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A SHOCHIKU FILM
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<i>At the end of the 16th century,</i>
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<i>the decisive Battle of Sekigahara
divided all of Japan in two.</i>
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<i>The forces from Kanto
in eastern Japan were victorious,</i>
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<i>and the Tokugawa clan
took complete control of the country.</i>
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<i>But the defeated Hideyori Toyotomi
was still in Osaka,</i>
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<i>and many feudal lords
secretly supported him,</i>
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<i>while ronin
displaced by the defeat</i>
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<i>looked to him
to carry out their revenge.</i>
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<i>In 1614, 14 years
after the battle at Sekigahara,</i>
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<i>antagonism flared up again
between Tokugawa and Toyotomi.</i>
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<i>Naturally, spies from both sides</i>
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<i>were crawling all over the country.</i>
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<i>The nominal leader of
the Tokugawa espionage network</i>
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<i>was Munenori Yagyu,</i>
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<i>but in reality the network
was run by somebody else.</i>
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Heishichi, admit that you are in fact
Keijiro Maeda, a spy for Osaka.
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- Why do you say that?
- You don't know me.
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I am Tatewaki Koriyama,
a Yagyu agent.
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I am also a Yagyu agent.
My name is Sakon Takatani.
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I can't let Tatewaki
take all the credit for killing him.
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<i>The key figures in the Kanto spy
network were Tatewaki and Takatani.</i>
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