Gunshi Kanbee (Strategist Kanbe / 軍師官兵衛) (Japanese Drama)

Wow!

A flower's life is short.

So is a human life.

The weak are crushed like insects,

and only the strong survive.

This is what is called the turbulent period.

There were endless wars.

And the people could only pray...

for the bloodshed to end.

ODAWARA - 1590 TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI'S CAMP

The Hojo must be shocked by the size of this army.

Regent, let's annihilate them! TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI

TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI

The Sengoku (warring era) was about to come to an end.

Hold on!

Kanbe.

It's all right.

Let's hear your thoughts as strategist.

Men, go back!

Regent.

If you kill, that's it.

By letting them live, you can use them.

ODAWARA CASTLE

Shoot!

I am Kuroda Kanbe!

I represent the Regent!

I beg Lord Hojo for an audience!

A fallen province cannot be restored.

And the dead cannot be revived.

Men...

Don't waste your lives!

Live!

GUNSHI (STRATEGIST) KANBE

Episode 1: Survival Code

Written by: Maekawa Yoichi

Narration: Fujimura Shiho

CAST

Kuroda Kanbe: Okada Jun'ichi

Mankichi (young Kanbe): Wakayama Kirato

Mori Kohe: Shiomi Sansei

Ibuki Zen'emon: Bito Isao

Iwa: Toda Naho

Enman: Maro Akaji

Oda Nobunaga: Eguchi Yosuke

Kuroda Shigetaka: Ryu Raita

Kodera Masamoto: Kataoka Tsurutaro

Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Takenaka Naoto

Kuroda Mototaka: Shibata Kyohei

Translations by MTI

Executive Producer: Nakamura Takashi

Directed by: Tanaka Kenji

HIMEIJI, HARIMA - 1558

Young Lord! Please wait! HIMEIJI, HARIMA - 1558

You'll be reprimanded again!

Young Lord! Please wait!

Young Lord!

Young Lord!

You're too slow!

You're too fast.

Young Lord!

HIMEJI CASTLE

Young Lord!

Young Lord!

Young Lord!

MORI KOHE

Kohe.

Yes, my Lady.

Is it Mankichi again?

Yes. He disappeared when I wasn't watching.

I'm sorry.

MANKICHI'S MOTHER, IWA

What a bad boy. MANKICHI'S MOTHER, IWA

It's not good for you to be out here.

We're always giving you trouble.

How kind of you.

What are you doing?

Taking a shortcut.

At Horomine Shrine, where the god of agriculture is worshipped,

low-ranking Shinto priests peddled bumper crop charms.

To avoid illness and misfortune,

and to receive rewards and blessings,

people turned to the gods and Buddha.

Otatsu!

Sir Mankichi!

I heard Zen'emon is back.

Yes, I am right here.

Let me share with you my experiences. OTATSU'S FATHER, IBUKI ZEN'EMON

You met a foreigner?

I went to Yamaguchi this time.

I met a Jesuit priest at a Christian church there.

He was a huge man, over six feet tall.

His face was red as if he was drunk.

His nose was long like a goblin.

Also...

He gave me this glass ball.

It's beautiful!

The scary goblin-like foreigners make these beautiful things?

They make Teppu (guns), too.

Teppu (Guns)?

Lead bullets are loaded into an iron barrel...

and aimed at the enemy.

Bam!

They create things that are beyond our imagination.

I want to go to Europe.

Sir Mankichi!

He did it again.

Otatsu, bring a rag and change of clothes.

Yes.

Sorry. What else?

You must change first.

My ears are idle. Go on.

Young Lord, hurry or we'll get reprimanded.

Hurry, Young Lord.

It's the war horn!

It's the war horn.

Mankichi's father, Mototaka...

was lord of Himeji Castle.

I pray for your victory.

His surname was Kuroda...

until he married Lord Kodera's daughter...

when he then assumed the Kodera surname.

Brother, we are fully prepared.

We are off to war!

Mankichi.

Buhe!

Father!

I'll punish you when I return!

Who are you fighting?

The monk samurai from Akashi.

Excuse me!

Brother, come on!

I could have handled him!

Retreat!

Stop!

Enough!!

Don't pursue them!

Retreat!

Brother, it's the Kuroda forces that are always fighting.

Lord Kodera just orders us around.

The lord saved the Kuroda clan from exile and employed us.

Don't be ungrateful.

Let us move out!

I heard Mankichi wet his clothes again.

He fancies novelty things.

When he sees them,

he gets so absorbed that he forgets to go to the bathroom.

That's why he wets himself.

That's what I don't get.

Why can't he go before he has an accident?

That just shows how deeply focused he is.

To have a boy like that as my heir!

I feel pathetic.

Don't worry.

He may have his eccentricity...

but he is a kind boy.

He gave this to me today.

It's a glass ball from Europe.

You need more than kindness to head a samurai family.

That's true too.

Are you all right?

Yes.

Perhaps the medicine is working.

I feel much better lately.

Don't overdo it.

If anything happens to you, I can't face the lord.

Yes.

Here.

Have a sip.

I want to drink with you.

It's medicine.

In Owari... OWARI

a certain ambitious man was out to earn a name.

Lord! The horse won't last at this pace!

Stop whining! ODA NOBUNAGA

Is that a monkey?

It looks like a person.

Insolent! Come down!

How pathetic!

Wake up, Monkey!

Please forgive me for my rudeness!

This is the only way to meet you, Lord!

Do you know who I am?

You are Lord Oda Nobunaga.

I have a request.

Refrain, scum!

It's all right!

You've amused me.

I'll hear you out.

I am honored!

My name is Tokichiro.

Please employ me. THE FUTURE TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI

You won't remain as a mere lord of Owari.

You are a man of great caliber.

Please employ me as a foot soldier.

Is that it?

Yes!

Indeed, I aim to eventually subjugate the lands!

Start with my sandals.

Thank you very much!

Even monkeys fall from trees.