Previously on Shogun.
My name is John Blackthorne. I'm English.
Pilot of the Erasmus. A Dutch merchant vessel.
Lies! You're a pirate.
They don't know about us, do they?
Lord Toranaga,
in the year since the Taikō's death,
we have watched with concern
as you've aligned power against the Council.
If we go to war now, four armies against one, I will lose.
Which is why you must go to Ajiro in my place.
Lord Toranaga confiscates this ship… and all it contains.
Izu is my fief.
It was my understanding that you were loyal to our lord.
The great Lord Yoshii Toranaga wants to meet you.
And what does he want with me?
Play with your balls maybe. How should I know?
I think our fate has brought us together.
You, me,
and this barbarian who could turn the tide.
Rest, husband.
Please fix your mind on the Buddha.
Where is my son?
Like staring into your mother's eyes.
Perfect endlessness.
Don't be afraid.
Soon I'll be reborn in the Pure Land.
How will I find you there?
Will you still have your eyelashes?
And your fingernails?
So strange, this life…
Just a dream of a dream…
Go to your mother.
The Taikō would like to be alone.
If he doesn't receive the Sacrament,
he'll be lost to God's Kingdom.
Or maybe God's Kingdom is up your own ass…
Have you thought of that?
Toranaga.
Stay.
To think there was a time
when Ochiba could have been married to you.
I never cared for beautiful women.
And I cared too much.
That night we had too much saké,
do you remember what I told you?
"We've shit too many times in the same pot
to piss on our own feet."
I wish we'd taken Korea together.
I could have given you Japan.
Let it be a gift from your son.
My son…
The vultures are circling.
What would you think…
of becoming sole Regent until he is grown?
If you were to protect him, I could grant you this title.
Giving my enemies a perfect reason to unite.
Killing me,
then your son.
I don't seek that cruel form of punishment.
A very wise answer.
It's been over 100 years since the end of any true Shōgunate.
All my life I worked to subdue our infighting.
Now, I fear the civil wars will start again.
So I've ordered the formation of a Council of Regents.
Ishido, Kiyama, Ohno, Sugiyama…
and you.
Sharing power until Yaechiyo is sixteen.
A political stalemate.
My lord is the cleverest in the Realm.
I ask you to protect my son
from his enemies and his friends.
Teach him…
the most important lesson…
The man who stands at the greatest height…
is the loneliest man in the Realm.
This English pilot, how do you mean he is obscene?
You know the sort. Uh, dirty. Diseased.
And he's got a filthy mouth.
He's like a back passage whore of the 15th rank.
Know what I mean, Father-Visitor?
These journals are proof of his depravity. Look, Your Eminence.
Sacked, slaughtered and pillaged his way through Manila.
A real piece of work, that one. Brutal savage.
So we show these to the Japanese,
and he will be hanged for piracy.
I'm afraid it may not be so simple.
Despite the discord in Osaka,
Toranaga is still President of Foreign Relations.
He's a thorough man.
I fear he'd want a complete translation of this journal.
Perhaps a bit too complete.
I'll thank you to leave now.
So you know, this, uh, pirate…
…he's not a man to leave his fate with God.
I suggest you don't either.
So he knows everything about Macao.
Christ as my witness,
with these bushos on the verge of open war,
the last thing we need is any discussion of past entanglements.
Well, then let us be grateful our visitor does not speak Japanese.
Mmm.
I am going to the castle where Toranaga has been sequestered.
I am to translate for him this afternoon.
Martin.
These are critical times for the mission.
You will see to it this man is not a problem.
Greetings, Lord Yaechiyo.
Is he a cannibal, Tsuji?
Toranaga says some barbarians eat humans.
I don't know, Young Master.
But I'll keep my distance, just in case.
Shit.
My apologies, Lord Toranaga.
I hope I haven't kept you waiting.
I hope Lady Mariko's presence doesn't offend.
I asked that she be here to practice her Portuguese,
since you are the master.
You flatter me, Lord.
Lady Maria's company is always welcome.
Good morning.
My name is Martin Alvito, of the Society of Jesus.
You must be the anjin.
What does that mean?
It means "pilot."
The way tsuji means translator for me.
You're in the court of Lord Yoshii Toranaga.
And I am the interpreter to the Council of Regents.
Oh, good. So you'll be able to twist my words in your Portuguese favor.
The Anjin believes I cannot translate for him truthfully
because I am Portuguese.
What did you just say?
Exactly what you said. I will translate without prejudice.
Well, seeing as you're so bloody honest,
perhaps you would do me the courtesy of telling him we are enemies.
Tell him yourself.
The Japanese word for "enemy" is teki.
Gesture at me and say the word.
He will understand.
I may be your enemy,
John Blackthorne of the Erasmus,
but I am not your assassin.
That you will do yourself.
I have given the Anjin the word "enemy"
so he can indicate to you that we are not friends.
Lady Maria, do you agree?
The Father translates perfectly.
Ask the barbarian why he is an enemy of my interpreter.
He wants to know why we are enemies.
Because our countries are at war.
He says that our countries are in conflict.
And what is your country?
- Tell him where you are from. - England.
It's an island kingdom 1,000 miles north of Portugal.
His nation is England.
One thousand miles from Portugal.
Tell me.
Why are you at war with Tsuji's kingdom?
Why are you at war with my kingdom?
Because England refuses to be intimidated by Catholics.
You are not Catholic?
There are two Christian religions. Protestant and Catholic.
We English are Protestant.
But both believe Jesus is God?
Yes. Though I won't know for sure till I'm dead.
Is this why you became a pirate?
To wage war against your Catholic enemies,
in the name of this God you don't quite believe in?
I am not a pirate.
What about your twenty cannon?
My ship contains letters of marque
from the rulers of a nation called Holland
authorizing us to trade in all seas
and to defend ourselves against anyone who dare stop us.
What if it's us who dare stop you?
I cannot conceive of being an enemy to you, Lord.
I can, very easily.
What then?
Then I would commend my soul to God.
For surely I would die by the hand of a teki like you.
Move!
This is Lord General Ishido,
Toranaga's chief rival.
If you value your life, do not say a word.
I'm told you've invited a barbarian to this castle.
Bow. Fast.
How ugly.
With a dog's face.
We should exhibit him throughout the Empire.
"The Freak from the West."
I find it strange,
with your impeachment so near,
why you've taken an interest in this man.
Surely your final days could be better spent.
The Christians call him a heretic. Is it true?
Yes, Lord Ishido.
What an offense he must be to your faith.
The heretic is of no value to me.
If it pleases you, I'll have my son escort him to prison.
I only wish to keep the peace.
You are to be detained.
For how long?
I do not know, Anjin. But I will pray for your soul.
What have you told him, you bastard?
This is fucking great, isn't it?
I was just about to make my point.
There's clearly been some sort of misunderstanding.
Where are you taking me?
If I've committed some sort of offense, I apologize.
Apolo... Do any of you people understand a damn word I'm saying?
You up front, where are you taking me?
No, I protest this treatment!
I'm a guest of your lord, not a prisoner!
Oh, fuck. This is a mistake!
Were his eyes really blue?
Think of the color of a shifting storm.
And…
hair color like this daikon?
I'd say more like this gobo.
You laugh with our son like he's a lady of the court.
What's this about gobo?
Today, Lord Toranaga invited Mother to meet a barbarian.
Why were you summoned there?
Our lord wished for me to practice my Portuguese.
And why would he wish that?
Maybe you know…
why your mother should be anything outside this house?
Father.
Something to eat?
No. No time.
Lord Toranaga has called another meeting.
Not you.
Ah, Lady Mariko!
Younger and more beautiful than ever.
Lady Kiri, you are wise and warm and happy,
and you bask in Lord Toranaga's favor.
Just like Lady Shizu, ripe with his son.
Lady Mariko hasn't changed one bit since we met.
It was sixteen years ago,
at the last feast given by Lord Kuroda.
She was just married.
Even then I knew she was rare.
Don't bother my interpreter, Kiri.
Kiri no kata, please.
I'm an old woman
and I need lots of respect before I'm dead.
After all these years, she still picks on me.
And you were as unmanageable then as you are now.
Just like the size of your rump.
You!
In front of Lord Hiromatsu.
Now I'll have to shave my head and become a nun.
Excuse me, Lord.
So. Your judgment on today?
The Father is an honest man.
His translation never deceived us.
And the barbarian?
My instinct is to guard against him.
Did it offend you, what he said about your faith?
My faith would not be sincere if it could not be tested.
Lord, I'm not as clever as you,
I know that very well.
But what does any of this
have to do with your impeachment?
My grandchild was born in Edo this morning,
and Lady Ochiba requested to return to Osaka.
Obviously I've granted it.
To do otherwise would have been a hostile act.
So now we wait for the Council
to vote on all of our deaths.
Yes.
But my spies tell me
this barbarian troubles the Portuguese.
They will soon ask the Christian Regents, Kiyama and Ohno,
to protest his presence in Osaka.
And why should we care about the Christian Regents?
Because our lord can only be impeached
if the Council votes as one.
He uses the barbarian to sow division
between Ishido and the Christian lords.
You could use some of your daughter-in-law's intuition.
Lord, but are you certain…
Sankichi!
Let's go.
Amen.
Hurry up.
The senhor is real?
Who are you?
Make room for our friend.
You are safe here.
Children of my flock.
Persecuted for their faith.
You speak Portuguese, yet not Portuguese.
Speak the truth before God.
I'm English.
The Jesuits put you here too, then.
Jesuits put you here?
You should let me give you absolution.
Are these men all marked for death?
Death is the only punishment here.
Father, there's been a mistake,
I am a guest of a Lord Toranaga. I'm not meant to be here.
Toranaga brought you to Osaka?
Yes. And I must be allowed to leave.
Dear God. You're a child in the wilderness.
You don't know their games.
Toranaga is a prisoner in Osaka Castle.
Isolated by his rivals on the Council of Regents.
There's Sugiyama, descended from the richest samurai family in Japan.
Ohno, a feared warrior
whose affliction of leprosy led him into the arms of the church.
And Kiyama,
a man whose faith in Christ is guided only by his greed and ambition.
All of them are in the palm of Ishido, caretaker of the castle.
Any day now, these men will vote on Toranaga's demise.
Hear me, my son,
I alone will tell you the truth.
If Toranaga claimed you as an ally,
you'll never leave Japan alive.
So the birth went well, the baby is healthy,
and the Heir's mother has been permitted to leave Edo.
It seems Toranaga will accept his fate.
Thanks to your leadership, Lord Ishido.
Thank me after we put an end to Toranaga's threat.
Let us vote.
Lord Ishido…
There's one item of business.
It concerns a heretic.
Brought here by Toranaga.
Yes, I saw him.
I protested, and Toranaga sent him to prison.
Unfortunately, his imprisonment is not sufficient.
There have been unsettling stories
about the massacre of Christians at this man's hand.
Appalling.
Is there proof?
The priests possess the heretic's private letters.
We must politely demand this man be executed.
Before we vote.
It's funny, what becomes clear as years go by.
This morning I woke up and saw us as Toranaga must see us.
Bureaucrats.
While we are stamping our documents,
Toranaga flaunts our rules and uses them against us.
The heretic offends our God.
I wonder if you'd be so devoted to this god,
were it not for the riches his priests heap upon you.
I won't delay this any further.
I demand a vote on Toranaga.
In the name of the Lord Jesus…
the heretic first must die.
Toranaga was born Minowara,
a name that carries great weight in Japan.
For centuries,
his ancestors dominated this country,
carrying with them a divine mandate.
Mandate?
A title revered through the ages.
The ultimate rank a mortal can achieve.
Shogun.
And Toranaga, does he seek this title?
Who knows what lurks in the heart of a Minowara?
Sōbei!
Another soul for every hour of the day.
There's nothing for you to fear now.
You'll die a martyr, on the cross perhaps.
I'm sorry, Father.
I didn't come all this way around the world just to die on a cross.
Then why did you?
You came here to wage war.
I would have stood by you.
I came here in '72, clutching my rosary.
Visions of the souls I would save.
Then I learned the true tenets of the cloth.
Silk, gold and guns.
These Jesuits care nothing for the souls.
They made an idol of that cursed black ship.
That's how they dominate trade.
The Chinese hate Japan,
so all trade goes through the Portuguese.
It's usury.
The late Taiko even tried to put a stop to it,
but the Church incited a rebellion,
smuggled guns from that secret base in Macao.
- Macao? - Mmm.
I met a man who said he'd been to that fortress.
Said there were Japanese soldiers, hundreds of them,
all converted to Catholicism.
Are you telling me the lords here don't know?
It's too late for that now.
You don't understand. I must tell them!
That's my way out.
You can't play their game.
Their rules are too opaque,
their hearts too guarded.
You don't know me.
I've known a thousand of you.
How many different ways I can tell you I don't give a shit?
Here we are! Let's go!
Fuck!
Come on.
Let's go.
You and Carlos have to get your story straight.
You told me you had the manifest. Fuck off.
On your way to the castle, Father?
Good morning, Captain.
As you know, I've had no word.
As soon as Toranaga calls on me to permit the Black Ship to depart,
you will be the first to know.
That's what I'm worried about, see.
Hearing the old monkey is not long for this world.
The Church is doing all it can to keep your business running on time.
You mean our business.
Cocksucking pig.
What joy it brings me to see you keeping up your prayers.
Ah, Father.
Are you visiting Lord Toranaga?
Dropping off papers.
How long since your family arrived?
We've been in Osaka for a week.
Please.
And which is your stronger tongue now?
Portuguese or Latin?
I have more occasion to practice Portuguese.
But it comes slowly.
To this day you remain my best pupil.
Though I must admit my surprise seeing you yesterday,
Toranaga involving you in his affairs.
I do not wish to translate anymore.
I do not like this man, the way he speaks to you.
You have always had good instincts about those with bad intentions.
Lady Maria.
The dark thoughts you have confessed to me in the past,
are they still with you?
I trust you know I pray for you.
On this matter and others.
Especially with the heretic.
I read his journals.
Whatever your heart tells you about him,
he is guilty of worse.
Lord, excuse me.
Lord Ishido is here.
- Let him through. - Yes, sir.
Here is the proud samurai
I once pulled from under a mountain of Korean corpses.
And here is the proud general who will never let me forget it.
Toranaga hasn't had the manners to host you at the castle?
Somehow the invitation was lost.
I never understood why you declared fealty to that Minowara.
He knows nothing of gratitude.
See those walls?
When the Taikō was building this castle,
all lords in the Realm gave their finest stones.
He chose mine as the corner piece.
And rewarded me with a seat on the Council.
It's a fine stone.
Tell me about this barbarian you brought to Osaka.
He's a pirate.
A man of little character.
Brash and simple.
What does Toranaga see in him?
Perhaps it's what he represents.
Twenty cannon, five hundred guns…
Japan has such things.
…and a hatred of the Portuguese.
He believes the Christian Regents will soon be our enemies.
Nonsense.
Our Council is united.
But go on.
I'm only thinking of the future.
What might happen when Toranaga is impeached and dead.
And you with him, as his ally.
Yes that's true.
But looking past myself…
You would have the most power.
Yet you would next have to contend with Kiyama and Ohno,
with their Christian support.
It's a war I would lose.
But if you had this barbarian,
and a vassal to control him,
things might be different.
It's only a shame I had to approve the barbarian's execution.
The Christian Regents demanded it.
There was nothing I could do.
Then perhaps there's something I could do.
Anjin!
Your confession, say it quickly.
This can't be.
I'm not supposed to die here.
The Blessed Virgin is watching over you now.
Confess before me all sins past and present.
You go with your god, Father.
You are now a prisoner of Lord Kiyama.
Dear Lord, forgive me my pride.
Let this not be my end.
What are you doing on these grounds?
Step out of the way!
Bandits!
Well done.
Thank you.
Listen to him.
Speaking like a civilized man.
He's a smart dog.
Then, let me teach you this...
"I am a dog."
Say it.
"I am a dog."
I am a dog.
That's right. Good boy.
Now, on your knees. Dogs kneel down.
Yes, "I am a dog." That's right.
I am a dog.
Thank you.
All he wants is a good master.
My greatest appreciation, Yabushige.
You've now brought me this barbarian twice.
I was only lucky…
On his way to his execution, he was ambushed by bandits.
I only happened to be passing by.
You do have a way
of being in the right place at the right time.
Yes.
He's dirty.
May I tell him he needs a bath?
Of course, Lord.
But first let us welcome our translator.
Good morning, senhor.
I am to be your interpreter for today.
You speak Portuguese?
It is my honor to learn the language of my Christian teachers.
Catholic teachers.
I serve Yoshii Toranaga-sama.
My name is Toda Mariko.
John. Blackthorne.
And you should know I'm not Catholic.
Tell the Anjin,
I hope his time in prison wasn't too difficult.
My lord would like to say that he is sorry
for the time you spent in prison.
I'm grateful to be alive.
He thanks you.
Our young lord wishes to know about his country.
Its rulers and customs.
He asks about your country.
Your rulers and customs.
Just this morning I was set for death, and... And now I'm...
I know I am considered an enemy in your country.
But I assure you my queen is wise and thoughtful,
and would want to be your ally.
He claims not to be our enemy,
and says his Queen extends friendship.
Give the Anjin a ladle.
Young Lord, forgive us for disrespecting your garden.
But I would now like for the Anjin
to draw a map of the world as he knows it.
My master asks for you to draw a map of the world.
Oh.
Thank you.
Um...
This is the limit of what I know.
The Earth is round.
Like a fruit.
Uh, Japan is here.
My country, England,
is on the other side of the world.
He points out Japan, and England.
We came by way of Magellan's Pass.
He came through this land mass.
We are the first outsiders to use it
because the Spanish and the Portuguese kept it secret.
Says it was a Portuguese and Spanish secret.
And for us, it was safer to sail this way.
Because we had to avoid a Portuguese base in Macao.
He claims there is a Portuguese base in Macao.
It employs Japanese mercenaries.
I'm told you call them ronin.
A secret Catholic fortress used for gunrunning,
employed during the uprising some years ago.
A secret base for gun running. It contains ronin.
The guns were used during the uprising…
I think against the Taikō. I'm not sure.
Tell the Anjin, later I will want detail to this map.
With all Portuguese bases marked.
My master asks that later, you write this map and mark the Portuguese bases.
If I may, I will explain now.
This is the way Portugal and Spain carved up the New World.
Seventy years ago, they signed a treaty that split undiscovered land between them.
Your country falls into the Portuguese half.
So it belongs to them.
He believes Portugal and Spain
have divided up this region.
He claims that Japan…
belongs to the Portuguese.
Did he really say "belongs"?
Yes, Lord.
Absurd...
Why not just split the heavens between ourselves and China?
Be silent.
I'm sorry, sir,
but I assure you their arrogance is unbelievable.
Please tell him.
It's written into legal documents.
Each Spanish and Portuguese king has the right
to lay claim to any non-Catholic land they discover,
and to replace its government with Catholic rule.
This is a lie.
No.
Do you swear by your god?
Yes, I do.
What did he say?
He says the Portuguese…
want to replace all non-Christian rulers
with leaders of their own.
What do you seek in Japan?
He asks what you seek here.
To vanquish our common enemies.
To enlist you against his enemies.
I think you should abandon this war.
You are outnumbered.
There is no hope for you.
My master says you should not war against the Portuguese in Japan.
You are outnumbered. It is hopeless.
Unless I win.
He says, "Unless I win."
Tell the Anjin he'll stay in the West Palace tonight.
It's dangerous out there, with bandits lurking.
Toranaga-sama has generously gifted you his personal quarters.
This is a great honor.
I hope you will enjoy.
Is that his?
That battle armor was ordered specially by Toranaga-sama after he saw it in a dream.
Its style goes back many generations, all the way to the Minowara shogunate.
Shogun.
I wanted to thank you
for translating so honestly on my behalf today.
No thanks are necessary.
My efforts are in service of my lord.
How long have you spoken Portuguese?
Fourteen years.
As long as I've been a Christian.
Well, you speak very well.
Hmm.
These women can assist you in preparation for your bath.
Uh, thank you but I've already bathed.
Oh. In the prison?
No, in the village.
But that was some time ago.
Two baths in a week?
What, do you want me to catch the flux?
For some reason, the Anjin doesn't wish to bathe.
Wait, Mariko.
I know you hold these priests in high regard,
but I beg you to consider their motives.
Your lord is in danger.
And I have a ship.
I would advise against speaking out of turn.
- Yes. - Oh, and,
you will please address me as Mariko-sama.
The winds have not been favorable lately…
If the Black Ship isn't soon allowed to leave for Nagasaki,
she won't return in time for next year's shipment.
So, as you are President of Foreign Relations,
perhaps it's time you sent her off.
I keep thinking about the profits…
your country's and mine.
There's so much I don't know.
And so much the barbarian seems to know.
I'd like to hold off on the departure of the Black Ship for now.
The seas can be so dangerous.
Perhaps that's why
your Church is building secret bases in our region.
Perhaps we should learn more about these bases
before negotiating further arrangements.
Martin Alvito has just received word from Toranaga.
He's denied our departure papers for the Black Ship.
This god-cursed heretic doesn't even have the decency to ruin us slowly.
Let this be my burden, Father.
What are you doing here so late?
Assassin!
Protect our lord!
What are you doing?
- Where's Lord Toranaga? - Intruder!
There's an intruder in the castle!
He's in the guest quarters.
No, he's over here.
It's Kayo the maid.
She's looking for Lord Toranaga.
No!
Lord! Are you hurt?
Ishido's gone mad.
- This is war! - No.
This wasn't Ishido.
I gave my quarters to the Anjin.
Concealed myself in his.
The assassin didn't come for me.
She came for him.