Lord Toranaga has decided to resign from the Council.
The Taikō required five Regents for any vote.
Lady Ochiba requested to return to Osaka.
Obviously I've granted it.
To do otherwise would have been a hostile act.
You're not a suckling child!
Wait!
Your presence here is intolerable.
You're savages.
Damn it all.
Why is this happening to us?
Beastly cannon, piles of corpses… we didn't ask for this.
There's an army coming!
Thousands of them!
My father's returned…
Mariko…
He's alive!
Look who it is!
It's your husband!
Any day, the Lady Ochiba will be returned to us
from Toranaga's castle in Edo…
Let us ensure that the mother of the Heir
comes home to a safer city than what she left.
Toranaga must be impeached.
I agree.
His escape from Osaka was not only a mockery of this Council
but also an insult to the Heir.
Ohno…
…what do you think?
Impeach.
How fortifying to see us this united…
It's only…
Toranaga's resignation has made impeachment impossible
with our Council now incomplete.
Let us vote on his replacement.
Ishido's friend, Ikeda, would make an excellent Regent.
The man's an idiot.
The seat would stink of countryside.
Perhaps Hiroda?
The seat would stink of Christian.
Lord Kiyama sends his regrets.
I propose Maeda.
Wonderful choice.
I won't sit on a Council with that rotten syphilis.
I'd rather slit my own belly.
Sugiyama.
Perhaps you were unaware…
Maeda is Ohno's cousin.
I see why she is called 'Lady of Steel'.
Your first time hunting?
My husband hasn't had cause to invite me.
He's a miracle, your husband.
It took him twenty days to return to us.
I'm in awe that he survived.
A contingent of ronin helped him fight his way out.
By the time they reached Edo, only two men were left.
It was a terrible ordeal.
A diary of all that the Anjin has said or done since you left.
I ask that you remain at the Anjin's house
and continue your duties as interpreter.
And my husband?
I've instructed Buntaro to move in to the Anjin's house with you.
This way you can serve them both.
Father!
Tell me…
Was it my son's idea to murder Nebara Jozen?
I don't know.
Killing him was incredibly foolish.
Ishido will likely use it as a pretext for war.
Father.
Mariko, please give this pheasant to the Anjin.
A token of my gratitude.
I know you're upset with me.
Did it ever occur to you
that by killing Jozen,
you might have been doing Yabushige's bidding?
No…
Maybe it was his eager nephew
who tricked you into being so stupid.
Father…
You will address me as Lord!
Stop behaving like a child!
Rotten animals…
Horses are worse than men for treachery.
You so easily fell into their trap.
Broken to another man's fist.
Like a falcon, but without the beauty.
All men are like falcons.
Some are flown straight from the fist,
killing anything that moves.
Others are lazy and tempted by the lure.
But all men can be broken.
Learn to fly them at the right game,
and they will do your hunting for you.
Until you can understand this,
I am stripping the cannon regiment from your command.
A messenger has arrived.
Lord, it's Jozen.
Please watch this.
So sorry, but --
the bird will rot, no?
You understand, 'rot'?
Understand?
Forbidden, yes?
If touch -- die!
We'll order him knives of his own from Mishima.
From now on, nothing he uses will touch our food.
There's a fine cook in the next village.
When I want another cook I will tell you.
Lady Fuji…
The Anjin may eat whatever he wishes in his own house…
Forgive me for interrupting --
Lord Toda is here to see you.
Uncle.
It's wonderful to see you returned safely.
Where is Mariko?
Ordered to Lord Toranaga's camp.
Should I send for her?
I am ordered to quarter here.
Bad enough my wife must live under a roof with the Anjin.
But now, I am to do the same.
You've narrowly escaped death.
We'll see to it you are well-cared for.
How is it being consort to a barbarian?
Sorry…
I am consort to a hatamoto, I wouldn't know.
Does he make you pillow?
No.
Thankfully
the Anjin prefers the company of other women.
Barbarians should stick with barbarian women.
Tell the Anjin I'll be back for dinner.
The training has gone quite well.
The barbarian's cannon tactics
offer surprising new advantages.
I look forward to a demonstration.
Though I will be sure to keep my distance
after what happened to Nebara Jozen.
"Return to Osaka,
and pledge loyalty to Ishido."
I heard those are your orders.
As always, you see through everything.
What are you going to do?
Of course I remain with you.
They'll declare you a fugitive.
True.
But since that sunrise in Osaka,
you and I are bound by fate.
Is that so?
Or maybe it was you who manipulated my son
into attacking Jozen?
No, I would never…
That way you could delay your response to Ishido,
and continue playing both sides.
Lord… Nagakado decided
Jozen could not be allowed to report on the cannon --
Nagakado is not clever enough to think of such an idea.
You're right. I'm afraid it was my nephew Omi.
He was drinking saké with Nagakado the night before.
Perhaps his words planted the wrong idea.
That Omi. I will discipline him on your behalf.
Discipline?
He found a way to force our enemies to attack.
Why would I need to discipline such a promising young man?
If I were to attack them in the stronghold of Osaka,
I would surely lose.
But thanks to your nephew
they are sure to take offense,
and must draw out to attack us here.
We can entrench ourselves.
Drain their numbers.
Exactly as you say. I was thinking the same thing.
Inform your nephew…
I'm giving him command of the Anjin's artillery.
A deserving reward for Omi.
This man is a loyal, hard worker…
A perfect cover for the spy you still haven't found.
He's toying with me.
Batting me around like a bird with its prey.
In my own province no less!
Toranaga has given you command of the cannon regiment.
Train them well.
Uncle, if it's your wish, I will relinquish command to you.
What did you just say?
Do you imagine the regiment belongs to you?
How can you relinquish what already belongs to me?
Find Toranaga's spy.
Go to Osaka.
We should fix things with Ishido
for when this all turns to shit.
Things were worse in Joseon.
We had to eat silkworms cooked in shoyu.
People don't die from flies.
You and me…
we're both cursed.
First, the Anjin contaminates our kitchen like a vengeful tatarigami.
And now your husband is back from the dead.
One more reason for us to eat.
He'll be here soon.
If you think the Anjin is in danger,
you'll tell me, right?
Why would he be in danger?
Without a good rock,
a garden is just a place of growing.
I agree, Uejirou.
Welcome to my home, Lord Buntaro.
It's Lord Toda.
The Anjin says only a great warrior could have survived as you did.
He is also honored that you saw the cannon regiment he trained.
My bow can fly faster, and at a greater range than any cannon.
Did something die in this house?
Excuse me, dinner is served.
Look how he eats.
Like a baby monkey.
Clever monkey.
He learns tricks fast, doesn't he?
The Anjin says that in his country,
bigger cups are used for drinking.
If the Anjin asks for more saké, tell him this was the last of it.
And pour that stew into the sea.
It's like being in a barbarian land.
Soon we'll be eating with our feet.
You must be tired.
Forgive me.
But the Anjin…
has heard great tales of your heroism in escaping Osaka.
He says he would like to hear them.
Heroism is for the dead,
and stories are for children.
The Anjin has said improper things, I apologize.
Perhaps it is more acceptable to boast in his country.
Then ask about his battles.
Isn't he the great samurai who trains Lord Toranaga's regiment?
No.
War
Talk
You
Kodai!
Bring a bow!
Have him choose a post.
Right post.
Uncle…
He says that a wife is property
and a husband may do what he wants.
But the Anjin…
wonders if you should treat your wife with more courtesy.
Makes me laugh.
You of all people…
That you deserve courtesy.
Tell him what your name is.
Tell him!
Tell him about the disgusting, filthy line you come from.
Daughter of the treacherous assassin.
Who gave you permission to leave?
This is your fault.
Do you understand?
Say something!
My uncle has already left.
Now!
He should not have seen this.
I tried to stop him
but he won't listen.
I ask that you both leave.
Please leave!
If you disturb this home, you dishonor the Anjin.
What is there to dishonor?
This house is cursed.
I've disturbed the harmony of your home.
Please forgive me.
Saké.
Because of the saké.
Their feathers are too damp, Muraji.
I agree.
But hiding the pigeons here
was your idea in the first place.
Yabushige is hunting for a spy in your village.
Lord, please allow me to surrender myself.
Not a chance.
Your real name is Tonomoto Akinao,
my long-serving, prized samurai.
You will remain my spy.
Then what's to be done?
Find him another spy.
We can't go on like this.
The stench of death, arrows sticking from our walls…
Villagers are starting to whisper there's a tatarigami in your house.
Anjin, I have a favor to ask.
This awful smell. May we get rid of it?
Bird
Who
Took
It was Uejirou.
Uejirou, good.
Fetch him.
Uejirou is dead.
Dead?
How?
Lord.
Because you said it was forbidden.
'If touch -- die!'
It is my responsibility to bear.
Please…
Please take my life.
It was my fault for being difficult with my husband.
I beg your forgiveness.
Buntaro may do whatever he wishes to his wife.
But right now I cannot have my translator harmed.
Lord, you have another visitor.
Excuse me.
Your arrangement about training the cannon regiment…
He believes it is now complete.
And…
he would like to leave Japan permanently.
There's a shadow on both of you.
He's upset about a matter with his gardener.
He will stop acting like a child.
I can't be bothered with this nonsense.
Don't move!
Father!
Any injuries?
Lord!
Your swords…
Thank you.
Father.
Look…
We only discovered these after the earthquake.
As my uncle said,
there was a filthy spy all along.
Who lives here?
An old gardener.
Name was Uejirou.
Worked for the barbarian.
Died just yesterday.
Lucky for him.
Mother!
Glad you've returned safely, Lady Ochiba.
I owe you my gratitude, Lord Ishido.
I'm told my release from Edo was thanks to your Council
putting pressure on Toranaga.
The Regents are pleased for your safe return.
I'm also told the Council was outmaneuvered.
That Toranaga has once again conspired and paralyzed it.
I will restore the Council.
When?
Forgive my impatience.
But I fear for my son's future.
If anyone attempted to harm the Taikō's heir,
I would give my life.
In that case…
The time for politics has come to an end.
The Council will answer to me.