Part 2_ THE SURGING WAVES
4th YEAR OF KEIO THE SHOGUN LEAVING EDO
The Great Lord is going!
TOKUGAWA Keiki
IKEMOTO Mohei SUGI Heiemon
Hello!
Hey!
Welcome.
Thanks. How come no baby yet?.
Oh, my!
I have to come visit because now that you're married,
you don't get out anymore.
What are you talking about?. Anyway, come inside.
Alright.
I know that you were ill. How are you now?
What?. Look at me, I'm fine.
By the way, I am going to join the army.
All survivors from before will get together
and go fight the Tobaku Clan.
We will begin the campaign tomorrow at Mt. Ueno.
If we are unlucky, that will be our final resting place.
I'm here to say good_bye.
Hachiro_san,
why do you have to go?
You're not healthy enough yet.
I'm alright. I feel fine now.
You have to think twice. Shogun Tokugawa has left Edo,
and will be going down to Mito now that the war has ended!
You want to fight for the Tokugawa, but it ended at Toba_Fushimi.
Don't you know?
Yes, but we still have high ranking officers lef
plus the Aizu and Tohoku Clans will fight Tobaku, too.
We can't give up! We can't lose!
Hachiro_san.
You are a very nice guy...
..don't be a fool!
Why do you keep fighting?
We have to think about what we went through,
and how we survived!
I know.
I want to live as much as you do, but I am a Tokugawa Samurai.
If we don't try our bes people will say that
Tokugawa lost because we gave up too easily.
We must fight with every bit of strength left.
That's the least we can do.
I have nothing good to ea but please try this.
Thank you.
Let's go somewhere else.
_Righ let's do that and have more saké.
Give me back my husband!
She's crazy!
Give me back my husband!
Give me back..!
Give me back!
It's getting dark, so I brought you a lantern.
I will make some soft rice.
This cat and I share the same destiny.
Not long ago he was very playful with me,
but now he only wants to get away.
But I will catch him again.
One more time...
I surely will.
Damn it!
Just a moment!
Haven't I seen you somewhere?
Wait! I said wait!
Yes, I know you from somewhere.
You! In Kyoto!
Okita_san, I saw it! At Itabashi no Kashinzuka,
Kondo_sensei's head is on public display.
UENO WAR
Oh, you're still here!
I thought you went to fight.
Welcome!
They said the battle was terrible at Ueno.
Many people escaped and there were traitors
among the officers.
Whatever happened to the hatamoto at Edo?
I think that the power of the Edo government has ended.
Halt!
Hanjiro!
Do they still have any men left?.
They were finished because only weaklings were left.
Is that so?
But Hanjiro, it's not a good idea to have our most
powerful men fighting with swords in the front line.
This is not our way of fighting.
Why don't you come back to work in my office?
Saigo_san, it's not my style to sit behind a desk.
I'd rather be a warrior.
What will we do with you?
Hey, Murata!
You take over Hanjiro's post!
Take over?
That's right!
They will try to escape to Edo, so we'll be prepared.
Hanjiro! You are promoted to Commander of the Army!
Yes, sir!
Tsuya_dono...
Sugi_sama.
I'm alrigh and Iba_san is okay, too. He will survive.
Bu there are so many dead soldiers in town.
I heard all the wounded men were taken to Yanaka's house.
Let's go there and find out.
Some tea, please.
You brute!
Get her!
Let's go!
Reiko!
Can you see me, Reiko?
Don't move!
Are you in pain?
No, I'm fine.
I was wrong to leave you here alone.
No, it's my fault.
The doctor has stayed with you all this time.
Thank you very much.
You slept for three days. How about something to eat?.
This is great! I made a turtle soup.
Let's warm it up for you.
It's good to know that you want to eat.
You will be just fine!
Please come inside,
I have to show you how to prepare her medication.
I hate to tell you this.
What?.
But the outlook is bad.
Oh?
She might not even last until tonight. That's it.
Dear...
Yes.
Water?
Dear...
...I am sorry..
What are you saying?
The times that I was conscious,
I was thinking about what I wanted to say to you,
but I couldn't come up with anything.
Reiko..
We were only married for a short time,
but it seems as if we've been together for 30 or 40 years.
Dear, let me get up.
No, you shouldn't.
Please let me..!
And open the garden window.
No, the breeze isn't good for you.
It's alright.
Please, you can let go.
Open it wider, please!
Oh, such a nice breeze..
Are you okay?
I always wanted to live with you,
so I could look at this garden...
Reiko!
I...
..was very...
..happy.
Reiko!
Take him away!
Who are you?
Sugi_san!
Hachiro_san!
This looks very bad.
The gangrene will kill you.
To save your life, I must cut off your arm. Alright?.
It's up to you.
Stretch out your arm.
What is wrong?
This man is the landlord.
I'm Satsuma's Nakamura Hanjiro.
Was this man in the house all the time?
I think so.
He has been sick in bed for a long time.
He snuck out and killed many,
then, when he realized that he would be caugh
he committed seppuku.
He is Shinsengumi's Okita Soji.
No wonder...
..Murata died because this man was a very good fighter.
Very well, we don't have to look any further for his killer.
Let's go!
Hey, you!
Did you know he was a Shinsengumi member?
No, I didn't.
Very well.
If you didn't know about him, we'll let you go free.
Just lay him to rest peacefully.
Yes, sir! I will do that!
All right. Let it be this way!
It was so good.
If you eat like tha you'll recover within 2 or 3 days.
You saved my life. Thank you.
I can say this now...
I felt so sorry for myself for awhile,
thinking I would die in this seedy hut.
But now I can start my life anew.
No! Now I have to take you back to Tsuya_san.
You have to start your new life with her.
I think you're right.
Of course.
The samurai lifestyle of killing each other with swords is over!
I used this sword to kill when I avenged
Reiko, and I also used it
to save your life when I cut off your arm.
But I realize that I shouldn't use this sword
to kill anyone ever again for any kind of reason!
Satsuma's Nakamura_san, Tokugawa's Iba_san,
Shinsengumi's Okita_san...
Individually, each is a good person,
but they wound up fighting against each other.
What made them do that?.
Why couldn't they stop that?.
It's true.
Instead of a samurai family, perhaps if I had been born into
a doctor's or a farmer's family, my life would've been different.
I will bring you water.
Hachiro_san, you have to be re_born!
Do you understand?
Hey, I found a creek!
Iba_san!
TO HAKODATE
ENOMOTO Takeaki
Someone came from Hakodate to tell me the news
that Hachiro_sama had died.
When was it?.
The morning of May 12.
That's over 6 months ago.
Gunfire was heard...
..as he bent over...
..to wash his face...
..He was shot...
..He died instantly.
One bullet..
...It went through his throat and killed him.
They told me that Hachiro_sama had only one arm at Hakodate.
I didn't care if he only had one arm!
I just...
..wanted him to come back alive!
Tsuya_san!
I've lost so many good friends in this war,
and now my best friend Hachiro_san, too.
The age of fighting with swords is over,
and we shouldn't repeat it!
A new age has already started.
Tsuya_san, for Hachiro_san's sake
you must continue living,
and you have to try your best to live well!
TOKYO, 1873 (6th YEAR OF MEIJI)
ARMY LIEUTENANT
KIRINO Toshiaki
Hey!
Are you taking a leak here again?
Yes, I'm sorry.
How many times do I have to tell you?
Stop it!
I can't stop now because I've already started.
Hey!
What an oddball!
Wait a minute! I have to speak to her.
Hurry up! Stupid! Hurry!
Sir!
Just a momen lady! Wait for me!
My lieutenant wants to speak to you.
It's Kirino Toshiaki.
I don't know you!
Wait!
I'm Hanjiro! Oshuni_san!
It's me, Hanjiro! You know... Oshuni_san!
Oh, yes!
Lately most men don't know how to handle a Geisha girl
because they've all come here from out in the country.
The Satsuma and Choshu men all have beards and mustaches.
In the old days every customer
knew how to have good fun with a Geisha.
I'm going to get my mustache trimmed. Wait here!
Hey, please shave my mustache.
Welcome!
Hanjiro_san, is that you?
Sugi_dono!
I didn't recognize you with that mustache.
I'm now Kirino Toshiaki, an Army lieutenan
and a Court Martial Judge.
Oh, what a great promotion!
Please have a seat.
_No! No!
I pass by here all the time, and I always wanted to
come in because you have such a beautiful modern place.
Bu since I know you, I can't let you shave my mustache.
No, it's alright. This is my job now.
How about it?.
Very well. Perhaps I will.
Today is my lucky day. I ran into you and Oshuni, also.
Oh? From Kyoto?
Yes. She had a new hair_style and looked very pretty.
Is that right?.
Somehow we all survived.
That's right.
I made a promise to see her tonight.
Why don't you come with me?
Oshuni_san will be so happy to see you.
I see.
That's why you want to shave your mustache.
Yes, kind of.
You know, hair cutting is a modern business now,
but to me a barber is still a barber.
Anyway, you know...
You would have some other way to become successful
if you would let me help you.
I don't want to be successful.
Why not?.
Everybody is now equal since the government subsidized
getting rid of the samurai hair_style.
So I want to forget my former life as a samurai,
and begin a new life as an ordinary person.
I see.
Besides, the new politicians are the same as the old ones.
They didn't change anything to make it a better world.
_Oh, what harsh words.
Oh! So good!
I asked Sugi_dono to come with me,
but he's busy tonight.
Is that right?. He is alive and safe, too?
I was surprised to learn that he now owns a barbershop.
What are you doing now?
Are you married?
Hey! Do you still think of me like you used to?
You know, I'm still the same man.
No, you've changed.
Have I?
Why do you say that?.
How have I changed?
It's your mustache.
_My mustache?
I understand why you want to have a mustache,
but I have a feeling that it will change your attitude.
Yes, Sugi_san just told me the same thing.
Is that right?.
Bu don't worry. Just try not to change yourself.
Yes, I will try.
Well, let's drink, just the two of us. Like the good old days.
Oh, it smells so nice.
Is that perfume?
Yes, it's made in France. I'll give you some next time.
I'd like that.
Please.
Are you ready?
Just a moment!
Do I have to get all my hair cut off?.
No, you don't have to, but most people are doing so.
My wife said she will divorce me if I don't get my hair cut.
So, I flipped a coin at the Temple.
How will you cut my hair?
Well, first I'll shorten the longer par and
then bring hair from the side to cover the front bald spot.
Like a ''Kappa''! (Comical 'Water Sprite')
Now, when the wind blows everyone will see my bald spot!
It will take time to grow in like mine.
Anyway, 25 sen is too much!
No, yours will cost 38 sen.
I'll come back later, after I talk to my family.
I'll look like I'm wearing a bird's nest on my head!
Thank you very much.
_Thank you very much.
Well.
It's been a long time. You haven't changed a bit.
I hear about you all the time from Kirino_san.
I'm still living as I did before.
Come on in.
No, it's fine here.
I just wanted to see your face.
I am going to England soon.
You are? That's nice.
I always wanted to travel abroad.
When do you plan on returning?
I may not.
I see.
Well, I'll make you some tea, please come in.
I'll get the paper!
I'll never forget the taste of that soft rice you made
for me so long ago.
Master.
Saigo_san will quit being a politician!
That means.. ..Hanjiro_san will, too.
Sugi_dono! It's Kirino! Sugi_dono!
What's going on so late at night?.
We have to go with Saigo_san back to our home.
The world has turned upside down.
We always followed Saigo_san, believing he was right.
Now people think that Saigo_san is wrong.
I guess everybody is trying to be modern.
Bu we will go back to Edo for sure.
So, for now, I will shave my mustache,
and go back to being a farmer.
Sugi_dono, will you shave off my mustache?
Sugi_dono, can't you smell it?.
It's expensive perfume, isn't it?.
It's made in France.
Oshuni_san sent it to me the other day.
She put a note inside.
She's going to England.
She came here to tell me, too.
Is that right?.
I just met you and Oshuni_san again,
but we soon shall part our ways.
Hey! Toranosuke!
This man said that he was in Kyoto with Satsuma at the
same time that you were living there,
so I brought him here to meet you.
Hayakawa Esuke is my name.
I met him while I was stationed in front of the bathhouse.
Why don't you have your face washed while you talk?
No, no, I can't. I'm still on duty.
It's alrigh because you have nothing to do but sit
around and chat with us.
Please come this way.
You must have killed many people during the war.
Please tell me about it.
I will have something to talk about with my customers.
Well..
..we had many tough ones, but the toughest
was the Tokugawa Clan.
Really? That's interesting.
Anyway,
men of both Tokugawa and Satsuma
were in Kyoto in large numbers back then.
I not only killed regular samurai,
but I killed a 'Top General' of the Tokugawa Clan.
Did you say 'Top General'?
How old was he?
All I know is that he had grey hair.
Where was this?
Shirakawabashi. On the street.
Did you kill the man yourself?.
Yes, of course. It only took one cut.
Let's have tea.
What are you doing?
Please forgive me, but you couldn't have killed
that man with your poor swordsmanship.
Did you know him?
It was too late when I got there.
I want the truth! Were you really there?
Well,
I'll tell you the truth.
I went there after the fac so I don't know too much about it.
But I'm sure that Kirino_san knows more about it.
Kirino_san?
Was he there with you?
Yes. Kirino_san was injured, lying in the stree
and while I was helping him, I noticed that General.
Maybe Kirino_san did it!
I don't know about tha but you should ask
Kirino_san if you want to find out.
KAGOSHIMA
Sugi_dono?
Sugi_dono! It is you!
Welcome!
Someone told me I could find you here.
Is that so?
Bu why are you here?
I wanted to ask you about something.
Oh, you came all the way from Tokyo?
It must be important. Come over here.
Seven years ago.
_Yes?
Did you kill a man named Ikemoto Mohei?
I killed so many people, I can't remember all of them.
In Kyoto, on Shirakawa Stree the night of September 13.
When the Satsuma Clan attacked the Tokugawa Clan.
This...
He was dressed in ordinary clothes, and had grey hair.
Yes! I remember!
He was a very good swordsman, how could I forget him?
Did you kill him?
Yes, I killed him.
Bu he got me, too.
We met accidentally.
He almost killed me.
Here's the scar.
What are you going to...?
Kirino_san, you killed my father!
Ikemoto_sensei was more than a father to me!
Sugi_dono,
do the people of Edo still hold a grudge against us?
A grudge?
We killed each other, and you killed so many of ours,
we should be even by now.
_No, it's different!
I only killed villains, but the Satsuma killed anybody!
It didn't matter who they were!
I understand what you're trying to say,
but we are still going to take over the new government in
Tokyo with Saigo_san.
So I have no time for your revenge game!
You're still living in the old world!
_What?.!
The new government is stronger than you think!
If you try to do tha you'll be finished!
If Saigo_san is on our side, we can do it!
Saigo_san won't do it anyway!
I will make him do it!
He is a big fool if he listens to you!
Say that again!
Saigo_san is a big old fool!
You called Saigo_san a fool! I can't forgive you!
Saigo_san and you are both fools!
Sugi_dono. Why didn't you kill me?
I know I had no chance to win.
Ikemoto_sensei told me this sword was never to be used
to kill someone just for revenge.
You didn't kill Sensei, the power of Satsuma Clan did.
Kirino_san! I will go back to Tokyo.
Sometimes we can't avoid something,
even if we want to avoid it.
This is what Sensei taught me.
Maybe I can't stop you from going to attack Tokyo.
Sugi_dono.
You are a very good man!
Let's meet up in Tokyo.
Wait for me there!
Sugi_dono,
you forgot something!
No, I threw it away!
1877 (10th year of MEIJI) _ SEINAN WAR
Big news! Big news! War is over!
Big news!
Saigo Takamori_Suicide.
Kirino Toshiaki_Killed in war.
THE END