01x04 - The Eightfold Fence

[bunniefuu]

[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

The Black Ship will bring us
out of Osaka, but you must stay.

- [DISTANT SHOUTING]
- f*ck this.

[SCREAMING]

[LAUGHING]

Which is a very great honor.

My lord would like
to race you to the shore.

But I warn you not to let him win.

- My lord hates that.
- I wouldn't dare.

[PANTING]

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[DOG BARKING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DEEP INHALE]

Mm.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[STEADY DRUMMING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DISTANT CHEERING]

[BLACKTHORNE] Whose army is that?

Yabushige-sama's.

All loyal to Toranaga-sama.

Let's hope so.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[SHOUTING AND CHEERING]

[CHEERING]

Eh...

[CHUCKLES]

Anjin-sama, this is Omi-sama,
the lord of this village.

[BLACKTHORNE] Actually, we've met.

And f*ck yourself,

you sniveling little sh*t rag.

[SOLDIERS] Ho!

Ho!

- Yabushige-sama!
- Ho!

- [COMMANDER] Yabushige-sama!
- [SOLDIERS] Ho!

[GRUNTS SOFTLY]

- [COMMANDER] Yabushige-sama!
- [SOLDIERS] Ho!

[CALL AND RESPONSE CONTINUES]

[SOLDIERS FALL SILENT]

[WEAPONS CLATTERING]

[CHEERING]

Mm.

Ho!

Ho!

- [COMMANDER] Toranaga-sama!
- Ho!

- Toranaga-sama!
- Ho!

[COMMANDER] Toranaga-sama!

[SOLDIERS] Ho!

- [COMMANDER] Toranaga-sama!
- [SOLDIERS] Ho!

[CALL AND RESPONSE CONTINUE]

[GRUNTS]

- [COMMANDER] Toranaga-sama!
- [SOLDIERS] Ho!

[SIGHS]

- [COMMANDER] Toranaga-sama!
- [SOLDIERS] Ho!

Ho!

- [COMMANDER] Toranaga-sama!
- Ho!

[BUSY CHATTER]

Uh...

The men, from the hold.

Have you seen them?

Are they safe?

Muraji. Hai?

Hai. Welcome, Anjin-sama.

Uh...

My men.

- I'd like to see them now, my...
- Uh...

Where are they?

I-I'm sorry, I-I don't, um...

Look, maybe you can...

help me, here?

What now? Let go.

[MARIKO] I am afraid you are forbidden

from boarding without permission.

My own ship?

If there is something you need...

Oh, there is, yes.

My pistols and my men.

I keep asking to see them.

Your men were brought
to Toranaga-sama's city of Edo

for their safety.

As for your g*ns, we can fetch
them if it becomes necessary.

Now look here, Mariko,

your lord and I had an arrangement.

That ship and its crew

now belong to me.

You're quite mistaken.

Your ship and crew
now belong to Toranaga-sama,

and he will use them as he wishes.

Well, thank you for the...

clarification.

[SIGHS]

[BUSY CHATTER]

Anjin-sama, this is Uejirou,
the gardener.

Uh...

Konnichiwa, Uejirou-sama.

Sorry, we do not use "sama" for Uejirou.

It is not proper.

Ah.

Your house is ready for inspection.

Right this way.

My house?

Everything here has been prepared
specially by your staff.

My staff?

You will find your sleeping room
as well as Fuji-sama's room.

And the guest room
where I will be staying.

Perhaps you would like some tea
after your long journey.

Why have I been given all this?

It is only fitting
for a hatamoto.

No, w-wait a minute. How long
am I expected to be here?

Nagakado-sama says training
will take at least six months.

Sorry. Six months?

You agreed to train
these men, you remember.

I do, yes. For the return
of my men and my ship.

Please be patient, Anjin-sama.

As hatamoto,
you have been given a home,

a generous salary of 240 koku a year...

I don't want any generous cuckoos.

And Fuji-sama as a consort.

Well, I'm sure she's very nice,
but I don't want a woman.

I don't wish to pillow her,
pillow on her, or near...

Or do any damn pillowing at all.

In any case, she will look after
your house and your servants,

handle your financial matters.

To refuse would be
a terrible insult to our lord.

Well, I do refuse.

I refuse all of this.

I came here under clear terms
with Toranaga.

Sorry. Toranaga-sama.

Now he's bloody vanished.

And I'm a bloody prisoner
all over again.

Just with better living quarters.

[SCOFFS] Six months.

Six months...

Eh...

[CHUCKLES]

[PLAYING GENTLE TUNE]

Eh?

[LAUGHING]

[RASPY EXHALE]

Huh?

[YABUSHIGE SCOFFS]

You really don't have to be here.

Go away.

[GROANS]

She won't let me alone.

Wherever I go, she is.

It is not customary for one's consort
to sleep while he's awake.

Well, it's a foolish custom.

You should not walk on moss.

It is very disrespectful.

If I may...

I believe Fuji-sama merits better.

She is my late husband's niece.

Accomplished and highborn.

Well, that's absolutely
wonderful for her.

And recently her husband and
infant son were put to death.

Her husband had insulted Ishido-sama.

And something had to be done
in order to prevent bloodshed.

Shouldn't she be grieving, then?

Instead of...

following around marooned Englishmen?

We grieve those we have lost
by continuing their fight.

Rubbish.

A child has no fight.

The child's father served Toranaga-sama.

And now being your consort
allows Fuji-sama to do the same.

It gives her a place.

Well, you'd never know it
to look at her.

Bereaved mother.

Or widow.

Do you know "The Eightfold Fence"?

From the time we are small,

it is something we are taught
to build within ourselves.

An... impenetrable wall,

behind which we can retreat
whenever we need.

You must train yourself
to listen without hearing.

For instance, you can listen to
the sound of a blossom falling

or the rocks growing.

If you really listen,

your present circumstance vanishes.

Do not be fooled by our politeness.

Our bows, our maze of rituals.

Beneath it all...

we could be a great distance away.

Safe.

And alone.

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[BLACKTHORNE]
Tell him he can go to hell.

Omi-sama insists it is forbidden
to bring your weapons today.

Nonsense, your people bring
swords wherever they go.

[MARIKO] He says g*ns are different.

You must turn them over.

I'm not his prisoner anymore.
Where I come from,

you ask guests to do things.

There is no need for this.

You are protected as hatamoto.

For some reason, I just can't shake

the memory of our first meeting.

Mariko-sama...

Give the g*ns to Fuji-sama.

She's your consort.

She will give her life to defend them.

I can damn well defend myself...

Anjin-sama!

Tell this milk-dribbling
f*ck smear I'm ready to go.

[CHUCKLES]

That was very good.

Very good.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Yabushige-sama says his men
do not need to learn

basic skills like loading
or cleaning muskets.

The Portuguese brought us
g*ns 50 years ago,

we are very experienced with it.

- [GRUNTS]
- [IDLE CHATTER]

Yes, of course you are.

He asks about any tactics
our enemies might not yet know.

Right. Tactics.

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [HORSE WHINNIES]

Well, then, let me tell you
about tactics. [SIGHS]

I will begin by describing
for you a great battle.

We call it "The Siege of Malta."

[BLACKTHORNE] 60,000 Islamic Turks,

the cream of the Ottoman Empire,

had come against 600 Christian knights,

supported by a few thousand
Maltese auxiliaries

at their vast castle complex
at St. Elmo.

Now, the knights
had successfully withstood

the six-month siege,
and incredibly, had forced

the enemy to retreat in shame.
We are taught this victory

saved the whole Mediterranean seaboard

- and thus Christendom...
- Sorry, you said "taught"?

Yes.

When did this battle occur?

Well...



So you, yourself, did not
fight in this battle?

[CHUCKLES]

And you were not even born

when this battle was fought.

Uh...

Perhaps you might start again.

Except this time...

describe a battle you have
actually fought in.

Well, as I may have mentioned
to your lord

on multiple occasions,
I'm a sea pilot, yes?

Not a great deal
of infantry battles at sea.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SIGHS]

Mariko-sama, please tell him

that in my opinion
g*n tactics are useless

compared to the fine art
of English naval warfare.

That castle in Osaka, it's impregnable.

Yes, with swords, even matchlocks,

to lay siege would take months.

But anchor my ship and cannon

within a few thousand yards,

and your army could breach
the castle walls

without so much as an arrow's fletching

- to graze their cheeks.
- Huh?

Just let me demonstrate.

How do I say, um... "back"?

Back?

U-shi-lo.

Ushilo!

[YABUSHIGE] Eh...

Would you mind hitting the wedge?

[TAPPING]

Pierce your charge.

Prime. Now, clear the hubs.

Fire!

Clear the hubs and fire!

Oh?

[LAUGHING]

[CACKLES] Well done.

Well done.

[YABUSHIGE LAUGHING]

Prime.

- [CANNON BLASTS]
- Prime.

- [CANNON BLASTS]
- [SOFT GASP]

[CANNON BLASTS]

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Ima... Imaichi... Imaichido.

Imaichido.

Imaichido. Okika-say...

Okikase kudasai.

- Okikase kudasai.
- Hai.

Kudasai.

- [LAUGHING]: Kudasai.
- Kudasai.

Hai.

[CANNON BLASTS]

[DISTANT RUMBLING]

[BLACKTHORNE INSTRUCTING INDISTINCTLY]

Now align your vectors...

No, no, no, it's too early.

Excellent work.

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[BIRDS SINGING]

[BLACKTHORNE] This is beautiful.

The men are learning a decent
amount at a decent pace.

Yes.

Toranaga-sama will be pleased.

There are other ways I could help him.

My Erasmus is a single ship,
but a fleet?

It would be something else entirely.

My men in Edo could help me
build him a navy.

Forgive me, Anjin-sama, but...

I think you should remember
your oath is to Toranaga-sama.

And not to the orders
that brought you here.

What orders?

Your... crimes against the Portuguese.

I have read them in your own words.

It will be useful for you to know:

our lord will never be
turned against your enemies.

And it will be useful
for you to be reminded

that we are at w*r,
both your lord and my queen,

and it happens that
we have enemies in common.

Those were Catholics trying
to k*ll him in Osaka.

Yes, trying to k*ll you.

Because they fear what I can offer him.

A modern navy, ships built
for w*r, would be to his benefit.

You have no idea what is
or is not to my lord's benefit.

Well, I suppose...

we both have our masters
to serve, don't we?

[RUMBLING]

Jesus!

- [RUMBLING SUBSIDES]
- The hell was that?

Just a baby earthquake.

A... A b-baby what?

You will most certainly experience more
while you are here.

There are also tsunami
that come from the sea

and fires that break out
in the villages and cities.

It is why our houses are built to go up
as quickly as they come down.

Because death is in our air.

And sea and earth.

It can come for us at any moment.

Before you meddle with our politics,

just remember...

we live and we die.

We control nothing beyond that.

Baby earthquake.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[MOANING]

[CANNONS DISTANTLY BLASTING]

[SIGHS]

And then...

Number four. Um, uh...

Bring forth a chain sh*t, chain sh*t.

A chain sh*t.

Yes. Good, yes.

Please, thank you.

Yes.

- [CHAINS RATTLING]
- Now, the chain sh*t

increases the radius
within which the damage occurs.

And the nature of the damage itself.

You'll see, you'll see.

And uhsa. That's it.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

And clear, and there we are.

[PANICKED SHOUTING]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

What's... going on?

[HORSES CHUFFING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SIGHS]

[CHUCKLES]

[SHOUTING ORDERS]

Yabushige...

[SIGHS]

And so the regents in Osaka

are pressuring Yabushige?

He'll be declared a fugitive
for refusing their order, but...

if he returns to Osaka,

he will no doubt be ordered
to commit seppuku.

Eat, please.

What have you got there?

This may be not for you.

How do you mean? Let me try some.

Mariko-sama,

would you mind telling Fuji
something on my behalf?

I wanted to apologize
for the way I behaved

when I was first brought here.

I believe this is...

how you offer gifts,
so excuse my crude wrapping.

I'd like to thank her for her
excellent service to this house.

I ask that she accept this gift
as a gesture of my gratitude.

Those are the best g*ns
a sailor can have

and I'll miss that one greatly,

but if she's one to do her job
well, she'll need the best.

I'll teach her how to use them.

She'll be the most fearsome
lady in the Japans.

Did I offend her?

Fuji-sama, as your consort,

would like you to carry
her family swords.

They're a symbol of
her late father's bravery.

I can't accept this.

Fuji-sama rightly points out
that as hatamoto,

it is not proper for you
to have no swords to carry.

So you must accept.

[BLACKTHORNE]
Gozarimasuru, gozarimasuru.

I'll get it right
one of these bloody days.

I remind you that...

you are under no obligation
to try this dish.

Mmm.

Mmm.

It's a bit like cheese.

Very stinky.

Possibly spoiled cheese.

But, uh...

quite enjoyable.

[LIQUID POURING]

[POURING]

Gozarimasu

Gozarimasuru.

Gozarimasuru. Gozarimasuru.

Beautiful.

[GASPS] Oh.

- sh*t.
- Sorry.

Fuji-sama said you were off on a walk.

Yes, I was.

I am happy to see you have
changed your mind about bathing.

Would you care to sit?

I came here to thank you
for your gift to Fuji-sama.

It was very meaningful
for her to receive.

As her gift was to me.

I also wanted you to know...

you were wrong about
my service in Ajiro.

It has nothing to do with the Church.

Oh.

Go on.

I have not told you my family name.

But it is well known in Japan.

Many years ago...

a great injustice
stole everything from me.

For a long time...

I have been unable to seek
resolution for what happened.

But recently,
Toranaga-sama offered me a way.

What sort of resolution?

You said...

your houses here are designed to be...

rebuilt as quickly
as they are destroyed.

So if a house is ruined...

and rebuilt and ruined
and rebuilt 50 times over,

I see it...
Uh, I fail to see it as ruins.

I see only a house.

And here I see much woman.

And one who owes me no explanations.

What is the name of it, again,

the city of your birth?

London.

London...

A city like Osaka?

Well...

a city, yes, but...

nothing like Osaka.

It's crowded.

Filthy.

Plenty to do, though.

What would you do there,

on a night like this?

Well, if you were with me,

all the way from the Japans,

I'd take you to see my queen.

Would she receive us?

Oh, yes, I'm sure.

And we'd tour the grounds
at Richmond Palace.

[CHUCKLES]

Sit down for a stuffy dinner,
and then to make up for it,

I'd take us all to see a play.

- Do you have plays here?
- Hm, yes.

They're very popular.

They're quite sad and... tragic, mostly.

Yes, we have tragedies.

Doomed lovers, cursed kings.

And after that?

Suppose we'd go for a walk.

Yes.

Sanpo o suru.

Sanpo o...

- Suru.
- Suru.

We'd sanpo o suru...
along the Thames.

It's a big river.
Runs right through the city.

And at night, it's really,
it's quite something, and...

you can almost forget yourself.

And all your troubles
and your past and...

all the ways life seems to...

leave you wrecked.

They all just disappear.

And then you are free.

Yes.

I think so.

♪ ♪

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[SNORING SOFTLY]

[GASPS]

Uh...

♪ ♪

Rain is... very beautiful today.

Ee. Rain.

Ee.

- Ee.
- Ee.

Good morning.

You seem in good spirits.

As I should be,

after a night of good company.

Hmm.

The courtesan was acceptable, then?

I'm glad to hear it.

Fuji-sama and I thought
she would make a pleasing gift.

I don't understand. You're not, uh...

That was a very...

thoughtful gift.

♪ ♪

[SIGHS]

What is happening?

I do not know.

[SHOUTING]

[PAINED MOANING]

[MOANING]

Is no one going to stop him?

Do not intervene.

[SHOUTS]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

It is w*r.