"When Oda Nobunaga got close to his dream of unifying the governmental power, he got assassinated because of a treason of his vassal Akechi Mitsuhide." "But Nobunaga's right-hand man, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, suppressed Mitsuhide." "As Nobunaga's successor, he established the Toyotomi Administration." "While the sparks were still glowing, he already glorified that temporary peace." "You Idiot!" "Open the gate!" "You're Kinokuniya Bunzaemon, right?" "Yes..." "As Taiko Hideyoshi has ordered... we've come to confiscate the thing the traitor Akechi Mitsuhide had entrusted you with." "Give it to us right now!" "So... it would be better to ask Akechi himself." "We don't remember that he had entrusted us with something." "Lead me to the depository!" "I want to see for myself whether it's there or not." "Huh?" "What?" "A thief..." "We have been stolen!" "Well..." "Is it this way round or the other way round?" "Yes." "And if I pass through here, I'll find a loophole..." "What?" "There he is!" "Capture him!" "Didn't that Sasuke guy tell me something completely different?" "Take this!" "Take this!" "Oh..." "Just kidding!" "You want to steal something from a government official like me?" "That's not a good idea, or is it?" "Ah?" "It's Goemon!" "What?" "Where?" "There, there, look!" "Oh..." "What a superb view!" "That's..." "Yes." "The great master thief..." "Ishikawa Goemon, ally of the poor!" "Rejoice!" "Here!" "Ouch!" "Hey!" "Ah!" "Hey, hey!" "Out of the way!" "What?" "What?" "It's empty!" "We'll have a party tonight!" "You there, come down!" "We need to arrest you!" "If you tell me that, I won't come down for sure, you idiots!" "What?" "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Good bye!" "I'm Goemon." "Japan's number one!" "Hey, Ishikawa..." "What?" "Shall I accompany you tonight, too?" "What?" "That would be nice, but..." "I don't have any money left." "I don't care at all!" "If you'd like, I'll pay for everything here." "You're saying such nice things to me." "Goemon!" "Oh..." "Oh, I wanted to meet you!" "Hey, Goemon, it's my turn tonight, right?" "You don't like that piss-smelling girl, or do you?" "What?" "It's obvious that he likes me more than someone like you!" "You're both good!" "What are you looking at?" "Yes!" "Shall we dance?" "It's gone." "That thief really..." "Saizou." "Who is that guy?" "The one who caused that disturbance in the town was just a normal thief." "That guy has taken the box." "Bring it back, no matter what it takes!" "Yes." "Also..." "Kill all members of his family!" "You understand, don't you?" "Women, children, don't let even a single person alive." "Tomorrow morning I'll to to Hideyoshi." "He absolutely must not get to know what happened to the box." "Understood?" "Sasuke." "Towel." "What?" "When did you realize that?" "Just now." "Hey, come on, just give it to me!" "Ah, yes, yes." "You're treating people really rough..." "Here." "Ouch...!" "Hey, what are you doing, master?" "Isn't it obvious, fool?" "What do you mean?" "Don't give me that!" "This drawing..." "Isn't it totally wrong?" "Because of that, I was in real trouble yesterday!" "Oh?" "Really?" "It's your share from yesterday." "Thank you very much!" "By the way:" "Are you still after me?" "No way...!" "I thought, you were just a simple ronin back then, master..." "And I would just hurt myself if I'd do that." "Also..." "Being close to you, master... is much more profitable..." "Profitable, huh?" "By the way, about that mansion yesterday..." "It seems it wasn't a normal mansion." "Toyotomi Hideyoshi's magistrate, Mitsunari,... went there to confiscate something, it seems." "Something like a... box of the southern barbarians..." "But it wasn't there anymore..." "Those guys are searching for it all around the city!" "That box of the southern barbarians..." "Is it this tall?" "Probably..." "Is it indigo blue?" "What?" "I've stolen it." "After all!" "By the way, why didn't you tell me earlier?" "I didn't know that it was there, too." "So... where's the box now?" "I've thrown it away." "Thank goodness..." "Anyway, they've killed all employers, family members... and even all servants of that mansion!" "How cruel!" "Sounds interesting." "What?" "OK, I go." "I'm going to find that box." "That's a bad idea, master." "It seems, that Mitsunari has sent out Saizou." "The mysterious Saizou..." "I haven't heard that name before!" "He's the most famous shinobi in this world!" "He's extremely talented..." "So we shouldn't get involved with this!" "Right?" "I go." "Yes..." "Damn..." "How is it?" "We've received some presents from the Christians..." "This seems to be a box that can play music." "They keep producing... one interesting thing after another." "Mitsunari." "You seem to be quite busy lately." "Yes." "It's all for your sake, Taiko." "For my sake?" "You... what are you searching for?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Don't play dumb!" "It's the box, right?" "The southern barbarian's..." "Ah, yes, yes, Ishikawa?" "That person was here yesterday." "Really?" "Hey, Yashichi." "I'm thirsty, so bring me some water!" "Ah, yes, I'll come..." "What?" "A warning?" "Yes." "Trading of goods from the southern barbarians is strictly prohibited." "If we ignore it, I'm afraid that your authority might get soiled." "I will proceed on my own." "I've acted selfish." "You're one of my personally nominated magistrates." "And you've acted too selfish." "If you carry this too far..." "All hail!" "Miss Chacha has arrived from the north." "Ah, she's already here?" "You've really helped me, Ishida." "Tokugawa..." "What do you mean by that?" "I had an audience with Chacha earlier." "I haven't seen her for a long time, but she has become very beautiful." "It's understandable that Hideyoshi wants her." "Chacha is Nobunaga's niece." "His best vassal, Hideyoshi,... treats her like his own daughter." "But is that... really all?" "Then..." "Chacha." "How many years have passed... since Nobunaga has died... and I've become your foster parent?" "It's been 15 years ago." "I don't know how I should thank you for all you've done for me." "What are you saying?" "I'm just doing what I have to do." "If he wouldn't have employed me..." "I would've died as a wretched peasant." "That's why I've become... the one with the governmental power... as a Taiko." "The world has changed." "You need to change, too, Chacha." "Become my concubine!" "And after you've become my concubine, will you give birth to my child?" "A child who's descended from Nobunaga..." "Yes?" "Who is it?" "It's me, Rikyu." "Ah, you are here..." "Hideyoshi." "I'll come back later." "It's fine, I was about to leave." "Rikyu." "Yes." "Chacha will be staying in this castle for a while." "I'm waiting for your answer." "Long time no see, Chacha." "You must be exhausted from the long journey." "Shall we hold a tea ceremony?" "Rikyu..." "Yes." "Will I... be able to see the fireflies even from here?" "Please wait, master." "How are we supposed to find that thing here?" "Intuition, I guess." "Sigh." "I was expecting that answer." "Here, mother, eat." "Koheita, this..." "What?" "Do you think I've stolen it?" "Goemon came out yesterday." "Koheita?" "I've already eaten, so it's OK." "Here, eat." "Thanks." "Delicious." "Mother, are you all right?" "Wait here, I'll buy some medicine." "Hi." "Ugh, it stinks here." "These are the worst slums I've ever seen!" "Because of the free Market, free Guild policy, new markets have been opened..." "Good for the people who were successful with them." "But all the weak guys ended up like this." "And the disparity between the rich and the poor became even wider." "They just think about the survival of the fittest, I guess." "I don't know whether this is good or bad." "Hey, master..." "Fine, fine, fine..." "Hey, hey, hey..." "You don't feel like searching anymore, do you, master?" "That's not true!" "Mother!" "Is this all right?" "Absolutely!" "Those guys are rotten to the bone, right?" "What do you want?" "If you don't want your head to be cut off by this proud sword, you should leave immediately." "Aniki!" "Aniki!" "Master!" "My arm!" "That was too much, master!" "Mother..." "Mother, why..." "Why..." "It's because you're weak." "That's what you're thinking, right?" ""I couldn't beat them, so she got killed"." ""If I had been stronger than they are, all of that wouldn't have happened"." "Am I wrong?" "Become strong, boy!" "If you do that, they won't be able to take away anything from you ever again." "I'll take this box." "Yes." "Since we've got the box, let's go back, master!" "It's already too late." "What?" "Who's that?" "Saizou..." "What?" "Goemon." "Give me that box." "And what if I say that I don't want to?" "You really shouldn't try that." "Master!" "Master!" "It was just a joke, a joke!" "Understood." "Here, take it!" "Bye." "Follow them!" "That's dangerous!" "Here I am!" "Hey, let me through, let me through!" "Master!" "Go!" "You haven't gotten rusty yet, have you?" "You're quite motivated, huh?" "Just what's so special about that box?" "It's called Pandora's Box." "What's that?" "There's a legend about it in the west." "You mustn't open it." "It's a box that summons many different calamities when you open it." "Do it!" "Do you still want the box?" "The circumstances have changed." "You've just barely escaped being killed." "Master... are you all right?" "Delicious!" "If you don't wanna eat that, I'll take it." "Wait a second..." "Master." "Do you really want to take him with you?" "Is there a problem with it?" "Isn't he just a burden for us?" "!" "Is god... testing our abilities with this task?" "Just what the hell can that damned brat do for us?" "Nothing, but..." "I don't care whether I have one or two burdens to carry." "Even if you say that..." "What?" "You see me as a burden, too?" "I've had enough." "Then..." "What's that box?" "It's called something with pan." "I see..." "By the way, master..." "What?" "Do you know Saizou?" "Why?" "I'm just wondering." "We're just both famous." "Don't lie to me!" "Do you want to know?" "Yes." "You haven't told me anything about your past at all, master." "I had my first time at 15." "That's not what I wanted to know!" "I'm just a normal thief..." "The great master thief, Ishikawa Goemon." "That's all to know..." "What's this?" "What?" "Looks like a map..." "Oh!" "What's wrong with you?" "Why are you so loud?" "Here." "Thanks for the food!" "Yes!" "Hey, let's go!" "Thanks for the food..." "The payment." "Here..." "It's here, right?" "There." "It's inside of his ear." "Yes!" "Ah!" "There's something." "Ah!" "It hurts, it hurts!" "I'm stuck!" "Ah, ouch, ouch!" "Master, please help me, master." "Master, please look here!" "What's that?" "Hey, master!" "It hurts..." "A jointly sealed covenant?" "Huh?" "I've seen these family crests somewhere before..." "Come out!" "You keep following us since that inn..." "Right!" "I knew the whole time you were there!" "Who the hell are you?" "Hattori Hanzou..." "What?" "Well... oh..." "Hattori Hanzou?" "I give that back to you." "Who's that?" "No one knows..." "There's no one who's seen him and survived it." "Damn, it's the legendary shinobi!" "What do you want?" "I want to buy that jointly sealed covenant." "If that's not enough, I'll give you more." "You... you can't buy it with that small amount of money!" "Understood, I'll sell it to you." "Right, right..." "What?" "You really want to sell it?" "If you don't have an employment, I know a good employer!" "I've got enough money to survive." "Hey." "Is this thing real?" "What?" "Hanzou?" "Perhaps..." "Ieyasu ordered it..." "That damned cunning old man!" "He knew about the jointly sealed covenant?" "If Goemon gave him the box... then..." "Damn!" "That thing was our special trump card..." "Just who the hell is that Goemon guy?" "!" "Oh, why that grim face?" "Can't you wait just a little bit longer?" "Till we get our hands on that jointly sealed covenant..." "And when we finally have it..." "What?" "Just where have I seen those family crests before...?" "Where was it?" "What?" "What?" "Hey, brat!" "Have you seen my Kodachi?" "I don't know where that dirty thing is..." "It's not dirty." "Hey, where's Goemon?" "Oh?" "Well..." "He's sleeping, strangely." "You should also sleep, brat." "Damned brat." "Do you have it?" "Kneel down!" "I've remembered!" "What?" "Those were... the family crests of the Akechi and Hashiba families!" "Those family crests on that jointly sealed covenant!" "Akechi?" "Hashi?" "Yes, Akechi is..." "Akechi Mitsuhide... 15 years ago, after the unification of the country, he got close to Nobunaga and then betrayed him..." "He's the man who assassinated him in the Honno temple." "And Hashiba?" "Hashiba stands for Hashiba Hideyoshi..." "It's Toyotomi Hideyoshi's former name." "No way..." "So Hideyoshi and Mitsuhide had a secret connection after all..." "What does that mean?" "That means..." "It was Taiko Hideyoshi himself... who planned Nobunaga's assassination." "This jointly sealed covenant is... the absolute proof of it." "So... has he made a move?" "Probably." "Master!" "Master!" "It's not the time for sleeping!" "Ma..." "Wh... who are you?" "This is my revenge... for Nobunaga!" "I..." "What happened?" "Who are you?" "Goemon..." "Chacha..." "Chacha!" "Old lady." "It's dangerous to walk around in this area late at night." "Rumors say that bandits might come out." "I'm begging you!" "Just spare this child, please, just spare this child!" "I'm begging you!" "This isn't a path an old hag like you should take!" "On the other hand..." "You have quite a cute face, huh?" "I'll sell you at a high price." "You brat..." "Boy." "Become strong!" "If you do that, they won't be able to take away anything from you ever again." "Do you want to come with me?" "I'll make you strong!" "Welcome back, Nobunaga." "Ah..." "Nobunaga, who's that brat?" "I'll look after him from today on." "What?" "Hanzou!" "We have a new shinobi." "What's his name?" "Goemon." "OK?" "Goemon, Saizou..." "The winner is allowed to drink." "A shinobi is like a shadow." "A shadow doesn't need it's self." "Kill your self and become your master's blade." "Never show yourself and hide from this world." "That... is the destiny of a shinobi." "That's enough, stop!" "These two are now excellent adepts." "So, my eyes weren't deceived?" "Goemon!" "Ahh!" "Goemon..." "You mustn't get up yet!" "Here." "Ah, delicious." "Here's today's tile block print." "It says, someone killed Taiko Hideyoshi's double." "It happened in that night, when you... disappeared together with my Kodachi and came back injured." "Just who the hell are you?" "The great master thief..." "Do you still call yourself this way?" "!" "Oda Nobunaga's first shinobi... is now a thief?" "He has brought you here." "That wasn't necessary." "Mitsunari!" "Whose job is it to defend the castle?" "It's my job!" "Because I had entrusted this castle to you good-for-nothing..." "I almost got killed!" "Do you... want me... to die?" "Not at all!" "Really?" "Is it too bitter?" "Oh..." "This is... a very beautiful folding fan." "Have you... met someone, whom you... missed for a long time?" "Rikyu..." "Yes." "Why do you... stay at Hideyoshi's side?" "When I was holding... a tea ceremony for Hideyoshi and all the other feudal lords..." "I could hear his voice." "His voice?" "Yes." "The voice of the person who will change this world." "The one who taught me that... was Nobunaga." "Goemon!" "Yes." "This is my niece Chacha." "She will live in this castle from today on." "Protect her!" "Father..." "Mother..." "Don't go..." "Father..." "Goemon..." "Goemon!" "I'm here." "I had a scary dream." "I'm right here, so..." "Don't worry." "Sleep on." "Goemon?" "Yes." "Where are your parents, Goemon?" "I don't have any." "I see..." "Well, just like me." "My father also died during the war." "Even now..." "I'm having dreams of that time." "Over and over again." "And friends?" "Do you have any friends?" "Yes." "But only one." "What's his name?" "His name is Saizou." "I... want to have a friend, too, sometime." "I thought you might get bored if you just stayed inside the castle the whole time." "But if we get caught in this place by Nobunaga, we will be in real trouble..." "Goemon." "Yes." "Have we... become friends?" "Thanks to you, Goemon..." "I don't see those scary dreams anymore." "Here..." "Thanks for everything until today." "Good bye." "Goemon." "I'm here." "It's a present for taking care of Chacha." "Have you become strong?" "I... don't know yet." "That's all right." "What?" "Nobunaga!" "This is Akemichi's treason." "In the Honno temple..." "So you've finally done it." "Well done..." "Sorry, but..." "I'll take the governmental power." "Nobunaga!" "Ishida Mitsunari?" "Will he become his henchman?" "Both Hideyoshi and Mitsunari were born as peasants." "But they... climbed to the top until they got the governmental power." "So, we, too... will become samurai one day." "I don't need that." "I... want to become free." "It's a farewell gift." "What happened to the sword?" "I've thrown it away." "I won't thank you for it." "Not necessary." "I don't want to hear that from you anyway." "If you'd kill Hideyoshi now..." "This world would return to war again." "Wars would break out everywhere..." "And lots of innocent people would get killed." "Who cares." "I'm free to do whatever I want." "If you hadn't stolen that box... that child's mother wouldn't have died." "Don't get your surroundings involved... while you're glorifying your freedom." "Freedom doesn't mean living from day to day without a goal." "You should understand at least that much." "And what about you?" "Your stupid boss made you work hard..." "So you went and dyed your hands in blood." ""Just a little bit more, and..." "I'll become a samurai soon."" "And then..." "That was all." "Preaching an impious man can be a difficult task." "I have a wife and children..." "That poor lady." "You're right." "I think we won't ever meet again." "Next time we meet..." "I'll kill you." "Hey." "That attitude doesn't suit you very well." "You should change your occupation." "You're too flashy." "For a thief." "I'm a master thief!" "Don't call yourself that way." "Rikyu." "Is it true that a war is going to start?" "Why do you..." "I can hear it, too..." "That voice..." "The war..." "We must absolutely stop the war..." "I understand." "Therefore..." "We must obstruct his plans at any cost." "It's way too reckless." "So, I'll go to Hideyoshi..." "You can't do that!" "If you do that... you would accept that you become Hideyoshi's concubine." "Please leave this to me." "Above all..." "If this world crumbles, there won't be any tea ceremonies anymore." "If this happens, there will be nothing left for me to do." "It's nice to see that all of you have gathered here." "There's something I want to show you." "I don't like the Christians!" "But they want to stop their religious mission..." "And the weapons they were hiding behind their backs are quite fascinating, too." "Well, they were quite expensive, but... they'll produce them in masses in no time..." "We'll attack Korea and... the Ming-Dynasty!" "There's one more thing I want to show you." "Be good..." "Maybe you should have sticked with holding tea ceremonies." "Do you want to... ruin my dreams?" "I'll send the soldiers out!" "Let me do this!" "You get the military, Kato." "And you get the food, Konishi!" "And I?" "Mitsunari..." "You were here, too?" "Well, everyone..."