Captain. I was unable to take any celestial declinations due to--
The clouds.
Yes, the clouds.
However,
white sand.
By the mark, ten.
Ten fathoms. White sand in the tallow.
You see what you want to see.
The son of a bitch Spaniard's rutter was right about Magellan's Pass, was it not?
Give it here. The cursed bastard thing has been the death of us all.
The time has come for you to start making plans.
You have no food.
As of tonight, no water.
We'll make land.
Goddamn English pilots. You never know when to give up.
We'll reach the Japans.
"Japans." Listen to yourself, that is the scurvy talking.
We'll lay claim to that dark land, then it's back to Holland.
Rich, having gone round the world.
No.
No, Pilot.
Not me.
Five ships when we began.
A crew of over 500.
We are now barely a single vessel.
At my age, you draw your line.
That would be a coward's way out.
Erasmus remains home to a dozen men still looking to you--
Looking to me, for what?
We cannot fulfill our mission. Don't you see, there is nothing!
All right. There you have it.
Pilot.
Pilot, starting to fear is a blessed release.
It's like a-- only a soft wind in your face.
Can you feel it?
That is the breath of the Almighty.
He's calling us.
Listen.
He's calling us home.
Starvation.
What are they...?
Father.
She's splendid.
Truly.
Conceals herself against the sun.
Conserving energy,
waiting for her moment.
You might never even know she's there.
So.
Shall we go then?
Welcome to Osaka Castle.
Lord Ishido asks that you confine yourself
to your personal quarters.
I'm surprised he actually came.
A wise man knows when his time has ended.
Well?
I hate Osaka.
This place...
...it's become a real shithole.
In that case,
let's be done with it.
Welcome to Osaka.
The Council of Regents appreciates your coming.
This seating arrangement is new.
We thought it appropriate,
under the circumstances.
Lord Toranaga,
in the year since the Taikō's death,
we have watched with concern
as you've aligned power against the Council.
Which the late Taikō had good reason to forbid.
What power have I aligned?
Six marriages you've consented to.
And your fief has doubled in size.
If my fellow Regents are concerned,
let me say I am content as Lord of the Kantō.
I will never be the first to break any peace.
How strange.
When just this morning,
the Heir's mother was taken to your castle at Edo.
No warning, no request.
The Lady Ochiba's sister, my daughter-in-law, is in labor.
Or has Lady Ochiba been taken hostage
to guarantee your safety here?
This is a time of peace, Lord Ishido.
The Lady is no more a hostage in my castle
than I am here, in this one.
What would the Taikō say if he were here with us now?
I think he'd be pleased,
knowing the five of us still can't agree.
His dying wish was for a peaceful sharing of power.
Yes, until his Heir comes of age.
And I look forward to that day.
These meetings are exhausting.
Then let me put it differently.
The Council has voted to demand the Lady's return.
Under penalty of impeachment.
The time has come to expose those traitors
who wish to usurp the Heir's power.
Low-born, high-born, even a Minowara like yourself.
You'll see four signatures.
Lords Kiyama, Sugiyama, Ohno
and myself.
Your pardon,
but hasn't my lord done everything according to law?
To call him a traitor on such flimsy accusations is--
Tadayoshi, sit down!
I'm so sorry,
but I could not bear you hearing such insults.
Insults?
How dare you imply that Lord Ishido insulted me?
I ask permission to commit seppuku.
I will end my family line,
and all who carry my name.
My host, please accept my apology.
What's done is done.
Though I must say this childish outburst is typical of your clan,
and an insult to the Taikō's proud legacy.
You have seven days to release the Heir's mother from Edo.
And then
we will vote on your fate.
Usami Tadayoshi--
he's married to your granddaughter, isn't he?
Yes. Fuji, the best of all my grandchildren.
I'll see to it she lives.
The boy was reckless.
He has only himself to blame.
No,
he was brave.
I don't approve of all this pointless death.
Then why are we still here?
Trapped in this castle by bureaucrats who want us dead.
As soon as they have the Heir's mother back,
they'll vote to kill us all.
Sorry friend,
If we go to war now, four armies against one, I will lose.
I must remain here.
Which is why you must go to Ajiro in my place.
You're prisoner to your enemies,
days from death--
and you want me to look into a barbarian ship?
Please leave immediately.
I wonder if you made a mistake, Hiromatsu.
Siding with me instead of those bureaucrats who want me dead.
The thought has crossed my mind.
Everything is to remain on board for my uncle to inspect.
Lord Yabushige?
I sent word to him as soon as I could.
He wants to see this in person.
How can Jan see? Move over!
Can you see what they're doing? Come on.
I think they're towing her in.
Can you tell what they are? Are they Catholic?
Quiet!
It's what I've been telling you. They're Japanese.
Well, don't all thank your good fortune at once.
We've reached it. Portugal's secret empire in the east.
Impossible.
- The orders are still on. - What part of this is still on?
All I know is we had Spanish ships to the south and north of us
out of Santa Maria.
And this pilot got us through.
We can still negotiate. We have goods to trade.
Not to mention, I speak fluent Portuguese.
As soon as the Portuguese tell them who we are, we'll be hanged.
They don't know who we are
because the rutters are still locked in the Captain-General's quarters.
And as long as they stay that way, we are safe.
We're just merchants...
lost at sea, looking for safe passage home.
You really think it'll work?
Here's what you're missing, the lot of you.
We've been caught alee, windless, a speck in the current.
We've endured pestilence,
known starvation, we've chewed the calfskin that covers the ropes.
We should be corpses by now.
But here we are.
Twelve, shit-smelling...
...but generally able-bodied protestant scoundrels
on a mission against a savage horde
and the entire goddamn, motherless, shit-picking Portuguese fleet.
Aye!
Now I'd say our chances are fair.
This is not where we die.
Fuji, this has gone far enough...
Stay back.
It's our lord's order. Hand over our son!
I won't do it!
Fuji.
Tadayoshi humiliated our lord in front of Lord Ishido
then committed our son to die.
I heard. I'm sorry.
But I am forced to live.
The order comes from our master.
I am your husband-- !
And this is the granddaughter of Toda Hiromatsu,
a name that should command your respect.
Her family ends today because of what you've done.
Who are you to treat her harshly?
I'm sorry,
but he's right.
I know you feel the pull of death.
I've felt it too.
However,
it's a mercy that you must reject.
I'm not strong like you, Mariko.
I can't remain in this world without purpose.
If he's ordered you to live,
then that is your purpose.
Let her hands be the last to hold her son.
God--
forgive me.
Your uncle never set foot in this village before.
Not even when your father died.
We must all make the most of this moment.
Only Lord Yabushige can give you the fief you deserve.
Prisoners come up!
Worthless cowards--
You are ordered by Yabushige, Lord of Izu,
to come up and present yourself.
Hello there. You the leader of these men?
My name is John Blackthorne,
and I would very much like to speak to you.
All men come up now.
If it's agreeable I will come up alone.
I don't understand what you're saying. Come up, all of you!
They'll kill you, Pilot. - Look at their swords.
Bring them up!
Look out!
No, no, no, no. Don't fight them.
Go up the ladder! Stop resisting!
Everybody up!
No, no violence. We need him alive.
Bring it over!
Come back up!
Filthy savages.
You fucking savages.
Now I will come up alone and speak for my men.
You keep hold of him, in case I don't come back.
Pilot! Pilot!
Bastards!
I submit.
We are merchants.
I request we be released to the safety of our ship.
We mean you no harm.
Muraji.
You're Christian.
You speak Portuguese?
Very little.
Tell him to behave.
Omi-sama say, "be good".
Is this the Japans?
[in English] Yes.
How do I say, "I-I understand" in your language?
I ask for my men to be freed.
Not possible.
I beg you in the name of decency.
Please, in Japan, must be good.
If this is how he treats guests,
tell this poxy little bastard I piss on his whole damn country.
You're a foul-mannered savage.
"Understand?"
Is this man a Christian?
We don't know...
Please! Stay away!
Why is he being held prisoner?
Enough!
Back off!
Where is this translator?
Lord Yabushige, honored I that you come village.
He's the best priest you have?
Priest, you will translate for me and this barbarian.
Who is he?
And why is he here?
Our busho, Lord of Izu, Kashigi Yabushige,
he asks to know who you are and how you came to this land.
Who are you?
A servant of God.
Your God. First make that distinction, you papist prick.
Priest. Why is he angry with you?
Him evil.
Make death.
Pirate.
My name is John Blackthorne. I'm English.
Pilot of the Erasmus.
A Dutch merchant vessel. We were blown off course two months ago.
Lies! That is a Dutch privateer
and you're a pirate come to war on a peaceful Portuguese settlement.
Priest! Translate.
Very bad man.
Make murder Japan and Portuguese.
They don't know about us, do they?
You've told them Portugal's the only flag in Europe.
Which means I am the first English sailor to reach your Catholic treasury.
And you have no intention of translating my words.
I beg your king for parley.
I humbly ask for safe passage.
Tell him his ship is confiscated.
Yabushige-sama says your heretic ship now belongs to him.
You will soon be executed as will your men.
I am not one of them!
And I will not be spoken for by Catholics.
Not in Europe and certainly not in this dark place.
Bring him to a house and bathe him.
Lord! Danger!
Pirate must die!
Do you have proof he's actually a pirate?
Insult to Cross!
I don't have time for this Christian nonsense.
Pirate must die!
Fine. But choose another in his place.
We'll do it in my special way.
Well, I'm sorry, Father. We'll be all over this continent soon.
Go back in your sty, dick up your arse.
Try harder, Uncle.
You always lose!
This is a new game for me, Lord.
It's too complicated for an old man.
Didn't you learn how to play when you were small?
When I was your age,
I was honored to be a hostage.
Until I was this tall,
I was traded amongst enemies.
Lord Yaechiyo,
you'll be late for your writing lesson,
as you well know.
Hello, Daiyoin.
I want to practice archery instead.
A leader must write clearly and beautifully.
He must be the very best in all things.
This is what my mother says too.
Is she coming home from your castle soon?
Yes, absolutely.
Go to writing practice.
I can't imagine
what Ishido promised the Regents to fall in line.
My fief, probably.
He'll kill them next.
And then the child.
It's the Dark Centuries starting again.
I'll protect the Heir with my life.
If only you could stop them.
It's not your name "Yoshii Toranaga" they fear--
It's your Minowara bloodline.
I don't seek the title of my ancestors.
Because you are a good man.
But now is not the time for good men.
It is time for a Shōgun.
And I've told you before--
I don't seek to be Shōgun.
That title is a brutal relic.
From a bygone era.
This was planted the hour Yaechiyo was born.
The splint supports its growth.
Like you and the boy.
What happens to him if you're gone?
Please! We're just merchants!
Please!
We're just merchants! For the love of God!
Please, no!
No!
Please! No!
Please!
I'm sorry for the discomfort my lord has caused your village.
It won't be much longer now.
My lord,
he's obsessed with the moment of death.
When you are powerless,
and it's inevitable--
how a man faces such a moment.
This is the closest
he can get.
I kept waiting, but... nothing.
His final moment came and went.
Like everyone else... inarticulate.
Lord. This is Kiku.
The most celebrated courtesan in Izu.
It is my honor to serve
and my duty to please.
What are you looking at with your pervert eyes?
What are you doing?
Shall I stop?
Go on.
Christ.
Oh.
Good morning.
Where are my boots?
The barbarian took a long time to die.
He was stronger than most Christians.
Give me a poem about him.
His eyes...
were just the end of Hell
all pain,
articulate.
Heard a man screaming last night.
Sounded as though he was in terrible pain.
This is very tight.
Well, listen, if it's amenable to, uh, to either of you I--
I'd very much like to speak to your leader again.
With the swords, the man with the swords.
Wonderful.
You've managed this village well since your father's death.
How long has it been?
Almost a year.
Your fief is increased to 3000 koku.
I'll see to it as soon as I'm home.
Uncle, if I may...
You're not going to tell Lord Toranaga about the barbarian ship?
Our lord Toranaga is trapped in Osaka.
I told him it was madness, but he went anyway.
Why tell a dead man the future?
Then...
you have other plans.
What do you think?
In these uncertain times-- what comes next?
After Lord Toranaga is dead, no doubt there will be war.
Lord Ishido will be the most powerful Regent,
but he'd next have to contend with the Christian lords.
With their Christian weapons.
So a lord who possesses a ship with these weapons
would make a valuable ally to anyone.
My brother never told me about his son's great qualities.
Lord!
A ship's arrived.
Hiromatsu.
You honor me by coming to one of my villages.
Yabushige.
Lord Toranaga had requested you wait for him in Edo.
We've seized a foreign ship and its crew.
I felt it was important to our cause to be here.
And where are the cannon?
I'm told there are five hundreds muskets, twenty cannon,
and several crates of silver and gold on board that ship.
I had everything brought ashore.
Good.
As President of Foreign Relations,
Lord Toranaga confiscates this ship... and all it contains.
With respect.
Izu is my fief.
So sorry...
It was my understanding that you were loyal to our lord.
Of course I am.
Obviously, the ship is already his.
It's a gift, though I had wanted it to be a surprise.
He'll be pleased with your generosity.
He knew everything.
There's a spy in your village.
Where am I being taken?
You. You look at me.
- You murder prisoners without a trial. - Shut that pilot's mouth.
Is that how it's done here?
Is this him?
Tell him he's being taken to Osaka.
You go Osaka.
I go nowhere until I see my men.
Hey, hey, piss-eating bastards!
Forbidden!
Is he the pilot?
Pilot?
Lord Hiromatsu.
Lord Rodrigues will take care of him.
Give him drink, then blow head off.
Bow. Bow to the bastard-sama if you wanna live.
The man is like a king here.
And tell him, goyosha wo.
Pardon me.
To all the shit-eating samas, eh? Come.
- You're pilot of that Dutchman, eh? - Who are you?
Young little shit, aren't you? What's the latitude of a Lizard?
Forty-nine degrees, 56 minutes north and watch out for the reefs, south-southwest.
Or they'll send you tits up. By God, you are a pilot.
And inglés too. Fuck me.
Listen, sir, you speak Japanese. I must know if my crew is alive.
Samurai. Pilot friends?
One has been executed.
The rest are prisoners of Lord Yabushige.
Good news. Only one of your crew is dead,
and the Jappers say they'll free the rest of them if you play nice.
Who of my men is dead?
Here it is, Inglés, your crew belongs to them now.
Maybe you'll see them if you get back. Maybe not, but it's out of your hands, eh.
Where are we going? - Osaka. Big city.
The great Lord Yoshii Toranaga wants to meet you.
And what does he want with me?
Play with your balls maybe. How should I know?
But he's a powerful sort, so I might let him.
More powerful than those men?
Lord of the Kanto?
A million of them fanatics would die for the honor of wiping his ass.
I didn't catch your name, friend.
Rodrigues, and I'm a Spaniard who sails for the Portuguese. I'm not your friend.
Any chance of me boarding my ship, Rodrigues?
Yeah. Yeah, just as soon as you lick my jib.
Listen, Inglés, no more tricks.
I told these samas that I'd be responsible for you.
So do us both a favor, blow her a kiss.
Row!
Going to Osaka just to become a prisoner.
Feels wrong, no?
Be a storm by sunset. - Ah, we should head northwest.
This crew will love to keep within sight of land.
Came over with the Portuguese?
Sail for a living.
How'd you get here anyway?
Came by Magellan's Pass, merchant mission.
Captain-General held us in Chile too long. I warned him the winds would die.
He wouldn't listen.
And now command rests on you.
That's some fate. Shukumei.
What is that word? Shukumei?
Shukum-- It's like an attitude out here.
It's, uh, karma.
Uh, fate.
Fixed destiny.
Everything is connected, part of a whole. Life, death.
You just have to accept your wee place.
These people are godless savages.
Or maybe they just don't give a shit what you think,
young scheming little pirate.
Why do you believe I'm a pirate?
You had 20 guns on that ship.
Twenty guns to defend ourselves
from unlawful Portuguese galleons piloted by Spanish dogs.
We drifted here by accident.
We're just merchants hoping to once again cast eyes on our coast of origin.
I like you, Inglés, I do.
In fact, given we have a long night ahead of us,
I think I shall allow you the honor of taking this watch.
Come.
Kind of you to trust me. Well, why not?
You're a pilot, not a godless savage, eh?
Understand?
Yes.
Maybe we won't be dying in Osaka after all!
We've got to turn ourselves into the swell!
Where are your cojones, eh?
Where they should be, by God, and where I'd like them to stay!
Go below, get them to row! Can you swim?
Can't you?
Never learned! Better to drown quickly, right?
Goddamn it! Into the swell!
What? What are you still doing up here, you pirate bitch?
Piss on the Spaniard who serves the Portuguese!
Piss on all English!
What is he up to?
Row!
Stand strong!
Stand strong! Big swell coming!
Row!
Rodrigues! Pirate!
Rodrigues!
If you bastards wanna live,
pull!
Row!
The ship is ready.
Everyone, we're leaving!
What is he doing?
Rodrigu-sama.
Your pilot is somewhere... here.
For all we know, he could still be breathing.
I don't care what sort of savage whore-bitch turd you are,
where I come from we don't leave a man behind.
He's not wrong to search for the Spaniard.
The man is a skilled pilot.
You take him. Make it quick.
Lord! I found him!
He's there!
Rodrigues!
Move inland!
I'm only trying to get a look.
Don't let the pilot put himself in danger.
I'll bring him up.
Me.
Oh, I see.
You can't turn down a challenge in front of your men, can you?
Go on, savage.
Maybe the fall will kill you before you drown.
Let's be fast about this.
Lord, let me go in your place.
Don't you see what he's doing?
The barbarian wants me to fail.
He's testing me.
He's very simple, though he doesn't know it.
Lord!
Sorry about your sack of shit lord.
Fetch more ropes from the ship!
He's breathing!
Rope is coming!
Lord!
Please grab onto something!
Lord! Help is coming!
What the hell is he doing?
Good evening, Mariko.
So sorry, my Lord-- I was told I'd be meeting my father-in-law.
I sent Hiromatsu away on business.
I asked for you.
How long has it been since you married into my general's family?
Sixteen years.
And so rarely have we spoken.
Thank you for helping Lady Fuji through her grief the other day.
I wish I could have done more.
Such a waste.
Since Lord Ishido aligned the Council against me,
death is everywhere I look.
If the Regents vote for your impeachment,
we will welcome death with you.
I'm told you speak Portuguese.
Only as a student.
Your father-in-law is bringing a prisoner from Ajiro.
A barbarian from a foreign ship.
I want you to translate for us.
Surely the Portuguese can send Tsuji to translate.
It's been fourteen years since your father's death?
Fourteen years
and three months.
Akechi Jinsai was brave and principled,
and I revered him.
But I know it's haunted you.
Not being permitted to join him in death.
Like Fuji.
Kept from the fight and robbed of your purpose.
What if,
as your liege lord,
I could restore you to this purpose?
The barbarian is an enemy of your faith.
Would your loyalty to God
conflict with your service to me?
If I were just Christian, yes.
But--
I have more than one heart.
I think our fate has brought us together.
You, me,
and this barbarian who could turn the tide.
My leg is on fire,
my head is bursting, and my piss pot's full.
You make a foul nurse, Inglés.
That man was going to kill himself up on that cliff.
He risked his life to save you,
and when he knew he was done for in those waves, he didn't fight.
He could have tried, but he just turned and drew his blade.
He chose his death. What better end can a man hope for?
Will I die here?
Likely.
How can you just accept being powerless to this madness?
You mean to this life.
One cannot resist the unseen path of nature.
All we can do is accept our small part.
It's bollocks.
I fought too long, too hard to get here.
I won't succumb to this madness. I won't, I can't.
That's funny, I thought you washed up by accident.
Listen, Pilot, I-I think it's only fair...
I found this on your ship.
This, uh, rutter was stolen off a Spanish sailor, I imagine.
It's how you must have found your way through Magellan's Pass.
Which means this belongs to you.
It's a-- a list of all the Catholic bases
that you and your so-called merchant crew were putting to the torch.
I mean, real savage business if you ask me.
Your orders,
"Plunder any Spanish territory, reach the Japans,
open trade in the New World."
Which is why I'm warning you,
these go to the Portuguese soon as I arrive.
This isn't the end for me.
I won't die in this wretched land.
This wretched land?
I tell you what, Inglés. We're coming into port soon.
Why don't you go on up there? Go up and tell me what you see.
And tell me when you set eyes on Osaka
if you really think our world is the hilt of civilization.
And then ask yourself
what kind of man wields power in a land like this.
The one who schemes in the open?
Or the one you never see?
There's a saying out here that every man has three hearts.
One in his mouth for the world to know.
Another in his chest just for his friends.
And a secret heart buried deep where no one can find it.
That is a heart a man must keep hidden if he wants to survive.
You'll understand soon, Inglés.
And who knows,
maybe-- maybe fate brought you here for a reason.
Maybe you'll live long enough to find out what it is.