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she'd never have grown so beautiful.
What are you trying to say, sir?
Well, Motome...
I'd like you to take Miho as your wife.
I realize this is all very sudden,
but what do you think?
Will you do it, Motome?
You know as well as I
the state of my livelihood at present.
I offer classes in the Chinese classics
to a handful of children
and live from hand to mouth.
How could I possibly take a wife?
Do you dislike Miho?
All I'm asking
is how you feel about her.
It's not only because
of the promise I made to your father
that I hope you'll marry Miho.
Boorish and dull as I am,
I'm not entirely insensitive
to your feelings for each other.
It was more difficult than I expected
to persuade Motome.
I didn't realize
he had such a stubborn
and willful streak.
But I knew he loved Miho,
and I knew Miho
would have no objections to the match.
The crane that lives a thousand years
The tortoise that lives 10,000 years
Bears on its back the three worlds
of heaven, earth and man
The sands upon the beach
Numberless and smooth
May they ever reflect the morning sun
After two years
a child was born.
It was a boy,
and they named him Kingo.
Of course,
I was the one who chose the name.
Hello, Father.
What's this? Asleep again?
Father, you're too generous.
Nonsense.
you still cook for me.
And besides,
I now have only myself to supporit.
I save more money
than I know what to do with,
and I can't take it with me.
Well, well.
Did you wake up?
Now, none of that, you little rascal.
A warrior's son
should not be flashing dimples.
What did I tell you now?
Really? Even the Matsudaira Clan
of Dewa province?
That's right.
I can understand abolishing
but to treat vassals who've supporited
the Tokugawa for generations so harshly?
The shogunate's policy toward
the warlords is completely beyond me.
We'll see another jump
in the number of ronin.
Did you hear?
One of them tried to commit harakiri
at the Sengoku Clan's gate.
formerly of the Kurume Clan.
I heard the Sengoku
were so impressed
that they offered him employment.
That much was fine.
It's what happened next.
Yes, I heard.
Other ronin who got wind of the story
began presenting themselves at the gates
of daimyo houses all over Edo,
insisting on committing harakiri
and refusing to budge.
In order to get rid of them,
to leave.
It's a shameful turn of events.
It ceritainly is.
No matter how hard-pressed
they may be,
it's a despicable thing to do.
it's no help growing desperate.
Becoming too impatient
in seeking employment
is a danger we must all
take care to avoid.
You are absolutely right.
If you stop worrying so much
about finding employment,
you can sit here like this
without answering to a superior,
at no one's beck and call.
What's the matter there, little one?
It's time for his milk.
I'll nurse him.
You mustn't give him
your breast every time he cries.
He'll develop bad habits.
Lookee here, Kingo.
Ready?
See my funny face?
All right?
Upsy-daisy. Here goes, Kingo.
In Kanda
At the Myojin Shrine
There's a festival
Tonight
Kingo was the center of our existence,
and the three of us lived happily
with the constant sound
of warm laughter
raising peaceful ripples around us.
It truly was
a time of greater happiness
than I'd ever known in the domain.
However,
good things never last for long.
One day, Miho suddenly coughed up
profuse quantities of blood.
She had always been
of weak constitution,
and with the endless burden
of our piecework labor...
too hard for too long.
Motome panicked.
The poor fellow.
Date Clan construction site.
Fifty laborers at 40 mon.
Fifty laborers at 40 mon.
Just a minute, samurai, sir!
Are you trying to get me in trouble?
There isn't enough work
even for the townsmen.
If the authorities spotted
a two-sworded laborer,
I'd be in for a real dressing-down.
Hosokawa Clan construction site.
Twenty laborers, 45 mon.
PAWN SHOP:
Poor Motome.
He tried everything, but to no avail.
Miho was gradually wasting away,
and the worst was yet to come.
It's seared forever in my memory.
We'd just barely made it
through the end of the year,
and the plum blossoms
had begun to bloom
shortly after the beginning
of the new year.
What's wrong?
Is it Miho?
Is it Miho?
It's Kingo.
What? Kingo?
A fever.
Like he's on fire.
Why, Miho?
Why did you just sit by
until it came to this?
I thought it was an ordinary cold.
What did the doctor say?
You did have a doctor see him,
didn't you?
You haven't had a doctor see him?
Why haven't you had
a doctor look at him?
Kingo, fight it off.
Your grandpa,
like your mom and dad,
has already sold off
everything of value.
There's not a thing,
not a thing we can do for you.
There's nothing...
nothing we can do, Kingo.
But you're the son of a samurai.
You can't let a little illness
get the better of you.
Don't let it beat you.
Don't let it... Don't let it...
Father.
I have an idea.
What?
I need to go out.
Please look after Kingo.
What do you have in mind?
A former retainer of the Kato Clan
now lives in Nihonbashi
and makes his living
as a moneylender.
His rates are so high
that I didn't dare go to him before,
but I can't worry about that anymore.
You're right. If you know such a man,
hurry and go!
I'm on my way.
I'll be back by evening at the latest.
As you can see, Miho is too weak,
so please take care of Kingo.
Of course.
I know what to do.
But, Motome,
you can see
You must be quick,
and you mustn't fail.
I'll return by evening without fail.
I'll be off, then.
We're depending on you, Motome!
No, no, I'll do that.
It won't be long now, Kingo.
What's taking him so long?
He's getting worse.
No, no. Your getting up won't do
Kingo's fever any good.
Where can Motome be?
He swore he'd be back by evening.
What could he be doing?
I waited.
Every moment felt like an eternity.
But Motome did not return.
We never saw him again.
"I'll be back by evening,
Those were his final words
as he went out the door,
and that was the last I saw
of Motome Chijiiwa.
But then...
around 9:
00 that night,he did return home.
Only not on his own.
He was borne home by a parity
of retainers from the House of lyi.
Most couriteously.
This was the request
came to us.
But our forecourit is a busy place
and would have been most inconvenient,
so we offered him our courityard and saw
to his needs with all due propriety,
thus allowing him to fulfill his wish
and perform harakiri.
We understand there have lately been
incidents all across Edo
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