1 00:00:01,046 --> 00:00:04,949 Co-produced by TOHO AND SHINSEI EIGASHA 2 00:00:07,286 --> 00:00:13,226 TOHO CO., LTD. 3 00:00:19,665 --> 00:00:25,502 OUR NATION'S MILITARY HAS ALWAYS SERVED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EMPEROR 4 00:00:25,604 --> 00:00:27,573 - IMPERIAL EDICT TO OUR SOLDIERS 5 00:00:28,006 --> 00:00:33,946 UNDER THE FLAG OF THE RISING SUN 6 00:00:39,852 --> 00:00:43,789 Produced by SEISHI MATSUMARU and SHOHEI TOKIZANE 7 00:00:44,022 --> 00:00:47,959 Based on the book by SHOJI YUKI 8 00:00:48,260 --> 00:00:52,857 Screenplay by KANETO SHINDO, NORIO OSADA and KINJI FUKASAKU 9 00:00:53,121 --> 00:00:55,352 Cinematography by HIROSHI SEGAWA 10 00:00:55,483 --> 00:00:57,714 Production design by TATSUYA IRINO 11 00:00:58,036 --> 00:01:00,505 Music by HIKARU HAYASHI 12 00:01:30,135 --> 00:01:32,070 CAST 13 00:01:32,404 --> 00:01:36,000 TETSURO TAMBA 14 00:01:36,308 --> 00:01:39,904 SACHIKO HIDARI 15 00:01:40,145 --> 00:01:44,515 ISAO NATSUYAGI SHINJIRO EBARA 16 00:01:44,750 --> 00:01:49,640 SANAE NAKAHARA, YUMIKO FUJITA NOBORU MITANI, TAKETOSHI NAITO 17 00:02:12,102 --> 00:02:15,601 KANEMON NAKAMURA 18 00:02:17,349 --> 00:02:21,719 Directed by KINJI FUKASAKU 19 00:02:23,156 --> 00:02:27,614 NATIONAL MONUMENT TO FALLEN SOLDIERS Twenty-sixyears after the war, 20 00:02:28,128 --> 00:02:31,401 it still pains our hearts 21 00:02:31,557 --> 00:02:37,326 to recall the many who fell in battle, those who lost their lives 22 00:02:37,664 --> 00:02:41,045 to the ravages of war, 23 00:02:41,234 --> 00:02:44,485 and the families they left behind. 24 00:02:44,592 --> 00:02:45,890 EMPEROR AND CONSORT 25 00:02:46,331 --> 00:02:49,561 I stand here before the citizens of our nation, 26 00:02:49,823 --> 00:02:54,922 praying for world peace and our national progress, 27 00:02:55,617 --> 00:03:00,555 in solemn tribute to those who perished. 28 00:03:02,973 --> 00:03:07,468 AND YET, AMONG THE THREE MILLION JAPANESE MILITARY CASUALTIES 29 00:03:07,593 --> 00:03:12,772 SOME ARE DENIED A PLACE AMONG OUR HONORED HEROES 30 00:03:12,965 --> 00:03:15,264 SERGEANT KATSUO TOGASHI JAPANESE ARMY 31 00:03:15,429 --> 00:03:19,031 DESERTED IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY IN AUGUST, 1945, ON NEW GUINEA 32 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:20,788 EXECUTED 33 00:03:21,941 --> 00:03:25,062 1971 34 00:03:26,612 --> 00:03:29,093 MINISTRY OF WELFARE 35 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:35,097 REJECTED CLAIM OF SAKIE TOGASHI 36 00:03:41,170 --> 00:03:43,503 RESEARCH SECTION CHIEF 37 00:03:58,249 --> 00:04:00,611 I've kept you waiting. 38 00:04:04,666 --> 00:04:09,126 You've been filing claims since 1952, 39 00:04:09,364 --> 00:04:12,442 when the Survivor Benefits law first passed. 40 00:04:13,866 --> 00:04:18,903 I was transferred here in April, so your case is new to me. 41 00:04:20,108 --> 00:04:23,078 You file your claims on the anniversary of defeat. 42 00:04:23,221 --> 00:04:25,012 That's right. 43 00:04:25,334 --> 00:04:26,859 Is there a reason? 44 00:04:27,950 --> 00:04:32,684 It's unclear exactly when my husband died... 45 00:04:33,922 --> 00:04:39,065 So I chose August 15th for the anniversary of his death. 46 00:04:39,913 --> 00:04:41,882 Please look at this. 47 00:04:43,579 --> 00:04:48,689 DEATH NOTIFICATION NEXT OF KIN: SAKIE TOGASHI 48 00:04:48,846 --> 00:04:50,704 ...DATE OF_______, AUGUST 49 00:04:50,881 --> 00:04:54,033 DIED IN COMBAT (TEXT REVISED) DECEASED... 50 00:05:00,141 --> 00:05:05,205 Honey, there's another new Section Chief. 51 00:05:06,694 --> 00:05:12,292 How many times do I have to tell this same story over and over again? 52 00:05:20,961 --> 00:05:23,919 How can I forget the moment 53 00:05:24,306 --> 00:05:26,576 when I first got that notice... 54 00:05:28,274 --> 00:05:30,662 1946 55 00:05:32,406 --> 00:05:34,340 Didn't my husband die in combat? 56 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:36,711 Well, it's just... 57 00:05:36,826 --> 00:05:40,043 Why was it changed from "died in combat" to plain "deceased"? 58 00:05:40,213 --> 00:05:44,396 Well, for instance, if he died of illness... 59 00:05:44,659 --> 00:05:47,825 If he'd been ill, they'd write something like "Combat-related..." 60 00:05:47,996 --> 00:05:50,835 Besides, this notice isn't dated. 61 00:05:51,066 --> 00:05:53,855 I won't accept this crazy postcard. 62 00:05:54,970 --> 00:05:57,075 The truth is... 63 00:05:58,898 --> 00:06:01,396 Togashi san was executed. 64 00:06:02,044 --> 00:06:03,569 Executed? 65 00:06:06,589 --> 00:06:10,071 We'd only been married for 6 months. 66 00:06:10,611 --> 00:06:11,909 TEMPORARY DRAFT NOTICE 67 00:06:12,085 --> 00:06:14,573 1942 68 00:06:15,516 --> 00:06:16,984 Don't you worry. 69 00:06:18,002 --> 00:06:20,606 I'll be fine. 70 00:06:21,324 --> 00:06:23,536 Look after yourself. 71 00:06:24,851 --> 00:06:28,439 Here I'm leaving you to fend for yourself when you're pregnant... 72 00:06:28,779 --> 00:06:30,247 Honey. 73 00:06:47,274 --> 00:06:50,005 I wept in the toilet. 74 00:06:50,837 --> 00:06:55,468 I couldn't bear to let you see me cry. 75 00:07:02,479 --> 00:07:06,143 Five months later, Tomoko was born. 76 00:07:06,751 --> 00:07:09,155 Did you ever get the picture I sent? 77 00:07:09,404 --> 00:07:11,305 WAR ENDS 78 00:07:12,434 --> 00:07:15,960 AUGUST 15, 1945 79 00:07:17,255 --> 00:07:20,124 Finally, the war had ended 80 00:07:20,791 --> 00:07:23,366 and I was sure you'd come home... 81 00:07:28,674 --> 00:07:30,192 I couldn't even die, 82 00:07:31,797 --> 00:07:34,199 because of Tomoko. 83 00:07:43,628 --> 00:07:46,649 Why's she workin' her ass off like that? 84 00:07:46,781 --> 00:07:48,909 She has to wear herself out to get any sleep. 85 00:07:49,017 --> 00:07:51,680 A widow with youthful passion. 86 00:07:55,716 --> 00:07:58,050 APRIL, 1952 87 00:08:00,538 --> 00:08:04,534 MILITARY FAMILY SURVIVOR BENEFITS LAW ENACTED 88 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,495 My husband died in the war, too. 89 00:08:09,755 --> 00:08:12,557 How come I don't deserve what the others get? 90 00:08:12,667 --> 00:08:14,966 Well, that's because in your case, 91 00:08:15,076 --> 00:08:18,410 Togashi san died following a court-martial. 92 00:08:18,513 --> 00:08:22,099 And just who saw my husband's court-martial? 93 00:08:22,250 --> 00:08:27,550 Nobody saw it, but the government, the Welfare Ministry, sent a notice. 94 00:08:27,748 --> 00:08:29,512 Please don't say that. 95 00:08:29,624 --> 00:08:32,518 Please let me see the Village Chief! Please! 96 00:08:35,822 --> 00:08:37,381 Thank you. 97 00:08:38,488 --> 00:08:41,510 And your family now? 98 00:08:42,804 --> 00:08:45,638 My daughter has married. 99 00:08:47,382 --> 00:08:50,051 - And grandchildren? - Yes. 100 00:08:50,285 --> 00:08:52,190 That must be a comfort. 101 00:08:53,131 --> 00:08:58,760 Until my husband can rest in peace, I'll have no comfort. 102 00:08:59,450 --> 00:09:01,495 I can understand your feelings. 103 00:09:02,133 --> 00:09:06,315 However, under current law, 104 00:09:06,919 --> 00:09:11,971 survivors of court-martialed soldiers receive no benefits at all. 105 00:09:13,135 --> 00:09:16,268 And your particular case falls into that category... 106 00:09:16,422 --> 00:09:22,089 I don't come back year after year because I want military benefits. 107 00:09:22,871 --> 00:09:27,793 I'm here because I want to know the truth- was he really executed for desertion? 108 00:09:28,383 --> 00:09:30,635 That's why I come. 109 00:09:30,995 --> 00:09:36,457 But it's all here in the military records of war casualties... You saw it. 110 00:09:36,758 --> 00:09:41,856 But I hear that the military patched together those records of the dead... 111 00:09:42,177 --> 00:09:44,268 in the confusion, right after the war. 112 00:09:44,365 --> 00:09:46,334 I've heard they're unreliable. 113 00:09:46,459 --> 00:09:48,237 Who says so? 114 00:09:49,036 --> 00:09:54,270 The captain said so in the letter he wrote me. 115 00:09:55,367 --> 00:09:59,276 Oh, this man I've received a petition from him, too... 116 00:09:59,464 --> 00:10:03,458 This petition is based on pure speculation... 117 00:10:03,594 --> 00:10:06,076 Also, according to the colonel, 118 00:10:06,364 --> 00:10:09,596 there's no record of the court-martial's verdict. 119 00:10:09,872 --> 00:10:11,042 See? 120 00:10:11,434 --> 00:10:15,166 Apparently, all classified documents were burned at the end of the war. 121 00:10:15,263 --> 00:10:18,846 If that's true, there's no proof that he was sentenced to death. 122 00:10:20,352 --> 00:10:25,191 Which is why we have to trust this military record of casualties. 123 00:10:25,374 --> 00:10:28,958 Unless you've got some other persuasive evidence. 124 00:10:29,077 --> 00:10:30,612 That's exactly right. 125 00:10:31,114 --> 00:10:36,109 I really understand how you feel, but until you prove your husband's innocence, 126 00:10:36,509 --> 00:10:40,784 I'm in no place to overturn my predecessor's decision. 127 00:10:49,707 --> 00:10:51,972 As I left the house this morning, 128 00:10:52,702 --> 00:10:55,135 this is what my daughter said. 129 00:10:55,503 --> 00:10:58,792 Mom, why don't you give it a rest? 130 00:10:59,079 --> 00:11:01,101 They'll never listen to you anyway. 131 00:11:01,278 --> 00:11:03,823 Besides, do you know what people say? 132 00:11:04,264 --> 00:11:07,412 She's got some nerve begging for her husband's pension. 133 00:11:07,513 --> 00:11:08,913 In the old days, 134 00:11:09,023 --> 00:11:14,739 the whole village would have shunned a deserter's family forever. 135 00:11:15,866 --> 00:11:18,589 But this is what I said to her. 136 00:11:19,145 --> 00:11:22,172 "You can't stop other people from talking." 137 00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:26,544 It's not like it's anything new. 138 00:11:27,449 --> 00:11:29,768 Back when my daughter married... 139 00:11:35,610 --> 00:11:37,670 Watch your step. 140 00:11:37,914 --> 00:11:40,910 Don't go peeping at those newlyweds. 141 00:11:41,207 --> 00:11:43,898 If it's too much for you, come to me. 142 00:11:43,987 --> 00:11:46,417 I'll be happy to give you some advice! 143 00:11:51,410 --> 00:11:54,167 They may just have been joking, 144 00:11:54,939 --> 00:11:57,784 but it hit me hard. 145 00:12:15,895 --> 00:12:19,217 People congratulated me over my son-in-law, 146 00:12:21,403 --> 00:12:25,196 but it all only made me realize how horribly I miss him. 147 00:12:43,921 --> 00:12:45,562 My love... 148 00:12:54,226 --> 00:12:56,290 My love! 149 00:13:16,254 --> 00:13:18,780 I'll never give up. 150 00:13:20,252 --> 00:13:25,478 Because if I give up, my husband will never rest in peace. 151 00:13:30,082 --> 00:13:33,450 It's been 26 years since he died. 152 00:13:36,271 --> 00:13:39,002 All the other survivors, 153 00:13:41,338 --> 00:13:44,831 attend the War Memorial Service with the Emperor 154 00:13:45,216 --> 00:13:48,152 and offer chrysanthemums... 155 00:13:51,915 --> 00:13:54,350 Why is it only my husband, 156 00:13:56,508 --> 00:13:58,977 without a shred of evidence... 157 00:14:02,949 --> 00:14:04,599 I, too... 158 00:14:07,268 --> 00:14:10,238 would like to join the Emperor... 159 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:16,044 and offer a chrysanthemum for my husband. 160 00:14:53,375 --> 00:14:55,867 I was remiss... 161 00:14:56,421 --> 00:14:58,151 The truth is, 162 00:14:58,628 --> 00:15:01,700 we also take this matter very seriously... 163 00:15:02,263 --> 00:15:06,200 and sent inquiries to everyone from your husband's unit. 164 00:15:07,123 --> 00:15:11,720 But unfortunately, we haven't received any meaningful responses. 165 00:15:12,586 --> 00:15:18,389 However, there are 4 men here, who never answered our inquiries. 166 00:15:19,301 --> 00:15:21,930 I'm sure each has his own reasons, 167 00:15:22,619 --> 00:15:25,755 but if you contact them directly, as his widow, 168 00:15:25,907 --> 00:15:29,071 perhaps they'd be willing to share new information with you. 169 00:15:30,497 --> 00:15:32,285 Why don't you try to meet them? 170 00:15:48,877 --> 00:15:52,143 TSUGUO TERAJIMA FORMER PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, ARMY 171 00:16:15,493 --> 00:16:17,240 Excuse me. 172 00:16:18,955 --> 00:16:20,733 Excuse me. 173 00:16:36,390 --> 00:16:40,130 I never got any letter from the Ministry of Welfare. 174 00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:46,527 What are those bureaucrats thinking when they say that? 175 00:16:46,975 --> 00:16:50,104 If I had gotten anything, I would've written right back. 176 00:16:51,604 --> 00:16:56,440 Because I owe my very life to Togashi san. 177 00:16:57,422 --> 00:16:58,890 To my husband? 178 00:17:00,545 --> 00:17:03,747 Yes, that's right. 179 00:17:05,493 --> 00:17:08,395 What an awful front that was. 180 00:17:09,059 --> 00:17:11,619 1943 181 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,427 On New Guinea, then, 182 00:17:13,568 --> 00:17:18,228 the Americans and Australians had begun fighting back. 183 00:17:19,648 --> 00:17:25,246 Our unit shipped out from La Paul as reinforcements... 184 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:29,220 But as we were crossing the Dampier Straits... 185 00:17:43,847 --> 00:17:45,782 DESTROYERS-3 SUNK 186 00:17:46,852 --> 00:17:48,786 TRANSPORT SHIPS-7 SUNK 187 00:17:49,821 --> 00:17:51,756 WEAPONS AND ORDNANCE-2,500 TONS SUNK 188 00:17:52,817 --> 00:17:55,412 PERSONNEL - 3,600 DROWNED 189 00:17:58,630 --> 00:18:02,728 Our strategy was impossible from the start. 190 00:18:03,366 --> 00:18:08,658 Less than 800 of our men made it ashore. 191 00:18:09,468 --> 00:18:11,994 We attempted to locate 192 00:18:12,130 --> 00:18:15,350 the established defensive units. 193 00:18:38,111 --> 00:18:42,577 In this situation, we could all depend on Sgt. Togashi. 194 00:18:43,321 --> 00:18:45,327 Don't shoot. 195 00:18:46,051 --> 00:18:47,644 Don't shoot. 196 00:18:48,315 --> 00:18:49,442 Don't move. 197 00:18:49,531 --> 00:18:51,304 Sgt. Togashi! 198 00:18:51,509 --> 00:18:53,535 Our scouts are in danger, rescue them. 199 00:18:53,668 --> 00:18:55,374 - No point. - What? 200 00:18:56,486 --> 00:18:58,874 Yank's surrounded us, wants to flush us out. 201 00:18:59,007 --> 00:19:01,757 - Move now, we're in their hands. - How do you know? 202 00:19:02,036 --> 00:19:03,036 Experience. 203 00:19:03,109 --> 00:19:05,408 You mean to abandon our troops! 204 00:19:05,497 --> 00:19:07,874 Your carelessness made us easy targets. 205 00:19:11,003 --> 00:19:12,277 Listen up! 206 00:19:12,362 --> 00:19:15,736 Our platoon will attack the enemy on their flank, attacking at... 207 00:19:15,874 --> 00:19:18,159 The River Styx Stay put or you're dead. 208 00:19:18,373 --> 00:19:19,660 Damn you! 209 00:19:23,098 --> 00:19:26,218 Insubordination I'll have you court-martialed. 210 00:19:26,968 --> 00:19:29,210 The rest of you, follow me. 211 00:19:30,874 --> 00:19:33,351 The plateau ahead is your objective 212 00:19:33,492 --> 00:19:34,562 Attack! 213 00:19:48,437 --> 00:19:50,283 There's no winning in dying. 214 00:19:53,761 --> 00:19:58,927 Thanks to him, not a single man in our unit died. 215 00:19:59,246 --> 00:20:03,695 But it was the beginning of hell on earth... 216 00:20:12,953 --> 00:20:16,794 SEPTEMBER, 1943 U.S. ARMY LANDS ON EASTERN LAE 217 00:20:19,429 --> 00:20:21,979 AUSTRALIAN AIR UNITS ATTACK WESTERN LAE 218 00:20:24,411 --> 00:20:26,317 JAPANESE ARMY ABANDONS LAE 219 00:20:28,899 --> 00:20:31,482 2,200 DIE OF STARVATION IN MOUNTAINS 220 00:20:33,576 --> 00:20:36,182 OCTOBER, 1943 U.S. ARMY ATTACKS FINSCHHAFEN 221 00:20:38,791 --> 00:20:40,726 AUSTRALIANS LAND ON CAPE ANT 222 00:20:42,464 --> 00:20:45,036 JANUARY, 1944 U.S. ARMY LANDS ON CAPE GUNBI 223 00:20:47,459 --> 00:20:49,394 JAPANESE ARMY RETREATS TO MADANG 224 00:20:51,471 --> 00:20:54,724 3,500 STARVE IN MOUNTAINS 225 00:21:01,472 --> 00:21:05,371 APRIL, 1944-JAPANESE DEFEATED AT HANSA, WEWAK, AITAPE 226 00:21:08,654 --> 00:21:09,894 At that time, 227 00:21:10,038 --> 00:21:14,987 our unit was stranded in the jungle. 228 00:21:15,959 --> 00:21:20,841 The minute we walked out of there, the enemy would've picked us off. 229 00:21:21,316 --> 00:21:24,042 We were out of ammunition and food, 230 00:21:24,479 --> 00:21:29,154 and a third of our men, suffering from malnutrition or malaria, 231 00:21:29,363 --> 00:21:33,494 could neither move forward nor retreat. 232 00:21:34,996 --> 00:21:39,287 Those of us who were sick, whispered among ourselves... 233 00:21:40,902 --> 00:21:43,811 Piss your pants, you've only got 3 days left. 234 00:21:44,176 --> 00:21:47,510 Can't speak, it's 2 days. 235 00:21:48,139 --> 00:21:50,709 Can't blink means you’re dead, 236 00:21:51,613 --> 00:21:53,377 tomorrow. 237 00:21:58,860 --> 00:21:59,944 How's it going? 238 00:22:01,282 --> 00:22:03,012 Don't you need to piss? 239 00:22:04,492 --> 00:22:07,577 Up we go, here we go. 240 00:22:13,893 --> 00:22:15,521 You OK? 241 00:22:20,418 --> 00:22:22,819 We finally got orders for an offensive. 242 00:22:23,662 --> 00:22:25,072 Tonight. 243 00:22:26,023 --> 00:22:29,868 Any man who can't walk... You understand. 244 00:22:30,218 --> 00:22:32,336 Suicide, isn't it? 245 00:22:34,374 --> 00:22:35,775 Yeah, right. 246 00:22:37,392 --> 00:22:40,706 Will it be grenades or cyanide? 247 00:22:40,928 --> 00:22:43,172 - Air. - Air? 248 00:22:45,133 --> 00:22:47,118 They take an empty syringe... 249 00:22:47,499 --> 00:22:49,551 and force air into your heart. 250 00:22:55,931 --> 00:22:57,559 Is that how you want to die? 251 00:22:59,547 --> 00:23:01,430 If not, just beat it. 252 00:23:02,701 --> 00:23:06,035 I hear there are still Japanese troops 30 kilos west of us. 253 00:23:06,220 --> 00:23:08,553 - You'll manage. - But... 254 00:23:08,633 --> 00:23:11,204 Just listen to me You've got a chance, take it. 255 00:23:17,048 --> 00:23:20,041 If you decide you're better off dead, use this. 256 00:23:20,668 --> 00:23:23,399 It sure beats an empty syringe. 257 00:23:24,765 --> 00:23:25,985 See you. 258 00:23:29,127 --> 00:23:30,652 Sergeant. 259 00:23:31,271 --> 00:23:36,008 That was the last I ever saw of Sgt. Togashi. 260 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:38,076 Which means, 261 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:43,203 my husband didn't desert, did he? 262 00:23:44,021 --> 00:23:45,512 Right. 263 00:23:46,385 --> 00:23:50,360 I'm the one who deserted. 264 00:23:52,331 --> 00:23:55,266 Togashi san died nobly in battle. 265 00:23:56,396 --> 00:24:01,912 I'm sure with his instincts, he charged the enemy brilliantly. 266 00:24:08,595 --> 00:24:10,750 Charge! 267 00:24:11,986 --> 00:24:17,687 Would you mind telling the Ministry of Welfare the story you just told me? 268 00:24:18,432 --> 00:24:20,054 You mean, me? 269 00:24:20,328 --> 00:24:23,617 Yes, I'd be grateful. 270 00:24:24,241 --> 00:24:25,640 But... 271 00:24:26,314 --> 00:24:30,082 it's not like I saw him die in combat. 272 00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:32,890 I doubt they'd take it as proof. 273 00:24:33,074 --> 00:24:35,773 But you're a living witness. 274 00:24:36,043 --> 00:24:39,031 Nobody's going to accuse you of lying. 275 00:24:39,310 --> 00:24:42,507 Please, Terajima san. 276 00:24:48,198 --> 00:24:49,984 It's been 10 years... 277 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:54,517 since I moved to this place, 278 00:24:54,762 --> 00:24:56,993 a virtual garbage heap. 279 00:24:58,422 --> 00:25:02,419 On the map, it's part of Tokyo, 280 00:25:02,876 --> 00:25:07,587 but I have no citizen's rights Legally, I don't exist... 281 00:25:10,070 --> 00:25:15,341 I've never been to town, not once since I came here. 282 00:25:16,399 --> 00:25:19,028 I have no need to go. 283 00:25:19,603 --> 00:25:24,985 I hate seeing people, talking to them, in the city that's so cleaned up. 284 00:25:25,293 --> 00:25:28,023 No, I don't have the confidence. 285 00:25:29,437 --> 00:25:30,758 But... 286 00:25:31,054 --> 00:25:33,461 But Terajima san, you can't... 287 00:25:35,026 --> 00:25:40,658 I would like to help you and repay the debt I owe Togashi san, 288 00:25:41,303 --> 00:25:44,187 but I must ask you to spare me this. 289 00:25:50,376 --> 00:25:55,337 I'm sure you'll meet with the other men. 290 00:25:56,883 --> 00:26:01,480 But no matter what anyone says, Togashi san died nobly in combat. 291 00:26:03,459 --> 00:26:06,265 That's what I believe. 292 00:26:10,113 --> 00:26:13,277 TOMOTAKA AKIBA FORMER CORPORAL, ARMY 293 00:26:14,999 --> 00:26:16,520 Wanna fight! 294 00:26:18,475 --> 00:26:20,179 You really shouldn't. 295 00:26:22,833 --> 00:26:24,352 Say there. 296 00:26:24,554 --> 00:26:26,546 Say there I know how you feel. 297 00:26:26,665 --> 00:26:29,192 - Bully. - I'm not a bully. 298 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,385 I really do know how you feel. 299 00:26:31,512 --> 00:26:35,316 But you see, Japan lost the war, 26 years ago. 300 00:26:35,882 --> 00:26:37,908 What? What'd you say! 301 00:26:38,001 --> 00:26:40,300 I said, Japan lost, 26 years ago. 302 00:26:40,460 --> 00:26:42,770 Lost? You idiot! 303 00:26:43,064 --> 00:26:45,431 When did Japan ever lose a war? 304 00:26:45,561 --> 00:26:48,441 The Sino and Russian wars, Manchurian Incident, all victories. 305 00:26:48,616 --> 00:26:51,083 After that, we got creamed. 306 00:26:51,509 --> 00:26:54,840 - Creamed? - It's true. Ask anyone here. 307 00:26:56,460 --> 00:26:59,134 - Did we really lose? - No, we didn't! 308 00:26:59,289 --> 00:27:00,757 Listen to what he says. 309 00:27:00,865 --> 00:27:03,460 - What country are you from? - He says we didn't lose. 310 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,094 He's just lying, go ask the guy behind him. 311 00:27:07,218 --> 00:27:09,414 - Did we really lose? - We sure did. 312 00:27:10,834 --> 00:27:13,201 - He must be an enemy man. - Are you nuts! 313 00:27:13,303 --> 00:27:15,670 How dare you insult our paying customers! 314 00:27:15,743 --> 00:27:17,442 Then, what have I been doing all this time? 315 00:27:18,041 --> 00:27:21,307 You've been pointing the tip of your rifle, 316 00:27:21,411 --> 00:27:24,904 charging at airplanes on South Pacific Islands. 317 00:27:25,015 --> 00:27:26,598 What an idiot. 318 00:27:28,549 --> 00:27:30,504 I said, I understand. 319 00:27:30,612 --> 00:27:32,653 What's this draft notice, then? 320 00:27:44,825 --> 00:27:47,643 I definitely remember the name, Togashi. 321 00:27:47,950 --> 00:27:50,598 Can't place the face... 322 00:27:51,785 --> 00:27:54,778 Don't you think you met him? 323 00:27:54,923 --> 00:27:58,599 We were in the same unit, so no doubt I did meet him. 324 00:27:59,513 --> 00:28:02,642 Back in those days, everybody looked alike. 325 00:28:03,048 --> 00:28:06,438 Skinny necks, bulging eyes, 326 00:28:07,042 --> 00:28:09,375 hollowed out cheeks. 327 00:28:09,930 --> 00:28:11,334 Besides, 328 00:28:11,447 --> 00:28:15,943 no one had enough humanity left to recognize anyone's face. 329 00:28:16,085 --> 00:28:19,441 But Terajima san told me, 330 00:28:20,022 --> 00:28:23,339 he charged nobly and died in combat. 331 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,927 Well, that's fine, then. 332 00:28:26,184 --> 00:28:30,645 But he didn't actually see him die... 333 00:28:31,900 --> 00:28:34,563 I want to know the truth. 334 00:28:34,739 --> 00:28:39,074 Well, he's not going to badmouth his Sergeant. 335 00:28:39,341 --> 00:28:41,776 But that doesn't help you much, right? 336 00:28:41,977 --> 00:28:44,215 Does that mean you know the truth? 337 00:28:45,005 --> 00:28:47,744 No, not necessarily. 338 00:28:48,484 --> 00:28:50,578 But from what I remember, 339 00:28:50,749 --> 00:28:54,494 back then, nobody was nobly charging anything, even when they wanted to. 340 00:28:55,157 --> 00:28:58,877 So there was no offensive, no charging the enemy? 341 00:28:59,233 --> 00:29:01,462 Not even close. 342 00:29:01,588 --> 00:29:03,627 We were in no condition. 343 00:29:06,987 --> 00:29:11,479 In our unit, there were 12 cannons 344 00:29:11,673 --> 00:29:14,233 worthless, every last one of them, 345 00:29:14,325 --> 00:29:18,519 1 working machine gun out of 48. 346 00:29:19,172 --> 00:29:24,048 Only two thirds of us even had standard-issue rifles. 347 00:29:24,820 --> 00:29:29,073 The rest had bamboo spears They ordered us to fight with spears. 348 00:29:32,545 --> 00:29:36,707 So back then, you did exactly what you do on the stage now. 349 00:29:36,837 --> 00:29:38,738 Weapons and ammo weren't the worst, 350 00:29:38,901 --> 00:29:40,631 we didn't even have any chow. 351 00:29:40,736 --> 00:29:44,691 They say tea will stave off hunger, but there was no water in the jungle. 352 00:29:44,973 --> 00:29:47,314 What a ridiculous war. 353 00:29:47,476 --> 00:29:50,474 The big shots in charge of tactics didn't have a clue. 354 00:29:50,646 --> 00:29:52,230 There was no way we could win. 355 00:30:07,238 --> 00:30:09,526 As defeats mounted, some were captured, 356 00:30:09,844 --> 00:30:12,145 others abandoned the front lines. 357 00:30:12,976 --> 00:30:14,945 But the division big-shots... 358 00:30:15,045 --> 00:30:18,410 No matter! Kill any man who tries to escape. 359 00:30:18,613 --> 00:30:20,082 Who needs a court-martial! 360 00:30:22,466 --> 00:30:23,941 But the thing is... 361 00:30:24,763 --> 00:30:27,746 it wasn't just the enlisted men that ran. 362 00:30:28,544 --> 00:30:30,359 Officers were right there with 'em. 363 00:30:30,452 --> 00:30:32,113 Scum! 364 00:30:32,522 --> 00:30:35,793 You scum! You're an officer! Have you no shame! 365 00:30:36,124 --> 00:30:38,502 Deserters get the firing squad! 366 00:30:42,264 --> 00:30:45,047 Butterflies! Butterflies! 367 00:30:45,767 --> 00:30:47,616 Mommy! 368 00:30:48,561 --> 00:30:51,151 Acting like you've lost your mind. 369 00:30:53,856 --> 00:30:55,552 Asshole! 370 00:30:56,247 --> 00:30:57,977 Fool! 371 00:30:58,421 --> 00:31:00,946 Get back to the front! 372 00:31:01,943 --> 00:31:05,782 The soldiers who couldn't fight or run away, 373 00:31:06,558 --> 00:31:09,758 had no choice but to wander into the jungle. 374 00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:13,977 And that's where we caught and ate them... 375 00:31:14,964 --> 00:31:18,401 Snakes and lizards, go without saying. 376 00:31:18,659 --> 00:31:22,426 Worms, spiders, every last insect. 377 00:31:22,821 --> 00:31:25,586 As long as it was alive, it was OK. 378 00:31:26,634 --> 00:31:31,126 When it came to food, it was every man for himself. 379 00:31:31,408 --> 00:31:33,309 A mouse! 380 00:31:51,428 --> 00:31:53,488 The strong ones 381 00:31:53,670 --> 00:31:58,011 went high into the mountains to raid local farmers. 382 00:32:08,945 --> 00:32:10,592 Impossible! 383 00:32:14,676 --> 00:32:17,435 It's impossible my husband could have... 384 00:32:17,875 --> 00:32:22,677 I'm not saying everyone did that stuff. 385 00:32:24,361 --> 00:32:27,356 I know, I remember. 386 00:32:27,965 --> 00:32:32,302 It was... a little before the end of the war. 387 00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:37,858 I was on my way to Regimental HQ to collect orders. 388 00:32:44,446 --> 00:32:46,129 - What! - Potato thieves! 389 00:33:16,613 --> 00:33:18,241 How dare you! 390 00:33:18,707 --> 00:33:21,438 You accuse my husband of stealing potatoes! 391 00:33:21,918 --> 00:33:24,797 Where's your proof! Proof! 392 00:33:26,090 --> 00:33:28,360 I have no proof. 393 00:33:28,825 --> 00:33:32,115 But I'm positive it was a Sergeant. 394 00:33:32,462 --> 00:33:36,593 That's the only case I can remember 395 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,869 of anyone being executed, 396 00:33:40,603 --> 00:33:43,009 right before the end of the war. 397 00:33:45,608 --> 00:33:47,157 Awful... 398 00:33:49,387 --> 00:33:50,514 Awful... 399 00:33:58,038 --> 00:34:00,845 Sir, it's about time. 400 00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:11,579 Ma'am, please don't hold it against me. 401 00:34:12,725 --> 00:34:15,889 There's no definite proof. 402 00:34:17,207 --> 00:34:19,656 That's a nightmare I reeled in, 403 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:24,801 by forcing myself to relive those memories. 404 00:34:26,005 --> 00:34:30,500 It's just possible that everything I've said, 405 00:34:32,122 --> 00:34:34,682 is just bits of my comedy routine. 406 00:34:46,646 --> 00:34:50,879 Here I am alive and well... 407 00:34:51,391 --> 00:34:54,418 but this is just the dregs of my life. 408 00:34:55,011 --> 00:35:00,221 My real life... ended over there... 409 00:35:17,176 --> 00:35:20,772 Mom, why won't you give it a rest? 410 00:35:21,771 --> 00:35:25,833 You may have your heart set on this, but what's the point? 411 00:35:31,874 --> 00:35:33,447 Honey. 412 00:35:34,677 --> 00:35:37,764 Which of them is telling the truth? 413 00:35:39,999 --> 00:35:43,163 One says you charged nobly, 414 00:35:44,635 --> 00:35:47,056 the other called you a potato thief. 415 00:35:47,470 --> 00:35:50,900 You should've called it quits after you got the noble story. 416 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,493 But you had to wander all over. 417 00:35:54,470 --> 00:35:57,981 What if you get sick? Dad'll never rest in peace. 418 00:36:11,267 --> 00:36:12,701 What are you doing? 419 00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:17,502 I'm going back to Tokyo first thing in the morning. 420 00:36:18,906 --> 00:36:21,347 - I may have to stay the night. - Mom! 421 00:36:22,232 --> 00:36:24,463 Let her do what she likes. 422 00:36:27,406 --> 00:36:31,741 I know best how to give Dad his peace. 423 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:37,069 He won't rest in peace until the truth is told. 424 00:36:39,308 --> 00:36:42,574 NOBUYUKI OCHI FORMER MILITARY POLICE SERGEANT 425 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,420 Excuse me, are you Ochi san? 426 00:37:09,267 --> 00:37:10,143 Yes. 427 00:37:14,453 --> 00:37:16,714 I'm... 428 00:37:17,947 --> 00:37:19,558 Is that so? 429 00:37:21,190 --> 00:37:25,589 But I can hardly tell you, 430 00:37:25,792 --> 00:37:27,738 which story is true. 431 00:37:31,590 --> 00:37:34,890 At least I want to know, 432 00:37:35,547 --> 00:37:38,023 whether he was executed. 433 00:37:38,248 --> 00:37:42,781 - You said he was Togashi san? - Yes, Sgt. Togashi. 434 00:37:43,746 --> 00:37:46,672 I don't remember any Sgt. Togashi. 435 00:37:48,505 --> 00:37:51,148 As far as Sergeants go... 436 00:37:54,791 --> 00:37:57,422 Oh, my, a guest. 437 00:37:58,013 --> 00:38:01,081 - My wife. - I'm imposing. 438 00:38:01,197 --> 00:38:03,742 Oh, please, don't get up. 439 00:38:04,449 --> 00:38:06,324 Oh, I'm worn out. 440 00:38:06,485 --> 00:38:09,460 I was up all last night working a party. 441 00:38:09,639 --> 00:38:13,964 Waitressing this way is hard labor. 442 00:38:14,243 --> 00:38:17,492 I snuck in a nap at the restaurant. 443 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:22,507 Excuse me, but I have to lie down. Enjoy your visit. 444 00:38:30,716 --> 00:38:31,965 She's lying. 445 00:38:35,315 --> 00:38:39,445 My wife is seeing the chef at a fancy restaurant. 446 00:38:40,547 --> 00:38:43,265 I'm sure she was with him again last night. 447 00:38:44,261 --> 00:38:47,273 Hey! How dare you, in front of a guest! 448 00:38:47,473 --> 00:38:51,029 Tell me, isn't it written all over her face? 449 00:38:51,314 --> 00:38:54,307 How can you joke about it? Last night, I... 450 00:39:01,507 --> 00:39:06,536 I'm starting to wonder if there's any point in living... 451 00:39:07,309 --> 00:39:11,138 Maybe I would've been better off if I'd faced a firing squad back then. 452 00:39:11,313 --> 00:39:12,337 Firing squad? 453 00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:16,937 The Australians captured me, charged me as a war criminal. 454 00:39:17,431 --> 00:39:20,230 I talked my way out of it and made it home... 455 00:39:20,614 --> 00:39:24,915 Back here, the Americans harassed me for being ex-military police. 456 00:39:25,549 --> 00:39:29,111 Got so I couldn't get to sleep without a drink. 457 00:39:29,879 --> 00:39:31,780 Remember "bomb"? 458 00:39:32,722 --> 00:39:34,987 That postwar black market booze. 459 00:39:35,892 --> 00:39:39,060 The stuff finally got to my eyes. 460 00:39:45,234 --> 00:39:48,036 But getting back to our conversation. 461 00:39:49,381 --> 00:39:53,409 The truth is, when I got that letter from the Ministry, 462 00:39:54,001 --> 00:39:56,207 I hesitated whether or not to tell them... 463 00:39:56,379 --> 00:39:59,247 Do you know something? 464 00:40:00,292 --> 00:40:02,336 Towards the end of the war, 465 00:40:02,578 --> 00:40:05,660 there was one incident I've never been able to forget. 466 00:40:06,423 --> 00:40:07,950 But... 467 00:40:19,452 --> 00:40:22,286 I'm sorry, this is all I have. 468 00:40:23,439 --> 00:40:25,075 So... 469 00:40:26,318 --> 00:40:28,404 what kind of incident was it? 470 00:40:28,984 --> 00:40:31,181 I must warn you. 471 00:40:32,199 --> 00:40:34,950 It's not a very pleasant tale. 472 00:40:39,952 --> 00:40:44,981 And there's no certainty that your husband was involved. 473 00:40:45,430 --> 00:40:50,851 All I'm sure of is that the man was definitely a Sergeant. 474 00:40:54,288 --> 00:40:56,255 Won't you have one? 475 00:40:58,577 --> 00:41:02,107 Please, please tell me. 476 00:41:04,524 --> 00:41:07,419 He killed his buddy and ate him. 477 00:41:11,770 --> 00:41:14,238 AUGUST, 1945 478 00:41:14,678 --> 00:41:18,048 I don't remember the name of the place or the unit, 479 00:41:18,458 --> 00:41:21,155 but about 10 starving soldiers 480 00:41:21,470 --> 00:41:25,703 were stationed at a look-out on the beach. 481 00:41:27,660 --> 00:41:29,574 And one day... 482 00:41:40,393 --> 00:41:43,158 You say it's meat? What meat? 483 00:41:43,494 --> 00:41:45,000 Wild boar. 484 00:41:58,609 --> 00:42:01,233 Where'd you catch it? Around here? 485 00:42:03,128 --> 00:42:05,495 In this heat, it'll rot in no time. 486 00:42:08,684 --> 00:42:12,109 If you've got any salt, I'll trade this for it. 487 00:42:13,882 --> 00:42:16,133 The trade took no time at all... 488 00:42:16,942 --> 00:42:20,169 and they stewed it with rice and ate it. 489 00:42:32,274 --> 00:42:34,521 But this Sergeant 490 00:42:34,710 --> 00:42:36,974 refused to tell 491 00:42:37,228 --> 00:42:41,025 where he'd caught the wild boar, or where his unit was stationed. 492 00:42:41,326 --> 00:42:44,228 One private got suspicious and followed him. 493 00:42:44,903 --> 00:42:50,521 He probably figured on stumbling on a good catch. 494 00:43:00,923 --> 00:43:06,561 But that private was never seen again. 495 00:43:11,914 --> 00:43:14,440 Then, 3 or 4 days later, 496 00:43:14,808 --> 00:43:19,100 the same Sergeant came back to trade meat for salt. 497 00:43:23,365 --> 00:43:24,872 Hey, it's rotten. 498 00:43:25,794 --> 00:43:27,952 Cook it up and it'll be fine. 499 00:43:29,148 --> 00:43:32,397 Trade it for some salt and next time I'll pickle it for you. 500 00:43:32,526 --> 00:43:34,456 Where are all these wild boars? 501 00:43:48,649 --> 00:43:52,271 The Sergeant confessed relatively quickly. 502 00:43:53,576 --> 00:43:56,683 He had deserted with a buddy, 503 00:43:57,077 --> 00:44:01,014 but he'd killed him in a rage over a stolen potato. 504 00:44:02,245 --> 00:44:05,178 He got so hungry, 505 00:44:05,968 --> 00:44:07,795 he ate his friend's buttocks... 506 00:44:10,906 --> 00:44:12,195 Stop it! 507 00:44:19,224 --> 00:44:20,563 So... 508 00:44:21,567 --> 00:44:24,088 that private that never returned... 509 00:44:24,319 --> 00:44:26,880 Turned him into the second tin of meat. 510 00:44:29,825 --> 00:44:34,317 Was that Sergeant executed? 511 00:44:35,572 --> 00:44:36,831 Yes. 512 00:44:38,269 --> 00:44:40,872 - Did you kill him? - No, 513 00:44:41,168 --> 00:44:43,700 I just attended. 514 00:44:47,176 --> 00:44:48,770 Did he... 515 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:52,192 mention his family before he died? 516 00:44:52,515 --> 00:44:54,075 Nothing. 517 00:44:54,834 --> 00:44:57,927 But he did have one photograph. 518 00:44:58,570 --> 00:45:01,114 A photograph of what? 519 00:45:02,383 --> 00:45:06,450 I think it was a young woman holding a baby. 520 00:45:13,235 --> 00:45:17,052 Did that Sergeant look like him? 521 00:45:18,850 --> 00:45:20,207 I'm... 522 00:45:23,397 --> 00:45:26,404 I'm sorry, how thoughtless of me. 523 00:45:27,384 --> 00:45:29,044 That's all right. 524 00:45:31,276 --> 00:45:34,068 Every soldier who fought on that front, 525 00:45:35,329 --> 00:45:38,989 learned just how terrible human beings can be. 526 00:45:40,652 --> 00:45:42,849 In those days, when a soldier died, 527 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:47,474 his buddies would burn his little finger, for ashes to bring home. 528 00:45:47,973 --> 00:45:50,396 Whenever I smelled burning flesh, 529 00:45:51,713 --> 00:45:54,568 before I'd had a chance to cover my nose, 530 00:45:55,567 --> 00:45:58,747 I couldn't stop my own hunger pangs. 531 00:46:00,672 --> 00:46:05,224 I was hardly any different from that Sergeant. 532 00:46:35,174 --> 00:46:37,521 My husband, eating a man. 533 00:46:38,377 --> 00:46:40,021 Just stupid. 534 00:46:41,213 --> 00:46:42,646 Just stupid. 535 00:46:50,355 --> 00:46:52,551 It can't be true, my love. 536 00:46:55,225 --> 00:46:57,516 Everybody's lying. 537 00:47:07,870 --> 00:47:11,419 Nobody knows... the real truth. 538 00:47:13,005 --> 00:47:14,693 Say something? 539 00:47:20,930 --> 00:47:24,685 How dare you! Cut it out! 540 00:47:25,057 --> 00:47:26,810 That hurts. 541 00:47:27,502 --> 00:47:29,079 Stop it. 542 00:47:31,149 --> 00:47:33,599 You disgust me. 543 00:47:34,266 --> 00:47:36,534 I said, no! No! 544 00:47:36,702 --> 00:47:39,934 Nobody knows what happened, shit! Nobody! 545 00:47:40,046 --> 00:47:41,612 Stop! 546 00:47:44,594 --> 00:47:47,787 TADAHIKO OHASHI FORMER 2ND LIEUTENANT, ARMY 547 00:47:48,998 --> 00:47:52,297 "On a journey, with grass for my pillow, 548 00:47:52,499 --> 00:47:55,771 for my beloved I yearn, disturbed as scythed rushes". 549 00:47:59,208 --> 00:48:01,006 This poem, 550 00:48:01,444 --> 00:48:05,723 describes the turbulent emotions of a traveler, 551 00:48:06,087 --> 00:48:07,885 remembering his wife at home, 552 00:48:08,507 --> 00:48:11,677 pining for her everyday. 553 00:48:11,829 --> 00:48:13,406 That's the subject of this poem. 554 00:48:52,419 --> 00:48:54,149 I had... 555 00:48:54,980 --> 00:48:57,506 completely forgotten about it. 556 00:48:58,500 --> 00:49:03,520 In my exhaustion, I suppose I lost the will to recall it. 557 00:49:04,128 --> 00:49:08,668 I stand in awe of your persistent obsession. 558 00:49:16,268 --> 00:49:19,260 What was the meaning of our youth? 559 00:49:21,173 --> 00:49:23,815 When I began teaching, after my repatriation, 560 00:49:24,142 --> 00:49:26,270 it was all I could think about. 561 00:49:27,596 --> 00:49:32,877 The meaning of my life and my friends' lives, lost to the war. 562 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:38,113 A precious sacrifice, that was essential, 563 00:49:38,441 --> 00:49:40,042 for a new and peaceful Japan. 564 00:49:40,792 --> 00:49:43,694 That was the only answer I could find. 565 00:49:44,563 --> 00:49:47,461 Young people know nothing of war. 566 00:49:47,632 --> 00:49:50,035 Nothing of its horrors. 567 00:49:50,769 --> 00:49:53,432 If I have a right to teach anyone anything, 568 00:49:54,373 --> 00:49:59,414 it is only to convey the misery of war to new generations... 569 00:50:10,874 --> 00:50:11,960 BLOODY MAY DAY 570 00:50:16,344 --> 00:50:17,352 REARMAMENT 571 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:26,910 MASSACRE 572 00:50:33,390 --> 00:50:34,410 PATRIOTISM 573 00:50:58,203 --> 00:51:00,035 Is this what we fought for? 574 00:51:00,839 --> 00:51:02,705 Is this what we fought for? 575 00:51:03,583 --> 00:51:06,044 I kept asking myself. 576 00:51:07,746 --> 00:51:09,271 However, 577 00:51:10,315 --> 00:51:12,614 ultimately, I could do nothing. 578 00:51:17,282 --> 00:51:20,013 U.S. BASES OUT OF JAPAN 579 00:51:20,242 --> 00:51:24,889 SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST NARITA AIRPORT 580 00:51:25,026 --> 00:51:26,517 ANTI-WAR 581 00:51:26,777 --> 00:51:29,264 Comrades, the actions we are about to take, 582 00:51:29,568 --> 00:51:31,647 in the face off... 583 00:51:31,809 --> 00:51:34,779 Everything overwhelms me. 584 00:51:35,874 --> 00:51:37,809 I can't keep up. 585 00:51:38,486 --> 00:51:41,964 In my exhaustion, I was only falling behind. 586 00:51:47,979 --> 00:51:51,557 I did answer the Ministry's letter of inquiry. 587 00:51:52,724 --> 00:51:58,347 But I doubt anyone actually paid any attention to my response. 588 00:51:59,158 --> 00:52:02,698 When it's time to take responsibility, they have no integrity. 589 00:52:04,103 --> 00:52:06,095 If the truth is not clear, 590 00:52:06,238 --> 00:52:08,909 they should interpret in favor of the deceased 591 00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:15,044 26 years later, they're still wondering whether someone deserted or not. 592 00:52:16,240 --> 00:52:20,268 In the meantime, a Class-A war criminal has become Prime Minister... 593 00:52:21,953 --> 00:52:24,582 During the war or today, 594 00:52:24,856 --> 00:52:27,825 people from the bottom of the heap, never rest in peace. 595 00:52:46,162 --> 00:52:48,550 The people who died on that island, 596 00:52:49,097 --> 00:52:51,123 were all the same. 597 00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:55,562 No one can discriminate against them or judge them. 598 00:52:56,751 --> 00:53:00,684 Those who fell under enemy fire, those who took their own lives, 599 00:53:01,663 --> 00:53:04,965 those who were executed, those who starved to death, 600 00:53:06,248 --> 00:53:08,676 they all died in combat. 601 00:53:10,919 --> 00:53:13,718 My husband wasn't like everyone else. 602 00:53:19,205 --> 00:53:23,505 Why was he executed? That's what I want to know. 603 00:53:23,765 --> 00:53:25,734 I want to know the truth. 604 00:53:30,814 --> 00:53:34,307 After the war, a certain incident came to light. 605 00:53:35,944 --> 00:53:38,880 It wasn't desertion in the face of enemy fire. 606 00:53:41,210 --> 00:53:43,421 Some soldiers conspired... 607 00:53:43,687 --> 00:53:45,781 to murder their superior officer. 608 00:53:48,524 --> 00:53:50,533 In my unit, 609 00:53:51,476 --> 00:53:53,666 there was a 2nd Lieutenant, Goto. 610 00:53:55,430 --> 00:54:00,318 2nd Lt. Goto had graduated from the same Home Guard training unit as I. 611 00:54:00,732 --> 00:54:04,818 He always swaggered around, Eager to be taken seriously 612 00:54:05,073 --> 00:54:08,404 by non-commissioned officers and military academy graduates. 613 00:54:10,468 --> 00:54:11,685 One day, 614 00:54:12,384 --> 00:54:16,701 an American pilot crash landed near Goto's command post. 615 00:54:22,710 --> 00:54:24,748 Go ahead! Kill him! 616 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:28,841 Major Senda, the Division Staff Officer gave the order. 617 00:54:41,910 --> 00:54:46,852 He should have known better, but Goto volunteered to decapitate him. 618 00:54:47,353 --> 00:54:48,638 No, perhaps, 619 00:54:49,213 --> 00:54:52,445 Senda singled Goto out, 620 00:54:52,768 --> 00:54:55,712 as a way of toughening up someone from the Home Guard. 621 00:56:09,841 --> 00:56:11,712 You! M.P. 622 00:56:11,952 --> 00:56:13,535 Finish it! 623 00:56:13,884 --> 00:56:15,826 Move! 624 00:56:56,209 --> 00:57:01,183 After that, Goto seemed to become increasingly hysterical. 625 00:57:01,516 --> 00:57:02,988 Scum! 626 00:57:08,356 --> 00:57:09,789 Get up! 627 00:57:10,025 --> 00:57:14,025 Forcing his men to unnecessary hard labor, 628 00:57:14,396 --> 00:57:17,241 striking and kicking them for no reason. 629 00:57:29,313 --> 00:57:33,512 He took personal control of the food supply, hoarding it for himself. 630 00:57:40,198 --> 00:57:42,827 He dragged a terminal malarial patient out to work, 631 00:57:43,817 --> 00:57:45,845 killing him. 632 00:57:47,174 --> 00:57:50,440 When the Sergeant protested, unable to tolerate it, 633 00:57:51,131 --> 00:57:54,646 You dare to oppose your superior officer! 634 00:58:28,412 --> 00:58:30,404 The way it's going, 635 00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:34,275 that 2nd Lieutenant's going to kill us. 636 00:59:26,359 --> 00:59:28,260 That Sergeant... 637 00:59:29,297 --> 00:59:31,857 Are you saying he was my husband? 638 00:59:33,687 --> 00:59:37,421 Why? You weren't there when it happened! 639 00:59:39,031 --> 00:59:41,020 But the details of this incident... 640 00:59:41,817 --> 00:59:44,316 were disclosed after the war. 641 00:59:44,473 --> 00:59:46,489 AUGUST 15, 1945 642 00:59:46,634 --> 00:59:49,269 When word of the war's end spread, 643 00:59:50,057 --> 00:59:53,857 men who'd abandoned the front, began to creep out of the jungle. 644 00:59:54,765 --> 00:59:56,426 "It's finally over". 645 00:59:57,258 --> 00:59:59,067 We were all so relieved, 646 00:59:59,154 --> 01:00:02,981 as we gathered at the former Division HQ. 647 01:00:04,348 --> 01:00:06,044 Among the men, 648 01:00:06,189 --> 01:00:10,622 there were 5 who had survived 2nd Lieutenant Goto's command. 649 01:00:18,697 --> 01:00:20,723 Where's 2nd Lieutenant Goto? 650 01:00:21,471 --> 01:00:24,213 What happened to your 2nd Lt.! 651 01:00:25,208 --> 01:00:28,042 - He took his own life. - Crap! 652 01:00:28,411 --> 01:00:31,210 You think you can fool me with that crap! 653 01:00:32,093 --> 01:00:33,933 Major Senda was terrified... 654 01:00:34,098 --> 01:00:38,145 that his botched execution of the prisoner would come to light. 655 01:00:38,698 --> 01:00:43,059 When one of the men confessed to 2nd Lt. Goto's murder... 656 01:00:59,885 --> 01:01:02,582 Executed for murdering a superior officer. 657 01:01:03,580 --> 01:01:06,516 There was no court-martial. 658 01:01:07,184 --> 01:01:09,517 Without even a trial... 659 01:01:11,304 --> 01:01:13,830 The war was already over... 660 01:01:15,258 --> 01:01:16,886 Unbelievable. 661 01:01:18,828 --> 01:01:20,142 I can't believe it. 662 01:01:21,470 --> 01:01:23,626 Before he executed the 5 men, 663 01:01:24,467 --> 01:01:26,775 Senda apparently told them, 664 01:01:27,118 --> 01:01:29,467 "I swear, 30 years from now. 665 01:01:29,606 --> 01:01:33,077 Japan will rise from her ashes, to take revenge, 666 01:01:33,227 --> 01:01:36,006 against the bestial Americans and English. 667 01:01:36,746 --> 01:01:40,615 But our motherland has no need of traitors like you, 668 01:01:40,717 --> 01:01:46,100 who murdered their own superior officer!" 669 01:02:22,273 --> 01:02:23,989 My love. 670 01:02:24,561 --> 01:02:26,997 How furious you must have been. 671 01:02:29,499 --> 01:02:32,751 I've needed you, my love. 672 01:02:33,837 --> 01:02:35,938 For 26 years, 673 01:02:36,673 --> 01:02:40,323 I've needed you each and every day. 674 01:02:45,659 --> 01:02:48,494 Hurry, Grandpa. 675 01:02:48,925 --> 01:02:50,901 Coming, coming. 676 01:02:51,507 --> 01:02:55,721 TAKEO SENDA FORMER MAJOR, ARMY Senda evaded prosecution as a war criminal... 677 01:02:57,314 --> 01:02:59,943 and returned home safely. 678 01:03:00,955 --> 01:03:02,617 Until recently, 679 01:03:02,698 --> 01:03:05,566 he was a Board member of the Southeast Asian Development Corp. 680 01:03:06,456 --> 01:03:09,427 Now, he's retired to a life of leisure. 681 01:03:10,511 --> 01:03:15,725 I've heard that he's even writing a memoir about the New Guinea front. 682 01:03:20,504 --> 01:03:25,014 I met him once by accident. 683 01:03:27,878 --> 01:03:30,201 My stomach churned with rage. 684 01:03:30,959 --> 01:03:32,811 I wanted to kill him, 685 01:03:32,973 --> 01:03:34,441 with all my heart. 686 01:03:34,733 --> 01:03:36,616 I got close enough to look at him. 687 01:03:38,526 --> 01:03:40,608 He barely even noticed me. 688 01:03:41,124 --> 01:03:43,101 He had no recollection. 689 01:03:44,427 --> 01:03:46,592 I could do nothing. 690 01:03:47,731 --> 01:03:49,022 That's right. 691 01:03:50,548 --> 01:03:52,916 I was powerless. 692 01:03:53,295 --> 01:03:54,682 Let's go. 693 01:04:05,469 --> 01:04:07,535 That's a misunderstanding. 694 01:04:07,751 --> 01:04:11,928 Either that, or malicious slander against my record. 695 01:04:12,240 --> 01:04:15,226 It's true, the men were executed. 696 01:04:15,423 --> 01:04:20,937 But they were sentenced to death by court-martial under military law. 697 01:04:21,197 --> 01:04:24,402 Then, where's the court-martial verdict? 698 01:04:24,651 --> 01:04:28,646 I have no idea where it would be after all these years. 699 01:04:28,872 --> 01:04:33,351 Either it was lost in the chaos at the end of the war, or... 700 01:04:33,550 --> 01:04:36,580 it was destroyed with other classified military documents. 701 01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:40,782 In any event, it's noted in the military records of war deaths. 702 01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:43,204 You know that record's useless. 703 01:04:43,598 --> 01:04:47,162 If that's the way you think, we have nothing to discuss. 704 01:04:47,315 --> 01:04:49,089 For what crime was he executed? 705 01:04:49,215 --> 01:04:53,169 Murder of a superior officer, of course, as well as collective desertion. 706 01:04:53,309 --> 01:04:55,565 "Collective" implies a group. 707 01:04:55,675 --> 01:04:59,806 But all it says in the military records is "desertion". 708 01:05:00,046 --> 01:05:04,187 Some kind of error, perhaps a clerical error or some such. 709 01:05:05,340 --> 01:05:08,970 Were the operations of the former Imperial Army really that sloppy! 710 01:05:11,370 --> 01:05:15,590 I understand how you must feel and I do feel sorry for you. 711 01:05:15,936 --> 01:05:20,383 But there's nothing to be done He violated the law. 712 01:05:20,724 --> 01:05:24,695 I had no direct role in that court-martial. 713 01:05:24,995 --> 01:05:29,679 However, I believe that the sentence of execution was merited. 714 01:05:29,866 --> 01:05:32,131 I still believe that, today. 715 01:05:32,510 --> 01:05:36,303 At the time, our soldiers were in a state of shock. 716 01:05:36,506 --> 01:05:40,797 Understandable, given their faith in the Imperial Army's invincibility. 717 01:05:41,044 --> 01:05:43,568 But we officers... 718 01:05:43,780 --> 01:05:48,108 could not afford to abandon ourselves to grief over our defeat. 719 01:05:48,318 --> 01:05:51,742 We had lost, but we had to uphold order 720 01:05:51,933 --> 01:05:54,008 for the sake of patriotism and honor. 721 01:05:54,224 --> 01:05:59,610 For those reasons, the trial and executions were inevitable. 722 01:05:59,829 --> 01:06:02,744 We swallowed our tears and carried them out. 723 01:06:02,922 --> 01:06:06,389 In fact, after that, discipline was restored... 724 01:06:06,711 --> 01:06:12,548 and Japanese soldiers were able to return home with honor. 725 01:06:16,016 --> 01:06:21,976 You're saying you made my husband an example to others, a sacrifice... 726 01:06:22,082 --> 01:06:23,710 Not at all. 727 01:06:24,145 --> 01:06:27,775 We have to maintain order under any circumstances. 728 01:06:28,091 --> 01:06:32,744 Don't we owe the postwar recovery and prosperity, 729 01:06:32,962 --> 01:06:36,884 our new found stature among the world powers in the line of battle, 730 01:06:37,051 --> 01:06:41,790 entirely to the firm imposition of national order? 731 01:06:42,105 --> 01:06:45,086 Unfortunately, your husband... 732 01:06:45,523 --> 01:06:48,609 murdered his superior officer. 733 01:06:49,801 --> 01:06:53,456 He may have had good reason, but when you kill, you are judged. 734 01:06:53,750 --> 01:06:57,140 This is true even in our present democracy. 735 01:06:57,921 --> 01:06:59,402 You... 736 01:07:00,323 --> 01:07:03,191 You're telling me you didn't kill anyone! 737 01:07:03,727 --> 01:07:08,256 Not with your own hands, but you ordered others to, in the Emperor's name! 738 01:07:08,364 --> 01:07:12,509 Japan fought the war as an entire nation. 739 01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:15,156 Don't confuse the two. 740 01:07:17,459 --> 01:07:21,092 - Grandpa, what's wrong? - Nothing at all. 741 01:07:21,604 --> 01:07:22,604 Here. 742 01:07:29,402 --> 01:07:32,964 It may be impossible to ask that you forget. 743 01:07:33,323 --> 01:07:38,644 However, if we are to move on, we must also learn to forget. 744 01:07:38,862 --> 01:07:42,264 If we're obsessed with the past, we are powerless. 745 01:07:42,699 --> 01:07:43,826 Not for me... 746 01:07:43,923 --> 01:07:47,860 For the record and my own honor, let me add the following: 747 01:07:48,188 --> 01:07:51,554 2nd Lt. Goto murdered that American prisoner himself. 748 01:07:51,714 --> 01:07:53,273 I had nothing to do with it. 749 01:07:53,409 --> 01:07:57,101 To claim I executed witnesses to cover it up 750 01:07:57,172 --> 01:07:58,880 is outrageous slander. 751 01:07:59,082 --> 01:08:01,813 Also, we did not execute all 5. 752 01:08:04,590 --> 01:08:08,054 Only the 3 actively involved in the murder. 753 01:08:08,299 --> 01:08:10,771 The other 2 went to prison. 754 01:08:11,127 --> 01:08:13,549 One of them died of an illness there. 755 01:08:13,730 --> 01:08:17,116 I hear the other made it home safely. 756 01:08:17,300 --> 01:08:20,979 I believe his name was Private First Class Terajima. 757 01:08:21,987 --> 01:08:23,750 Private First Class Terajima? 758 01:08:28,804 --> 01:08:34,015 But no matter what anyone says, Togashi san died nobly in combat. 759 01:08:34,294 --> 01:08:37,967 That's right... It's coming back now. 760 01:08:38,131 --> 01:08:43,242 It was Terajima who confessed that Togashi and others were murderers. 761 01:08:51,726 --> 01:08:53,505 That's right. 762 01:08:54,666 --> 01:08:58,262 I'm the one who revealed the crime. 763 01:08:59,584 --> 01:09:04,079 All I cared about was getting out alive so I betrayed my buddies. 764 01:09:04,631 --> 01:09:07,585 So you made up that whole story? 765 01:09:10,254 --> 01:09:13,190 To escape responsibility for what you did, 766 01:09:13,857 --> 01:09:16,038 you lied to me? 767 01:09:17,177 --> 01:09:20,022 You have every right to accuse me. 768 01:09:20,396 --> 01:09:21,991 But... 769 01:09:22,999 --> 01:09:26,125 there's more to the story than that. 770 01:09:29,873 --> 01:09:31,432 Will you hear me out? 771 01:09:35,979 --> 01:09:39,547 When we heard that the war was over, 772 01:09:39,766 --> 01:09:45,458 Togashi's squad was posted at a look-out 10 kms from HQ. 773 01:09:46,589 --> 01:09:49,007 We had eaten everything we possibly could, 774 01:09:49,165 --> 01:09:52,703 and were one step away from starvation. 775 01:09:53,973 --> 01:09:59,435 So, when we got the order to assemble at Division HQ 776 01:10:00,044 --> 01:10:03,562 no one had the will to get up and start. 777 01:10:04,793 --> 01:10:08,920 For a while, we just lay around blankly 778 01:10:10,847 --> 01:10:15,161 in my case, particularly, malaria and malnutrition 779 01:10:15,551 --> 01:10:18,988 had reduced me to such a state, I couldn't even walk. 780 01:10:21,265 --> 01:10:25,664 Then, suddenly, 2nd Lieutenant Goto turned up. 781 01:10:33,110 --> 01:10:34,349 Salute. 782 01:10:36,201 --> 01:10:39,933 Listen up, our platoon is launching an offensive. 783 01:10:40,243 --> 01:10:42,111 Take up your weapons. 784 01:10:44,113 --> 01:10:47,369 We've been ordered to assemble at Division HQ. 785 01:10:47,595 --> 01:10:50,740 No need for that! Defeat is just a rumor! 786 01:10:52,255 --> 01:10:54,979 "God's land is immortal, the Imperial Army invincible!" 787 01:10:55,124 --> 01:10:57,627 We will fight to the bitter end! 788 01:10:57,794 --> 01:11:00,821 We'll cut off every last enemy head! 789 01:11:02,265 --> 01:11:04,325 Why are you looking at me like that! 790 01:11:05,034 --> 01:11:07,003 Why don't you pick up your guns? 791 01:11:07,103 --> 01:11:10,439 You bastards would rather lose the war? 792 01:11:10,707 --> 01:11:13,267 Don't you care what happens to Japan? 793 01:11:13,710 --> 01:11:15,838 How about it, Sgt. Togashi! 794 01:11:16,679 --> 01:11:17,772 Say something! 795 01:11:18,717 --> 01:11:23,045 You scum! Challenging my authority because I'm from the Home Guard! 796 01:11:24,754 --> 01:11:26,861 I love my country! 797 01:11:27,724 --> 01:11:30,159 I love it more than any of you scum! 798 01:11:32,228 --> 01:11:34,254 Why are you lying around! 799 01:11:34,964 --> 01:11:36,523 Get up! 800 01:11:37,133 --> 01:11:38,931 I said, get up! 801 01:11:39,402 --> 01:11:40,927 Get up! 802 01:11:42,305 --> 01:11:46,087 You bastard! A soldier like you... 803 01:11:56,152 --> 01:11:57,923 Scum! 804 01:12:00,223 --> 01:12:02,385 I'm your superior officer! 805 01:12:02,492 --> 01:12:04,092 Cut it out. 806 01:13:00,569 --> 01:13:02,202 Then, what happened? 807 01:13:15,309 --> 01:13:18,473 Sergeant, sir, you've... The 2nd Lieutenant... 808 01:13:29,114 --> 01:13:32,989 The 2nd Lt. killed himself. Went mad when he heard of our defeat. 809 01:13:34,119 --> 01:13:37,418 Got that? The 2nd Lt. killed himself. 810 01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:18,084 And then, 811 01:14:18,663 --> 01:14:23,825 Togashi san and the other 3 left for Division Headquarters. 812 01:14:26,838 --> 01:14:29,205 They left you to die. 813 01:14:29,975 --> 01:14:33,580 Each of them could barely walk. 814 01:14:36,690 --> 01:14:41,458 Of course they left me behind, I couldn't take a step on my own. 815 01:14:46,224 --> 01:14:50,003 They said they'd send someone to get me when they got to HQ. 816 01:14:52,438 --> 01:14:58,339 I had no choice but to trust them, and wait... 817 01:15:30,001 --> 01:15:32,184 It's salty. 818 01:15:33,738 --> 01:15:38,191 There was something so delicious left in my own body. 819 01:15:40,044 --> 01:15:43,173 This was a new discovery. 820 01:15:44,616 --> 01:15:48,517 And with that, I felt such hunger. 821 01:15:55,385 --> 01:15:57,141 I wonder... 822 01:15:59,564 --> 01:16:02,124 if I can eat this... 823 01:17:22,404 --> 01:17:25,704 I ate a man... 824 01:17:26,918 --> 01:17:31,356 A man... 825 01:17:33,825 --> 01:17:37,455 But the world didn't change. 826 01:17:49,190 --> 01:17:53,423 So you ate a man, so what? 827 01:17:56,105 --> 01:18:00,448 I'm going to live I'm going to get out of here. 828 01:18:21,339 --> 01:18:23,790 I'd gone and eaten it. 829 01:18:26,411 --> 01:18:31,481 The meat of the man your husband had killed. 830 01:18:39,884 --> 01:18:44,845 Thanks to that, I found the strength to get up and walk. 831 01:18:46,905 --> 01:18:52,813 By the time I straggled into Division Headquarters the next day, 832 01:18:53,504 --> 01:18:59,344 Senda was already interrogating Togashi and the others. 833 01:19:01,345 --> 01:19:04,645 Of course they accused me, too. 834 01:19:05,306 --> 01:19:09,639 They threatened me with a firing squad unless I told the truth. 835 01:19:12,190 --> 01:19:15,957 I was desperate to live. 836 01:19:17,035 --> 01:19:22,631 Besides, if I told them that the 2nd Lt. had gone mad, 837 01:19:22,934 --> 01:19:26,837 Togashi and the others' sentences would be lighter. 838 01:19:27,705 --> 01:19:32,040 That's what I told myself as I confessed everything. 839 01:19:32,917 --> 01:19:36,354 Leaving out, of course that I'd eaten human flesh. 840 01:19:38,850 --> 01:19:43,124 But, Togashi and the others were executed. 841 01:19:46,483 --> 01:19:50,420 Corporal Nakamura, who wasn't involved directly, 842 01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:53,532 died of disease before he got home. 843 01:19:55,494 --> 01:20:00,558 I'm the only one who made it back to Japan. 844 01:20:05,009 --> 01:20:08,776 Tokyo was a vast, burned out wasteland. 845 01:20:09,988 --> 01:20:14,187 People were living among the ruins without shame or inhibition, 846 01:20:14,586 --> 01:20:17,920 their naked and raw humanity exposed. 847 01:20:19,057 --> 01:20:24,069 I found that so comforting. 848 01:20:25,630 --> 01:20:28,545 "Everyone's just like me". 849 01:20:29,400 --> 01:20:33,264 I forgot all about eating human flesh, and betraying my comrades, 850 01:20:34,414 --> 01:20:38,257 and I felt utterly at peace. 851 01:20:39,673 --> 01:20:42,484 But that didn't last for long. 852 01:20:44,006 --> 01:20:46,388 Order was soon restored. 853 01:20:46,413 --> 01:20:47,857 MILITARY PROCUREMENT BOOM 854 01:20:51,522 --> 01:20:55,438 As the streets, the houses and how people dressed, 855 01:20:56,091 --> 01:20:58,273 rapidly improved, 856 01:21:00,666 --> 01:21:02,969 I found myself... 857 01:21:03,216 --> 01:21:07,066 all alone, left behind like an idiot. 858 01:21:09,407 --> 01:21:13,438 And the terrible memories of eating flesh 859 01:21:13,633 --> 01:21:16,623 and betraying my comrades, 860 01:21:18,057 --> 01:21:22,375 began to weigh on my heart, day and night. 861 01:21:25,210 --> 01:21:27,405 I ran away. 862 01:21:29,637 --> 01:21:32,687 The world was after me and I ran away. 863 01:21:38,052 --> 01:21:43,159 And I settled into this Korean shanty-town. 864 01:21:44,609 --> 01:21:47,263 But this place, too, 865 01:21:47,793 --> 01:21:50,677 won't last another month. 866 01:22:14,138 --> 01:22:17,526 The kind of place where I feel at home, 867 01:22:18,276 --> 01:22:22,665 the carefree world of burned out ruins 868 01:22:23,833 --> 01:22:29,059 no longer even exists in Japan. 869 01:22:36,945 --> 01:22:38,709 Terajima san. 870 01:22:41,580 --> 01:22:46,022 Please tell me how my husband spent his final hours. 871 01:22:47,907 --> 01:22:50,250 Didn't Ochi san tell you? 872 01:22:53,356 --> 01:22:54,402 Ochi san? 873 01:22:55,772 --> 01:23:00,293 Ochi san was the military policeman who executed him. 874 01:23:30,122 --> 01:23:31,422 My... 875 01:23:32,683 --> 01:23:34,043 You... 876 01:23:34,996 --> 01:23:36,928 I remember. 877 01:23:39,272 --> 01:23:42,394 Your husband... 878 01:23:44,296 --> 01:23:47,820 That night, after you came, he was run over by a truck. 879 01:23:56,958 --> 01:24:00,354 That night, oddly, he got drunk before going to work. 880 01:24:02,446 --> 01:24:05,346 They say he crossed on a red light. 881 01:24:06,774 --> 01:24:11,059 He was such a cautious man I wonder what happened... 882 01:24:13,024 --> 01:24:17,683 Of course he was blind, so he couldn't see the light... 883 01:24:20,156 --> 01:24:21,624 Madam, the photograph. 884 01:24:21,827 --> 01:24:24,605 Oh, dear, I forgot. 885 01:24:25,679 --> 01:24:29,514 It happened so quickly, this was the only photo. 886 01:25:04,695 --> 01:25:06,687 Togashi san, 887 01:25:07,915 --> 01:25:11,760 before he died, apparently he told Ochi, 888 01:25:13,521 --> 01:25:15,038 he wanted some rice. 889 01:25:19,923 --> 01:25:21,180 Rice? 890 01:25:21,378 --> 01:25:25,545 That's right, I'm Japanese I want to eat white rice. 891 01:25:26,707 --> 01:25:28,321 I can't rest in peace on this! 892 01:25:31,348 --> 01:25:33,872 - Any rice left? - Not sure... 893 01:25:44,018 --> 01:25:46,783 You can't execute me until I've had rice! 894 01:26:45,496 --> 01:26:47,624 This is all we've got. 895 01:26:48,792 --> 01:26:50,784 You'll have to make do with it. 896 01:30:30,753 --> 01:30:32,338 Which way is Japan? 897 01:31:41,709 --> 01:31:44,454 Sakai, Kobari, hold out your hands! 898 01:31:44,612 --> 01:31:47,707 Your hands! Listen! 899 01:31:48,598 --> 01:31:53,211 They drafted us together and we'll stick together in death. 900 01:31:53,347 --> 01:31:54,897 Emperor! 901 01:32:23,758 --> 01:32:26,383 He called out to the Emperor? 902 01:32:29,598 --> 01:32:32,625 You think he meant to say"Banzai," to honor him? 903 01:32:32,923 --> 01:32:36,406 No, it didn't sound that way to me. 904 01:32:38,083 --> 01:32:41,053 It was almost an accusation... 905 01:32:42,031 --> 01:32:45,398 Like a protest. 906 01:32:45,780 --> 01:32:48,306 That's how he cried out... 907 01:32:59,202 --> 01:33:03,663 What happened to the families of the men who died with my husband? 908 01:33:05,500 --> 01:33:08,766 Private First Class Sakai's widow... 909 01:33:10,238 --> 01:33:13,600 married Sakai's younger brother. 910 01:33:18,922 --> 01:33:24,520 They're farmers, deep in the mountains up north. 911 01:33:25,462 --> 01:33:31,311 They don't want to remember anything about the past, at all. 912 01:33:56,442 --> 01:34:00,790 Private Kobari came from Hiroshima. 913 01:34:04,335 --> 01:34:07,305 They say he lost his parents, his whole family, 914 01:34:07,545 --> 01:34:10,540 to the atomic bomb. 915 01:35:02,009 --> 01:35:05,377 The government didn't ask anybody's permission to start the war, 916 01:35:06,764 --> 01:35:12,051 but we're the ones stuck paying for all of it. 917 01:35:30,368 --> 01:35:32,269 REJECTED CLAIM OF SAKIE TOGASHI 918 01:35:38,955 --> 01:35:42,464 My love, it turns out, 919 01:35:44,092 --> 01:35:48,359 we can't have the Emperor dedicating any flowers to you. 920 01:35:50,107 --> 01:35:55,068 Besides, no matter what anyone does, 921 01:35:56,322 --> 01:35:59,451 your spirit will never rest in peace. 922 01:36:01,921 --> 01:36:04,117 JAPANESE SOLDIERS DEATHS IN THE PACIFIC WAR 923 01:36:04,223 --> 01:36:08,251 COMBAT-2.2 MILLION NON COMBAT-.9 MILLION 924 01:36:08,361 --> 01:36:13,322 TOTAL 3.1 MILLION 925 01:36:18,605 --> 01:36:22,303 THE END 926 01:36:22,502 --> 01:36:25,006 English subtitles by LINDA HOAGLUND