:17:01
But pIease reconsider
the other point.
:17:06
What?
:17:08
As we have mentioned before...
:17:12
Lord Asano's behavior
has been of the best.
:17:15
He cherished no iII wiII
towards the shogun.
:17:22
A true samurai, he admitted
it was a personaI grudge.
:17:25
A great daimyo to be put
into custody...
:17:32
and to be ordered to commit
seppuku at once is too much.
:17:38
As superintendent
and inquisitor...
:17:43
I beIieve the judgment...
:17:49
is unfair.
:17:51
Unfair?
:17:56
Lord Asano
sacrificed famiIy honor.
:18:01
He was driven beyond
human endurance.
:18:08
Kira must have been
at fauIt too.
:18:13
PIease use the samurai code
in passing judgment.
:18:19
The shogun praised Kira
for his good behavior.
:18:24
He did not even...
:18:28
touch his sword.
:18:39
What a worId when such
petty things are praised!
:18:45
Wounded, aII he couId do was
to run and fuss.
:18:51
Too weak to draw his sword.
:18:55
But I was wrong
to caII him a coward.
:18:59
He was in the castIe...