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and requesting a few day's rest.
I see. That's too bad.
Master Tsugumo.
As you heard,
Omodaka is not present today.
You will need to make another choice.
That is most disappointing.
I had my hearit set on Master Omodaka
performing the service.
his special consideration.
Well,
he says he's ill,
but he seemed fine yesterday.
Surely it can't be anything serious.
Messenger!
Make all due haste
to Omodaka's residence.
Tell him to come immediately,
if his illness permits. Now hurry.
I'm putting you
to a great deal of trouble.
Please accept my apologies.
Now then,
do you wish to wait here
or would you like
to come inside and relax?
No.
The comforit of your residence
might cause my resolve to waver.
My journey into eternity mustn't grow
distasteful. I shall remain here.
You display remarkable discipline.
I can but express my admiration.
If I may, Counselor,
it could be quite tedious for us both
to sit here and wait in silence.
To pass the time,
perhaps you'll allow me to tell you
About yourself?
Yes.
The hardscrabble tales of a half-starved
ronin don't amount to much,
may be your own fate tomorrow.
Perhaps your retainers
will find some small point or two
worith remembering
among my otherwise
useless ramblings.
"What befalls others today
may be your own fate tomorrow"?
This could be amusing.
I want everyone here
to listen carefully to this man.
The words of one
staring death in the face...
are unlikely to be useless ramblings.
I'm sure we'll all learn something.
Counselor.
That tale you related earlier -
may I be assured
it was true in every detail?
Indeed.
The ronin from Hiroshima
named Motome Chijiiwa
was a man of some acquaintance to me.
Motome Chijiiwa...
was a man of some acquaintance to me.
Motome was a lad of 15,
and my daughter Miho
That was 11 years ago.
But when I close my eyes,
their images come back to me vividly,
as if it were only yesterday.
- My turn again.
- Never mind.
All we do all day is count stones
We won't be needing bows and arrows
for a good long while.
"The world is at peace.
The four seas are calm."
Incidentally, this coming 22nd
is the seventh anniversary
of Nui's passing.
I knew it was coming up,
but is it seven years already?
Yes, and I'm planning
a modest ceremony at my residence.
Don't bring any offerings.
Very well.
I can hardly believe it.
Seven years already.
is how a rough warrior like you
has managed to raise Miho all these years
Come, Jinnai.
Look who's talking.
When your Yuki died,
I wondered how you would ever manage.
But look at you.
You're a perfect example
of the kite begetting a hawk.
Kite begetting a hawk?
You were the widower kite,
doting so on your child
in every aspect of his upbringing,
that Io and behold,
the child grew not into a kite
but a magnificent young hawk.
Nonsense.
He ceritainly keeps growing,
but he's got a long way to go
before you can compare him
to a young hawk soaring freely overhead.
You know,
I never figured either of us would be good
for anything but battlefield laurels,
but we haven't done too bad
at raising children.
Had life gone on like that,
all would have been well.
But it was not to be.
When all is said and done,
our lives are like houses
built on foundations of sand.
One strong wind and all is gone.
How my master's house
with its 498,000-koku domain
was brought to ruin...
I'm sure you already know
even better than I do myself.
Owing to an unreasonable and one-sided
judgment by the Tokugawa shogunate
regarding the repairs
being performed on Hiroshima Castle,
in June of 1619,
my master, Masanori Fukushima,
was ordered into exile at Kawanakajima,
leaving his 12,000 retainers
without any means of livelihood...
through no fault of their own.
Jinnai!
TO HANSHIRO TSUGUMO
In view of our long-standing friendship,
I ask your indulgence in the following:
The castle repairs commissioner,
the Honorable Masakatsu Fukushima,
will be electing death at any moment.
Therefore, I will precede him
on his journey.
My company alone will suffice.
I beg you not to follow.
Regarding my only child, Motome,
he has grown tall,
but he is still only 15.
Please look after him
as he finds his way in life.
Why did he have to be so hasty?
Committing harakiri
even before I have done so.
Hanshiro, I forbid you to follow.
If the house could still be saved, I might
wish you to accompany me in death.
But with the house abolished,
it would be pointless.
Jinnai's company will suffice.
- But, sire!
Don't be foolish, Hanshiro.
Jinnai died because he knew
you would if he didn't.
He died to accompany me
on your behalf as well.
Which means, Hanshiro,
that you must now live on.
Both for you and for him.
And also for his son, Motome.
Who will look after him if not you?
I go now to meet Jinnai.
Hanshiro, is there anything
you'd like me to tell him?
Do you have nothing for me to say?
Tell Jinnai...
Tell Jinnai this.
Have no fears about Motome.
I will watch over his every step
on the path to manhood.
I will not fail him.
I swear this on my life.
Go on, Master Tsugumo.
What did you find out?
It seems his illness
is indeed most serious.
What's the nature of the ailment?
According to his family,
a high fever
and excruciating pain
in all his joints.
Go on.
at his bedside,
but he sent word back
that his pain was so great
that he did not wish to be seen
in his present state.
All I could do was convey
the message you sent and return.
It seems
there's nothing we can do.
Perhaps he was overcome by
the relentless heat of recent days.
Master Tsugumo,
you heard what he said.
I must ask you to select
someone else as your second.
I am sorely disappointed,
but it appears I have no choice.
In that case...
I would ask for Master Hayato Yazaki.
Hayato?
Inaba, I believe he too
has been absent these four or five days?
That is correct.
He requested leave
because he wasn't feeling well.
Master Tsugumo,
is also absent due to illness.
Master Yazaki is also ill?
I'm sorry to hear that.
Again it seems I have no choice.
I request Master Umenosuke Kawabe.
Counselor,
surely it's not possible
that Master Kawabe
is also under the weather?
Well, well.
It seems he is indeed indisposed.
All three unavailable
on this pariticular day -
what a very odd coincidence.
Most curious.
- He's up to something.
- Clearly so.
Hikokuro was the one
who first insisted
that Motome Chijiiwa
be forced to go through with harakiri.
Yazaki was the one
who discovered his blades were bamboo
and insisted he be forced to use them,
and Kawabe was quick to agree.
That's why I urged that he at least
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