Shogun (Shōgun)

Listen, brothers.

We are in judgment over Brother Joseph,

who went with a whore of this town last night,

breaking his holy oath of obedience, desecrating his immortal soul,

his position as a Jesuit, his place in the Church

and all that that stands for.

You, sinner.

Before God, you admit your sin?

It was the first time, Father.

I have been sinless all my life, until last night.

I was tempted.

Blessed Madonna, forgive me. I failed.

I beg forgiveness, Father.

As initial penance, you are forbidden to talk.

You will have only rice and water for the next 30 days.

You will spend the next 30 nights

on your knees in prayer for forgiveness for your hideous sins.

And further,

you will be scourged.

Thirty lashes. Take off your cassock.

I accept my punishment, Father,

but I will not be lashed like a common criminal.

You will be scourged!

Please, excuse me. In the name of the Madonna, it is not the pain.

Pain is nothing to me. Death is nothing to me.

That I am damned and will burn in hell for all eternity may be my karma.

And I will endure it,

but I am samurai and I will not be scourged.

Keep silent and obey, or you are excommunicated.

Seize him and strip him.

Please, brother, give me the knife.

No!

Then pray for me, brother,

as I pray for you.

Stop!

- Michael. - Yes.

Leave him alone.

God have mercy on you, Joseph.

You are excommunicated.

I renounce the Christian God. I am Japanese.

My soul is my own now.

I am not afraid.

Satan has possessed your soul on Earth,

as he will possess it after death.

Get thee gone.

Lord Toranaga has agreed. He is going to Osaka.

Do you know what that means, pilot?

For you,

now that you are samurai, samurai and hatamoto.

Now you will be ordered to commit seppuku.

Suicide.

That's karma, in the hands of God. Call it what you will.

May God have mercy on you.

For as God is my judge,

I believe you will never leave these islands.

Lord Toranaga is returning to Anjiro.

He is going to Yedo by galley, so he will be there when we arrive.

My husband will accompany him.

May God bless you and keep you in his hands forever.

Thank you, Father.

Good morning, pilot. How are you today?

Well, thank you. And you?

We are travelers on the same road. You won't object if we ride with you?

Not at all, Father.

I'm sure these ladies won't object either.

Have you noticed, pilot, there are no carriages in Japan?

Nothing with wheels. They are of no use here.

The roads are too steep, criss-crossed with rivers and streams.

Wheels would ruin the road,

so they are forbidden to everyone except the emperor.

He travels only a few ceremonial ri in Kyoto on a special road.

Look at this road we're traveling on.

I was wondering when you'd notice.

You knew?

I would like to speak with him.

That's not possible. Lord Toranaga's ordered that no one speak to him.

I shall report this incident to the Father-Visitor.

You excommunicated the man, priest. You cast him out.

He has nothing to do with you or your church anymore.

He's back where he belongs.

And you, samurai, where do you belong?

If thou knewest how I love thee.

I love thee more.

Thou art my first love.

My only love.

But now I tremble with fear for thee.

There is no fear. There is only now.

I fear that I have destroyed thee, my love.

By this beginning,

we are doomed, you and I.

I have destroyed thee.

I am not easily destroyed.

Karma is karma.

Thou art strong

and thou art samurai,

and I love thy touch.

And yet,

I am still afraid for thee.

And yet there is nothing to fear as long as thou art in my arms.

I wish to be nowhere else.

Whatever else happens on this journey is not important.

We will live this moment until Yedo's first bridge.

There our journey must end.

No.

There must be an ending, my love.

The first bridge. Our journey together ends.

- Swear it. - I cannot.

Swear to me, I beg you.

The first bridge is but a dream.

I ask you with my heart.

Swear to me.

I swear I love thee.

The first bridge...

at Yedo.

I swear.

We shall be leaving you now. Our road leads to the port of Numazu.

- But our paths shall cross again. - Not willingly, priest.

I bear you no malice, pilot.

I come now to bring you a gift.

Yes, a gift from God.

It is a Portuguese-Japanese dictionary and grammar.

Three of our brethren spent 27 years preparing it.

Why are you giving this to me?

Knowledge belongs to God, not to man.

This is much too valuable simply to give away.

What do you want in return?

Only that God may open your eyes.

Was it not Lord Toranaga's request, Father?

Yes, which I passed on to the Father-Visitor.

It was he that agreed. I am only the messenger.

Cherish the gift, samurai. It merits being treated well.

With this I'll learn the language in six months.

Yes, perhaps you will...

if you have six months.

I hope to see you in Yedo, Lady Toda.

Lord Toranaga has invited me there to see the site of our new cathedral.

Until then, may God keep you safe in his mercy.

Go with God, Father.

And you, my child.

What is it?

Nothing, my love, nothing.

Come back to sleep.

No, I want to be with thee.

Asleep or awake, thou art with me constantly.

Yes.

Would we could live here forever.

Where is the inglés now, Father?

At one of the inns, south of Mishima.

They should reach the city tomorrow,

even at their leisurely pace.

Is he fit, the inglés?

Mm.

More than fit. You will be surprised to see him.

Surprised he's still alive.

Listen, Father, I know the inglés is an enemy and a heretic,

but he saved my life,

and he's a pilot before he's anything else.

One of the best that there's ever been.

It's not wrong to respect an enemy, even to like one.

The Lord Jesus forgave his enemies.

Still they crucified him, if you remember.

Yes.

Still, the man's a pilot and, well,

pilots have a feeling for each other.

Pilot-Major Blackthorne is a samurai.

- What? - And hatamoto.

He wears the swords.

The inglés?

And worse, he's becoming Toranaga's confidant.

Madonna. That's hard to believe.

At this moment, he may be the most dangerous man in all Japan.

Why?

- I didn't know I was so hungry. - Oh, uh, have some more, Father.

Capon? Bread?

Thank you.

The inglés,

why is he so dangerous?

Toranaga is planning to give him back his ship and his men.

And his cannon.

Blessed virgin, no.

- You find that serious? - Serious?

The Erasmus would blast us if she caught us twixt here and Macao,

or anywhere else, for that matter!

We're no match. She'd dance round us and we'd have to strike our colors.

- Are you certain? - Before God.

The inglés loose in Asian waters...

But you knew that. You said he was dangerous.

Yes.

I still wanted to hear it from you.

What is it?

Nothing.

Nothing.

I just thought I felt the tide change.

Listen, Father,

hear my confession.

The first night... The very first time the inglés

stood beside me on the galley out to sea

when we were going from Anjiro,

my heart told me to kill him.

Lord Jesus help me,