Yoshitsune

Run, Benkei! (1x33)

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After the battle at Yashima, the Heike clan has fled further to the west. Thinking that the next battle would take place at sea, Yoshitsune suggests at a tactics meeting that they should make more local navies the Genji’s ally. However, he is criticized by Kagetoki for making the proposal without any means to realize it. Benkei, hoping to help Yoshitsune, volunteers to go to Kumano to persuade Tanzo, the leader of Kumano’s strong fleet. Although the other retainers of Yoshitsune disagree because Benkei is poor at negotiation, Yoshitsune lets him go to Kumano alone. At Kumano, Benkei manages to see Tanzo but the leader rejects to side the Genji family, feeling indebted to Kiyomori. Even risking his neck, Benkei asks Tanzo to accommodate the request if he wins a cockfight bet.