What is it?!
What does this thing want again?
What is it?
Tade? Tade, what is it?
Tade! Tadetola!
My God. Tade!
What happened?
- Tade. - Leave him.
- It is happening again! - Tade!
- It's happening again! Tade! - Tade!
My God!
- I'm in trouble! Hospital! - Tade!
Tade! I'm finished!
Tadetola!
Open the door!
- Hey! Tade! - Leave him! Leave him to me!
- Nurse! - Leave… I said leave him to me!
- Leave him! - Nurse!
Your Highness!
Get out of the way!
‪Tade.
How did you know?
Your Highness.
There's no way something like this could happen without me knowing about it.
Yes.
Look, this child's case is not an hospital issue.
I didn't want to say it in the queen's presence, that's why I called you outside.
If he completes the circle…
Priest, he was going from one circle of life to another,
that was the dream I was having before you woke me.
Priest, help me.
Your Highness, I know, that's why I'm here.
There's no way I can't know about everything happening, look,
let's leave all questions till after we've taken care of the boy.
Quickly!
You mean we should take him out of the hospital?
He must leave this place! Right now!
- Right now? - Yes! Right now!
The head of a pigeon
The tail of a pigeon
Wings of a pigeon, perform your duties he will not die
Doors open and close
Seasons come and go
- The one who sees death and fears not. - Seasons come and go
The one who sees diseases and fears not.
The one who shakes the entire town.
Tade.
You sent for Tadetola,
you asked him to come to heaven.
Tadetola refuses.
He says he won't respond to the call of heaven.
You who locks doors,
go help Tadetola lock heaven's door.
You who opens the world,
open the door of life.
Open the door of life for Tadetola.
Tadetola has sent a white piece of cloth,
he said he's not going to respond to heaven's call.
Tadetola!
You must respond to the call of life, not the call of heaven.
Open the door of life.
Tadetola!
- That's good. - Tade!
- Tade. Hold on. - Tade!
- That's good. - Tade!
- Leave him! Tade! - Well done.
Tade!
- Thank you God. - Tade!
Thank you God.
Evil has been averted.
The one who isn't powerful enough is acting powerful.
You should have stayed in your league.
A divination for Orunmila was given
when the witches fought with him.
He was told that he would conquer them all,
great and small.
Your Highness.
Am I at fault?
Is it…
Is it a sin to come and serve your town?
‪Tell me.
Why am I going through all this
because I took the title of the Onilara to make Ilara a better place?
What exactly is my offense?
Please tell me, Priest.
What is my offense?
Your Highness.
Your offense is that you didn't do what Ifa asked you to do.
Look,
this is just the beginning.
If we continue on this path
the end result will affect everyone.
Hear this, Tadetola has not completely escaped death,
we just saved him temporarily.
My Tadetola?
Yes.
What is it?
God,
what is it?
What is it?
The father ate the forbidden fruit,
the grandson bears the brunt.
What have I done to deserve this?
Please have mercy on me.
I should marry them,
then love them wholeheartedly.
I have my own way of doing things where I come from.
I had something I was doing before this!
What is it?!
Your Highness,
you have to love them wholeheartedly.
That's what will serve as your deliverance,
and that of others that will become the Onilara from Adejuwon's family.
Priest…
why do I have to be the one who gets punished?
It's not fair.
Priest, it's not fair.
I haven't committed any sin, I didn't offend anyone.
Why does it have to be me?
Why does… I came to Ilara with a pure heart.
My daughter Fola is dead,
Tadetola is not completely saved.
What did I do to deserve this?
What is my offense? Priest,
what is my offense?
What is my…
Your Highness!
Thank you, I'm grateful.
- It shall be well with you. - So shall it be.
- May you all bear children. - So shall it be.
- You will not make mistakes. - So shall it be.
- You will not speak in error. - So shall it be.
May true love be established
- in our hearts forever and ever. - So shall it be.
- Rise. - Thank you.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Yes sir.
Our husband.
Your Highness.
Our husband.
Thank you.
I'll see you in the bedroom.
Go to your rooms, I'll come to you one after the other.
Your Highness.
Well done.
Your Highness.
Our husband.
Have you forgiven us?
Thank you.
By God's grace,
your reign will bring peace to the whole town.
So shall it be.
Hail hail
Dark or fair husband
He's still the husband
Son of King Adekogbe
Just enjoy yourself
I said
Just enjoy yourself
All the wives have asked me to greet you
The Onilara has done something great Give me room to do mine
May this time Be peaceful, may it bring relief
Son of King Adekogbe
Just enjoy yourself
May your time bring relief
Just enjoy yourself
May there be peace and harmony
Just enjoy yourself
May there be prosperity in the land
Just enjoy yourself
Just enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself
Just enjoy yourself
- Just enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself - Just enjoy yourself
Just…
Priest,
what is it again?
What exactly is the problem now?
You required a lot
from me to become the king
and I have complied
with everything.
You asked me to do some things I normally don't do, I did them.
You gave me instructions, I followed them.
Yet you came back again
with more conditions.
If being the king is an impossible task, then let me abdicate!
Look,
allow me to go back to where I came from.
I no longer want to be the king!
Taboo!
Don't say that again, Your Highness.
Don't you know the position of a king is until his death?
There are just more battles to be fought.
What other battles?
Answer me, what other battles?
I said what other battles?
Your Highness,
if we don't tackle the issue from the source, it will keep reoccurring.
If we don't face it head on, it won't end.
You fought one battle, yet there are more to fight.
You've not battled with Esusu.
And you must battle with Esusu.
- Esusu? - Yes.
Why would a human
have any encounter with a deity?
Esusu, the man who rages like a burning fire.
He didn't suddenly end up that way.
He did not just turn into a mythical being who is worshipped with waste.
Your forefathers caused it.
Your Highness,
may you live long.
Esusu.
Your Highness.
Why am I…
using the charm of longevity you made for me
on a sick bed?
That's why the Creator is greater than humans.
Is anyone as great as the Almighty?
I only did my part. When it comes to some issues,
we are all ignorant.
Hold on,
if that's the case,
that means
our agreement
is faulty.
What do you mean?!
I fulfilled my end of the bargain,
you,
you did not fulfill yours.
Instead of fulfilling your part of the bargain,
you deceived me.
You deceived me.
King Adejuwon, I made a charm
to keep you alive and you say it's not working?
Are you dead yet?
- Am I not begging for death now? - That means you've had a change of mind.
Because you said it yourself.
But if it's what I, Esusu, made for you,
if you don't use up the entire number of years I took for you
there's no death that can take you.
If that's the case,
if I can't enjoy the life I have,
I…
I can take the easy way out.
If you can't restore my health to what it was before
then kill me.
- Adejuwon? - What is it?
You want to go back on your word?
I should kill you?
Anyone who wishes you dead will surely die before you.
I have guests waiting for me.
Esusu?
Have I not behaved foolishly?
I have…
I have bitten more than I can chew.
Creator, please take my life.
Take my life.
Ogun is the king…
- Good job. - My lord.
My lord.
- The deity. - My lord.
My lord.
The man who has money at home…
- My lord. - Well done.
- My lord, I greet you. - My lord.
In heaven the man who has money is free
He does what he pleases
Yes he does
My lord.
We can go to Ilara
My lord.
- My lord. - The man
- Who scares himself - Well done.
- Good job. - You're coming at
Esusu with quivers
- Yes. - You're coming at
Esusu with guns, he's able to
- Break hands - My lord.
- And backs - My lord.
Oh Esusu!
Esusu is not a king but he acts like one
He's not a chief yet he acts like one
You frown at the sight of Esusu You will be punished for frowning
- That's him over there. - Your frowning face
- Will suffer for it - Woman…
He does what he pleases
Oh Esusu!
You're hailing a strong man.
The one who kills While the father rejoices
- Yes. - The disease that makes one
The mother of a fool
He'll encounter trouble.
Oh Esusu!
Death, diseases, calamities
- My lord. - My lord does not like it.
- My lord. - Stop praising me!
He said you should be quiet.
You're praising me too much.
You want to make my head swell too much.
Only a good yam makes pounded yam.
Yes.
Only the strong stands for himself.
Yes, my lord.
I have a powerful being within me.
Become tongue-tied.
Oh Esusu!
Master!
- Oh Esusu! - She can't escape it.
Esusu has no fault in this.
The one who came into town to misbehave
is not to be blamed, the one who invited him
is to be blamed.
I invited Esusu myself.
In what way, Your Highness?
I asked him to make me a charm that will prevent death.
- A charm that prevents death? - Yes.
When I heard I didn't have much time left to live.
That's the reason he killed my seven wives.
I used my wives to make the charm.
Your Highness.
Look…
I'm in pain.
‪Your Highness.
No wonder.
No wonder the town is divided.
When the king gives an order, Esusu also gives his own.
His commands hold more power than that of the king.
Look, it's on the day that one encounters evil
that he gets rid of it. It must end today.
Thank you.
Look,
Ilara chiefs,
Your Highness.
You have the authority now.
Wherever you put him is fine with me.
- What happened? - Who are you?
From where?
‪What is it?
- Enough! - Be patient.
Please, what is it?
What could Esusu have done to you
that has made you bring a masquerade to his home right at midday?
- Can't you see us standing before you? - We can see you.
I think you ought to call Esusu
to have a discussion with him if he offended you.
You are an unfortunate person!
Your power ends today!
- Really? - Yes! Keep quiet!
- Really? - If Esusu has done good or bad,
why can't you approach him with respect?
Where? My lord!
There's trouble, my lord.
My lord.
You brought a masquerade to confront me, a wicked person, right at midday?
Which one of you does not wish to enjoy the rewards of his children?
Taboo!
Here they are.
- Oh powerful one, I come before you. - My lord!
- The formidable one who cannot be moved. - Can you see?
Some powers are different, different from power.
We've got him!
Come here!
My lord!
- My lord! I'm in trouble! My lord! - We have nabbed him.
I heard you wanted to see me.
Your Highness,
is it true you know about what the town has done to me?
Nothing goes on that I don't know about.
I know about it.
Is this what I deserve?
What more does a wicked person deserve than suffering?
That's what you deserve.
King Adejuwon,
I want you to realize that your character defines you.
You reap whatever you sow.
There are 16 deities who exist in this world,
the one who knows, the one you confide in,
the one you think with,
the one you speak with, the one you sleep with.
An agreement binds them all.
If one goes against them,
that's betrayal.
King Adejuwon,
don't betray me!
I should not betray you?
Esusu,
please, look me in the eye
and tell me you've not betrayed me already.
You're wicked.
Chiefs.
Yes, Your Highness.
Thank you.
Please,
walk this evil being out of my town.
Please call the whole town,
tell them I asked them to take all calamities,
loss,
struggles,
woes,
all that has to do with suffering in my town,
tell them to drive him out with these things.
You must never set foot in this town again.
Esusu you have to leave our town We no longer want you here
You have to go You have to go, Esusu has to go
Esusu you have to leave our town We no longer want you here
Esusu you have to leave our town…
King Adejuwon, it would have been better if we had resolved this in our life time,
so that it doesn't become an issue when we get to heaven.
You are not pleased with me so you sent me away.
You don't like my ways so you expelled me.
I wish to stay longer,
but you no longer want me among you.
People of Ilara,
you turned against me because I have no relatives in this town.
But when we meet again,
there will be repercussions.
Esusu departs!
That was how your forefathers cursed Esusu,
before he became a deity worshipped with filth.
It's the anger from that time
that made you see what you told me about.
What is it?
Why do issues from the past keep affecting me?
Why do I have to bear my forefather's burden?
Your forefather caused all this.
You know issues like this go from generation to generation.
Priest,
please what did
my forefathers do to offend the Almighty?
Priest, please help me, have mercy on me.
Look at me, I'm still young. Have mercy on me, what can we do?
Your Highness,
you have to prepare
to battle with Esusu.
You have to send him out of town.
I should fight Esusu?
Yes.
What if I go
and never return?
That means your name will forever be
in the history of Ilara.
I hail the child of the palm tree
The axe that cuts evil down
That which the initiates use to fight evil
That's what the gods of Oduru used
The gods said I should not relent
No matter how dark it gets
We have to keep pushing on
On and on and on
The child keeps pushing
The rain keeps pouring
A divination was given in the past
The divination for performing some rituals
We have to keep pushing on
We keep pushing
We have to keep pushing on
Bravehearted man.
Giant strides.
Call him a lion.
Put the protective mark on him.
Great!
Great! You are a great man!
A herbalist
doesn't behave impulsively.
A person acting alone cannot be impulsive.
- You cannot be rash because you're angry. - Yes.
You can't just destroy things because you are annoyed.
You can't be annoyed with the swallow and offend the Creator.
An elephant always gets away with whatever it does.
- Yes. - When a masquerade…
As you go may you return
May you return safely
A dog owner walks with his dog
‪-Go. ‪-He's an initiate.
He's an initiate.
A dog owner walks with his dog
‪He's an initiate.
Esusu!
‪The wilderness is your home.
Hear my call.
I have come to expel you today.
You must leave Ilara today!
Esusu! Get out!
Esusu, get up!
No!
This is war!
‪-Taboo! ‪-Terrible taboo!
You lie! That can't be!
You must leave today!
I command you!
When an axe strikes, its strikes hard!
I hail my fathers.
I hail the ones before me!
Esusu!
You've set eyes on me today,
you've seen death.
I cast you out!
Impossible.
You can't conquer me.
You can't send me away!
Ilara town you're in trouble! You the king will equally suffer.
You sent me here, I'm not leaving.
I'm prepared to receive a visitor at my place.
Ground don't betray me.
Ground open up! Open up!
The one who treads carefully in an unknown place!
Purity overcome evil!
The one who dwells in the heavens
will come through for Orunmila!
I went as far as the heavens to attain powers.
I went as far
as the seas to be fortified.
I get away with whatever I do.
I will not fail at what I do.
I will not fail.
I will not fail!
Kill him.
Adekogbe!
Son of Adarisode,
have mercy on me!
Don't let Esusu kill me.
I'm fighting for Ilara.
You built Ilara!
Adekogbe don't allow it to crumble.
Adekogbe!
No one can make me leave.
I told you not to offend me but you did.
People of Ilara, you can't take me out so easily.
I am wickedness!
‪You are not a match for the king.
He's a star that shines
Great king!
Your Highness.
‪Subtitle translation by: Anu Akiyode