and sacrifice from lesser men just to ensure some victory in our names.
Do you remember what the Anjin said on the day we met, when I told him his fight was pointless?
Yabushige
“Unless I win.”
If you win, anything is possible. Even Shōgun. [Yabushige gasps]
Kashigi Yabushige
It’s what you’ve always wanted, isn’t it? You’re no better than us, in your secret heart... tell me the truth. I’ll take it to my grave.
Why tell a dead man the future? [decapitates Yabushige as he commits seppuku]
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