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TOHO CO., LTD.

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THRONE OF BLOOD
(Spider's Web Castle)

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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: NAKAI 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</i>
<i>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,

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all from Spider's Web Castle.

255
00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:24,200
Their flags and spears are lowered,
their horses bridled with twigs.

256
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:39,810
News for Washizu,
Lord of North Garrison.

257
00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:42,650
The Great Lord approaches.

258
00:32:45,890 --> 00:32:46,860
What is it?

259
00:32:47,060 --> 00:32:50,150
My Lord, the Great Lord approaches.

260
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,160
Men, form your ranks.

261
00:32:53,530 --> 00:32:55,230
Form your ranks.

262
00:32:58,540 --> 00:33:00,230
Fall in, men.

263
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,100
Washizu, there is no need.

264
00:33:02,210 --> 00:33:04,940
The Great Lord is out
hunting incognito.

265
00:33:05,140 --> 00:33:08,740
And thus no need
for an official reception.

266
00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:06,560
My congratulations
on your bountiful kill.

267
00:34:06,670 --> 00:34:10,230
No, the hunt is only a pretext

268
00:34:13,010 --> 00:34:15,670
that I may deploy my men
to attack Inui.

269
00:34:19,150 --> 00:34:21,210
Inui's behavior is untenable.

270
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,120
Knowing this day would come,

271
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,920
I overlooked his conspiracy
with Fujimaki.

272
00:34:27,290 --> 00:34:31,420
Take heed. Hereafter, I quarter
at North Garrison here,

273
00:34:31,860 --> 00:34:36,320
secretly fortify our border,
and attack when opportunity permits.

274
00:34:36,540 --> 00:34:40,630
Until then, not a word to anyone.

275
00:34:42,810 --> 00:34:44,400
- Washizu.
- Sir.

276
00:34:44,510 --> 00:34:46,600
- Miki.
- Sir.

277
00:34:46,980 --> 00:34:49,040
I elevate you in recognition

278
00:34:49,150 --> 00:34:50,210
of your courage.

279
00:34:50,580 --> 00:34:53,750
Washizu take my vanguard,
Miki, Spider's Web Castle.

280
00:34:53,850 --> 00:34:54,840
- Sir.
- Sir.

281
00:35:08,570 --> 00:35:10,060
Asaji.

282
00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:15,140
Now your suspicious heart
must find respite.

283
00:35:18,540 --> 00:35:22,000
Our Great Lord trusts me.

284
00:35:23,180 --> 00:35:29,050
In your uneasy heart that would
slander Miki, that evil spirit lurks.

285
00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:31,590
I cannot agree.

286
00:35:34,290 --> 00:35:36,920
And still you doubt. Listen.

287
00:35:38,060 --> 00:35:41,860
Great Lord places his trust in me
above all others.

288
00:35:42,870 --> 00:35:47,400
Thus he gives me the noble rank
of vanguard commander.

289
00:35:47,610 --> 00:35:50,200
This vanguard commander

290
00:35:50,410 --> 00:35:53,710
is vulnerable to arrows
on every side.

291
00:36:01,420 --> 00:36:04,220
Great Lord is a fox.

292
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,360
With easy words, he cheats you
of the North Garrison,

293
00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:11,590
sends his trusted Miki

294
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,930
out of danger
to guard Spider's Web Castle,

295
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,960
and casts you, his most hated
adversary, into danger.

296
00:36:25,410 --> 00:36:28,870
From the heights of the castle keep,

297
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:34,420
Miki will laugh as he watches you
take your last gullible breath.

298
00:36:48,770 --> 00:36:51,200
- Who's there?
- We are with the Garrison.

299
00:36:52,340 --> 00:36:56,240
That way lie the Great Lord's
sleeping quarters.

300
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,600
No one may approach them.

301
00:36:58,710 --> 00:37:01,010
I do not seek his quarters.

302
00:37:01,210 --> 00:37:03,440
I come to air the sealed chamber.

303
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:05,510
Sealed chamber?

304
00:37:06,690 --> 00:37:10,650
The place where the former Lord,
Fujimaki, took his life.

305
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,580
No scrubbing will cleanse
the bloodstained floor,

306
00:37:14,790 --> 00:37:17,460
and thus the chamber
remains locked.

307
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,260
Why open the room on such a night?

308
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,130
The Great Lord sleeps
in our Lord's chambers,

309
00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:26,200
thus he must rest here.

310
00:37:26,710 --> 00:37:30,470
I thank you for your labors.
You may pass.

311
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:26,720
Most peculiar.

312
00:38:28,270 --> 00:38:33,330
Though I have waded through
endless mires of battle dead,

313
00:38:34,070 --> 00:38:37,870
these blood stains never
fail to chill my spine.

314
00:38:44,650 --> 00:38:46,620
For this is dog's blood.

315
00:38:46,820 --> 00:38:50,260
The blood of a traitor most foul

316
00:38:50,460 --> 00:38:52,860
who, when his rash schemes failed,

317
00:38:53,060 --> 00:38:57,620
begged our Great Lord for his life.
This is coward's blood.

318
00:39:11,610 --> 00:39:15,910
Damn, even the birds cry ominously.

319
00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:30,820
You accuse me of
doubting too deeply.

320
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,960
Yet even my distrustful heart,

321
00:39:34,170 --> 00:39:38,500
cannot help but trust
that spirit's prophecy.

322
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,940
Open your eyes and look for yourself.

323
00:39:43,710 --> 00:39:46,580
Each truthful provision of
that prophecy

324
00:39:46,780 --> 00:39:52,010
has come to pass,
without the slightest help from you.

325
00:39:54,850 --> 00:39:57,910
Do you still not comprehend it?

326
00:39:58,860 --> 00:40:04,320
The Great Lord himself
has flown into your very hands.

327
00:40:06,030 --> 00:40:11,660
If you let this night pass,
such an opportunity will never come again.

328
00:40:22,580 --> 00:40:23,670
And yet...

329
00:40:24,820 --> 00:40:27,050
under what pretext
can I commit high treason?

330
00:40:27,250 --> 00:40:30,810
In any case, all his men
will turn against me.

331
00:40:31,020 --> 00:40:34,190
Though the Great Lord
claims to trust you,

332
00:40:34,390 --> 00:40:40,160
he's left Noriyasu's men to guard him.
This is our good fortune.

333
00:40:41,430 --> 00:40:45,870
We'll quench their thirst
with a sleeping potion mixed in sake.

334
00:40:46,070 --> 00:40:50,200
As his guards dream,
you shall slay the Great Lord,

335
00:40:50,610 --> 00:40:54,480
and denounce Noriyasu
as the murderer to his own men.

336
00:41:05,890 --> 00:41:09,590
What do you hear in that bird's cry?

337
00:41:14,230 --> 00:41:16,570
"Will you risk the world?"

338
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:20,230
So it sounds to me.

339
00:41:27,250 --> 00:41:30,220
Ambition makes the man.

340
00:41:30,450 --> 00:41:32,710
From your stronghold, Spider's Web,

341
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:37,510
you may yet aspire to all the world.
The cry is from heaven.

342
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:08,820
Who's there?

343
00:42:09,490 --> 00:42:11,920
<i>Your sleeping quarters are ready.</i>

344
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,230
Good work.

345
00:42:20,330 --> 00:42:24,060
And how did you leave
the Great Lord's guards?

346
00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:27,640
<i>Spears poised, they maintain</i>
<i>their sleepless vigil.</i>

347
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:29,970
Indeed they do.

348
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,980
Let us offer them some sake, then.

349
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,940
Intruders! Intruders!

350
00:49:23,720 --> 00:49:24,980
Take arms!

351
00:49:29,130 --> 00:49:31,760
The Great Lord is in danger.

352
00:49:44,540 --> 00:49:46,310
Traitor.

353
00:50:26,950 --> 00:50:29,720
- Let me go.
- You must hold your temper.

354
00:50:29,820 --> 00:50:32,810
First, back to the castle, Prince.

355
00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:34,580
Let me go.

356
00:50:35,290 --> 00:50:37,390
Surely this is Washizu's work.

357
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:39,890
Flee now and they mark us traitors.

358
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,260
Hear my story, Prince.

359
00:50:42,470 --> 00:50:44,090
No justice for the dead.

360
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:47,760
Let me go.
Let go of me.

361
00:50:57,650 --> 00:51:01,520
Do not heed the minions.
Noriyasu is our only foe.

362
00:51:02,290 --> 00:51:05,190
- Where's Noriyasu?
- He was nearly ours.

363
00:51:05,290 --> 00:51:07,850
So he's escaped.

364
00:51:08,060 --> 00:51:10,960
He fled to the castle
with the prince.

365
00:51:11,330 --> 00:51:13,920
What, to the castle
with the prince?

366
00:51:14,130 --> 00:51:16,970
My God. Spider's Web Castle
is in Miki's charge.

367
00:51:17,170 --> 00:51:18,800
If he admits those two...

368
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,940
Admitting those foul traitors
insults our Great Lord.

369
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:24,370
Press forward.

370
00:51:46,700 --> 00:51:48,830
Give chase.

371
00:51:56,310 --> 00:51:58,500
Ready your arrows.

372
00:53:16,020 --> 00:53:17,850
Damn them.

373
00:53:25,260 --> 00:53:26,420
Word for Lord Miki.

374
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:31,190
As he prepared to attack Inui,
our Great Lord died tragically,

375
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:34,900
in the Garrison
at Washizu's treasonous hand.

376
00:53:35,010 --> 00:53:37,500
I, Noriyasu, fought my way back

377
00:53:37,610 --> 00:53:41,710
to this castle with the prince
under my protection.

378
00:53:42,710 --> 00:53:44,440
Open the gates in haste.

379
00:53:45,450 --> 00:53:46,820
Open the gates.

380
00:53:48,190 --> 00:53:49,240
Lord Miki.

381
00:53:49,350 --> 00:53:51,120
Washizu swiftly approaches.

382
00:53:52,190 --> 00:53:54,180
Open the gates.

383
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:58,560
Open the gates.

384
00:54:18,050 --> 00:54:19,570
Miki, how dare you?

385
00:54:19,820 --> 00:54:21,250
Prince.

386
00:54:40,010 --> 00:54:41,470
Strike them, Lord.

387
00:54:42,740 --> 00:54:43,900
Hold back.

388
00:54:45,780 --> 00:54:48,580
Give chase and strike them, Lord.

389
00:54:50,850 --> 00:54:52,580
No, hold back.

390
00:55:00,290 --> 00:55:03,560
We cannot move
until we perceive Miki's design.

391
00:55:03,860 --> 00:55:05,490
With our Great Lord gone,

392
00:55:05,700 --> 00:55:08,260
Miki may plan to usurp the throne,

393
00:55:08,470 --> 00:55:11,100
and then Miki himself
will become our next enemy.