"TAIGA DRAMA" "In September of 1867 (Keio 3)..." "Ryoma had finally returned to Tosa." "He was aiming to drag the Tokugawa down from power," "TOSA" " KOCHI CASTLE - He was aiming to drag the Tokugawa down from power," "To do that, he had to persuade retired Lord Yamauchi Yodo." "What is all this?" "1,000 of the newest-model Minié rifles." "The Satsuma-Choshu are ready to attack the Shogunate at anytime." "If it results in war, there'll be chaos throughout Japan." "We need those weapons for Tosa to survive." "Goto!" "Yes!" "Who do you plan to use those weapons against?" "If I may humbly speak up..." "The Tokugawa Shogunate family have lost their authority!" "The people have alienated from the Shogunate and desire a new era!" "Lord Yodo, please wait!" "There is someone that I want you to meet!" "It's Sakamoto Ryoma!" "He's the one who brought the 1,000 rifles here!" "Lord Yodo!" "Lord Yodo!" "RYOMADEN" "Episode 46 Tosa's Big Gamble" "Script:" "Fukuda Yasushi" "Music:" "Sato Naoki" "Sakamoto Ryoma:" "Fukuyama Masaharu" "Iwasaki Yataro (narrator):" "Kagawa Teruyuki" "Sakamoto Tome:" "Terajima Shinobu" "Goto Shojiro:" "Aoki Munetaka" "Sakamoto Gonpei:" "Sugimoto Tetta" "Takechi Hanpeita:" "Omori Nao" "Sakamoto Iyo:" "Matsubara Chieko" "Iwasaki Iajiro:" "Kanie Keizo" "Iwasaki Miwa:" "Baisho Mitsuko" "Yamauchi Yodo:" "Kondo Masaomi" "Director:" "Nishimura Takegoro" "Sakamoto, give up today." "Sir Goto?" "The retired lord can't be persuaded so easily." "Satsuma and Choshu won't wait any longer." "I know..." "Please do all what you can to arrange my meeting with the retired lord." "I know!" "I know..." "SAKAMOTO RESIDENCE" "Is anyone home?" "We have a visitor." "Chino..." "Harui..." "will you lend a hand?" "Ryoma is back!" "Huh?" "I have just returned, sister Otome!" "It really is you, Ryoma!" "Have you been well?" "Stop it!" "It stinks!" "Sister!" "You must be Tsurui!" "I heard about you by letter." "You look just like Harui..." "Brother, it's been a while." "You look good." "Oh, Harui!" "You have a child!" "Mother said she married into the Sakamoto family as the second wife, but she was happy..." "She was worried about you until the very end." "I haven't done anything motherly for Ryoma." "Mother, what are you saying?" "Ryoma doesn't feel that way at all." "I was absent from home and did as I pleased..." "Please forgive me." "Mother understood your ambitions in life." "I'll bring Oryo with me next time so you can all meet her." "Brother, I came back to Tosa to plead with the retired lord." "Huh?" "You must be dreaming." "There's no way you can meet with the retired lord" "Sir Goto Shojiro will arrange it." "Sir Goto?" "Are you friends with the clan's administrator?" "Not exactly friends, but..." "More like comrades." "Comrades?" "Uncle Ryoma, have you moved up the ladder?" "No, it's nothing like that." "I don't know where to start." "Is anybody home?" "Is Yataro doing his clan duties in Nagasaki?" "Of course." "He's the one holding up Tosa Trading Company." "Is that right?" "Is he letting it get to his head?" "If he looks down on people because he's competent," "I won't forgive him." "There may be times when he brags, but he is kind at heart." "But, Sakamoto..." "I don't think Yataro will end here." "Don't say that." "It's good that samurai engage in trade, but they shouldn't do it on the same level as merchants." "You've had too much!" "They must think they are supporting Japan!" "Or they aren't samurai!" "It's all right." "Yajiro, your son has a good head on his shoulders." "Yataro has his own life to live." "Is that a compliment?" "Of course." "Of course it is." "That's good." "Just as Ryoma said..." "NAGASAKI-TOSA TRADING CO." " I was determined to succed in my own path." "Iwasaki, are you still working?" "I was reviewing today's transactions for errors." "Did you forget something?" "There's nothing on Sirs Takahashi and Morita's desks." "Show me those account books." "This isn't work for Tosa Trading Company, is it?" "What are you trying to do?" "I'm working on my own business." "I'm not using clan funds." "There's nothing wrong with that, is there?" "We don't want to come down on you!" "We're disappointed that you were demoted from Manager." "There are others who feel the same way." "This country is undergoing drastic change now." "The abacus will become more useful than a sword." "Will you let us help you with your work?" "Please, Iwasaki!" "Meanwhile, in Tosa..." "There was a clamorous debate regarding the clan's future." "Satsuma and Choshu have the newest-model weapons and ammunitions from England, so there's no way we can beat them." "Why should we go to war to protect the Tokugawa Shogunate?" "The Tokugawa regime is clearly coming to an end!" "If anything, we should side with the Satsuma and Choshu!" "Shut up!" "Word of Ryoma's return spread throughout town overnight." "It's been a long time, Ryoma!" "Yes, indeed." "Have you all been well?" "Ryoma," "Is it true you delivered 1,000 new rifles to the castle?" "Who are we fighting against- the Tokugawa or Satsuma-Choshu?" "The Tokugawa." "The day to overthrow the Shogunate has finally come!" "That time has finally come!" "Hey, lowly samurai!" "Which one of you is Sakamoto Ryoma?" "What do you want?" "The castle is an uproar." "Lord Yodo, Tosa can't defy the flow of time." "Please meet Sakamoto Ryoma." "Why must I meet with him?" "You... for a lowly "kashi,"" "are you going to state your opinions to the retired lord?" "What are you plotting by tricking Sir Goto?" "Are you planning to drag the Tosa clan into war?" "If the Tokugawa war with Satsuma and Choshu..." "Tosa will naturally be dragged into it." "We can't be sitting on the fence!" "What was that!" "?" "Get down, kneel to us!" "Stop it!" "The one who created this flow now is Sakamoto Ryoma." "He united the enemies Satsuma and Choshu... and had a hand in the Satsuma-Tosa pact." "That's how it should be." "Ryoma!" "The rest of you, get down!" "Get down!" "What is it?" "A kashi bowing to a joshi..." "Is this ridiculous thing still going on in Tosa?" "What!" "?" "Why were you quiet about it?" "I was jealous!" "I was jealous...!" "He's just a lowly kashi, but he was recognized by my uncle, Yoshida Toyo!" "Though he deserted the clan, he successively... achieved great things one after another!" "That is why I was jealous..." "The rifles I brought..." "Let go..." "Will be used..." "Let go of me!" "So that everyone can hold hands togheter like this..." "Let go!" "We won't forgive you for this conduct!" "Lord Yodo..." "Please meet Sakamoto Ryoma." "I beseech you!" "Raise your head." "Yes, sir." "It's been a while, Sakamoto." "Five years ago, I met you when I was a student of Katsu Rintaro-sensei." "You hid the fact that you were a Tosa clan deserter, and spoke hollowly to me." "Lord Yodo, I have a request to make." "Please write a petition to Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu urging him to relinquish power to the Imperial Court." "Is that an appeal?" "Yes." "In the event an appeal is not accepted, you will have to commit the ritual hara-kiri." "Lord Yodo, if you think this is a joke, then I will commit hara-kiri here." "Have you forgotten the chaos you created with your prank?" "You lied about killing Yoshida Toyo!" "I wanted to save Takechi." "Takechi was a model samurai." "I'm the one who ordered him to commit hara-kiri." "I'm also the one who killed your kashi comrades." "Don't you hate me, Sakamoto?" "I hate... the situation in Tosa, where the joshi slight the kashi!" "But my mother taught me..." "Nothing is born from hatred." "Hating a person will not amount to anything worthwhile." "What is to be hated is Japan's old system that has lasted over 260 years!" "Insolent!" "Stop!" "Please forgive him." "Lord Yodo..." "The Shogunate and the clans are not needed anymore." "This country must be reborn." "That is..." "That is the reason for restoring Imperial rule!" "Are you eliminating the Shogun and daimyo?" "Yes, and the status of samurai will be gone, too." "What!" "?" "Quiet down!" "Do you realize what dangerous words are you saying?" "If you seriously ponder what it means for a country to change..." "What I have just said will have to happen." "This country shouldn't be suppressed by samurai but ruled by men with noble goals, over debate." "I have written here the new system for Japan." "I will be awaiting your decision." "Lord Yodo!" "Please make your decision!" "Answer this, Sakamoto." "In a country where there are no samurai or daimyo..." "What will be left?" "What will be left!" "?" "Japanese." "Japanese, who are of equal status to the foreigners." "That's what will be left." "Put your sword away..." "Put it away!" "Yes!" "The food at home tastes best!" "Is that right?" "Is it good?" "Delicious." "I should say!" "This is the house you were born in!" "Would you like more rice?" "Please." "But, brother... this house has turned quiet." "That's because everyone has aged." "In five years, I'll be the age that Father died at..." "I don't have much longer to live." "What are you saying?" "You're still mentally fit." "When I die, who's going to protect this household?" "Like I always say..." "I will protect this household." "Ryoma... will you succeed the Sakamoto family?" "Dear..." "Don't say things to detain him right now." "I know..." "I know, but..." "Can you wait on that?" "It won't be much longer..." "until I finish my big task." "At that time..." "I promise to return to this house." "Really?" "Is that true, Ryoma?" "Are you coming home?" "Yes!" "So please wait a bit more." "If I write the petition urging Shogun Yoshinobu to relinquish power to the Imperial Court," "I may incur his wrath and he may abolish this clan." "If you will petition with strong belief... there is not a single vassal in Tosa who will object." "Shall we end the samurai world then?" "Lord Yodo had made his decision." "A single lord of a clan... petitioning to the Shogun to restore Imperial rule... was an outrageous matter." "Thank you..." "Thank you very much." "The 1,000 rifles you brought..." "The Tosa clan will buy them for 9,000 ryo." "But I've no intent of pointing them at the Tokugawa." "They will be used as weapons to protect Tosa." "Thank you." "Sakamoto." "Yes, Sir." "You believed that I would write it, didn't you?" "Why?" "That is because..." "I heard you visited Takechi Hanpeita in jail." "Just as you are sitting with me, you sat on the ground with him and told him that he was a good vassal." "Takechi Hanpeita is a vassal of mine..." "Thank you very much!" "Takechi..." "Takechi was..." "crying with joy..." "Thank you very much!" "Thank you very much!" "Sir Goto..." "Thank you." "Thank you very much!" "Sakamoto." "Yes, sir." "Sir Goto?" "Ryoma!" "Sister!" "I'm leaving for Kyoto tomorrow." "It's finally going to happen." "This is the crucial moment." "Ryoma!" "Yes?" "Just cherish your life." "Don't die now." "Sister..." "You seem to be surrounded by enemies." "I'm worried sick about you." "What are you saying?" "What are you saying, sister?" "Lord Yodo heeded my request." "Sir Goto is my ally, too." "I know, but..." "Sister... after I carry out this inportant task..." "I'm going to ride a steamship with Oryo and come back to Tosa." "Really?" "Didn't I promise that I'd take my whole family around the world?" "Don't you remember?" "Of course I remember!" "China!" "India!" "That's right!" "Africa!" "This is Europe!" "America!" "America is much bigger!" "I will show all of you..." "the huge world." "Thank you..." "Thank you, Ryoma!" "We'll depart next spring." "Look forward to it!" "I can't wait already." "I'm really looking forward to it!" "That's true..." "I can't wait for spring to come." "I got one on you!" "What are you doing?" "Ryoma!" "How about a match?" "Ready?" "What strength!" "Ryoma, you lost!" "Ryoma had only 40 days left to live..." "End of Episode 46" "Next" "Relinquish power to the Emperor?" "Please put Japan's future as your top priority." "Who's behind it!" "?" "Sakamoto Ryoma, a kashi from Tosa." "I won't allow it!" "Just wait, Ryoma!" "It's the dawn of a new Japan!" "Next Episode:" "Relinquishing Power"