"A Japan-Mongolia co-production commemorating the 800th anniversary of the founding of Mongolia" "Haruki Kadokawa  Ryuhei Chiba present" "GENGHIS KHAN To the Ends of the Earth and Sea" "The Mongolian clans had formed into tribes." "Tayichi'ut, Tatar, Merkit, Mongol, Kerait." "The tribes were many, and constantly at war." "Shall we rest?" "Let's go as far as we can before dark." "This is still Mongol land." "Chiled!" "They're coming back!" "It's me they want!" "Have no fear!" "I'll protect you." "No!" "You must live... to take me back." "Hoelun!" "I'll come for you!" "Wait for me!" "I am Yesukhei Baghatur." "Mongol, Chief of the Borjigin clan." "You will come to my camp." "Stop crying!" "I am but newly wed." "Why must I be stolen away?" "My husband will come to take me back." "There will be war." "I welcome it." "I'm always ready to scatter the Merkit." "But tell me... what is your name?" "I am Hoelun, wife to Yege Chiled of the Merkit." "'Hoelun'..." "Now you are my wife." "I'll treat you well." "One day I would take revenge." "I swore that in my heart." "Nine months had passed since Yesukhei had taken me." "The baby's coming!" "Stop!" "You'll be fine." "It won't be long now." "That's right..." "That's right..." "In this land of the Mongols, the tribes were always at war." "Men defeated in battle were killed... and the women seized as spoils." "Chief!" "Chief!" "He's the leader." "He killed many of u s." "A brave enemy." "What's your name?" "Temujin." "Temujin Uge." "'Temujin'..." "I won't forget that name." "Chief!" "The baby's born!" "It's a boy!" "It is?" "A boy?" "'Temujin'?" "That will be his name?" "Yes." "It's a good name." "The name of a brave enemy I killed." "That Tatar chief?" "Yes." "'Temujin'..." "Temujin, son of Yesukhei Baghatur." "Temujin was named for an enemy chief his father had slain." "He was born to a blood-drenched destiny of slaughter." "Rest well." "What fate is yours?" "!" "When he was 14, Temujin went with his father in search of a bride." "In those years I had borne four more children." "I had also raised two more born of a different mother." "My first husband, who had sworn to take me back, never appeared." "Suddenly, many years had gone by." "Father, look how far Mt Burhan is." "Tomorrow it will be out of sight." "Nevertheless... its spirit will watch over us." "The first Mongol was born there." "His destiny given by the gods." "The Blue Wolf." "'The Blue Wolf'?" "Yes." "He crossed the great lake, and made the White Deer his wife." "Batachikan was their child." "Through generations his blood is ours." "Temujin... yours, too." "His blood flows in me, too?" "A drink called 'wine', from beyond the Uyghur lands." "Do you like it?" "Many are the rarities of a land that prospers on trade." "And where are you bound?" "I am in search of a wife for my son." "We will look among his mother's kin, the Olkhunut." "My daughter Borte." "I dreamed last night." "You did?" "A white hawk struck the sun and moon." "Then perched on my arm." "I'd just finished telling Borte a White hawk was a good omen." "Had I not?" "Father!" "That's the third time you've said that today!" "But now I understand." "The white hawk announced you would visit with your son." "It's so quiet..." "It seems there's no war here." "Have you been in battle?" "Not yet." "But I want to, soon, and avenge the wrongs done to my tribe." "Borte!" "Hello." "Who's he?" "My affianced." "He is?" "I am Jamuqa of the Jadirat, childhood friend to Borte." "I am Temujin of the Mongols." "I'll be here for a while." "I greet you." "Shall we compete with the bow?" "The bow?" "What skill!" "None of us can shoot like that." "My ancestors are Mongol." "Too." "Let us vow friendship." "A vow?" "All right." "As of today we are friends bound closer than brothers." "I will never betray you." "I will treasure your friendship." "While I have life, there is friendship between us." "I so swear!" "I want to make the Mongols into one nation." "'Nation'?" "What's that?" "All the tribes united in one." "Can that be done?" "Look." "The land of Jin." "One khan rules it all." "One?" "But they're enemies." "Think about it." "Temujin." "We've always been nomads, at war with each other." "If we keep doing that, the Mongols will be destroyed." "Someone has to unite us into a rich land of peace." "I see..." "You think about things like that..." "Temujin!" "Munrik!" "Didn't you go home with my father?" "Temujin..." "I'm sorry." "The Tatars have poisoned your father." "Poisoned?" "How is he?" "He's dead!" "My father..." "Murdered?" "!" "Temujin arrived back five days after the funeral." "Talgutei of the Tayichi'ut had announced himself..." "Yesukhei's successor." "He was taking the clan and leaving." "Nothing keeps us here!" "Follow the Onon River to new pastures!" "Go, and do not stop your horses!" "What's going on?" "!" "Why?" "Why?" "Why are you leaving?" "Where are you going?" "What's happened?" "Why are you going?" "!" "We mustn't leave here!" "Hurry!" "He's a traitor!" "Go back!" "Temujin!" "Withdraw!" "Talgutei!" "You betray my father Yesukhei!" "Silence, boy!" "You are no Mongol." "In your blood is the filth of Merkit." "Are you mad?" "I am son to Yesukhei Baghatur!" "None recognizes you as heir." "Your mother lay with a Merkit." "Who would follow one born of such a woman?" "Temujin!" "Temujin, no!" "Talgutei!" "Neither I nor the clan of Yesukhei will forget this treachery!" "Nor I your Merkit blood!" "Left behind by the tribe... we had to forage for our food." "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "!" "We divide the game with the rest." "That's the rule!" "I don't take orders from a Merkit!" "What?" "!" "Temujin... your mother was pregnant by a Merkit when she was taken." "The child was you!" "Belgutei!" "Your sword!" "Draw!" "Come at me!" "Well?" "Scared?" "See?" "You are Merkit scum!" "Bekhter!" "No, Temujin!" "Please!" "Bekhter, while you're here, we will not be united." "The family will fall apart, and we won't survive." "So I will kill you." "Bekhter!" "Run!" "They'll kill you!" "Not him." "Just you." "You two... what have you done?" "!" "Temujin!" "Qasar!" "A brother who shared your blood... one of your few allies... you've killed him!" "Perhaps he would drive us apart... but still!" "It wasn't only that." "He... insulted you." "Insulted me?" "So I killed him." "He showed no mercy... to one who disobeyed, or one who betrayed." "That... never changed in all his life." "These walls won't hold long if the Tayichi'ut attack." "I know." "They're to buy time for the women and children to get clear." "None of the Borjigin like how Talgutei runs things." "They'll all come back." "Just like I did." "Munrik, I'm grateful you brought your people with you." "We've been robbed!" "Horse thieves!" "Horse thieves?" "!" "How many?" "How many head?" "Eight." "While I wasn't looking." "They can't have gone far." "It wasn't just one man." "I'll go." "Brother!" "I'll go instead." "We can't fight without horses." "I'll get them back." "Steal my horses, will you?" "Horse thief!" "Wait!" "It's not how you think!" "Then how is it?" "The thieves passed here this morning." "I've had horses stolen before, so I went out to scare them away." "They took off and left those horses." "They're yours..." "Yes." "I'll have them back." "Take them!" "Just lower your bow, p lease." "Are you Temujin?" "How did you know?" "Word gets around." "The Tayichi'ut betrayed you, and you don't have many men." "We're few in number, but we fear no one." "Good." "There are still ways to fight when you are few." "Take your horses." "I will thank you in good time." "Now I need every horse I have." "I'll wait." "There are many ways to show gratitude." "I'll look forward to it." "I am Bo'orchu." "'Bo'orchu'?" "I won't forget." "The next year, to collect his bride..." "Temujin went after seven years to Dei Seichun of the Onggirat." "Temujin!" "You're alive!" "I heard you had been killed by the Tayichi'ut." "For seven years we heard nothing." "Borte was passing marriage age." "I arranged for another groom." "I'm sorry." "My father was killed, my clan scattered..." "I never forgot her." "And now you've come..." "Who will she marry?" "Jamuqa." "He asked for her." "Jamuqa?" "I see..." "Jamuqa..." "Temujin!" "I came when I heard you were here." "Jamuqa!" "It's been years!" "Congratulations." "You've seen Borte?" "No." "I'm leaving now." "Make her happy." "Temujin, I don't want this to end our friendship." "Let's have Borte decide which of us she wants." "Borte... which of us do you choose?" "We leave it to you." "Speak." "Well, Borte?" "Temujin, or me?" "Borte, are you sure?" "Are you really sure?" "You chose me!" "You're beautiful." "Temujin, I've betrayed you in my heart." "You have?" "It's true my father wished it..." "but I decided..." "I'd be Jamuqa's wife." "I betrayed the one who said he would come for me." "Borte, I am the one at fault." "With my father dead..." "betrayed by the Tayichi'ut... thinking only of keeping my family and clan alive..." "I left you without word of me for seven years." "You didn't know if I was alive or dead." "Who can blame you?" "Borte... forgive me." "You must forgive me." "I should not have lost faith in you." "But Temujin, you have betrayed me as well." "I have?" "Yes." "Why were you leaving without seeing me?" "Because you were to be married to Jamuqa, my sworn friend." "He would have made you happy." "Why did you not raise your voice and cry out, 'Borte is my wife!" "'" "'This must not be!" "'" "This is the same lack of faith as mine." "The same betrayal." "It pained me." "Borte..." "I'll make up for it." "On my life, I will make up for my betrayal." "You won't be hurt again." "I promise." "Mother... this is Borte." "I greet you." "Mother." "You've come far." "My younger brothers... and sister Temulen." "Hello, Temulen." "Come this way." "You help with her luggage." "Temujin!" "Well!" "Bo'orchu!" "You've brought a pretty wife!" "Welcome!" "I came while you were gone." "To collect my reward." "What would you like?" "Let me join you." "I want to be more than chief of a small clan." "Is that all?" "I grant it gladly." "I want someone who sees things differently from me." "You'll be perfect." "This is where you will live." "It has all the household things." "I hope you'll like it." "It will be fine, Mother." "Borte... will one who has lacked for nothing be able to stand poverty like ours?" "Not just poverty." "Constant threat of attack, I'm also told." "But beside the pain of being apart for seven years... that is nothing." "Thank you." "While there are more of us than there were... and life is better... the Tayichi'ut, the Tatars, or the Merkit... would overwhelm us with a real attack..." "He will protect us." "I will never suffer again." "He promised me that." "My heart is at ease." "Two years later, seeking ties with Toghrul, Khan of the Kerait..." "Temujin set off bearing tribute." "You are Temujin?" "I have heard your name." "It is an honor to meet you." "And what brings you here today?" "When my father Yesukhei died." "He said in his will... that I should seek the aid of Toghrul Khan." "Yesukhei Baghatur was my sworn friend." "Today, honoring my pledge to my father..." "I bring a treasure of my house, a robe of black sable... and present it to you in his name." "A robe... of black sable?" "Well!" "A gift indeed!" "How do you come to have such a thing as this?" "My wife brought it as dowry." "I see..." "Temujin!" "Sire!" "Support me, and be loyal." "And for my part." "I will keep you safe." "And then." "That fall..." "Grant us... the blessings... of nature." "What's that noise?" "Temujin!" "Wake up!" "Everyone!" "I hear horses!" "Listen... take Mother and hide in the woods." "Husband!" "Just stay calm and do what we've planned." "The enemy!" "To arms!" "The Tayichi'ut!" "It's the Tayichi'ut!" "Don't panic!" "They're still a distance away!" "Stay calm and get ready to leave!" "Tolui!" "How many?" "Five or six hundred." "Chief!" "They're Tayichi'ut!" "Brother!" "Five or six hundred of them." "We proceed as planned." "We're only 50." "We can't meet them head-on." "Delay them with small groups." "Munrik..." "Have the women ride into the hills." "Carts for those who can't ride." "No baggage." "The enemy!" "They're coming!" "Borte?" "Where's Borte?" "I'll call her." "Ma'am!" "You must leave!" "We cannot retreat with you here." "Borte's not here." "I'll send her on another cart." "Take them away." "Chief!" "They're not Tayichi'ut." "They're Merkit!" "Retreat!" "Retreat!" "Burn everything!" "Wreck it all!" "Mother!" "The attackers were Merkit." "Merkit?" "They came from the wrong direction." "And the bows are different." "So he came..." "Mother!" "Mother!" "Temujin!" "You're safe?" "Good." "Is everyone all right?" "We did not lose a man!" "Against a force ten times ours." "That is a miracle." "Rejoice!" "Temujin!" "Isn't Borte with you?" "Borte?" "She's not here?" "Coaquchin said she was already gone." "She's not here..." "I see..." "That's what they wanted." "I'll go find her!" "No!" "Stop!" "Stand back!" "You'll get killed!" "Move!" "Brother!" "Without our Chief, we are lost!" "Move!" "Chief!" "Temujin!" "Temujin!" "So it's true... that Father took you from the Merkit?" "So after 20 years... this is their revenge?" "Since I was small, I've been told I was of Merkit seed." "But I didn't believe it." "Mother, I want you to tell me." "Am I of Merkit blood?" "Or..." "Enough!" "You shame Mother!" "Tell me." "Am I not Father's child?" "No more!" "Why raise this now?" "Elder Brother though you are..." "you will not speak of it again!" "Temujin... it is you who must prove you are son to Yesukhei Baghatur." "Not me." "Your father never once spoke to me of doubt... about your birth." "He believed that one day you would prove... yours was the blood of the Blue Wolf." "Mother..." "Qasar... this tragedy must not be repeated." "Join with Temujin... and bring Borte back as soon as you can." "Father... tell me." "What am I?" "Does your blood not flow in me?" "With no way to strike back, six months went by." "Borte is my wife." "I will take her back." "I understand how you feel..." "but we are 300 to their 3,000." "We cannot win." "Seek help from Toghrul." "Brother, send a messenger to Jamuqa as well." "Chief, you cannot leave her there for too long." "After a year." "Or two, if she bears Merkit children... she cannot return." "We must decide now, Chief." "Go to Toghrul and Jamuqa." "Thank you." "I am pleased." "I will take command." "Is that agreed?" "Yes." "We should attack by night, with you on the right flank, Sire." "Of course." "We will attack from the hills behind." "Temujin, you take the front." "Sire... will you lend me 500 of your men?" "300 is not enough for a frontal attack." "Fine." "Take my best men." "In return, I will take seven parts of the spoils..." "Jamuqa two... and you will content yourself with one." "Only two parts?" "I withdraw!" "Wait!" "I need nothing." "It is only with your help I can strike at the Merkit." "I beg your indulgence." "Charge!" "Where is Borte?" "!" "Borte!" "Forward!" "Borte!" "Temujin!" "We know which way she's gone!" "Borte!" "Borte!" "It's Temujin!" "How many men?" "About ten!" "Leave her!" "Withdraw!" "Borte!" "Borte!" "After them!" "Borte?" "Is that you?" "What's wrong?" "Have you forgotten me?" "I'm your husband." "Husband..." "I've missed you." "Husband..." "Bring her." "Cart and all!" "Temujin... this happens to Mongol women." "Let it pass." "We've got him!" "On your feet!" "This is Chiled!" "He took Lady Borte." "Yesukhei Baghatur took Hoelun from me!" "This was my revenge!" "You?" "Damn you!" "He's dead!" "He's dead." "The victory celebration went on for three days and nights." "Look at you!" "We're all here, and still alive!" "Chief!" "Sit with us and drink!" "I will." "Bo'orchu!" "To your courage and quick thinking in battle." "Blessings on you!" "Belgutei." "To your skill with the sword." "Qasar, there is no archer like you." "Blessings on you!" "Munrik!" "Guardian of my house!" "For your generosity and wisdom... blessings on you!" "Jelme!" "For your arrowheads and spears that fell our enemies..." "I thank Tengri." "Blessings on you!" "A son is born!" "He's sure to kill this child." "I won't let him." "It's me." "Borte, give me the child." "To do what?" "Will you embrace this child?" "Don't be a fool!" "A Merkit child?" "I'll kill it." "What makes you so sure it's a Merkit child?" "Anyway, it's a girl." "Will you kill even a girl?" "A girl?" "I heard it was a boy." "Is this true?" "Then I will spare her." "But I never want to set eyes on her." "But if... it were a boy?" "'If'?" "So it is a boy..." "Then it dies." "Give it to me." "A child is a blessing from Tengri." "You must not kill it." "I'm not killing a child." "I'm killing a Merkit." "Temujin, a newborn child has not sinned." "Do you lack the generosity to raise it as your own?" "Your father was not that way." "If he had killed you as a Merkit child... you would not be here." "It is women who suffer most from this cycle of rape and revenge." "Would you also then take away Borte's child, Temujin?" "I do not blame Borte." "I let her be taken." "While I lead this tribe... no woman will be taken as spoils ever again." "Then accept the child." "Give him a name." "Husband." "Please." "Give this child a name." "'Jochi'." "Yes." "His name will be 'Jochi'." "'Jochi'?" "'Outsider'." "Born an outsider..." "The poor child!" "I don't care what he's called." "At least now he will live." "Isn't that so..." "Jochi?" "War leaves great scars on the defeated." "And the victorious tribe grows ever stronger." "The name 'Temujin the Mighty' spread far and wide... and every year more clans flocked to him." "Toghrul Khan, I am honored you have come so far." "A fine camp!" "Temujin, you have come far." "A messenger has come from the court of Jin." "They are delayed in their conquest of the Tatars." "They ask my help." "Temujin, will you strike at the Tatars with me?" "The name 'Jin' alone makes me tremble with rage." "But Temujin, the Tatars are the enemy... who poisoned your father." "Close your eyes to Jin and join me against the Tatars." "And by vanquishing the Tatars... great treasure will be ours!" "Toghrul Khan... why do you ask me... and not Jamuqa?" "Because of your spirit." "Temujin, I will pay well for your strength." "Now... the time has come to smite... our eternal enemies, the Tatars!" "They betrayed our second Khan to Jin... killed our third... and poisoned our fourth, my father." "While the Tatars remain." "Our forefathers will not sleep." "Are you with me?" "!" "Let us unite... annihilate the Tatars and put our ancestors to rest!" "The strategy used put the army of Jin at the front... while Temujin and Toghrul attacked the Tatars from behind." "After ten days of fighting... the Tatars were all but destroyed." "Chief... the Khan returns." "Well!" "Temujin!" "We're celebrating with some hunting." "I am glad to hear it." "I will take my army and return home... dealing with Tatar stragglers along the way." "Oh?" "You're leaving?" "Come with me." "Temujin..." "In this war I have seen how powerful you are." "Right now you could defeat Jamuqa with ease." "Jamuqa?" "Temujin, crush Jamuqa now." "Or one day he will attack you." "Never!" "We are friends pledged to a vow." "What vow?" "To unite the Mongols." "That is our dream." "Jamuqa is not dreaming that dream." "All he is capable of is wishing himself the greatest." "In any event, you and Jamuqa... cannot go forward together." "I am also in his debt for my wife, Borte." "I cannot fight my sworn friend." "Excuse me." "Brother!" "Yes, Teichal?" "I'm just leaving." "A word first." "What is it?" "I'm surprised you're so calm." "Calm?" "About what?" "Temujin has joined with Toghrul, and left you out." "Let him die fighting who he wishes." "The Mongols do not need two khans." "Exactly." "He wishes to leave you aside..." "and rule himself." "Impossible!" "He is a man who goes to war over one lone woman." "Women are for pleasure..." "or for bearing children." "There's always another." "A king cannot have feelings." "Temujin loves Borte." "Your vow of friendship trips you up as well." "That vow did not come from trust." "It came from fear of betrayal." "It was a child's game." "Chief!" "There are riders ahead." "Tatars?" "Merkit stragglers." "I think." "Whoever they are, crush them!" "Wait!" "A woman?" "Name?" "State your name!" "Kill me." "I don't kill women." "I have lost." "Kill me." "I am a soldier." "Enough." "Take off that armor and relax." "Don't touch me!" "You will not have me." "Men are all the same." "They violate women, and make them bear children." "My father and brother are dead." "I am head of my house." "I will suffer woman's grief no more." "I see..." "What can you do?" "Fight in battle." "I will not be spoils of war just because I am a woman." "I do not treat women as spoils of war." "I will not add to their suffering." "You are a fine soldier." "Come with us." "I will make you a Mongol soldier." "Is this true?" "I do not lie." "Your name?" "Kulan." "Then as of today you fight for me." "Come!" "Temujin..." "Welcome home." "So you have beaten the Tatars..." "I have finally righted the wrong done to our tribe." "The children... are glad of their gifts." "Jochi, what have you received?" "I need nothing." "Jochi..." "What's wrong?" "Take what you want." "Then..." "I'll take this." "What is it?" "You use it when you shoot with the bow." "There are better gifts than that!" "You're a strange one." "Husband..." "Jochi is 17." "He's old enough to go to war." "Let him fight the next chance that comes." "Yes..." "I was just thinking... of a posting for him." "The peoples of the north shelter many Merkit stragglers." "Left alone." "They will join with the Tatar remnants... to threaten us again." "Stop them." "Can you do that?" "Yes!" "I will justify your hopes in me!" "Temujin!" "Jochi has never fought before." "Will he ever come back alive from a terrible place like that?" "Don't worry." "The boy will carry out his task." "Jochi..." "By striking down the Merkit..." "you will prove yours is the blood... of the Blue Wolf." "Father..." "No, 'Chief'..." "I will do it!" "May I enter?" "Brother, would you come out?" "Excuse me." "Uncle!" "The Chief is sending me north against the Merkit remnants." "North?" "That is a very difficult task." "Be very careful." "I will." "Kulan, why have you asked for me?" "What's wrong?" "Why do you not embrace me?" "'Why'?" "You are a soldier, not a woman..." "are you not?" "In war I am a soldier." "Now I am a woman." "I see." "And what does this woman want me to do?" "Have her." "For treating me as a person." "Not a means to pleasure..." "I give her to you." "With me... it has not always been so." "But since I've met you..." "I have learned that women, too, have pride." "No less pride than a man." "Kulan." "I am proud to accept... this woman." "Chief!" "More from Jamuqa's camp." "Ten families this time." "Why?" "All these people?" "Why do they all go to Temujin?" "I am his equal in courage and cunning." "No." "I exceed him." "Why do they flock to him?" "Because of the man hardship has made him." "And the wind is at his back." "Be careful, Brother, or he will be Khan, not you." "Teichal..." "leave here, too, and go to Temujin." "What?" "Don't you understand?" "You will go to Temujin." "He has lost favor with his people." "In war, he does not lead." "Spoils are divided by age." "And there is no warmth to him." "Teichal, you should not speak so badly of him." "He is not fit to be chief!" "Temujin, allow me to join you." "Please!" "Enough!" "It seems I must speak plainly with Jamuqa." "What happened?" "!" "He tried to kill you." "He did?" "No!" "This battle pits Mongol against Mongol." "It will be greater than any... you have fought." "If we should lose... our tribes will vanish from the land." "On this one battle we rise, or we fall!" "Help make my dream of uniting the Mongols come true!" "I am the one and only Khan!" "Charge!" "Loose!" "Give chase!" "After them!" "Forward!" "Forward!" "Go at them!" "Charge!" "The two armies clashed in days of fierce attacks." "Where Temujin remained calm..." "Jamuqa was over-eager... and the battle swung against him." "Retreat!" "Retreat!" "Let us pass." "Who are you?" "Jamuqa of the Jadirat, here to see Toghrul Khan." "Sire... this battle has ended in defeat... but the dream of Mongol unity remains." "If I cannot achieve it myself... your power can." "You wish me to strike Temujin and take the Mongols from him?" "Yes." "As things are now, he is certain to challenge you and Kerait." "Sire... this is the time to strike." "When his forces are exhausted." "Call out your men." "May I ask how many soldiers remain in your lands?" "I am sure my lands are burned, and my soldiers slain." "As it happens... while Temujin has won... he has not invaded your lands." "Your treasure and your soldiers remain untouched." "Is this true?" "So it seems." "That vow... seems to bring you very special treatment." "Since my defeat, I have kept moving." "I had not heard this." "He did nothing?" "I don't understand." "Jamuqa and Toghrul Khan?" "Can this be?" "We need time to recover our strength." "Send a messenger and delay." "Yes." "What do you think?" "I agree." "Field our army." "Chief!" "If we do this, we must win." "We will win." "Uncle." "This time I will join you against Kerait." "Yes." "The enemy is strong." "Use all your young man's strength." "I will!" "North?" "I go north again?" "!" "It is vital." "Control its tribes, and secure its forests for us." "With all respect..." "I want to fight the main battle against Kerait." "Jochi, listen to me." "We will defeat Kerait." "The tribes will be one." "We will need resources." "We must act now so our people may prosper." "With all respect..." "I never want to go into the north again!" "Jochi... do you disobey me?" "Brother!" "I will go north." "Let Jochi fight Kerait." "Qasar!" "Jochi is my son." "You will stay out of this." "Begone!" "Now!" "Why does Father keep me out of his greatest battle?" "Mother... is it true that when I was born, Father meant to kill me?" "Who told you that?" "Did he say I had Merkit blood?" "Mother." "Is this true?" "Jochi!" "You mustn't say that!" "Father hopes..." "I will die in the north!" "Would a father want his own child dead?" "!" "Be on your way." "You work for your father's sake." "Temujin should understand Jochi best of all." "Then why... is there no meeting of minds?" "Halt!" "Forward!" "This time, from the start, things went badly for Temujin." "His men had not recovered, and worse... the enemy was stronger and better armed." "The difference was obvious from the first day." "Chief!" "The enemy!" "The enemy!" "After him!" "Chief!" "Poison!" "Chief!" "Wake up!" "Chief!" "Chief!" "Chief!" "Chief!" "Chief..." "Don't run." "Chief!" "It's Bo'orchu!" "Chief!" "Chief!" "Drink this!" "Bo'orchu, you're alive?" "No, you won't die." "Nor will you." "You're immortal." "Don't cry." "Kulan." "You're a soldier." "Back to camp!" "We'll fill our stomachs with food and drink... regain our spirits and go back to the battle!" "Toghrul Khan, are you sure it's safe to withdraw your army?" "The battle's over." "Temujin's rotting on the plain, dead of poison." "You've won." "Temujin has always been lucky." "Don't be over-optimistic." "To arms!" "To arms!" "To arms!" "It's Temujin's army!" "He's alive." "What will you do?" "This is your army!" "Toghrul Khan!" "Fight!" "Give the order!" "Men!" "Do not retreat!" "Fight!" "Stand and fight!" "Where are you going?" "!" "Jamuqa!" "I'm pulling back!" "Wait!" "Does it not shame a Khan to show an enemy his heels?" "What do you know of a Khan?" "You old fool!" "Sir!" "Come with us, please." "Untie him." "You still believed?" "No sheep taken, no men killed, not even any huts burnt..." "Because of our vow?" "It's been 30 years." "We looked at the stars, and spoke of the future." "I've forgotten al that." "The Khan of all the Mongols is not me." "It is you." "Jamuqa..." "Be my right arm." "You know war, you are brave and wise." "We'll take Jin." "No, thank you." "Why not?" "Pride will not let me." "Temujin, kill me here." "End the discord between us." "But grant me one last favor." "Without staining the land, without one drop of blood... kill me." "I will." "I will pay the highest honor to the bravest Mongol warrior." "Qasar... bring a cloth sack." "No." "Temujin... with your own hands... strangle me." "With my hands?" "Temujin... with your hands." "Without shedding blood." "Quickly." "Kill me." "Please!" "Kill me!" "April 16th, 1206" "Here by the will of Tengri..." "God of Eternal Blue Heaven... does Genghis accept the divine mandate... and become Khan... uniting all the tribes of Mongol... under his supreme rule!" "By the will of Eternal Blue Heaven, Tengri grants me divine mandate... and makes me Khan of Great Mongol." "As descendant... of the Blue Wolf, sent by Tengri to earth..." "I now establish the land of the Blue Wolf." "The Blue Wolf pack united here... as long as the land shall last... must go to the ends of the earth!" "Look into the distance!" "Let your will take flight!" "In this land of our forefathers... unite and build the richest and strongest land... in the world!" "May Tengri bless and protect... all of the Blue Wolves gathered here today!" "O Tengri!" "Watch over us!" "Light the dawn as we Blue Wolves of Mongol embark on our journey!" "Hail!" "Hail Genghis Khan!" "Genghis Khan!" "Genghis Khan!" "Sire?" "Qasar, do you hear them?" "I've decided." "I will take Jin." "Sire?" "With Jochi." "Summon him." "Thus the assault on the Great Wall will take at least ten days." "That means crossing the desert faster." "Well, we still have 100,000 men to move." "And the advance force?" "Jochi and myself." "But Jochi has sent a message saying he is ill." "He asks for more time." "Ill?" "He's ill and can't come?" "Too ill to heed my summons?" "I find that hard to understand." "Qasar." "Prince Jochi is in the best of health." "He's not ill?" "Not at all!" "Ten days ago, when I was doing business there... he was setting out on a hunting trip." "Please!" "Stop and think!" "Jochi would not be plotting against you!" "Move!" "Move!" "Genghis!" "Will you doubt your own son on the word of a merchant?" "Jochi has violated military law." "How will it look to the army if I forgive him?" "Once, long ago... you killed your brother." "I try to forget, but I cannot." "Will these same bloody hands... now kill your own son?" "How much of your family's blood must you shed?" "!" "I wanted Jochi to know harsh battle... to writhe alone in torment, and then... to shoulder the burden of rule." "I wanted to conquer Jin with him." "That is how I meant to make up for... wanting to kill him." "If the Wolf's blood is that of murderers..." "I don't want it." "Where is Jochi?" "!" "Prince Jochi is resting in there." "Neglecting his duty..." "laying around all day!" "Get up." "Get up!" "Jochi?" "What happened?" "He was hit by a poisoned arrow." "Three days ago his condition worsened." "He can no longer see." "What?" "!" "Ill..." "He was ill!" "Why was I not told of this?" "!" "The Prince said that if the enemy learned... the leader of our force was ill... it would invite an attack." "He ordered it kept secret." "He also said... he did not want to worry... his father." "Khan of all the Mongols." "Jochi said he didn't want to worry me?" "Khan..." "Genghis Khan..." "Jochi?" "Jochi!" "Khan!" "Call me 'Father'." "I am your only father." "Jochi!" "I received your order for the attack on Jin." "I couldn't respond." "Forgive me." "Father... may I... die as one of the Blue Wolves?" "You can't die!" "Jochi!" "You can't die!" "Jochi!" "Father..." "Thank you very much." "Jochi!" "Jochi!" "Jochi!" "You still had this?" "Jochi!" "I've been a fool." "Forgive me!" "You more than any other have the blood of the Wolf." "You are a pure-bred child of the Blue Wolf." "Jochi!" "Jochi!" "My son Genghis was a man who did not know how to rest." "What drove him to such lengths?" "It was surely a vast ambition... much greater than mere years of hatred for Jin." "But what was it?" "Khan... will you not cease to make war, even now the Mongols are united?" "Where I go I conquer, and borders disappear." "With freedom of movement flourishes trade." "Cultures and customs are respected, and life is enriched." "But when you make war." "Blood will flow." "Kulan... for blood to be shed no more... blood must first flow." "Jochi!" "Lead our attack." "You are the Blue Wolf." "The Blue Wolf is you." "Charge!" "Directed by Shinichiro Sawai" "Subtitles by Ian MacDougall"