Basara: Princess Goh (豪姫)

BASARA - THE PRINCESS GOH

Directed by Hiroshi TESHIGAHARA

Rikyu's tea ceremony... was truly visionary, wasn't it?

What a precious person to have killed.

But even though he's dead...

he'll always be my best teacher.

Whenever I perform the tea ceremony...

I feel Rikyu's guidance in my hands.

He didn't have to die... he chose to.

In the afterlife I'll make it my business to haunt him.

Lord Oribe...

You have a smile on your face... but inside you feel like weeping.

I can tell.

You and Tadaoki... went to see Rikyu off in Yodo.

I know you and Tadaoki openly bade him farewell...

knowing I might disapprove.

It's true I didn't approve of it.

Why do you keep silent? Say something.

Well...

could you tell me...

why you ordered Rikyu's death?

Rikyu... was guilty of insolence.

- Insolence? - Right.

Everyone was talking about it...

Rikyu's insolent misbehavior.

But was it true or only gossip.

I'm asking your Lordship directly...

convince me that he deserved to die.

Why should I convince you?

Rikyu's insolence...

all the rumors going around...

tell me you didn't know.

They had a wooden statue of him

dedicated in the temple.

What of it?

The priests were simply flattering Rikyu.

But having to pass under him to enter...

your highness would have felt slighted...

It must have made you angry.

I don't know.

Some claimed that Rikyu was after money...

that he sold inferior tea utensils to the Lords

at greatly inflated prices.

This further angered your highness.

Absurd!

Rikyu knew the value of everything.

Anyway... Sakai people are all merchants.

Merchants sell to make a profit.

What's wrong with that?

Anything else to add?

I hesitate to say, my lord.

You're referring to his daughter, Ogin?

Well then...

his daughter has lovely big hips and breasts...

therefore...

I thought she'd be able to bear me healthy children.

However... Rikyu put himself in my way.

Maybe getting a daughter when so old made him love her more.

Is that all?

I'll make bold to speak, my lord.

I'd heard that Rikyu refused to obey your order...

to poison Lord Ieyasu.

There are some things that must never be mentioned... Oribe.

Personally,

the idea of poisoning anyone disgusts me.

I prefer whenever possible... to turn poison into medicine...

and thus make friends of my enemies... no?

What I wanted to say... I've said.

How it must trouble you... since all this means...

I ordered Rikyu's death...

without needing any real reason at all.

Well, Lord Oribe...

I want you to create

a proper tea ceremony for the Lords.

Rikyu's ceremony was of no use to me.

Even knowing that, Rikyu wouldn't change.

Inflexible men... fight to the bitter end.

Fight to the bitter end... though they lose everything.

They won't surrender.

Some may consider... such actions as noble.

Unless a man lives... he has no future.

Matters of politics... I, Hideyoshi, take care of.

Matters of the tea ceremony...

Oribe... I leave that to you.

Try to perform your duties... better than Rikyu.

Understood?

Did I surprise you, Uncle Oribe?

You're doing it again...

behaving most unlike a princess.

You're a naughty girl...

one day you'll be the wife of someone important.

Your father will scold you.

Even if he scolds me, I'll never change.

His highness says... Goh's perfect as she is.

That can't be right... he'll surely be cross.

No way.

"Why weren't you born a boy...

"so that you could have succeeded me as ruler."

That's what he said.

What Uncle... leaving already?

Take me with you, if you're going home.

It's been a while.

You wait. I'll talk to my father.

- Promise? - Yes.

Uncle... smell this and then tell me...

what you think it is?

Look...

Ohh... how lovely.

It's the first one this spring.

I love it when the dandelions are blooming everywhere.

What about you, Uncle?

This is for you.

Thank you very much.

I appreciate it deeply.

"The nazuna blossoms of Cho-an... fully bloomed nazuna...

"Popping up through the snow...

"until all picked out...

"in the cold of early spring."

I'm here!

Usu... that's interesting... Could I have it?

His lordship told me that I am his new tea master.

However... that means you're the best in the land.

You don't seem very happy.

He gave me a warning...

"do better than Rikyu."

What...?

Rikyu...!?

Hello...! Bring some sake!

Here it is.

From now on...

you'd best... not be too rigid.

Hideyoshi doesn't like men who're too honourable.

The minds of rulers are hard to understand.

To those below them they can seem like madmen.

All rulers become like that.

As for myself...

maybe I seem like a madman to my retainers.

Uncle Oribe... open the door.

My hands are full.

Who's that?

A very formidable person...

the daughter of Lord Maeda, Princess Goh.

Princess Goh?

I attend!

You brought all this by yourself... thank you.

I wanted to drink with you...

so I brought three cups.

Princess... do you know this gentleman?

Yes, of course I do...

the honourable Lord Gamo.

He looks as strong... as people say he is.

In your province... I've heard it snows heavily.

Does it really?

Princess Goh madam... you are most correct.

Is that so?

I saw something strange today... it's about Rikyu.

What did you see?

You don't know?

Rikyu's head.

What?

It was absolute madness.

They put his head...

at the foot of his wooden statue.

What?

It made me so angry...

it was such disgusting behaviour.

The kind of thing only Kyoto people would do.

Probably someone trying to curry favour.

As much as Hideyoshi may be a sly fox...

he'd never have done something so low.

I'm... going.

It's gone! The head's gone!

She's Maeda's daughter, you say?

Yes, as soon as she was born... Hideyoshi adopted her.

Being a girl...

eventually...

she'll have to marry a feudal lord.

I feel... very sorry for her.

You old man... you're in love, eh?

Look closely at their swords!

There's no telling... what the old man's up to.

Enough! Stop! Let's go!

Goh... shooting your bow at Oribe was bad enough.

Today you went too far!

Next time this sort of thing happens,

I may have to punish you.

I'm afraid young virgins... tend to be thoughtless.

You're angry?

Your anger makes your cheeks... look like plum blossoms.

As your father, I love you.

Do I have to see him here?

Call that servant here.

He's an insolent fellow.

This one?

What's he called?

Usu - it means "mortar".

Mortar? But he isn't that round.

How true! He does have a curious name.

Lord Oribe...

Ask him the reason... why