Antiques are
like ships that traveled through time to arrive at our era today,
They connect us with our forefathers who we've never met,
That's the beauty of antiques,
Right now, I have my eyes on a collection of lucky items
that helped Toyotomi Hideyoshi rise to power,
The 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi,
The 7 Treasures of Taikoh Hideyoshi had mysterious powers,
The 1st treasure was a pair of Sandals,
He kept Oda Nobunaga's sandals warm in his kimono
and impressed his master who took him under his wings,
He warmed big dreams with the sandals,
The 2nd treasure was,,
a protective mask worn in battle,
He wore this mask with great ambition
and became the commander of foot soldiers,
The 7th treasure was a shining tea bowl,
He was empowered by the phoenix,
the mythical bird said to be embodied in a paulownia tree,
And he finally rose to the top and unified the country,
The end,
5 servers,
20 sake cups and 20 small bowls,
You worked hard,
Next on the news,
A piece of ceramic was excavated at the remains of Osaka Castle,
Live from the scene,
They found something at Osaka Castle,
Reporting from Osaka Castle,
An expert supervising the dig says
it could be a bowl Hideyoshi used in his tea ceremonies
since it was found where his private residence stood,
Hideyoshi's bowl, huh?
A new mark?
Yeah,
"We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams"
Thank you,
- Hi, - Hello,
You work here?
"Uguisu Fortune-telling"
There's very little written about the 7th treasure, the Phoenix,
Some even doubt its existence,
That's why it makes us even more curious,
What is the Phoenix? What does it look like?
It has 108 views,
And you watched it 100 times,
Not that much,
80, tops,
Pathetic,
You said social media would attract new customers,
That startled me,
I ignore unknown callers,
A new customer?
Hello? Otter Antiques,
Oh no,
Yes, Norio Koike?
Speaking,
I'm Norio Koike,
One moment,
The sensei is here,
"Sensei"?
Thank you,
Come in, Long time no see,
What are you doing here?
I'm the one who recommended you to the committee,
You?
- Go, - Don't boss me around,
Thank you for coming, Sensei,
You don't have to call me sensei,,,
Mr, Chairman!
He's the expert on the 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi,,,
He's our adviser,
The chairman is over there,
Seriously? Sorry,
You lack a sense of authority,
I'm sorry,
Have we met before?
Have we?
Your face isn't worth remembering,
You must've seen him on TV,
Maybe,
You have a great reputation, Sensei,
Thank you,
- You're famous, - Don't touch me,
Will you explain to us about the 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi?
Certainly, Go ahead,
There's very little information about the 7th treasure, the Phoenix,
We just know that it's a vessel named the Phoenix
most likely a tea bowl considering the era,
But there are no drawings and no one knows what it looks like,
For many years in our industry,,,
They found something at Osaka Castle,
A fragment of Hideyoshi's bowl, Isn't that the Phoenix?
Oh that,,
We don't even know if it's Hideyoshi's bowl,,,
Hideyoshi's legendary bowl for the Hideyoshi Expo, Great idea,
But we don't know,,
We Wed a crowd-puller like the moon Rock of the Expo '70,
But that was,,
I waited in line for 4 hours,
The fragment could be anything,
We don't even know if the Phoenix actually exists,
Apollo 12?
It brought back the moon rock,
Wasn't there a tug-of-war between soldiers and elephants?
- Which won? - The soldiers, right?
Why don't you make it?
What?
Is that allowed?
I don't know,
I’m just saying,
I'm sorry,
No problem,
It's been a while but I have a new project,
Osaka Hideyoshi Expo General Producer?
You moved up in the World,
It's not like that,
What do you think?
You're fast, My handwriting?
Yocchan, look,
Yocchan,,, I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else,
He dresses like Yocchan,
This is Yocchan the second,
Second?
Yes, I'm his son,
He had a son?
He quit Swiss Bank to carry on the scroll mounting business,
Swiss Bank?!
Where's your father?
When I came back to Japan, he moved to Switzerland,
Look, The Alps,
He's in Switzerland?!
Let me introduce myself,
My new project,
Just like his dad,
What exactly do you do?
Have you heard of the 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi?
Feel the vibes,
Is that a new trend?
Vibration energy artist TAIKOH,
This guy,
Vibe artist?
Sumo wrestler Taiho,
So old, The craze of the 60s,
What's this?
Feel the vibes,
The vibes have guided us to 6 of the 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi,
The Phoenix is the only item we're missing,
It will complete the collection,
Who knows if the other pieces are authentic or not,
You think so?
Have you seen the lizard?
The penniless potter who's always here,
He's in demand now,
What does that mean?
He has a huge commission making servers and bowls,
He always accepts jobs for quick easy money,
I keep telling him quality over quantity, He'll never make it big,
Thank you, An additional order of 8 servers, bowls, and plates,
Yes, Yes,
What?
Not 8 but 100 each?
Notice of late payment? A million yen?
100? I'll start right away, I'm good, fast, and cheap,
In 2 days? I'm fast but not that fast,
You'll look for someone else? Wait a second,,,
Coming,
Sasuke Noda speaking,,,
A million yen?
Repayment deadline?
I didn't know that,
I ignore unknown callers,
Oops, I touched it,
Is this Sasuke Noda Sensei
Sensei?
Hello? Sasuke Noda Sensei?
Take a seat,
Hello, I'm Yamane,
I don't have a name card,,,
The artist's works are his name card, Like TAIKOH,
He made this painting,
Well,,, It's big,
TAIKOH Museum curator, This is a museum?
Our collection includes items from ancient Egypt to contemporary art,
We also sponsor artists with funds that equal
the national budget of a certain country,
Which country?
I refrain from naming it,
Without a strong patron like the Medici family
Japanese art and culture will keep withering,
I admire your efforts,
So,,, how can I help you?
You've won an award at a contemporary pottery exhibition,
It was just an honorable mention,
Make a tea bowl for us,
A bowl for Hideyoshi's tea ceremony,
Hideyoshi's bowl for a million yen,
I don't see, good fortune heading in your direction,
See? You're being conned,
You lost all that money in the beef scheme,
This is different, I can't attract vibes by being cheap,
There's no such vibes,
That painting gave me smooth skin,
You still have huge pores,
It's silky smooth, Feel it,
- No, - Feel it, Come on,
Supple like a young girl,
What kind of painting?
It's a big huge mess of colors,
The vibes are so vivid and vigorous and virtuous,
It looks like that,
Oh,,, Did you also buy one?
Is it,,,? Feel the vibes?
- Drop it, - No,
I bought it on the streets around 10 years ago,
It's like a good-luck charm for me,
Where did she buy it?
Can you handle it?
Is this vibe artist popular these days?
I don't know but apparently his paintings attract box office hits,
Takara Films have so many of them,
It's a copy but it still costs 500,000 yen a month to rent it,
Yes?
Seiji,
Mom!
- You snuck in? - I sure did,
I feel bad asking again,
Hey! Wait!
This is for you,
Huh?
Don't be shy,
Don't tell Dad,
What are you spending it on?
Am I making a bowl for Hideyoshi's, tea ceremony?
Hideyoshi's bowl,,,
Otter the swindler,
No, Forget him,
Keep me updated,
Sure,
I'm counting on you, Pierre,
You got it,
See you,
Hello, Take a seat,
Thank you,
I'm Yamane,
Thank you, If I may,,,
It's hard to read in the dark,
Nene Yamane, representative of TAIKOH Creation,
Nene?
Hideyoshi's wife? So TAIKOH and you are,,,
Business partners, I discovered him,
Do you have a name card?
I'm sorry, Here,,,
Nice to meet you,
Antiques,,,
Otter Antiques,
Otter?
I understand you have 6 of Hideyoshi's treasures,
May I appraise them?
- Appraise them? - Free of charge,
Unfortunately, there are nefarious people in my business
who might've sold you forgeries,
They're all authentic,
You have to be the Tokyo National Museum to collect all 7 items,
A private collector wouldn't have enough funds,,,
Do you know how much TAIKOH's paintings fetch?
No but,,
When we obtain the 7th item we'll unveil it appropriately,
Excuse me,
Um,,,
I'll show you out,
When is the Phoenix coming?
Soon, Then the collection will be complete,
We have to hurry,
Or else the vibes,,,
You're the vibes,
You, You are the vibes,
You paid a million for this?
That one's under their care, This is 50,000,
What?
Let me show you, Lean in to this,
- Feel it? - Feel what?
One of my customers won a lottery with this,
Oh,,, I got a job for a million yen,
A million?!
It's working already,
I saw something like this at this TAIKOH place,
You went to see TAIKOH?
My new client,
TAIKOH drew this,
What? Really?
You spent a million and I got a job for a million,
Wow,,, This is fate,
Incredible, I'm glad I kept my faith in you,
Feel the vibes,
So this is it, huh?
This is,,, the vibration energy,
Why won't he pick up? This is why he misses opportunities,
- You look evil again, - What do you mean "again"?!
Give me a break, How many times do I have to call?
Don't startle me like that!
What is it?
That looks bad,
Imari,,
- By the way,,, - What?
Have you heard of this TAIKOH guy?
- Taikoh? - Yeah,
Look, Wait,,, Him,
He's so fishy, He calls himself a vibration energy artist,
Can you do a reading on him?
With his atmosphere,,, Or his face,
Pretend he's sitting here,
Use your tarot cards,
Let me know if you need anything else,
Will you slap my face?
I've never been so well treated, It feels like a dream,
This is what your talent deserves,
Well then,,,
All right!
Hideyoshi,
Vibes, Hideyoshi,
Vibes, Hide,,
I feel it,
Maybe,
Not Otto, Otter,
Otter Antiques,,,
Hideyoshi,
Taikoh Hideyoshi,
"Welcome to Osaka Castle Park Station"
I don't have small change,
10 yen? Here you go,
Excuse me, Sorry,
Where's he going?
Ouch,
You shouldn't do that,
Rush into an elevator,
Sorry,
They're both so big,
- No air left for us, - Really,
They're so big,
- Watch it! - Sorry,
Why are you running away?
Because you're chasing me,
"Appearing like dew, disappearing like dew, such is my life,"
You again!
"Even Naniwa's glory is a dream within a dream,"
Rikyu, Oribe, and now Hideyoshi?
This is so exciting!
May I? Pardon me,
This death poem by Hideyoshi
was passed down through his wife's family,
He wrote it when his Kyoto villa was built over 10 years before his death,
He retrieved it the day before he died
and signed his name at the end,
He used the word "naniwa" to mean both "Osaka" and "everything,"
In a letter that he wrote that still exists
he stated that he must be careful in "naniwa,"
What do you think about the Phoenix?
- Phoenix, Arizona? - Idiot,
A vessel in the 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi,
Hideyoshi?
A vessel?
You didn't know?
Only known by a few, Most people don't,
Hideyoshi's Phoenix,
Not many people can discuss this topic,
This is sooo exciting!
The mythical phoenix is said to appear before a virtuous emperor,
And the paulownia that embodies the phoenix is the Toyotomi family crest,
Hideyoshi and the phoenix are inextricably linked,
But the Phoenix of Hideyoshi's 7 Treasures is veiled in mystery,
Is it a tea bowl?
It could be, right? It's some sort of vessel,
Just between you and me
I think it's a boat,
- Boat? - Boat?
Named the Phoenix,
Eggenberg Palace in Austria owns a folding screen from Hideyoshi's era,
This is its copy, Take a look,
That's the boat,
The cypress-bark roof with a phoenix,
Hideyoshi must've enjoyed traveling down the river
with his wife and concubines,
Why is a folding screen from that era in a castle in Europe?
The owner in the 1600s bought it from an art dealer in Antwerp,
It might've gone to Europe with Dutch merchants,
Priceless items travel overseas,
It still exists after 400 years, Isn't that amazing?
The 8 panels were taken apart
and embedded into walls kind of like murals,
Theft-proof, That's why it still exists,
The Phoenix might've traveled across the sea as well,
The Phoenix,,
Hey,
- Got a 10,000-yen bill? - Why?
- You don't? - I do!
- Give it to me, - No,
I have no money to lend you,
I just want to see it,
- Hurry up, - Look at your own,
My bill is on the hill,
Where?
Over there,
My last one,
- No, Just listen, - What?
Look,
The phoenix,
Is it?
The phoenix is around us more than you think,
Hey, Hey!
Don't stand up,
- Take a seat, - Yeah,
Here's your special set,
One more plate of short ribs,
Yes; sir,
Osaka Hideyoshi Expo General Producer,
So flimsy, Express printing?
Come and share Hideyoshi's dream with me,
1 don't have time to waste on you,
They hired you, right?
I saw you, How did they woo you?
They want me to make a bowl for Hideyoshi’s tea ceremony,
Nothing about the Phoenix,
They're flattering you into making a forgery,
- That's you, - No way,
I'm turning a dream into something tangible,
I'm working on a dream too, I felt this zing,
What zing? The kind when you get seduced?
I'm not like you,
Whoa!
Are you crazy? You could've burned it,
- It should be burned, - Idiot!
Listen,
"Feel the vibes," It's just so fishy,
Take a good look,
Come on,
What?
I took a good look, You drag me into trouble,
Hey,,, Wait a sec,
Leave some money,
Give me back my phoenix first,
Hello, Table for two?
Take this one,
"Vibe Water: 10,000 yen"
How much is this?
10,000 yen a bottle,
Isn't it a bit over-priced?
I can't tell the difference,
Me too, I was skeptical about the vibes at first,
But they're real,
My husband's annual income was 380,000 yen,
But this year, he earns as much as a successful businessman,
How successful?
Vibes are incredible,
She's exaggerating,
I won the lottery,
Only 10,000 yen after all you've spent,
I'll win a million next,
Stop trying to break even,
Have faith in vibes and your husband,
Plain water,
TAIKOH-certified Vibe Water,
My hair roots feel the vibes,
Send them to your dad,
Vibe Tea,
Vibe Bread,
Vibe Pencils?
So expensive, Vibe this, vibe that,
What?
The Hideyoshi Expo is in the news,
"The unveiling of the Phoenix,"
Aren't you producing this event?
It's not the Hideyoshi expo I'm producing,
What's this?
It's being organized by TAIKOH Creation,
2 Hideyoshi expos?
"TAIKOH announces a new Hideyoshi expo"
How confusing,
What? The dates are exactly the same,
They're declaring war,
Fee! the vibes,
- Feel the vibes, - Stop it,
I heard the Osaka Hideyoshi Expo plans to unveil the Phoenix
but TAIKOH's vibes will guide it to us to complete the 7 Treasures,
We plan to unveil it at the TAIKOH Hideyoshi Expo,
What's going on?
Famous vibration energy artists will be joining us,
Oh,
Getting exciting, right?
I knew it, You're behind this,
I mentioned the Phoenix's unveiling at the expo,
Then they decided to hold their own Hideyoshi expo,
I wasn't trying to be funny,
2 expos at the same time! Which one has the real Phoenix?!
It's not a variety show,
- I know, - Oh please,,,
"The Original Hideyoshi Expo vs, the New Hideyoshi Expo!"
My project,
Don't jump the gun, We're still unarmed,
- Here, - Huh?
I don't wanna see it,
What?
They're doing a Hideyoshi expo,
I saw the news,
They're gonna make you make a forgery,
- It's a con, - Look who's talking,
I am for you, Vibe art is a scam,
I heard they're padding the value of their art with fake auctions,
They're creating a bubble economy,
For one item, they sell part ownership to 100 members
for 1 million yen each, The total?
100 million per item, A massive profit,
To protect art with funds like the national budget of a certain country,
- Which country? - I refrain from naming it,
I heard they also look for members who own masterpieces,
They tell them they're forgeries
and make them pay to have them purified of negative energy,
Kind of like you,
No, Not at all,
I help shed light on treasure that's sleeping in someone's closet,
What?!
You don't get it because your spirit is tainted, The stage is set,
To make a bowl,
Wait, They're using you, Don't you see that?
- Step back, - Let me in,
- Watch out, - Ow!
Do you have an appointment?
You showed me in the other day, Remember me?
You need to make an appointment,
- Where? - Appointment,
Appointment? Are you a broken record?
Appointment,
Hey! Ms, Yamane!
Otter Antiques,
Make it quick,
You see,,,
I'm working on this,
Osaka Hideyoshi Expo General Producer,
Are you trying to crush our Hideyoshi expo?
I'm just curious,
About what you're trying to make Sasuke Noda do,
Your golden goose lost his ability to draw
so now you sell Vibe Pencils and other fishy products,
Are you getting Noda involved?
The 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi is full of mystery but so is your organization,
Nobody knows anything about your artist's background,
Is the mystery part of his appeal? Or,,,
is there a reason behind all the secrecy?
I take it as the price of fame but if you keep bothering us
I'll contact our attorneys,
I go out that way?
Follow me,
Sensei, when will you finish?
I'm still waiting for it to descend,,
The Phoenix,
Phoenix?
Isn't it what you want me to make?
I thought I saw something when you held my hand,
Did you see it?
My wife will kill me,
Please just do your job,
The phoenix isn't descending,
I feel nothing,
I'm empty,,, Completely empty,
I'm empty,
Empty,,,
Stop blaming the Phoenix,
Don't you realize how hard I worked to make you famous?
Draw anything,
We have to keep selling to stay afloat!
Don't get mad,
You'll drive the phoenix away,
Sorry,
I'm not mad, I mean it,
Have we met before?
Hollywood? You're so handsome like a movie star,
No no picture!
I no speak Japanese,
That was Japanese, No!
No no picture!
Do you have an appointment?
I'm a fortune-teller, I have a message for TAIKOH,
You need an appointment,
Make an appointment first, Appointment,
Appointment,
Do you remember me?
The pink dolphin?
A sea with a pink dolphin,
You said you always had this vision in your mind,
Yes,
This saved me, knowing there was someone else with the same vision,
It saved me too,
Dolphins?
The pink dolphin,
Here,
Hold this,
Picture-story show?
Yeah,
Phoenix,,
I didn't doze off
The Phoenix was right there,
I feel it descending on me,
By tomorrow,
You think you have a tomorrow,
Um,,,
Should I look for a replacement?
What?
To make the Phoenix,
I know a thing or two about bowls, Let me know if I can help,
Find that man's replacement too,
Yes, ma'am,
The million yen?
Forget about it,
I borrowed money to attract luck, Don't waste it,
You were conned, How much did you spend?
Much less than what I spent on you,
You said you'd be happy drinking tea from a bowl I make,
That was years ago, - Whatever,
They were just attracted to my forgery skills,
You're upset because you couldn't make the bowl,
It was practically in my hands,
I don't need that spiritual marketing to make a Hideyoshi bowl,
Huh? Spiritual marketing?
Is that what you think? All right then,
You're a swindler, A con artist, Goodbye,
Hey,,, Wait,,, Yasuko,
Hey,
Come on,,, Where are you going?
- Away from you, - Wait!
Yasuko!
Toyotomi Hideyoshi who named this bowl the Phoenix
acquired the power of the mythical bird embodied in a paulownia tree,,,
and finally unified the country,
What do you see?
A boat,
Boat?
Read it again,
The 7 Treasures of Taikoh Hideyoshi had mysterious powers,
I couldn't get decent shots,
It seems like they still haven't found the Phoenix,
What happens when the collection is complete?
Nobody knows,
That's the beauty of it, Pierre,
Thank you,
I'm sorry I'm late, I obtained some confidential info,
Who's this gentleman?
Morio Koide Sensei,
An authority on Toyotomi Hideyoshi,
I'm sorry,
If you look closely at the caption, it says "Norio Koike,"
It's too tiny to notice, Right, Chairman?
I'm sorry,
That's it then,
That's what?
Do I have to spell it out?
Your name confused us and we thought
you were Koide Sensei who's the real authority on Hideyoshi,
Please show yourself out,
- I'm sorry, - Hold on,
Confused you? How?
Norio Koike is my real name, It's not fake,
Who contacted me about the 7 Treasures?
You!
I'm sorry,
Stop apologizing,
A fraud one way or another,
A fraud? How dare you,,
- Cultural Affairs Agency? - We've met twice previously,
No,,, We've never met,,
I apologize about the imposter,
If people start pretending to be me
that means
I'm worth the effort,
I'm sorry,
He's Morio Koide,
And you're Norio Koike,
Confusing,
It's not funny,
I was wandering why you were getting the royal treatment,
I thought, "Was Norio Koike this famous?"
You approached them in the first place, right?
- Here he is, - What?
Morio Koide,
He's been on our program,
Show us your treasure!
Looking at this item right in front of my eyes,,,
He doesn't look like you,
Just the name,
I feel a connection,
A small resemblance,
No way,
Thanks,
"Everything is also"
"a dream within a dream,"
"Morio Koide"
"Norio Koike"
Thanks,
Good night,
I had a dream,
A dream?
A bowl was floating like a boat in light, sparkling like a mirror,
Maybe it was the Phoenix,
We rode that gold boat at Osaka Castle,
A sign that you and I should make the Phoenix?
A dream is but an illusion, An ephemeral illusion,
I think you're losing it if you're hanging on to an illusion,
Maybe you're not up for this,
You wanted me to dream with you,
You said you don't want to work with me,
Oh well,,
I'm going to pursue the dream in more practical ways,
- What,,, - Bye,
Okay, Fine,
I'll make the Phoenix with or without you,
Keep your voice down,
Hideyoshi's Phoenix,
Thank you,
Jerk, I'll do what I want,
In Hideyoshi's era,,, How should I put it?
Could there have been a bowl that sparkled like a mirror?
- Mirror? - Yeah,
How about glass?
Glass?
Glass was called "biidoro" during Hideyoshi's era,
Hideyoshi was served wine by a missionary in Kyushu,
Perhaps in a foreign wine glass,
So knowledgeable,
My ancestor was a European aide who served Hideyoshi,
That's funny,
A glass and clay bowl,
You don't look depressed about getting fired,
Nope,
Having a dream might be the best way to stay healthy,
Was it in the other book?
Let's see,,
Where is it?
"Biidoro, Chapter 162," Here it is,
Pottery Prince's bowl,
30,000 yen,
This is mine,
3,000 yen? Why?
Don't look,
Seiji! Knock, please,
I brought dinner,
Mom left you again, right?
It must be her hobby,
Mom has always been superstitious, saying what you lack is luck,
She keeps reminding me,
She's your muse,
She does amuse me,
A goddess of art,
I think you need more than luck,
What do you mean? What else do I lack?
Mom told me to throw it away,
Huh?
She called it kiln poop,
Glass and clay stick together?
It just happened,
She said they're like us,
How can something so beautiful be poop?
Aw
From that gentleman,
What gentleman?
Hello, Thank you,
Yasuko!
What are you doing?
You up?
My new wife?
My ancestors were shipwrights,
Ship,,,
Hideyoshi's shipwright,
Wow,
It's amazing to think that my ancestor built ships for Hideyoshi,
My great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, Is that enough?
A long family business,
A small one before we became coopers,
Making barrels?
Keeping water in and out of something requires the same skills,
see,
Over here,
We've been drying this wood for 30 years,
Just as long as I've been here,
It looks mature,
Maybe it's from Hideyoshi's era,
Right?
Yeah,
I hear its voice,
The voice of wood,,
What?
He's not here?
Don't do that,
Why show this to me?
I had another dream with that in my hand,
I remember it so clearly,
The Phoenix is partly glass,
You said I'm losing it if I'm hanging on to an illusion,
But what if I can put shape to the illusion? Make it tangible,
Only time will tell if I'm doing the right thing,
So I have to keep working,
Hey,
Do you know what this is? A list of Hideyoshi's belongings,
It was published in the Edo Period,
Here it is, Right here,
It says "there's biidoro within the bowl,"
Biidoro?
means glass,
Glass?
"Light sparkles, and the sacred bird spreads its wings,"
Light sparkles,,,
I think it's safe to assume that this sacred bird is a phoenix,
Phoenix,,
When you're grasping at an illusion, sometimes it appears from thin air,
I was losing it too,
Was it the Phoenix that appeared in my dream?
Glass is made from silica sand, sodium carbonate, and limestone,
All in rocks and sand,
Are you saying we can make glass if we baked all this sand?
Glass requires heat like pottery, I'll make glass as a potter,
All life forms are born from the sea and the soil!
They acquire energy and then return to their origin!
What a poet!
Did you finish collecting seashells?!
Why do I get the hard job?!
Get to work!
It leaks a lot,
Here you go,
It has to be finer,
- Do it, - It's fine enough,
You grind it next anyway,
You're trying to make your task easier,
- Here I go, - Do it,
- What? - Tilt it,
I'm setting it in,
- What's that? - Lead,
Hot! Hot!
How is it?
ow! Ow!
It's glass,
I had a bad feeling,
I can't get it right,
Listen to the voice,
Listen to tho voice,
I'll let Hideyoshi prepare tea in my bowl,
Ick,
My tongue is getting dry,
The site's layout,
Thanks,
The back panel?
I knew you'd ask, Here it is,
Gorgeous,
You're good, You take after your dad,
It captures the essence,
You are amazing,
Seiji,
Be more careful, will you?
- Hurry up, - I haven't slept,
None of us has,
When will it be ready?
Tomorrow morning,
Be careful, It's hot,
I think it worked,
- Take it, - Isn't it hot?
- No, - Really?
- Hurry up, - You sure?
It's burning hot, you idiot!
I burned my hands,
It's a phoenix,
The Phoenix,
The phoenix,,,
was always in me,
Hello,
Let's go!
- Hurry! - Please!
Let's go,
Wake up,
I need to sleep,
Sleep as much as you want later,
Why are there 2 Hideyoshi expos?
It goes against our SD Cheese,
I'm sorry,
Not "cheese," It's SDGs,
Cheese, jeans, whatever,
Even the experts have different theories on the Phoenix,
You can't exhibit an item without proper provenance in the expo,
The agency might cancel the subsidies if it's a fraud,
But we need a crowd-puller,
What was that for?
I'm sorry, There's this strange Hideyoshi expo going on,
Strange Hideyoshi expo?
Turn up the volume,
Hello, everybody,
The surprise unveiling of the Phoenix of the 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi!
It's another one,
I'm sorry,
- I'm Norio Koike, - It's him!
Where are they?
This place,,,
Do you recognize it?
No,,,
From the court, It's bad news,
This is awful,
So many returned items,
- We're finished, - What's gonna happen to us?
The Phoenix was found,
6 of the treasures were protected by
Hideyoshi's supporters who scattered all over the country,
They've survived, changing hands throughout the years,
Today, you'll find what you've been long searching for,
It's enveloped in bright light,
The Phoenix? All of sudden?
Just in case,
If it's real, we have to have it,
- Is this the right floor? - Yes,
We've made you wait long enough,
It's time to,,,
They're down there,
We climbed the stairs for nothing,
Oh my, oh my,,
You're all here,
The executives of the Osaka Hideyoshi Expo,
I see you found us,
Vibration energy artist TAIKOH and his associate,
Hello,
Thank you for coming to witness this historic moment,
Chairman!
I'm sorry,
Bring it,
Okay,
We need it now,
The moment has come,
Allow me,
Let me see it,
It's so modern,
Sensei, what do you think?
The Phoenix that was lost for centuries is suddenly found
at this point in time,
It seems contrived,
The folding screen depicting Osaka during Hideyoshi's era
in Eggenberg Palace
I've been there,,,
Like the folding screen
the Phoenix was passed down throughout the years in a family
in a country far away from Japan,
Which country?
I refrain from naming it,
It's from that era,
Give me that thing,
I see an uneven brush stroke,
Big and thick,
These wrinkles are characteristic of the high-quality paper
Hideyoshi used for public documents,
And this flowing handwriting,,,
It even has the Toyotomi seal,
"I present to you this bowl, the Phoenix, to wish for your health,"
Everything seems copacetic,
This was definitely
written by Hideyoshi,
However,,
This bowl,,,
They did have porcelain back then,
Also foreign glassware, Still,,,
A ceramic made of a mixture of melted glass and clay?
I've never heard of it or seen one,
Never hearing of it or seeing it doesn't prove that it doesn't exist,
But Japan didn't have the technology to produce glassware
until after Hideyoshi's death,
You're absolutely right,
They didn't have the technology to make vessels purely of glass,
So this may be a transitional form before the technology was fully developed,
- Transitional? - Transitional?
80 million yen!
What the heck?!
- Yasuko! - Who's she?
80 million!
- A fine bowl, - Is this an auction?
No,
I'm afraid no amount of money is worth the beauty of dreams,
Dreams?
Dreams,
It's the Phoenix,
You know the value of things that are authentic,
Will you accept one of my paintings for this?
This is your comeback painting,
I'll paint a new one,
All right,
Is this a barter?
An equivalent exchange,
Now the 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi is complete,
Who are you really?
An otter,
You did it,
Yasuko,
It was the hint, right?
This kiln poop,
- Now who? - I don't know,
What's going on?
I told you he was a fraud,
They've been making forgeries to rip people off,
You're wrong, We've never profited from antiques,
Is it a forgery?
No,
Your vibe energy found it,
You obtained the Phoenix with vibe art worth 100 million yen,
Whether it's real or not,
Whether it brings good luck or not,
An exchange of something intangible that may be an illusion,
I don't get that logic,
Everything in this world is
like a dream within a dream,
Hideyoshi said so too,
"Appearing like dew,"
What?
"Disappearing like dew,"
Bring the panel,
"Such is my life,"
"Even Naniwa's glory"
"is a dream within a dream,"
This,
Hideyoshi's portrait first owned by the Katagiri clan
that became the treasure of Hokoku Shrine in Osaka during the Meiji Period
now rests in Osaka Castle,
It has what's believed to be the first draft of this death poem
in his own handwriting,
"My life appearing like dew"
"and disappearing like dew is a world of dreams,"
"Grass and trees all around me"
"seem like an illusion,"
The poem includes the word "illusion,"
My life appears and disappears like dew,
Everything in this world is but an ephemeral illusion,
The 7 Treasures of Hideyoshi is mentioned in a witty story
by a writer called lnokori-oke who lived in Sakai of Osaka,
I-no-ko-ri-o-ke?
My ancestor,
Hew were the 7 items selected to be Hideyoshi's treasures?
Envision the 7 items in your mind,
The Tile of Arima Hot Springs,
"Yu" as in hot water,
"Me" from the Mask,
"Zo" from Nobunaga's Sandals,
"Ma" from Lacquered Referee's Fan,
"Ho" from the Phoenix,
"Ro" from the Golden Wind Furnace,
"Shi" from the Lion Helmet,
Yu, Me, Zo, Ma, Ho, Ro, Shi,
A dream is but an illusion,
This, Is, Stretching, The, Truth,
That's right,
We can't dream nor see illusions if we hang on to widely-held beliefs,
This,,,
isn't a forgery of the real Phoenix,
It's the real illusionary Phoenix,
I see,
Deja vu!
Illusion? Is that your excuse?
Absolutely not,
Yes, an illusion, This is the "Illusionary Hideyoshi Expo,"
Trying to talk your way out of this?
It was you who complicated things with this Hideyoshi farce,
I'm leaving, Who's accountable for this?
He told us straight off the bat that the Phoenix may not exist,
But you insisted on it,
You're fighting back,
You bet I am, Moon rock my butt, I'm sick of this,
A dream is but an illusion,
I'm out of here,
He needs to be more gutsy,
Like Hideyoshi,
Come here,
Wanna be the new chairman?
- Me? Really? - Yes,
And you know who to hire for the next expo, right?
You don't get it,
You fight over available positions and use available funds,
A Hideyoshi expo?
He used whatever he could because he had nothing,
He struggled for success,
You guys have no idea how Hideyoshi felt,
Of course not,
- We're not Hideyoshi, - No,
We've never met him,
We had nothing,
Nothing at all,
Sis,
You had me,
They're brother and sister?
- This is a bigger scoop! - Mari,,,
The 7 Treasures of Taikoh Hideyoshi had mysterious powers,
Imari?
The 1st treasure was a pair of sandals,
He kept Oda Nobunaga's sandals warm in his kimono
and impressed his master,
He warmed big dreams with the sandals,
The 2nd treasure was
a protective mask worn in battle,
He were this mask with great ambition
and became the commander of foot soldiers,
The 3rd treasure was a helmet with a lion decoration,
With the prowess of a lion, he built a castle overnight
and made a name for himself,
The 7th treasure was a shining tea bowl,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi who named this bowl the Phoenix
was empowered by the mythical bird said to be embodied in a paulownia tree,
And he finally unified the country,
Look, I found this,
It's hot,
It might be Hideyoshi's Phoenix,
The Phoenix,
I'll buy you the real thing one day,
Buy the real Phoenix one day,
We were empowered by that dream,
When his paintings began to sell
the first thing we bought was this picture-story show,
With each item we acquired, the prices of his paintings increased
and we found the next item,
But we couldn't find the Phoenix no matter hard we tried,
So TAIKOH lost his inspiration to paint,
You wanted the Phoenix at all costs,
To prove that the vibes were real,
They're definitely real,
We're being pulled toward Hideyoshi,
He's the source of our power,
Perhaps,
Hideyoshi's power is unfathomable,
Being misled by dreams and illusions,,,
Being able to turn dreams and illusions into power,,,
Only humans can do it,
Dreams and illusions are the treasures Hideyoshi left us,
That's what I think,
When you combine the characters for "people" and "dream"
it reads "ephemeral,"
But things are precious because they don't last forever,
It's the Phoenix,
It's the Phoenix!
Shall I drive?
Yes, The chairman's gone,
I have another meeting, I'm already late,
Oh no,,,
Thank you,
Kohta?
My name,
Your name, Kohta, is inside TAIKOH,
I'm no expert of contemporary art
but I love your art,
A sea with a pink dolphin,
Is he your dad?
Yes,
My dad,,,
is right here,
- That was exciting, - This way, please,
"Melting of Snow" was a powerful bowl,
You remember its name?
And the artist's name,
Thank you,
Everything TAIKOH chooses is real,
I also found a piece of pottery when I was a kid,
It's the reason why I'm still a down-and-out potter,
I had a dream about the Phoenix,
Me too,
Um,,,
I'm Kohta Yamane,
I'm Sasuke Noda,
You pervert,
You are,
Too much skin contact,
You're jealous,
There they are,
Good job, everyone,
- Good job, - Nicely done,
Keep it off the ground,
Raise it a bit,
Where to?
What's the matter?
You're here,
Yeah,
You came home,
Yes, I did,
"Melting of Snow" by Sasuke Noda,
It's beautiful,
See the vibes,
It's steam,
Yeah, steam,
Delicious,
Should we move?
This place is too big, You're too far away,
What did you say? I wanna hear more,
- What did you say? - You're heavy,
I am not heavy, Who are you comparing me to?
- Watch out, - Wait,,, Whoa,,,
Come on,,
So? I'm listening,
I had a dream about you,
What kind of dream was
Tell me,
Um,,,
Tell me about the dream,
The Illusionary Hideyoshi Expo
This was a lot of work,
You made this?!
A gimmick to boost your dreams and illusions,
I also made these,
I was deprived of sleep,
Worse than a film studio,
"Inokori-oke"
l-no-ko-ri-o-ke, which is
an anagram for No-ri-o Ko-i-ke,
,You're kidding me,
You mean,,,
Doesn't this look familiar?
That writer was also a lie?
"A dream is but an illusion," Did you make it up as well?
I, Did, Not, Stretch, The, Truth,
It's fantasy, A dream,
- You always,,, - Drag you into trouble,
Whoa!
Whoa what?
A fragment thought to be a part of Hideyoshi's bowl
A fragment thought to be a part of Hideyoshi's bow!
has been reproduced to its original form,
According to experts, it was made from both glass and clay,
What's going on?
Truth born from a lie,
Wait a minute,
What's going on here?
Hold on, I don't get it,
Let's go, you guys,
Let's,
Go where? Where are you going?
- Where are you going? - Osaka Castle,
Turn up the volume,
Why did he take it?
Why are you here, Yocchan!
Yocchan!
Yocchan's back!
Yocchan's back?
- Yocchan? - Yeah,
Yocchan!
Wait for me,
- Yocchan! - Yes, I do,
Yocchan! It's him!
I thought you moved to Switzerland,
Excuse me, Where's the station?
The station? It's that way,
- Thank you, - You're welcome,
Remember him?
Yocchan!
Thank you,
"Pottery by Sasuke Noda"
8 million yet, This is worth it,
You're crazy,
Bad idea,
Welcome,
Hello,
Enjoy yourself,
Check out the bowls too,
- Hello, - Hello,
"The Phoenix" by a Japanese artist was purchased
for around a billion yen,,,
- Congratulations! - Thank you,
- We're finally in luck! - There you are,
Wait 'til you hear this,
Where's the painting?
We,,,
sold it for a million yen?
What?
A whopping million!
Exactly at the time when we needed the money
You idiot!
Project Organizer Toei Video
Production by Ark Entertainment
Directed by Masaharu Take
Wanna go to Taiwan for a new job?
No,
Why not? I need your skills,
Taiwan, Doesn't it sound like fun?
- I won't go, - You won't regret it,
Why don't we go to New Zealand?
New Zealand? No! Let's go to Taiwan!