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TOHO CO., LTD.

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THRONE OF BLOOD

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Producers: KUROSAWA AKIRA
and MOTOGI SOJIRO

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Screenplay by: OGUNI HIDEO, HASHI MOTO
SHINOBU, KIKUSHI MA RYUZO, KUROSAWA AKIRA

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Cinematography: NAKAl ASAKAZU
Art Director: MURAKI YOSHIRO

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Score: SATO MASARU

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Cast:

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MIFUNE TOSHIRO
YAMADA ISUZU

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SHIMURA TAKASHI, KUBO AKIRA,
TACHIKAWA YOICHI, CHIAKI MINORU

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Director:
KUROSAWA AKIRA

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<i>Look upon the ruins</i>

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<i>Of the castle of delusion</i>

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<i>Haunted only now</i>

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<i>By the spirits</i>

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<i>Of those who perished</i>

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<i>A scene of carnage</i>

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<i>Born of consuming desire</i>

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<i>Never changing</i>

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<i>Now and throughout eternity</i>

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HERE STOOD
SPIDER'S WEB CASTLE

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Fujimaki mutinies
at North Garrison.

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Caught unawares, fire ravages
the Fourth and Fifth Fortresses.

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And the Third Fortress?

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The Third Fortress had no time
to prepare itself.

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And the Second Fortress?

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Fighting like a man possessed,
Second Fortress commander Miki

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has redeployed men
of the Third Fortress.

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Our First Fortress?

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As flames engulfed
the Fourth and Fifth Fortresses,

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First Fortress,
under commander Washizu,

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came under assault from Inui's men,
some 400 strong,

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who poured across
our border full force.

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So, this is Inui's scheme.

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And how does Washizu fare in battle?

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A bitter fight.

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Attend to this man.

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Shall we strike?

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Or barricade ourselves in this castle?

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We must confine ourselves here.

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Striking at forces bent on victory
will only bring greater injury to our men.

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First, post sentries
at the edges of Spider's Web Forest,

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divide our foe's forces
by luring them into its maze,

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and wound as many as we can.

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Then withdraw
and barricade ourselves here.

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This would be my strategy.

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Our supplies?

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We can eke out three months,
slurping gruel.

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<i>I bring word. </i>

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<i>I am a messenger
from the Second Fortress. </i>

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Let him enter.

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Let him enter.

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Lord, the tides of battle favor you.

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How is that?

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Even as Miki's valiant defense
exhausted our foe's strategies,

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Washizu tore through
Inui's lines at the First Fortress,

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raining arrows on their ranks.

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- Washizu did this?
- Yes.

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Washizu did that.

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Washizu's gambit
has easily wasted our enemy,

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and turned the tide of war
to our advantage.

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Lord, even now Washizu and Miki's men
have driven the enemy back,

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trapping them in the Garrison.

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Lord.

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Lord.

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At the Garrison,
Fujimaki prepares to abdicate

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and begs for peace.

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No, we shall not talk of peace.

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Noriyasu.

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Take your men
to North Garrison at once

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and slay Fujimaki.

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Fortify our border positions,
and if Inui refuses to move his men...

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Bring Washizu and Miki here.
I wish to thank them myself.

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What is this day?

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I have never seen
such peculiar weather.

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Make haste. I wish to see
our Lord's joyous face.

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Indeed.

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No, this is...

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the very path where
we last stopped our beasts.

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Indeed, see the hoof marks
where our horses tread.

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This is baffling.

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Is not this the Spider's Web Forest?

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Without question.

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Then the castle
must be but very near.

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We have wandered
the forest two hours now.

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Finding no outlet.

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The infamous Spider's Web Forest.

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Stretching out like a spider's web,

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protecting Spider's Web Castle
against all foes.

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Ridiculous.

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Though perilous to our foes,
surely we know this forest well.

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Hear that?
There's evil afoot.

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That was an evil spirit.

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Then I'll trust my spear
to conquer it and pass.

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And I shall depend upon
my faithful bow and arrow.

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What is that?

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Do you recall such a hovel?

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No, the sight is new to my eyes.

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Also the work of an evil spirit.

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And yet...

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Look at the horses.
They're out of their wits.

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<i>Strange is the world</i>

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<i>Why should men</i>

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<i>Receive life in this world?</i>

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<i>Men's lives are as meaningless</i>

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<i>As the lives of insects</i>

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<i>The terrible folly</i>

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<i>Of such suffering</i>

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<i>A man lives but</i>

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<i>As briefly as a flower</i>

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<i>Destined all too soon</i>

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<i>To decay into the stink of flesh</i>

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<i>Humanity strives</i>

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<i>All its days</i>

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<i>To sear its own flesh</i>

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<i>In the flames of base desire</i>

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<i>Exposing itself</i>

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<i>To Fate's Five Calamities</i>

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<i>Heaping karma upon karma</i>

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<i>All that awaits Man</i>

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<i>At the end</i>

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<i>Of his travails</i>

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<i>Is the stench of rotting flesh</i>

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<i>That will yet blossom into flower</i>

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<i>Its foul odor rendered</i>

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<i>Into sweet perfume</i>

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<i>Oh, fascinating</i>

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<i>The life of Man</i>

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<i>Oh, fascinating</i>

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Who are you?

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Are you human
or of the spirit world?

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Speak now. If you can sing,
surely you can speak.

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Yes.

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Washizu Taketoki.

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Commander of the First Fortress.

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What? You know of me?

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Yes.

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From this day forward,
Lord of the North Garrison.

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What? Lord of North Garrison
from this day?

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Yes.

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One day, you shall also be Sovereign

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over Spider's Web Castle.

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How dare you.
Cease your jesting.

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Why should you show fury

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when my tidings are so joyous?

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Our Great Lord
is the only lord of the castle.

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Human beings are so strange.

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Terrified to look into
the bottom of their own hearts.

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Wait now.

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Though this may be
a spirit creature,

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it would not jest
with your arrow poised at its heart.

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Let me question further.

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Answer me this.

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Do you see into the future
as clearly as my eyes now see?

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Yes.

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Miki Yoshiaki.

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Commander of the Second Fortress.

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And henceforward,
commander of the First Fortress.

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Even today,
commander of First Fortress?

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And my realm and rank thereafter?

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Your destiny

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is both smaller and greater
than that of Washizu.

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What?

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What can you mean by this?

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One day

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your son shall rule

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Spider's Web Castle.

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Ah, there's the castle.

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Finally free of that spider's web.
Come, at a gallop.

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No, wait.

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My fatigue is great. My armor
weighs heavily, as never before.

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And no wonder.

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We've tired three mounts
since yesterday's battle.

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Shall we rest?

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I'm drowsy.

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I desire nothing more than
a deep, restful sleep.

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I can't help but feel
this is already a dream.

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Our encounter with that spirit

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may well have been a dream.

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They say dreams manifest
our basest desires.

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In truth, who would not dream
of ruling over a vanquished castle?

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It seems your son shall become
Great Lord of that castle.

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No, it is you, yourself,
who shall rule over that castle.

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But first, I must become
Lord of the North Garrison.

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And I, commander of
the First Fortress.

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- Joyous tidings.
- Joyous tidings.

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- Yet...
- Yet...

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- What? What did you mean to say?
- No, what did you?

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And yet, what if as of this night,

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I do become Lord of North Garrison,

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and you command First Fortress...

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Most distinguished warrior in battle,

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Washizu Taketoki.

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Henceforward, you are
Lord of North Garrison.

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Miki Yoshiaki.

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Your service was equally distinguished.

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From this night forward,

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commander of our First Fortress.

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Awfully peaceful.

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Surely, this is paradise.

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Vastly superior to
the discomfort of a fortress.

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Life can always be improved.

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Fine fortune for we who serve them,

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but our Lord and Lady
must be well satisfied.

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Is your heart resolved?

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No.

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I dreamt an evil dream.

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Beguiled by a wicked spirit.

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But I no longer waver.

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Preposterous, to wish I were
Lord of Spider's Web Castle.

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Do not call your dream preposterous.

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Any man who takes bow in hand
would dream of such a fate.

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No.

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I prefer to remain here.

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I will serve my Lord loyally
from this Garrison.

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Savor the peace
of a life befitting my rank.

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- That shall not come to pass.
- What?

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What if Miki Yoshiaki should disclose

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the forest spirit's prophecy
to our Great Lord?

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If that comes to pass,
we shall not survive here.

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At once, the Great Lord would
surround this castle with his men,

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jealous of the threat
you pose to his hegemony.

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My Lord, you have
but two paths ahead.

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Remain here and patiently wait
for our Great Lord to slay you,

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or slay him first and become
the Lord of Spider's Web Castle.

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Slaying the Great Lord
would be high treason.

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Did not the Great Lord

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secure his own position
murdering his predecessor?

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No, only because his own Lord
doubted him and sought his death.

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Our Great Lord trusts me.

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He treasures me like no other.

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Only because he does not know
the depths of your heart.

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My heart?

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There is nothing in my heart.

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That is a lie.

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Ridiculous.

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I am... perfectly content
with my station at North Garrison.

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Even if that were true,

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do you think the Great Lord
will trust it is so,

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should Miki inform him
of that prophecy?

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Miki is...

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Miki is my beloved
friend from childhood.

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He is incapable of betrayal.

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To advance themselves in this world,

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parents will kill children,
and children, their parents.

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In this degenerate age,
one must kill so as not to be killed.

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I cannot help wondering if Miki
has already informed the Great Lord.

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I have no respite from this fear.

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Asaji. Do not speak
of your doubts again.

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<i>Lord. </i>

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I've word. 300 men of
Spider's Web Castle lurk in the woods.

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They have assembled in silence.

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<i>My Lord. </i>

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The forests surrounding North Garrison
are thick with armed men,

254
00:32:01,601 --> 00:32:04,069
all from Spider's Web Castle.

255
00:32:04,270 --> 00:32:09,207
Their flags and spears are lowered,
their horses bridled with twigs.

256
00:32:21,788 --> 00:32:24,814
News for Washizu,
Lord of North Garrison.

257
00:32:25,024 --> 00:32:27,652
The Great Lord approaches.

258
00:32:30,897 --> 00:32:31,864
What is it?

259
00:32:32,065 --> 00:32:35,159
My Lord, the Great Lord approaches.

260
00:32:35,368 --> 00:32:37,165
Men, form your ranks.

261
00:32:38,538 --> 00:32:40,233
Form your ranks.

262
00:32:43,543 --> 00:32:45,238
Fall in, men.

263
00:32:45,445 --> 00:32:47,106
Washizu, there is no need.

264
00:32:47,213 --> 00:32:49,943
The Great Lord is out
hunting incognito.

265
00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:53,744
And thus no need
for an official reception.

266
00:33:47,507 --> 00:33:51,568
My congratulations
on your bountiful kill.

267
00:33:51,677 --> 00:33:55,238
No, the hunt is only a pretext

268
00:33:58,017 --> 00:34:00,679
that I may deploy my men
to attack Inui.

269
00:34:04,157 --> 00:34:06,216
Inui's behavior is untenable.

270
00:34:06,325 --> 00:34:09,123
Knowing this day would come,

271
00:34:09,328 --> 00:34:11,922
I overlooked his conspiracy
with Fujimaki.

272
00:34:12,298 --> 00:34:16,428
Take heed. Hereafter, I quarter
at North Garrison here,

273
00:34:16,869 --> 00:34:21,329
secretly fortify our border,
and attack when opportunity permits.

274
00:34:21,541 --> 00:34:25,637
Until then, not a word to anyone.

275
00:34:27,814 --> 00:34:29,406
- Washizu.
- Sir.

276
00:34:29,515 --> 00:34:31,608
- Miki.
- Sir.

277
00:34:31,984 --> 00:34:34,043
I elevate you in recognition

278
00:34:34,153 --> 00:34:35,211
of your courage.

279
00:34:35,588 --> 00:34:38,751
Washizu take my vanguard,
Miki, Spider's Web Castle.

280
00:34:38,858 --> 00:34:39,847
- Sir.
- Sir.

281
00:34:53,573 --> 00:34:55,063
Asaji.

282
00:34:56,709 --> 00:35:00,145
Now your suspicious heart
must find respite.

283
00:35:03,549 --> 00:35:07,007
Our Great Lord trusts me.

284
00:35:08,187 --> 00:35:14,057
In your uneasy heart that would
slander Miki, that evil spirit lurks.

285
00:35:14,260 --> 00:35:16,592
I cannot agree.

286
00:35:19,298 --> 00:35:21,926
And still you doubt. Listen.

287
00:35:23,069 --> 00:35:26,869
Great Lord places his trust in me
above all others.

288
00:35:27,874 --> 00:35:32,402
Thus he gives me the noble rank
of vanguard commander.

289
00:35:32,612 --> 00:35:35,206
This vanguard commander

290
00:35:35,414 --> 00:35:38,713
is vulnerable to arrows
on every side.

291
00:35:46,425 --> 00:35:49,223
Great Lord is a fox.

292
00:35:49,562 --> 00:35:53,362
With easy words, he cheats you
of the North Garrison,

293
00:35:53,799 --> 00:35:56,597
sends his trusted Miki

294
00:35:56,802 --> 00:36:00,932
out of danger
to guard Spider's Web Castle,

295
00:36:02,008 --> 00:36:05,967
and casts you, his most hated
adversary, into danger.

296
00:36:10,416 --> 00:36:13,874
From the heights of the castle keep,

297
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:19,422
Miki will laugh as he watches you
take your last gullible breath.

298
00:36:33,773 --> 00:36:36,207
- Who's there?
- We are with the Garrison.

299
00:36:37,343 --> 00:36:41,245
That way lie the Great Lord's
sleeping quarters.

300
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,607
No one may approach them.

301
00:36:43,716 --> 00:36:46,014
I do not seek his quarters.

302
00:36:46,219 --> 00:36:48,449
I come to air the sealed chamber.

303
00:36:49,488 --> 00:36:50,512
Sealed chamber?

304
00:36:51,691 --> 00:36:55,650
The place where the former Lord,
Fujimaki, took his life.

305
00:36:56,562 --> 00:36:59,588
No scrubbing will cleanse
the bloodstained floor,

306
00:36:59,799 --> 00:37:02,461
and thus the chamber
remains locked.

307
00:37:02,568 --> 00:37:05,264
Why open the room on such a night?

308
00:37:06,405 --> 00:37:09,135
The Great Lord sleeps
in our Lord's chambers,

309
00:37:09,342 --> 00:37:11,207
thus he must rest here.

310
00:37:11,711 --> 00:37:15,477
I thank you for your labors.
You may pass.

311
00:38:10,102 --> 00:38:11,729
Most peculiar.

312
00:38:13,272 --> 00:38:18,335
Though I have waded through
endless mires of battle dead,

313
00:38:19,078 --> 00:38:22,878
these blood stains never
fail to chill my spine.

314
00:38:29,655 --> 00:38:31,623
For this is dog's blood.

315
00:38:31,824 --> 00:38:35,260
The blood of a traitor most foul

316
00:38:35,461 --> 00:38:37,861
who, when his rash schemes failed,

317
00:38:38,064 --> 00:38:42,626
begged our Great Lord for his life.
This is coward's blood.

318
00:38:56,615 --> 00:39:00,915
Damn, even the birds cry ominously.

319
00:39:11,797 --> 00:39:15,824
You accuse me of
doubting too deeply.

320
00:39:16,369 --> 00:39:18,963
Yet even my distrustful heart,

321
00:39:19,171 --> 00:39:23,505
cannot help but trust
that spirit's prophecy.

322
00:39:24,643 --> 00:39:27,942
Open your eyes and look for yourself.

323
00:39:28,714 --> 00:39:31,581
Each truthful provision of
that prophecy

324
00:39:31,784 --> 00:39:37,017
has come to pass,
without the slightest help from you.

325
00:39:39,859 --> 00:39:42,919
Do you still not comprehend it?

326
00:39:43,863 --> 00:39:49,324
The Great Lord himself
has flown into your very hands.

327
00:39:51,036 --> 00:39:56,668
If you let this night pass,
such an opportunity will never come again.

328
00:40:07,586 --> 00:40:08,678
And yet...

329
00:40:09,822 --> 00:40:12,052
under what pretext
can I commit high treason?

330
00:40:12,258 --> 00:40:15,819
In any case, all his men
will turn against me.

331
00:40:16,028 --> 00:40:19,191
Though the Great Lord
claims to trust you,

332
00:40:19,398 --> 00:40:25,166
he's left Noriyasu's men to guard him.
This is our good fortune.

333
00:40:26,439 --> 00:40:30,876
We'll quench their thirst
with a sleeping potion mixed in sake.

334
00:40:31,076 --> 00:40:35,206
As his guards dream,
you shall slay the Great Lord,

335
00:40:35,614 --> 00:40:39,482
and denounce Noriyasu
as the murderer to his own men.

336
00:40:50,896 --> 00:40:54,593
What do you hear in that bird's cry?

337
00:40:59,238 --> 00:41:01,570
"Will you risk the world?"

338
00:41:02,107 --> 00:41:05,235
So it sounds to me.

339
00:41:12,251 --> 00:41:15,220
Ambition makes the man.

340
00:41:15,454 --> 00:41:17,718
From your stronghold, Spider's Web,

341
00:41:17,923 --> 00:41:22,519
you may yet aspire to all the world.
The cry is from heaven.

342
00:41:52,525 --> 00:41:53,822
Who's there?

343
00:41:54,493 --> 00:41:56,927
<i>Your sleeping quarters are ready. </i>

344
00:42:01,367 --> 00:42:03,232
Good work.

345
00:42:05,337 --> 00:42:09,068
And how did you leave
the Great Lord's guards?

346
00:42:09,308 --> 00:42:12,641
<i>Spears poised, they maintain
their sleepless vigil. </i>

347
00:42:12,845 --> 00:42:14,972
Indeed they do.

348
00:42:16,649 --> 00:42:19,982
Let us offer them some sake, then.

349
00:48:57,449 --> 00:48:59,940
Intruders! Intruders!

350
00:49:08,727 --> 00:49:09,989
Take arms!

351
00:49:14,132 --> 00:49:16,760
The Great Lord is in danger.

352
00:49:29,548 --> 00:49:31,311
Traitor.

353
00:50:11,957 --> 00:50:14,721
- Let me go.
- You must hold your temper.

354
00:50:14,826 --> 00:50:17,818
First, back to the castle, Prince.

355
00:50:18,030 --> 00:50:19,588
Let me go.

356
00:50:20,298 --> 00:50:22,391
Surely this is Washizu's work.

357
00:50:22,601 --> 00:50:24,899
Flee now and they mark us traitors.

358
00:50:25,003 --> 00:50:27,267
Hear my story, Prince.

359
00:50:27,472 --> 00:50:29,099
No justice for the dead.

360
00:50:29,207 --> 00:50:32,768
Let me go.
Let go of me.

361
00:50:42,654 --> 00:50:46,522
Do not heed the minions.
Noriyasu is our only foe.

362
00:50:47,292 --> 00:50:50,193
- Where's Noriyasu?
- He was nearly ours.

363
00:50:50,295 --> 00:50:52,855
So he's escaped.

364
00:50:53,065 --> 00:50:55,966
He fled to the castle
with the prince.

365
00:50:56,334 --> 00:50:58,928
What, to the castle
with the prince?

366
00:50:59,137 --> 00:51:01,970
My God. Spider's Web Castle
is in Miki's charge.

367
00:51:02,174 --> 00:51:03,801
If he admits those two...

368
00:51:04,009 --> 00:51:06,944
Admitting those foul traitors
insults our Great Lord.

369
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:09,372
Press forward.

370
00:51:31,703 --> 00:51:33,830
Give chase.

371
00:51:41,313 --> 00:51:43,508
Ready your arrows.

372
00:53:01,026 --> 00:53:02,857
Damn them.

373
00:53:10,268 --> 00:53:11,428
Word for Lord Miki.

374
00:53:12,604 --> 00:53:16,199
As he prepared to attack Inui,
our Great Lord died tragically,

375
00:53:16,408 --> 00:53:19,900
in the Garrison
at Washizu's treasonous hand.

376
00:53:20,011 --> 00:53:22,502
I, Noriyasu, fought my way back

377
00:53:22,614 --> 00:53:26,710
to this castle with the prince
under my protection.

378
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:29,448
Open the gates in haste.

379
00:53:30,455 --> 00:53:31,820
Open the gates.

380
00:53:33,191 --> 00:53:34,249
Lord Miki.

381
00:53:34,359 --> 00:53:36,122
Washizu swiftly approaches.

382
00:53:37,195 --> 00:53:39,186
Open the gates.

383
00:53:40,365 --> 00:53:43,562
Open the gates.

384
00:54:03,054 --> 00:54:04,578
Miki, how dare you?

385
00:54:04,823 --> 00:54:06,256
Prince.

386
00:54:25,010 --> 00:54:26,477
Strike them, Lord.

387
00:54:27,746 --> 00:54:28,906
Hold back.

388
00:54:30,782 --> 00:54:33,580
Give chase and strike them, Lord.

389
00:54:35,854 --> 00:54:37,583
No, hold back.

390
00:54:45,297 --> 00:54:48,562
We cannot move
until we perceive Miki's design.

391
00:54:48,867 --> 00:54:50,494
With our Great Lord gone,

392
00:54:50,702 --> 00:54:53,262
Miki may plan to usurp the throne,

393
00:54:53,471 --> 00:54:57,100
and then Miki himself
will become our next enemy.

394
00:55:11,690 --> 00:55:13,021
<i>Lord. </i>

395
00:55:17,729 --> 00:55:18,696
Lord.

396
00:55:18,897 --> 00:55:20,762
A message from your lady.

397
00:55:21,032 --> 00:55:22,158
What is it?

398
00:55:22,267 --> 00:55:24,667
If Miki refuses to open the gates,

399
00:55:24,869 --> 00:55:28,032
approach the gates bearing
the Great Lord's coffin.

400
00:55:28,807 --> 00:55:29,831
I see.

401
00:55:48,827 --> 00:55:50,795
Open the gates.

402
00:55:51,529 --> 00:55:53,622
The Great Lord returns.

403
00:55:55,333 --> 00:55:56,732
Open the gates.

404
00:55:58,269 --> 00:56:03,070
Washizu will enter,
guarding the Great Lord's coffin.

405
01:00:29,207 --> 01:00:32,301
What of the Great Lord's lady?

406
01:00:32,610 --> 01:00:34,737
She has taken her life.

407
01:00:36,848 --> 01:00:41,615
She could not bear to see
an enemy occupy the castle.

408
01:01:35,239 --> 01:01:40,006
Surely the evil spirit of Spider's Forest
foretold the truth.

409
01:01:42,213 --> 01:01:47,412
With the Great Lord gone,
Inui will surely turn against this fortress.

410
01:01:48,186 --> 01:01:50,313
They will come in force.

411
01:01:50,588 --> 01:01:55,252
You alone have the strength
to defend this castle.

412
01:01:55,927 --> 01:02:00,990
I will argue the justice of this
before the Council.

413
01:02:21,886 --> 01:02:24,946
We shall speak of it
at greater length.

414
01:03:00,758 --> 01:03:02,658
Where lies the Garrison?

415
01:03:04,328 --> 01:03:07,058
At the foot of those mountains, see?

416
01:03:08,633 --> 01:03:12,069
From this height,
it seems almost pitiful.

417
01:03:13,104 --> 01:03:17,268
Life can always be improved.
Fine, fine fortune.

418
01:03:17,475 --> 01:03:22,105
If only there were an heir,
this house would have great joy.

419
01:03:30,655 --> 01:03:33,886
So I cannot persuade you of the folly

420
01:03:34,091 --> 01:03:38,425
in naming Miki's son
as heir to the throne of this castle?

421
01:03:40,231 --> 01:03:42,392
At the Council meeting,

422
01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:45,535
he ardently argued
my right to succession.

423
01:03:46,704 --> 01:03:50,538
I owe my position
to his unflagging friendship.

424
01:03:51,075 --> 01:03:53,134
I must repay his loyalty.

425
01:03:53,344 --> 01:03:56,074
I cannot agree.

426
01:03:56,280 --> 01:04:01,047
Miki did not promote you
out of friendship.

427
01:04:01,419 --> 01:04:05,185
Surely you know this yourself.

428
01:04:05,890 --> 01:04:07,824
Do not speak of it.

429
01:04:08,893 --> 01:04:10,724
Miki is courageous.

430
01:04:10,928 --> 01:04:13,055
He's a shrewd strategist.

431
01:04:13,564 --> 01:04:17,830
Terrifying as an enemy,
but a trustworthy ally.

432
01:04:18,970 --> 01:04:21,734
If I appoint his son to be my heir,

433
01:04:21,939 --> 01:04:25,204
he will engage in any labor
on my behalf.

434
01:04:27,144 --> 01:04:28,509
Hear this.

435
01:04:28,713 --> 01:04:33,241
At tonight's banquet I will announce
and celebrate my successor.

436
01:04:34,418 --> 01:04:37,182
Entertain Miki and his son lavishly.

437
01:04:39,090 --> 01:04:42,958
I did not soil these hands with blood

438
01:04:43,728 --> 01:04:47,596
for the sake of Lord Miki's son.

439
01:04:51,769 --> 01:04:54,294
My rule lasts but a generation.

440
01:04:55,506 --> 01:04:58,134
Thereafter, Miki's heirs succeed.

441
01:04:58,609 --> 01:05:01,305
If you believe in the Forest prophecy,

442
01:05:01,512 --> 01:05:04,242
it is the most we can hope for.
- I refuse.

443
01:05:04,982 --> 01:05:07,246
And yet, we are barren.

444
01:05:07,485 --> 01:05:10,283
Someday, we must choose an heir.

445
01:05:12,857 --> 01:05:14,620
I am...

446
01:05:16,027 --> 01:05:17,722
with child.

447
01:05:19,430 --> 01:05:21,125
With child?

448
01:05:22,266 --> 01:05:23,255
Yes.

449
01:05:49,460 --> 01:05:50,290
Fool.

450
01:05:52,730 --> 01:05:54,163
What is this?

451
01:05:55,399 --> 01:05:57,924
His loyal horse went mad today.

452
01:05:58,903 --> 01:06:01,030
He bucked his bridle,
tore off his reins

453
01:06:01,138 --> 01:06:02,435
and fled.

454
01:06:04,742 --> 01:06:08,439
Father, this bodes ill.
We cannot visit the Castle.

455
01:06:08,646 --> 01:06:09,670
Ridiculous.

456
01:06:10,548 --> 01:06:14,780
We are honored guests
at tonight's banquet. We must attend.

457
01:06:26,931 --> 01:06:28,193
Father.

458
01:06:30,701 --> 01:06:32,464
As I have said already,

459
01:06:32,670 --> 01:06:35,161
I am grateful for these honors...

460
01:06:35,373 --> 01:06:36,465
You complain?

461
01:06:36,674 --> 01:06:38,699
No, I make no complaints.

462
01:06:39,744 --> 01:06:42,338
But I refuse to trust

463
01:06:42,546 --> 01:06:44,980
an evil spirit's prophecy.
Foolish.

464
01:06:45,182 --> 01:06:46,911
Foolish?

465
01:06:48,085 --> 01:06:50,485
I saw it clearly with my own eyes.

466
01:06:51,088 --> 01:06:54,353
For Washizu, the prophecies
have been fulfilled.

467
01:06:55,559 --> 01:06:56,685
For me, tonight...

468
01:06:56,894 --> 01:07:00,386
Such reasoning proves
you are possessed.

469
01:07:00,598 --> 01:07:04,762
The spirit has tricked you
into fulfilling its prophecies,

470
01:07:04,969 --> 01:07:09,702
and now you believe the prophecies
have come true. Is it wise?

471
01:07:10,474 --> 01:07:13,102
Then believe them not.

472
01:07:15,446 --> 01:07:16,845
And yet,

473
01:07:17,982 --> 01:07:23,420
Washizu's wish to name you heir
is neither dream nor illusion.

474
01:07:23,621 --> 01:07:25,452
Listen well.

475
01:07:27,558 --> 01:07:31,085
You can become lord
and master of a castle,

476
01:07:33,297 --> 01:07:36,960
without bloodshed,
without heaping corpse on corpse.

477
01:07:44,308 --> 01:07:47,038
What got into that horse?
Look at my wounds.

478
01:07:47,244 --> 01:07:48,268
Kept me behind.

479
01:07:48,479 --> 01:07:51,107
Made you miss out on castle sake.

480
01:08:02,259 --> 01:08:03,783
He's back.

481
01:08:45,536 --> 01:08:48,505
Where can Lord Miki be?

482
01:08:48,806 --> 01:08:50,865
Great Lord is vexed as well.

483
01:08:51,075 --> 01:08:53,339
Such impudence is unlike Miki.

484
01:08:53,444 --> 01:08:58,609
<i>Oh, terrible gods
attend our story well</i>

485
01:08:58,816 --> 01:09:03,048
<i>The very same tale
foretold in ancient legend</i>

486
01:09:03,254 --> 01:09:06,223
<i>The warrior Chikata
whose devilish men</i>

487
01:09:06,323 --> 01:09:09,690
<i>served his traitorous schemes</i>

488
01:09:10,928 --> 01:09:15,627
<i>Yet when his demon henchmen
murder him in betrayal</i>

489
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:19,060
<i>their debt of royal treachery</i>

490
01:09:19,170 --> 01:09:25,040
<i>swiftly brings their own ruin</i>

491
01:09:25,242 --> 01:09:28,803
<i>And thus it came to pass</i>

492
01:09:29,046 --> 01:09:32,038
That's enough.
Enough of your dancing.

493
01:09:34,018 --> 01:09:34,985
Sir.

494
01:11:06,510 --> 01:11:08,671
Damn you, Miki.

495
01:11:11,282 --> 01:11:13,147
Such insolence.

496
01:11:17,521 --> 01:11:19,148
Remove yourself.

497
01:11:19,990 --> 01:11:21,116
Remove yourself.

498
01:11:23,027 --> 01:11:24,426
Great Lord.

499
01:11:26,497 --> 01:11:27,987
Calm yourself.

500
01:11:28,198 --> 01:11:30,792
He has imbibed too freely.

501
01:11:33,837 --> 01:11:38,934
Lately, he is often this way
when he has had too much to drink.

502
01:11:39,543 --> 01:11:44,981
No doubt his predecessor's violent death
tears at his heart.

503
01:12:10,908 --> 01:12:13,035
I'm terribly drunk.

504
01:12:17,247 --> 01:12:17,872
What's wrong?

505
01:12:21,352 --> 01:12:23,980
Will you men not take a drop?

506
01:12:24,922 --> 01:12:25,684
Let's celebrate.

507
01:12:48,145 --> 01:12:51,444
What can be the cause
of Miki's delay?

508
01:12:55,819 --> 01:12:59,482
Rumor has it that Inui
has spies afoot.

509
01:13:00,824 --> 01:13:03,019
I pray all is well.

510
01:13:22,946 --> 01:13:24,538
There he is again.

511
01:13:44,234 --> 01:13:48,432
If you reprove me so,
draw your sword and strike.

512
01:13:51,108 --> 01:13:53,076
I'll slay you yet again.

513
01:14:03,720 --> 01:14:05,244
My Lord.

514
01:14:06,623 --> 01:14:08,250
Pay him no mind.

515
01:14:08,725 --> 01:14:11,922
His confusion will subside
with the liquor.

516
01:14:12,129 --> 01:14:15,292
Forgive this unseemly
disruption of our feast.

517
01:14:15,499 --> 01:14:17,933
Please retire for the night.

518
01:14:42,025 --> 01:14:43,492
Retire!

519
01:15:11,889 --> 01:15:14,414
How brilliant.

520
01:15:14,958 --> 01:15:18,587
A Great Lord,
his ambitions set on the world,

521
01:15:18,795 --> 01:15:22,356
terrorized and undone by phantoms.

522
01:15:23,066 --> 01:15:24,363
Who's there?

523
01:15:58,936 --> 01:16:01,803
Lord Miki is done with...

524
01:16:09,546 --> 01:16:10,274
Enough!

525
01:16:13,116 --> 01:16:14,743
Retire.

526
01:16:16,420 --> 01:16:18,149
My Great Lord.

527
01:16:18,255 --> 01:16:21,918
There is a more pressing question.

528
01:16:25,429 --> 01:16:26,453
His son?

529
01:16:28,932 --> 01:16:33,198
I wounded him, but he escaped,
clinging to his steed.

530
01:16:33,403 --> 01:16:35,371
What? He escaped?

531
01:16:36,273 --> 01:16:38,298
I have no excuse.

532
01:18:09,700 --> 01:18:11,429
A fierce wind blows.

533
01:18:11,702 --> 01:18:14,603
As if to shake the castle
to its foundation.

534
01:18:16,139 --> 01:18:17,868
These foundations

535
01:18:18,075 --> 01:18:21,602
already tremble,
without need of the wind.

536
01:18:22,012 --> 01:18:25,812
Nowadays, even the garrison
and fortress commanders,

537
01:18:26,016 --> 01:18:29,816
who once paid court here daily,
are hardly seen.

538
01:18:30,020 --> 01:18:32,454
Let sleeping dogs lie.

539
01:18:32,656 --> 01:18:34,055
Two commanders,

540
01:18:34,257 --> 01:18:38,057
whom the Great Lord doubted,
forced to take their lives.

541
01:18:38,261 --> 01:18:43,130
Hard to believe it was Inui's spies
that murdered Miki.

542
01:18:44,334 --> 01:18:45,995
I've heard tell

543
01:18:46,203 --> 01:18:51,641
that Miki's son
has taken shelter with Inui.

544
01:18:51,908 --> 01:18:55,344
Only a fool would side
with his father's foe.

545
01:18:55,545 --> 01:18:58,708
They say even Noriyasu
and our last prince

546
01:18:58,915 --> 01:19:01,884
have pledged themselves to Inui.

547
01:19:02,185 --> 01:19:04,483
What will come of this?

548
01:19:04,955 --> 01:19:10,188
In any case, we can no longer trust
this castle's invincibility.

549
01:19:11,061 --> 01:19:13,529
I heard a guard
of the watchtower say

550
01:19:13,730 --> 01:19:18,224
he saw a pack of rats
fleeing the castle grounds.

551
01:19:19,436 --> 01:19:21,165
They always say,

552
01:19:21,371 --> 01:19:26,604
"Rats flee a house before it burns. "

553
01:19:44,995 --> 01:19:46,622
How is she?

554
01:19:47,230 --> 01:19:48,595
My lady,

555
01:19:48,799 --> 01:19:51,029
how does she fare?

556
01:19:53,236 --> 01:19:54,100
Speak.

557
01:19:55,138 --> 01:19:57,265
Why are you silent?

558
01:19:58,742 --> 01:20:03,372
There is nothing to speak of.

559
01:20:05,182 --> 01:20:08,640
My lady has given birth.
The child was stillborn.

560
01:20:08,852 --> 01:20:11,150
Stillborn?

561
01:20:12,489 --> 01:20:18,155
And lifeless first some days
within my lady's womb,

562
01:20:18,361 --> 01:20:23,594
my lady's health is far from certain.

563
01:20:30,473 --> 01:20:31,531
Great Lord.

564
01:20:51,494 --> 01:20:52,791
Great Lord.

565
01:21:32,002 --> 01:21:33,629
Fool!

566
01:21:38,675 --> 01:21:40,404
Fool.

567
01:22:06,770 --> 01:22:08,704
<i>Great Lord. </i>

568
01:22:14,344 --> 01:22:16,107
Great Lord.

569
01:22:18,348 --> 01:22:20,543
A messenger from the First Fortress.

570
01:22:20,750 --> 01:22:21,944
What?

571
01:22:28,758 --> 01:22:30,089
What is it?

572
01:22:30,293 --> 01:22:34,059
Inui's men swarmed our border,
taking the First Fortress.

573
01:22:34,464 --> 01:22:38,958
Noriyasu leads the vanguard,
swearing vengeance for the prince's father.

574
01:22:41,071 --> 01:22:44,006
The Second Fortress is surrounded.

575
01:22:44,207 --> 01:22:46,266
Miki's son commands them.

576
01:22:50,380 --> 01:22:53,474
First and Second Fortresses
are both lost,

577
01:22:53,683 --> 01:22:55,514
our foe has joined forces

578
01:22:55,618 --> 01:22:57,176
and approaches the Third Fortress.

579
01:23:34,491 --> 01:23:35,458
Cowards.

580
01:23:35,992 --> 01:23:41,294
It is two hours since I called council.
How can we greet this attack?

581
01:23:58,515 --> 01:23:59,743
Enough with you.

582
01:23:59,949 --> 01:24:04,750
What need for the advice of cowards,
who quake and pale under fire?

583
01:24:22,038 --> 01:24:24,506
Bring my horse.
My horse.

584
01:24:35,618 --> 01:24:37,279
Come forth.

585
01:24:37,821 --> 01:24:39,755
Evil spirit.

586
01:24:40,623 --> 01:24:43,091
Evil spirit.

587
01:24:48,565 --> 01:24:51,227
Come forth, evil spirit.

588
01:25:02,679 --> 01:25:05,307
Come forth, evil spirit.

589
01:25:05,515 --> 01:25:06,812
Come forth.

590
01:25:16,459 --> 01:25:18,518
Show yourself.
I must know.

591
01:25:43,319 --> 01:25:45,685
Whom have we here?

592
01:25:46,456 --> 01:25:51,018
Is this not the Great Lord
of Spider's Web Castle?

593
01:25:51,995 --> 01:25:54,828
Damn you. Answer me plainly.

594
01:25:55,031 --> 01:25:58,558
Is it true Miki's son
will be Lord of Spider's Web?

595
01:25:59,235 --> 01:26:01,795
So I see,

596
01:26:03,206 --> 01:26:08,269
you have finally come
to the end of your wanderings.

597
01:26:09,913 --> 01:26:12,473
You have done well.

598
01:26:14,050 --> 01:26:15,915
You have done well.

599
01:26:16,819 --> 01:26:18,480
Damn you. Tell me.

600
01:26:18,688 --> 01:26:22,351
If you have the power,
foretell the outcome of my battle.

601
01:26:31,768 --> 01:26:35,534
You may set your fears to rest.

602
01:26:37,340 --> 01:26:42,243
Until the very trees
of Spider's Web Forest

603
01:26:43,446 --> 01:26:48,884
rise against Spider's Web Castle,

604
01:26:49,085 --> 01:26:55,422
you will not be defeated in battle.

605
01:26:58,461 --> 01:27:01,897
The trees rise to attack?

606
01:27:04,934 --> 01:27:07,402
Such a thing is impossible.

607
01:27:10,607 --> 01:27:13,804
Which means,
I will not be defeated in battle?

608
01:27:18,581 --> 01:27:22,244
If you choose the path of bloodshed,

609
01:27:23,286 --> 01:27:28,383
then climb to
the very pinnacle of evil.

610
01:27:29,459 --> 01:27:34,362
Noriyasu, the prince
and even Miki's son,

611
01:27:34,564 --> 01:27:36,623
I swear I shall kill them all.

612
01:27:40,570 --> 01:27:43,971
If you choose to build
a mountain of corpses,

613
01:27:44,173 --> 01:27:48,109
build its summit
as high as you dare.

614
01:27:51,447 --> 01:27:55,281
I'll lay a fresh mountain of corpses
over these bleached bones.

615
01:27:59,255 --> 01:28:02,224
If you will make blood flow,

616
01:28:02,425 --> 01:28:05,952
let it be a river,
no, an ocean of blood.

617
01:28:06,663 --> 01:28:11,259
A deluge of blood shall stain
these woods crimson.

618
01:28:14,971 --> 01:28:16,768
Come for me, Noriyasu.

619
01:28:16,973 --> 01:28:18,565
Ally yourself with Inui,

620
01:28:18,775 --> 01:28:20,800
with the prince, and Miki's son.

621
01:28:21,010 --> 01:28:24,343
Join forces with the First
and Second Fortress, too.

622
01:28:24,781 --> 01:28:26,681
Thousands, tens of thousands.

623
01:28:27,050 --> 01:28:31,043
Bring every man you can find
and lay siege to Spider's Web!

624
01:29:21,604 --> 01:29:22,571
Heed this.

625
01:29:24,674 --> 01:29:27,040
The Spider's Web Forest

626
01:29:27,243 --> 01:29:29,677
is but a web of trails.

627
01:29:32,448 --> 01:29:35,679
Do not let the paths beguile you.

628
01:29:35,885 --> 01:29:37,477
Avoid the trails.

629
01:29:37,687 --> 01:29:42,090
Once inside the forest,
ride straight through the trees,

630
01:29:42,291 --> 01:29:44,259
and press only forward.

631
01:30:33,743 --> 01:30:37,702
What? My hidden troops
in the forest have withdrawn?

632
01:30:39,148 --> 01:30:40,240
Cowards.

633
01:30:43,252 --> 01:30:44,913
The men who lay in wait

634
01:30:45,121 --> 01:30:48,579
withdrew en masse
without receiving a single arrow?

635
01:30:48,925 --> 01:30:52,884
Our foe Noriyasu knows the forest.
We cannot entrap him.

636
01:32:06,869 --> 01:32:08,632
I was remiss...

637
01:32:19,315 --> 01:32:20,282
Men,

638
01:32:21,684 --> 01:32:23,515
hear me well.

639
01:32:24,186 --> 01:32:26,882
In battle, the final victor takes all.

640
01:32:27,390 --> 01:32:29,358
Skirmishes mean nothing.

641
01:32:30,560 --> 01:32:31,993
Take heart.

642
01:32:32,194 --> 01:32:34,253
I, Washizu, demand your trust.

643
01:32:34,463 --> 01:32:38,297
On no account
shall I meet defeat in battle.

644
01:32:48,978 --> 01:32:52,641
If you do not believe me,
I'll tell you why.

645
01:32:59,589 --> 01:33:04,219
This happened when I still
commanded the First Fortress.

646
01:33:04,794 --> 01:33:09,288
As I returned to the Castle
after rushing Fujimaki's mutiny,

647
01:33:10,032 --> 01:33:12,592
I saw an evil spirit
in Spider's Forest.

648
01:33:12,802 --> 01:33:14,963
According to its prophecy,

649
01:33:15,171 --> 01:33:18,231
I would that eve become
Lord of the North Garrison,

650
01:33:18,441 --> 01:33:20,739
and later, of this Castle.

651
01:33:21,210 --> 01:33:23,405
Behold my fate.

652
01:33:23,613 --> 01:33:27,515
The prophecy foretold
my destiny precisely.

653
01:33:29,852 --> 01:33:32,013
And then, today.

654
01:33:35,124 --> 01:33:37,786
I spurred my steed
back into the Forest

655
01:33:37,994 --> 01:33:41,327
to ask the spirit
of my fortune once more.

656
01:33:44,133 --> 01:33:45,498
Rejoice.

657
01:33:46,068 --> 01:33:50,630
None may defeat me, though heaven
descends or the earth rends.

658
01:33:51,907 --> 01:33:53,932
The spirit told me,

659
01:33:54,143 --> 01:33:58,637
until the trees of the forest
rise to attack the Castle,

660
01:33:58,848 --> 01:34:01,442
I shall never be defeated in battle.

661
01:34:04,687 --> 01:34:05,813
Men.

662
01:34:06,255 --> 01:34:09,884
Don't tell me.
Do trees attack?

663
01:34:19,268 --> 01:34:21,532
Those of you who trust my fate,

664
01:34:21,637 --> 01:34:23,161
raise your spears.

665
01:34:56,305 --> 01:34:58,034
Can't see a thing.

666
01:35:15,558 --> 01:35:16,525
Hey.

667
01:35:17,093 --> 01:35:21,120
What can the enemy be plotting,
with nary a torch?

668
01:35:38,914 --> 01:35:40,779
What can that be?

669
01:35:44,487 --> 01:35:48,787
No doubt they've abandoned
their attack to build defenses.

670
01:36:10,446 --> 01:36:12,778
Even the formidable Noriyasu

671
01:36:13,315 --> 01:36:17,012
has no power against
these legendary fortifications.

672
01:36:18,354 --> 01:36:21,619
The attackers can see nothing
inside the castle.

673
01:36:22,358 --> 01:36:24,792
Yet we have a bird's-eye view of them.

674
01:36:26,128 --> 01:36:28,187
If they do attack us,

675
01:36:28,397 --> 01:36:31,764
let them draw near
and then shower them with arrows.

676
01:36:44,914 --> 01:36:46,472
What is it?

677
01:36:50,653 --> 01:36:52,382
Is it a covert attack?

678
01:37:08,971 --> 01:37:10,336
What is it?

679
01:37:15,511 --> 01:37:16,842
An ill omen.

680
01:37:21,951 --> 01:37:25,079
Commanders of cowardice
who quake and pale.

681
01:37:26,722 --> 01:37:29,213
Do you not see this as good omen?

682
01:37:30,292 --> 01:37:35,059
How dare you let an auspicious omen
of our victory fluster you.

683
01:38:12,134 --> 01:38:13,624
<i>My lady. </i>

684
01:38:17,907 --> 01:38:19,431
<i>My lady. </i>

685
01:39:29,211 --> 01:39:31,475
It won't come out.

686
01:39:33,349 --> 01:39:36,147
What an awful bloodstain.

687
01:39:42,658 --> 01:39:44,956
No matter how I wash it,

688
01:39:45,160 --> 01:39:48,687
why won't this blood wash away?

689
01:39:52,835 --> 01:39:56,032
It reeks of blood even now.

690
01:39:59,074 --> 01:40:03,534
Why can I not clean
this blood from my hands?

691
01:40:06,782 --> 01:40:08,079
Asaji.

692
01:40:10,719 --> 01:40:13,517
What is the matter with this blood?

693
01:40:16,125 --> 01:40:19,652
The stain will not leave my hands.

694
01:40:22,965 --> 01:40:25,092
No matter how many times

695
01:40:25,634 --> 01:40:27,761
I wash and wash again,

696
01:40:28,604 --> 01:40:32,700
still these hands reek of blood.

697
01:40:41,884 --> 01:40:43,442
Asaji.

698
01:40:43,919 --> 01:40:46,251
This awful stain of blood.

699
01:41:23,992 --> 01:41:24,959
Fools.

700
01:41:25,327 --> 01:41:28,262
Why this confusion
as victory approaches?

701
01:41:29,264 --> 01:41:30,322
Quiet down.

702
01:41:30,966 --> 01:41:32,763
Quiet down, I say.

703
01:41:33,135 --> 01:41:35,126
Great Lord. The trees,

704
01:41:35,237 --> 01:41:36,932
the trees of Spider's Forest.

705
01:41:37,039 --> 01:41:40,770
- What of them?
- The trees have risen to attack us.

706
01:41:43,278 --> 01:41:44,472
Ridiculous.

707
01:41:44,680 --> 01:41:48,514
A madman's delusion.
How would a forest move?

708
01:43:38,760 --> 01:43:40,159
What is this!

709
01:43:40,362 --> 01:43:42,057
Hold your stations.

710
01:43:54,610 --> 01:43:56,134
Do not yield.

711
01:43:56,245 --> 01:43:58,076
Return to your stations.

712
01:44:14,763 --> 01:44:15,957
Cowards.

713
01:44:16,164 --> 01:44:17,358
I see it now.

714
01:44:17,566 --> 01:44:21,366
You'll slay me and offer my head
when you surrender.

715
01:44:39,421 --> 01:44:40,683
You traitors.

716
01:44:41,089 --> 01:44:44,320
Murdering a Great Lord
is high treason.

717
01:44:44,426 --> 01:44:47,088
And who killed
our last Great Lord?

718
01:47:29,758 --> 01:47:32,659
They know our every move
from the castle.

719
01:47:32,861 --> 01:47:34,954
Send the large and small carts first.

720
01:47:35,163 --> 01:47:37,495
Hide yourselves beneath the carts.

721
01:47:38,834 --> 01:47:43,168
Conceal yourselves among the branches
and don't expose yourselves.

722
01:48:10,065 --> 01:48:15,628
<i>Look upon the ruins</i>

723
01:48:17,572 --> 01:48:22,441
<i>Of the castle of delusion</i>

724
01:48:24,346 --> 01:48:30,444
<i>Haunted only now</i>

725
01:48:31,186 --> 01:48:37,386
<i>By the spirits of those who perished</i>

726
01:48:38,994 --> 01:48:45,160
<i>A scene of carnage</i>

727
01:48:47,235 --> 01:48:51,001
<i>Born of consuming desire</i>

728
01:48:52,707 --> 01:48:58,509
<i>Never changing
Now and throughout eternity</i>

729
01:48:59,047 --> 01:49:04,075
HERE STOOD
SPIDER'S WEB CASTLE

730
01:49:19,467 --> 01:49:23,494
THE END