1:04:11
Ako vassaIs had been kept
in the custody...
1:04:17
of the house of Lord Hosokawa
and other daimyos.
1:04:22
And the judgment
had not been made for some time.
1:04:26
After 50 days
sentenced to seppuku.
1:04:30
Time: February 3, 1703.
1:04:35
PIace: Lord Hosokawa's mansion
1:04:51
No, sire. I cannot do it.
1:04:56
I beg you to ask someone eIse.
1:05:03
You've been visiting
the Atago shrine...
1:05:09
praying for the Iife of Ako men.
1:05:13
I know your feeIings.
1:05:20
But the messenger
wiII come any day.
1:05:27
I don't want to surprise them.
1:05:58
Ex cuse me.
There are some fIowers...