2 00:00:35,830 --> 00:00:37,450 Hey, Iso. 3 00:00:37,870 --> 00:00:43,240 At the time of the Boshin Civil War, your grandfather 4 00:00:43,450 --> 00:00:45,490 was already 77 years old. 5 00:00:45,790 --> 00:00:48,700 But he bravely charged the enemy. 6 00:00:48,910 --> 00:00:52,290 He died a glorious death. 7 00:00:54,250 --> 00:00:57,800 Our city, Nagaoka, burned for three days and nights. 8 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,130 The whole city burned to ashes. 9 00:01:01,370 --> 00:01:04,700 It was a horrible sight to behold. 10 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,990 That was 20 years ago. 11 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,490 Time does fly... 12 00:01:19,250 --> 00:01:26,500 THE ADMIRAL (ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO) 13 00:01:40,450 --> 00:01:41,660 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 14 00:01:41,790 --> 00:01:44,240 Company, halt! 15 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,160 Left turn! 16 00:01:47,950 --> 00:01:50,450 Take aim! 17 00:01:52,250 --> 00:01:53,550 What the hell are you up to! 18 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:55,290 How dare you aim at the Navy! 19 00:01:55,410 --> 00:01:56,490 How dare you! 20 00:01:56,620 --> 00:01:57,700 Withdraw! 21 00:01:59,370 --> 00:02:03,450 If the Army wants a fight, let us be prepared! 22 00:02:03,660 --> 00:02:05,540 Hurry to the generators! 23 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:10,790 If they cut off our water and power, 3,000 men won't be able to flush! 24 00:02:15,290 --> 00:02:16,660 Withdraw! 25 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:19,450 At ease! 26 00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:25,540 Company, advance! 27 00:02:36,410 --> 00:02:37,490 Yes. 28 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,250 Excuse me. 29 00:02:40,910 --> 00:02:43,370 I've ordered a Yokosuka land battalion to stand by. 30 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:44,670 I see. 31 00:02:45,330 --> 00:02:47,410 The Army is insolent! 32 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:51,990 To conclude the Tripartite Pact, they're even threatening a coup d'état. 33 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:56,330 That was a real scare. 34 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:59,830 I thought they'd really shoot. 35 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:04,330 The Army and Navy shooting at each other is no joking matter. 36 00:03:04,830 --> 00:03:07,740 But I trust all is well, Yamamoto? 37 00:03:07,950 --> 00:03:12,490 Yes. With General Inoue in charge, things will be fine. 38 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:14,330 Right. 39 00:03:14,910 --> 00:03:16,660 I'll excuse myself, then. 40 00:03:16,950 --> 00:03:18,160 Minister. 41 00:03:18,540 --> 00:03:22,990 Please make no scandalous detours on your way home today. 42 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:25,240 Right. 43 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:29,830 Only because you insist. 44 00:03:35,950 --> 00:03:37,700 He'll detour. 45 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,160 Yes, a detour is written all over his face. 46 00:03:43,450 --> 00:03:44,740 Excuse me. 47 00:03:48,250 --> 00:03:51,710 Undersecretary, Chief Editor Munakata of Tokyo Nippo is here. 48 00:03:51,910 --> 00:03:55,580 Oh, it's that time already? I leave you in charge. 49 00:03:59,830 --> 00:04:02,290 Shindo here 50 00:04:02,410 --> 00:04:06,450 was completely panicked that a battle was about to start. 51 00:04:06,660 --> 00:04:11,620 At this rate, we could repeat the tragedy of the February 26 coup from three years ago. 52 00:04:12,290 --> 00:04:17,160 Undersecretary, you should look after your own personal safety. 53 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,370 I appreciate your concern. 54 00:04:25,450 --> 00:04:27,490 Even with things in this state, 55 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,490 will the Navy still oppose the Tripartite Pact? 56 00:04:31,660 --> 00:04:32,830 Yes, of course. 57 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,880 Is your reason America? 58 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,240 If we side with Germany, America won't sit still. 59 00:04:38,370 --> 00:04:43,330 Which country stole land from our countrymen with their discriminatory law? 60 00:04:43,660 --> 00:04:44,790 America. 61 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:50,200 And proposed the League of Nations but refuses to join over the Monroe Doctrine? 62 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:51,580 America. 63 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:55,290 On top of that, expands their own colonies, 64 00:04:55,450 --> 00:04:58,950 but refuses to acknowledge our rightful national interests in Asia? 65 00:04:59,540 --> 00:05:00,660 As you say. 66 00:05:00,830 --> 00:05:04,160 Why wouldn't you try to sweep aside such a country? 67 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:07,950 Can you sweep them aside? 68 00:05:09,450 --> 00:05:10,620 It's true. 69 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,290 Their shipbuilding capacity is 4.5 times ours. 70 00:05:16,450 --> 00:05:20,540 For aeroplanes, six times, for cars, 100 times. 71 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:22,830 For oil, 700 times ours. 72 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,630 In half a day, they produce Japan's annual consumption. 73 00:05:27,370 --> 00:05:31,240 In national strength, America is 10 times stronger than Japan. 74 00:05:31,370 --> 00:05:32,620 Your understanding is correct. 75 00:05:32,790 --> 00:05:38,160 But in the Russo-Japanese war, we beat Russia, also 10 times our might, right? 76 00:05:44,790 --> 00:05:47,580 At the time, Russia was undergoing a revolution. 77 00:05:48,330 --> 00:05:52,330 Thus, we could sue for peace after one victorious battle. 78 00:05:53,410 --> 00:05:57,870 But today, wars are total wars. 79 00:05:58,580 --> 00:06:01,990 It will not end until one side has burned to ashes. 80 00:06:02,250 --> 00:06:05,630 So we should shut up and do America's bidding? 81 00:06:05,790 --> 00:06:06,990 No. 82 00:06:07,580 --> 00:06:12,290 We must boldly assert our nation's conditions 83 00:06:12,660 --> 00:06:16,370 and confront our opponents without fear. But that, 84 00:06:17,370 --> 00:06:21,370 should be handled by diplomacy. That is my point. 85 00:06:21,540 --> 00:06:23,790 Your point is well taken. 86 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,170 But the last resort of diplomacy is war... 87 00:06:30,750 --> 00:06:32,050 Is it not? 88 00:06:34,290 --> 00:06:36,080 Listen, Mr Munakata, 89 00:06:36,540 --> 00:06:40,870 once you start a war, there's no turning back. 90 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,910 We must not bring catastrophe upon our nation 91 00:06:45,330 --> 00:06:48,290 by charging without sober deliberation. 92 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:51,840 So we must grin and bear it? 93 00:06:52,660 --> 00:06:57,870 Even if our people are smothered by this gloomy helplessness? 94 00:07:00,370 --> 00:07:02,290 Isn't it you, 95 00:07:02,790 --> 00:07:06,990 who are fanning the flames of this helplessness you refer to? 96 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:12,080 The newspapers simply represent public opinion. 97 00:07:12,580 --> 00:07:14,370 This public opinion, 98 00:07:15,290 --> 00:07:19,910 is it truly the voice of the people? 99 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:25,370 Right. 100 00:07:26,370 --> 00:07:27,490 Welcome back! 101 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,870 - Shindo, Shindo! - Yes! 102 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,590 Did you get Undersecretary Yamamoto? 103 00:07:32,750 --> 00:07:34,090 The chief is in his room. 104 00:07:34,290 --> 00:07:36,450 Okay! He'll write the editorial in time. Akiyama! 105 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,620 What was Undersecretary Yamamoto like? 106 00:07:39,790 --> 00:07:43,330 He's a mysterious man. 107 00:07:43,490 --> 00:07:46,910 But it's clear the Tripartite Pact is a long way off. 108 00:07:47,830 --> 00:07:51,120 Internally, the Navy is still fighting the Boshin War. 109 00:07:51,330 --> 00:07:52,490 The Boshin War? 110 00:07:52,660 --> 00:07:55,910 The Navy's inner circle come from Satsuma and Choshu clans. 111 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:00,200 But the minister and the general come from Morioka and Sendai. 112 00:08:00,330 --> 00:08:03,240 And the Undersecretary comes from Nagaoka. 113 00:08:03,370 --> 00:08:06,040 They all fought Satsuma and Choshu. 114 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:10,080 I see, of course they'll clash. 115 00:08:13,410 --> 00:08:17,120 WAR RECORDS OF IMPERIAL JAPAN 116 00:08:23,660 --> 00:08:25,660 War Records of Imperial Japan. 117 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,370 In 1868, even as the Boshin Civil War raged, 118 00:08:30,540 --> 00:08:34,120 our nation entered the new Meiji era, 119 00:08:34,410 --> 00:08:37,790 and based on twin victories over Russia and China, 120 00:08:37,910 --> 00:08:41,290 grew to be counted among the world's five great nations. 121 00:08:41,950 --> 00:08:45,200 And the Great War, which erupted in the Taisho era, 122 00:08:45,330 --> 00:08:48,830 brought our nation unprecedented prosperity. 123 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:55,120 But as the Showa era dawned, the great depression stormed Japan. 124 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:59,620 Advancing on Manchuria was Japan's solution. 125 00:09:00,580 --> 00:09:03,200 Ever since, our conflict with China intensified 126 00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:06,620 and over the course of seven years of localized combat, 127 00:09:06,790 --> 00:09:11,990 domestically, Japan witnessed three major military coups d'états, 128 00:09:12,370 --> 00:09:15,080 spreading social anxiety. 129 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,670 On July 7th, 1937, war with China erupts. 130 00:09:20,830 --> 00:09:23,700 Japan and China are finally in full-scale war. 131 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,500 The Army believed it would win in one month, but the Soviet Union, England, 132 00:09:28,910 --> 00:09:32,240 and America all aided Chiang Kai-shek's government 133 00:09:32,410 --> 00:09:35,040 and the fighting bogged down. 134 00:09:37,950 --> 00:09:39,700 That was when Germany, under command of Hitler, 135 00:09:39,870 --> 00:09:43,490 asked Japan to join the Tripartite Pact with Italy. 136 00:09:44,370 --> 00:09:50,120 For Japan, bogged down in China, it was an extremely attractive offer. 137 00:09:51,620 --> 00:09:55,240 The Japanese people were in a frenzy over Germany's 138 00:09:55,370 --> 00:09:57,990 ferocious military advance over Europe. 139 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,700 But despite an avalanche of support for the Tripartite Pact, 140 00:10:01,870 --> 00:10:06,370 the Navy's sole opposition managed to prevent its conclusion. 141 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,200 "...to join forces with our German ally, 142 00:10:11,330 --> 00:10:15,870 "to liberate Asia from the grip of the Euro-American powers, 143 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,240 "in order to build the New East Asian Order, 144 00:10:19,370 --> 00:10:23,620 "now is the time for the Navy to decisively support the Tripartite Pact. 145 00:10:23,750 --> 00:10:26,710 "We fervently desire this." 146 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,830 All right, that's the editorial. Submit this! 147 00:10:29,950 --> 00:10:31,040 Yes! 148 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:35,370 Yes? Political Desk. 149 00:10:37,750 --> 00:10:39,340 Aborted assassination? 150 00:10:42,490 --> 00:10:43,700 ASSASSINATION PLOT 151 00:10:43,830 --> 00:10:45,790 UNDERSECRETARY YAMAMOTO TARGET 152 00:10:45,910 --> 00:10:48,700 I demand that the Navy's Yonai, Yamamoto, 153 00:10:48,870 --> 00:10:52,080 and Inoue, who all advance 154 00:10:52,250 --> 00:10:54,590 Britain and America's cause, 155 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:58,620 by blocking the Tripartite Pact, so essential to Japanese policy today, 156 00:10:58,750 --> 00:11:00,960 all resign immediately! 157 00:11:02,330 --> 00:11:04,240 The Military Police have offered protection. 158 00:11:04,370 --> 00:11:07,490 The usual routine is fine. The Army's Military Police scare me more. 159 00:11:07,660 --> 00:11:08,660 But, Sir... 160 00:11:08,790 --> 00:11:10,660 The usual routine is fine. 161 00:11:10,790 --> 00:11:15,240 If my death awakens the Japanese people, so be it. 162 00:11:16,370 --> 00:11:17,950 Totally inappropriate! 163 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,660 Don't twist things your way! 164 00:11:20,790 --> 00:11:24,450 Isn't the Tripartite Pact necessary so that Germany can restrain 165 00:11:24,660 --> 00:11:26,450 the Soviet Union from invading south! 166 00:11:26,660 --> 00:11:29,700 Incomprehensible! Do you have any brains in your head? 167 00:11:29,870 --> 00:11:32,950 Why the hell would Germany move to support Japan? 168 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:34,330 What! 169 00:11:35,330 --> 00:11:36,410 Oh, Sir... 170 00:11:36,660 --> 00:11:40,410 Are you all analysing international affairs? 171 00:11:40,660 --> 00:11:43,200 These naval officers are worse than the Army. 172 00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:44,580 Undersecretary, 173 00:11:45,290 --> 00:11:49,160 why do you not acknowledge the strength of our ally, Germany? 174 00:11:49,290 --> 00:11:50,700 Our ally? 175 00:11:51,290 --> 00:11:53,990 You're awfully devoted to Germany. 176 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:58,240 In that case, I presume you've read Hitler's Mein Kampf? 177 00:11:58,410 --> 00:11:59,910 Every last page. 178 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,450 In other words, 179 00:12:18,580 --> 00:12:22,660 the Japanese are an inferior race, lacking in imagination, 180 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,340 but they are skilful and clever 181 00:12:25,490 --> 00:12:28,790 and perfect for Germany to use! 182 00:12:29,490 --> 00:12:31,160 I never read those words! 183 00:12:31,290 --> 00:12:32,870 Of course not! 184 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:38,080 Because Chapter 11 in your edition is conveniently deleted! 185 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,170 Unfortunately, it seems an essential part was missing 186 00:12:44,330 --> 00:12:46,700 from the Japanese translation you men read. 187 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:51,240 If you don't trace things back to their source, 188 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,490 you can overlook the essentials. 189 00:12:55,660 --> 00:12:56,740 Enter. 190 00:12:57,290 --> 00:12:58,660 Excuse me. 191 00:13:00,490 --> 00:13:01,700 What? 192 00:13:02,330 --> 00:13:05,660 Germany signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union. 193 00:13:07,290 --> 00:13:11,870 Your ally has sided with our sworn enemy. 194 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:17,450 Prime Minister Hiranuma is dissolving the cabinet. 195 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:24,370 The signing of the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet... 196 00:13:24,490 --> 00:13:29,660 Hitler gave up on Japan because we dithered. Farewell Tripartite Pact. 197 00:13:29,830 --> 00:13:34,240 War with America will have to wait thanks to the cowards in the Navy. 198 00:13:34,410 --> 00:13:36,160 - Welcome. - All done with the show? 199 00:13:36,290 --> 00:13:39,450 I'm so hungry. Noodles please! 200 00:13:39,660 --> 00:13:43,540 At least remove your stage makeup before filling your belly. 201 00:13:43,700 --> 00:13:47,160 Nobody brings me snacks to my dressing room any more. 202 00:13:47,290 --> 00:13:48,540 Not in this economy... 203 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:53,830 If they don't start a war soon, my factory will go bankrupt. 204 00:13:54,410 --> 00:13:57,240 Say, if a war starts, 205 00:13:57,370 --> 00:14:00,160 will the economy really get better? 206 00:14:00,330 --> 00:14:03,990 In the Great War, 20 years ago, the economy quickly recovered. 207 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,200 That's right, war is best. 208 00:14:06,370 --> 00:14:09,660 We're already at war with China. 209 00:14:09,830 --> 00:14:12,540 We can't start wars everywhere. 210 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:16,160 But it's America that's behind China. 211 00:14:16,290 --> 00:14:19,240 So if we beat America, we can beat China, too. 212 00:14:19,370 --> 00:14:20,450 Exactly! 213 00:14:20,660 --> 00:14:22,740 YAMAMOTO PROMOTED TO FLEET COMMANDER 214 00:14:22,910 --> 00:14:24,450 Six pence! 215 00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:28,490 This one, too. 216 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:35,830 Minister, the Tripartite Pact negotiations ended, 217 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,330 but none of the problems are solved. 218 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,300 Please let me remain and serve as Undersecretary. 219 00:14:47,950 --> 00:14:51,160 But if you stay here in headquarters, 220 00:14:52,580 --> 00:14:55,490 you'll run out of lives. 221 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:03,300 Why don't you spend some time out at sea. 222 00:15:11,490 --> 00:15:14,120 Hey, Inoue. 223 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,160 Thank you for your long service. 224 00:15:20,750 --> 00:15:22,170 I'm grateful. 225 00:15:23,410 --> 00:15:26,290 You forcefully pressured the Ministry 226 00:15:26,410 --> 00:15:29,120 into stopping the Tripartite Pact. 227 00:15:29,750 --> 00:15:34,090 You saved the Navy. 228 00:15:34,950 --> 00:15:38,790 No, I had my hands full reining in the youth. 229 00:15:38,950 --> 00:15:41,290 Which left no time for constructive 230 00:15:41,410 --> 00:15:46,200 discussions about the future of Japan. I'm disappointed. 231 00:15:46,330 --> 00:15:47,450 Well... 232 00:15:47,910 --> 00:15:51,290 In the fall, I'll be transferred to the China Sea fleet. 233 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:54,330 I had hoped that at least you would stay in the Ministry. 234 00:15:55,330 --> 00:15:56,740 Admiral Yamamoto... 235 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,620 Thank you for everything. 236 00:16:04,450 --> 00:16:07,330 Right, we'll meet again. 237 00:16:20,950 --> 00:16:23,160 So you're the Fleet Commander. 238 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:28,830 You, who never aspired to fame or fortune. 239 00:16:30,580 --> 00:16:34,330 You're unmatched in the Navy, Hori, 240 00:16:34,540 --> 00:16:36,870 and much more suited than me. 241 00:16:37,490 --> 00:16:39,160 Won't you take my place? 242 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:45,080 I'm a civilian now. They fired me five years ago. 243 00:16:46,620 --> 00:16:48,830 "Fleet in being." 244 00:16:48,990 --> 00:16:54,290 A nation's navy is always defending. 245 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,660 It exists to guarantee peace. 246 00:16:59,330 --> 00:17:03,330 The non-combative fleet you kept lobbying for, 247 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:05,740 is hard to realise. 248 00:17:06,830 --> 00:17:11,160 The current Military Command knows nothing of war 249 00:17:11,330 --> 00:17:13,950 and neither do the military planners. 250 00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:18,330 It's impossible to persuade them. 251 00:17:20,450 --> 00:17:21,540 Hori... 252 00:17:21,950 --> 00:17:23,160 Yeah? 253 00:17:25,660 --> 00:17:27,740 Take my place? 254 00:17:39,790 --> 00:17:44,700 It's been five years since I've been to sea. 255 00:17:55,830 --> 00:17:57,700 September, 1939, 256 00:17:57,830 --> 00:18:01,580 Yamamoto bid farewell to the Navy Ministry. 257 00:18:01,830 --> 00:18:07,080 And he assumed his post as Fleet Commander on the flagship, Nagato, 258 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,080 based on Hashira Island in the Inland Sea. 259 00:18:10,660 --> 00:18:14,990 Just then, the blitzkrieg struck Europe. 260 00:18:16,580 --> 00:18:19,990 Germany finally launched its attack against Poland. 261 00:18:20,660 --> 00:18:24,490 In response, England and France declared war. 262 00:18:24,660 --> 00:18:28,790 The peace in Europe did not even last 20 years, 263 00:18:28,910 --> 00:18:32,580 and eight months passed in this new Second World War. 264 00:18:36,660 --> 00:18:40,290 Meanwhile, under Yamamoto's command, 265 00:18:40,410 --> 00:18:44,040 the Japanese fleet improved the performance of its aircraft carriers, 266 00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:47,580 vigorously training its carrier-based planes. 267 00:18:49,910 --> 00:18:51,990 May, 1940, 268 00:18:52,290 --> 00:18:55,780 Germany broke its inaction and began invading again. 269 00:18:56,290 --> 00:19:01,580 Quickly conquering Belgium and Holland, in one month, it occupied Paris. 270 00:19:02,750 --> 00:19:07,670 It was an overwhelming victory, a "blitzkrieg" in every sense. 271 00:19:08,410 --> 00:19:11,200 As though in concert with Germany's blitzkrieg, 272 00:19:11,330 --> 00:19:16,490 voices called anew for the Tripartite Pact in Japan. 273 00:19:20,290 --> 00:19:23,290 The Germans can't seem to be stopped. 274 00:19:23,410 --> 00:19:26,490 Once our Yamato battleship is built, we'll be invincible. 275 00:19:26,660 --> 00:19:29,830 Chief of Staff, the future belongs to aeroplanes. 276 00:19:29,990 --> 00:19:33,910 We could build 1,000 planes for the price of one of your battleships. 277 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:38,540 Listen, the history of our Japanese Navy is built on battles at sea... 278 00:19:38,660 --> 00:19:41,830 These Inland Sea sardines are tasty. 279 00:19:42,660 --> 00:19:43,740 Yes. 280 00:19:45,660 --> 00:19:50,330 Both of you hail from the Inland Sea area, don't you? 281 00:19:50,660 --> 00:19:51,700 Yes. 282 00:19:51,830 --> 00:19:56,370 I'm envious. Your fish are tasty to the bone. 283 00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:06,160 Where did you get these, the sweet dumplings! 284 00:20:06,660 --> 00:20:07,870 Sweet dumplings? 285 00:20:08,990 --> 00:20:11,290 Enter, Makino. 286 00:20:11,580 --> 00:20:12,660 Excuse me. 287 00:20:18,660 --> 00:20:22,330 I'm Ensign Makino, who served under you at Kasumigaura Air Corps. 288 00:20:22,490 --> 00:20:26,080 I assumed my position on the Akagi's combat unit yesterday. 289 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,490 Good to hear. 290 00:20:29,370 --> 00:20:30,780 Is this your doing? 291 00:20:31,540 --> 00:20:35,780 Yes! I was given leave and went home to Nagaoka. 292 00:20:35,910 --> 00:20:38,080 They're my mother's homemade dumplings. 293 00:20:40,660 --> 00:20:42,200 Try some. 294 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:46,330 Sugar on sweet dumplings? 295 00:20:46,490 --> 00:20:47,580 That's right. 296 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,660 Is your mother well? 297 00:20:49,830 --> 00:20:54,160 She is delighted that I will be working under your command. 298 00:21:12,830 --> 00:21:14,580 Tasty. 299 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:17,870 Enjoy. 300 00:21:18,370 --> 00:21:19,780 Thanks. 301 00:21:30,370 --> 00:21:31,990 Saeki, your rear! 302 00:22:02,830 --> 00:22:04,200 Oh, no, rats! 303 00:22:04,330 --> 00:22:05,450 Great! 304 00:22:07,740 --> 00:22:08,830 Victory! 305 00:22:09,950 --> 00:22:11,950 Arima, stay focused on your rear! 306 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,330 Yes! 307 00:22:18,620 --> 00:22:20,200 Always a battlefield? 308 00:22:20,330 --> 00:22:25,450 Yes, it means endeavour in everything as though you are at war. 309 00:22:25,660 --> 00:22:29,160 But the Nagaoka samurai have three principles. 310 00:22:29,330 --> 00:22:30,370 Three? 311 00:22:30,830 --> 00:22:34,240 The second is Kawai's spirit of duty. 312 00:22:34,370 --> 00:22:38,660 Kawai fought to the bitter end, never forgetting his debt to the Shogunate. 313 00:22:38,830 --> 00:22:40,620 - Tokugawa? - Debt? 314 00:22:40,740 --> 00:22:41,950 Yes. 315 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,200 Thirdly, the spirit of 100 bushels of rice. 316 00:22:46,370 --> 00:22:47,490 One hundred bushels of rice? 317 00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:50,660 Even after the battle was lost and our clansmen were starving, 318 00:22:50,830 --> 00:22:55,490 our clan clung to the gift of 100 bushels of rice, building a school with its profit. 319 00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:57,870 When everyone was starving? 320 00:22:58,330 --> 00:23:00,990 A hundred bushels of rice are gone if you eat them. 321 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,700 But if you spend it on people, it can grow to be 10,000 bushels. 322 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,330 If you are to lead men, always consider the future. 323 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,780 ALWAYS A BATTLEFIELD 324 00:23:21,330 --> 00:23:23,370 100,000 men. 325 00:23:23,490 --> 00:23:24,530 What? 326 00:23:25,990 --> 00:23:30,160 We lost 100,000 men in the Russo-Japanese war. 327 00:23:30,660 --> 00:23:36,160 But after 20 or 30 years, everyone quickly forgets. 328 00:23:37,410 --> 00:23:40,410 The newspapers and the people. 329 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,910 Being good at forgetting 330 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,040 is one of our people's strengths, as well. 331 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,040 - Please. - I know. 332 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:14,580 In order to participate in Germany's new world economy, 333 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:17,290 now is the time to conclude the Tripartite Pact. 334 00:24:17,410 --> 00:24:20,780 We must not 335 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,160 miss this bus... 336 00:24:28,490 --> 00:24:30,290 The Tripartite Pact, 337 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:35,660 is now an agreement between four nations, including the Soviet Union, 338 00:24:35,790 --> 00:24:39,920 and confronted with these four nations, even America 339 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,330 will reconsider its disrespect. 340 00:24:44,290 --> 00:24:48,200 We are done with the weak-willed Navy! 341 00:24:48,660 --> 00:24:53,200 Now is the time to conclude the Tripartite Pact! 342 00:24:53,330 --> 00:24:54,660 Don't miss the bus! 343 00:24:54,790 --> 00:24:57,130 Listen, Navy Minister! 344 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:01,120 MINISTRY OF THE NAVY 345 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:06,330 I have only just taken Yoshida's place as Navy Minister, 346 00:25:06,790 --> 00:25:12,170 but political stagnation must not be permitted. 347 00:25:12,490 --> 00:25:17,910 If the Navy persists in opposing the Tripartite Pact, 348 00:25:18,660 --> 00:25:21,530 Konoe's cabinet will be forced to resign 349 00:25:21,660 --> 00:25:25,780 and we cannot be held to blame. 350 00:25:25,990 --> 00:25:30,530 Therefore, I reluctantly propose 351 00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:33,240 that we revise our policy. 352 00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:37,160 I hope that you officers 353 00:25:37,290 --> 00:25:42,830 will join my support for the Tripartite Pact. 354 00:25:46,450 --> 00:25:48,990 Any objections? 355 00:25:50,830 --> 00:25:52,450 Please wait. 356 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,740 I swear total allegiance 357 00:25:58,950 --> 00:26:00,990 to your command, Minister. 358 00:26:01,740 --> 00:26:05,740 But I do have some concerns, so let me ask you, 359 00:26:07,660 --> 00:26:09,990 if the Tripartite Pact is concluded, 360 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,490 the chances of a conflict with America increase. 361 00:26:15,410 --> 00:26:18,660 Currently, our lack of aviators is apparent. 362 00:26:19,910 --> 00:26:23,830 If we do go to war with America, we will need 363 00:26:23,990 --> 00:26:27,240 1,000 fighter planes and 1,000 bombers. 364 00:26:27,450 --> 00:26:32,410 In other words, we must double our current plane strength. 365 00:26:35,490 --> 00:26:38,990 But our country relies on America for steel, oil 366 00:26:39,290 --> 00:26:42,990 and other manufacturing resources. 367 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,120 If we sign with Germany now, 368 00:26:47,330 --> 00:26:50,490 we will inevitably lose all of that. 369 00:26:50,990 --> 00:26:55,740 In which case, how have you revised your plans, 370 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,120 to compensate for that loss? 371 00:27:00,450 --> 00:27:03,490 Please tell me. 372 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:12,040 We will await the future deliberations of each department... 373 00:27:12,830 --> 00:27:16,620 Minister, that is not an answer. 374 00:27:17,370 --> 00:27:22,700 Please tell me the reason why you think a war against America is possible. 375 00:27:27,330 --> 00:27:30,330 I'm sure you have your opinions, 376 00:27:30,830 --> 00:27:35,240 but the majority is in favour, so... 377 00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:43,580 Excuse me. 378 00:27:46,370 --> 00:27:49,240 A telegram from the commander. 379 00:28:03,290 --> 00:28:08,670 "Begin planning the attack." 380 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:26,370 I'm home! 381 00:28:26,790 --> 00:28:30,670 Oh, my. Welcome home. 382 00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:33,490 Yes. 383 00:28:35,370 --> 00:28:36,490 Thanks for the food. 384 00:28:40,990 --> 00:28:45,990 Yoshimasa, pickles are for the end of the meal. 385 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:47,200 Yes. 386 00:28:47,330 --> 00:28:51,330 Take a sip of miso soup before you eat rice. 387 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:59,490 What's most important is to clean your plate and eat your fill. 388 00:28:59,620 --> 00:29:00,700 Yes. 389 00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:06,330 Here, Yoshimasa. 390 00:29:07,990 --> 00:29:09,080 Here. 391 00:29:09,330 --> 00:29:10,620 Thank you. 392 00:29:12,370 --> 00:29:13,910 Here, Sumi. 393 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,280 There you go. 394 00:29:15,410 --> 00:29:16,660 Thank you. 395 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:21,410 Here, Ma. 396 00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:23,580 Thank you. 397 00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:27,200 Here, Tadao. 398 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:30,990 Thank you. 399 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:34,240 Here, Mother. 400 00:29:34,410 --> 00:29:36,080 Thank you. 401 00:29:57,540 --> 00:30:02,920 Commander Yamamoto, it seems we'll finally join the Tripartite Pact. 402 00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:07,410 "The national defence 403 00:30:09,410 --> 00:30:14,330 "is to provide requisite armed forces, but also to grow national strength, 404 00:30:14,540 --> 00:30:18,460 "while using diplomacy to evade war. 405 00:30:18,620 --> 00:30:21,040 "That is the essence of national defence. 406 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,410 "In other words, 407 00:30:23,330 --> 00:30:27,280 "the national defence is not exclusive to soldiers..." 408 00:30:30,290 --> 00:30:32,340 Those are the words of Admiral Kato, 409 00:30:32,490 --> 00:30:34,450 who, taking Japan's future into consideration, 410 00:30:34,620 --> 00:30:36,780 decided to sign the Washington Disarmament Treaty, 411 00:30:36,910 --> 00:30:39,660 limiting naval armaments. 412 00:30:40,370 --> 00:30:45,330 The words of that notorious Prime Minister Kato who created the flip-flop cabinet. 413 00:30:52,290 --> 00:30:55,880 September 27th, 1940. 414 00:30:56,290 --> 00:31:01,380 The Tripartite Pact which shook our nation for three years, 415 00:31:01,490 --> 00:31:03,330 was finally concluded. 416 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:10,450 The bus Japan climbed on has taken off, engines gunning. 417 00:31:15,410 --> 00:31:16,990 Who's in my plane? 418 00:31:19,330 --> 00:31:20,580 Commander. 419 00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:24,490 I wish this could fly to Monaco. 420 00:31:24,990 --> 00:31:26,330 Excuse me, Sir! 421 00:31:27,660 --> 00:31:30,370 There's a gambling den called a casino. 422 00:31:31,580 --> 00:31:36,160 If I hadn't become a sailor, I'd have made my fortune there. 423 00:31:36,620 --> 00:31:38,030 I see. 424 00:31:39,290 --> 00:31:42,540 Commander, may I ask you a question? 425 00:31:47,490 --> 00:31:51,660 I boarded your plane, I guess I have to answer you. 426 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,160 What? 427 00:31:55,830 --> 00:32:00,330 As a man from Nagaoka, I can understand Kawai's spirit of study. 428 00:32:01,410 --> 00:32:02,490 Indeed... 429 00:32:04,330 --> 00:32:09,580 Always remember the debt to the Shogunate and fight to the bitter end. 430 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,370 But the Shogunate ended years ago. 431 00:32:13,540 --> 00:32:17,380 What are we to feel indebted to today? 432 00:32:24,620 --> 00:32:27,030 To our parents who gave birth to us. 433 00:32:27,540 --> 00:32:30,590 And our birthplace which nurtured their lives. 434 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,160 In other words, our country. 435 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:38,120 It means we must labour for Japan. 436 00:32:41,830 --> 00:32:42,910 Yes, Sir. 437 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,280 Excuse me. 438 00:33:11,410 --> 00:33:12,490 Yes. 439 00:33:17,740 --> 00:33:19,530 I've brought Admiral Nagumo. 440 00:33:30,660 --> 00:33:33,160 I'm assuming my new duties. 441 00:33:33,580 --> 00:33:37,120 Through strenuous efforts, I will execute my duties. 442 00:33:37,830 --> 00:33:39,160 Right. 443 00:33:41,410 --> 00:33:42,910 It's been a while. 444 00:33:43,990 --> 00:33:45,870 Care to stay for supper? 445 00:33:47,410 --> 00:33:52,330 No, I must return to my new duties on the Akagi. 446 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:54,330 I see. 447 00:34:10,450 --> 00:34:14,990 In other words, Nagumo commands the No. 1 Aircraft Carrier Fleet, 448 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,200 while commanding the combat planes on the Akagi and the Kaga. 449 00:34:18,620 --> 00:34:23,740 While Yamaguchi commands the No. 2 Aircraft Carrier Fleet. 450 00:34:24,910 --> 00:34:27,160 The Navy made a radical personnel assignment. 451 00:34:27,290 --> 00:34:29,420 Is there a problem? 452 00:34:29,910 --> 00:34:34,410 Nagumo is a pure "fleet faction" man who pushed hard to expand the fleet. 453 00:34:34,580 --> 00:34:39,160 He's the one who shoved Hori, a "treaty faction" man, into early retirement. 454 00:34:39,330 --> 00:34:43,950 Oh, Vice Admiral Hori, renowned as a rare talent that could lead the Navy. 455 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,410 And Hori was Yamamoto's classmate and his closest friend. 456 00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:50,870 There is no way that Yamamoto and Nagumo will get along. 457 00:34:51,370 --> 00:34:56,080 Commander Yamamoto has it rough with Nagumo in charge of his combat planes. 458 00:34:56,240 --> 00:34:57,410 Indeed. 459 00:35:00,290 --> 00:35:01,380 Hello, political desk. 460 00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:08,200 Germany voided its non-aggression pact with the Soviets! 461 00:35:08,330 --> 00:35:11,160 What! Turn the radio on. 462 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,240 ...is advancing to the Eastern Front. I repeat. 463 00:35:16,410 --> 00:35:21,240 Early yesterday, Germany announced it is voiding its non-aggression pact. 464 00:35:21,410 --> 00:35:26,280 Nazi military forces are marching to the Eastern Front, heading for Moscow. 465 00:35:35,540 --> 00:35:39,250 With the sudden Germany/Soviet conflict, Munakata couldn't leave the office, 466 00:35:39,410 --> 00:35:42,330 so I took the liberty of coming in his stead. 467 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,670 The bus seems to be racing in an unexpected direction. 468 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,630 The route is somewhat off course, 469 00:35:52,620 --> 00:35:55,280 but as Munakata writes in his editorials, 470 00:35:55,490 --> 00:36:00,330 if Germany manages to crush the Soviets, our greatest northern threat disappears. 471 00:36:01,330 --> 00:36:04,450 This bus has no choice but to keep running. 472 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:06,380 How far will it run? 473 00:36:06,490 --> 00:36:07,530 What? 474 00:36:07,660 --> 00:36:10,450 I'm asking, what is its destination? 475 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,700 The Great East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere. 476 00:36:18,620 --> 00:36:21,160 The Great East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere. 477 00:36:23,290 --> 00:36:28,000 If there really is such a place, I'd sure like to visit it once. 478 00:36:30,830 --> 00:36:33,530 The job of a newspaper 479 00:36:33,700 --> 00:36:37,620 is to witness and listen to new global developments 480 00:36:37,740 --> 00:36:41,030 and convey them widely. 481 00:36:42,660 --> 00:36:45,950 Open wide your eyes, your ears and your heart 482 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:48,990 when you look around the world. 483 00:36:50,990 --> 00:36:56,370 That's the duty of those who shoulder the next generation, Shindo. 484 00:37:15,740 --> 00:37:20,990 War Records of Imperial Japan. Attack on Franco-Indonesia. 485 00:37:21,830 --> 00:37:26,700 In July, 1941, in order to secure natural resources, the Imperial Navy 486 00:37:26,990 --> 00:37:30,330 finally invaded the French colony of Indonesia. 487 00:37:30,910 --> 00:37:34,200 To retaliate, America stopped all exports 488 00:37:34,330 --> 00:37:37,490 of steel, oil and other essential resources to Japan... 489 00:37:38,410 --> 00:37:42,280 Relations between Japan and America have now become extremely volatile. 490 00:37:47,330 --> 00:37:51,240 In the unlikely event we go to war against America and England, 491 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,990 how will we be able to end hostilities? 492 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:03,240 Prime Minister, it's true that America is a powerful nation. 493 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:07,990 Even if we do win a decisive victory at sea, 494 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,950 they will not easily surrender and we must anticipate a long war. 495 00:38:15,410 --> 00:38:20,240 But if Germany wins decisively over Europe and the Soviets, 496 00:38:21,950 --> 00:38:24,990 American public opinion will change dramatically, 497 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,530 and there is the possibility that it will end the war. 498 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:33,580 Possibility? 499 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:40,660 A battle must be fought to know its outcome. 500 00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:56,290 Finally made it in under 15 minutes. 501 00:38:56,740 --> 00:39:00,240 On our ship, Hiryu, we'll clock even shorter times. 502 00:39:00,450 --> 00:39:02,280 It's you, Yamaguchi. 503 00:39:03,370 --> 00:39:06,530 I heard you were inspecting the combat squadrons and arrived to assist you. 504 00:39:06,830 --> 00:39:10,830 Liar, you just want to eat the Navy's best chow, here on the Nagato. 505 00:39:11,330 --> 00:39:12,990 There's that, too. 506 00:39:16,370 --> 00:39:18,330 Can it not be stopped? 507 00:39:19,660 --> 00:39:22,370 It seems not. 508 00:39:23,290 --> 00:39:27,250 Since when did the Navy start to favour battle? 509 00:39:29,330 --> 00:39:31,200 I wonder... 510 00:39:32,620 --> 00:39:35,740 A soldier must follow orders, but... 511 00:39:36,780 --> 00:39:42,330 By the time you command this fleet, the Navy will change. 512 00:39:43,870 --> 00:39:48,530 No, I believe you are the commander who will change the Navy. 513 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,450 Too slow! Sixty seconds between descending planes. 514 00:40:19,620 --> 00:40:22,370 Saeki, don't look at your altimeter! Eyeball it! 515 00:40:22,490 --> 00:40:23,660 Sir! 516 00:40:23,780 --> 00:40:25,280 Makino! 517 00:40:25,990 --> 00:40:27,200 Commander! 518 00:40:36,990 --> 00:40:39,740 Your squadron leader is from Nagaoka. I bet he's tough! 519 00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:40,990 Sir! 520 00:40:41,660 --> 00:40:43,870 Where are you from? 521 00:40:44,370 --> 00:40:46,370 Sir, I'm from Kagoshima! 522 00:40:46,580 --> 00:40:47,660 Yamaguchi! 523 00:40:52,740 --> 00:40:54,830 From Satsuma and Choshu! 524 00:40:56,740 --> 00:41:01,160 The future of Japan rests on your shoulders! 525 00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:03,330 Work hard! 526 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:05,160 Yes, Sir! 527 00:41:06,290 --> 00:41:08,000 Nagaoka, Satsuma and Choshu! 528 00:41:09,330 --> 00:41:12,410 Work together to defend Japan! 529 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:14,240 Yes, Sir! 530 00:41:16,780 --> 00:41:21,240 Special edition! Tojo's Prime Minister! 531 00:41:21,370 --> 00:41:22,490 Give me one. 532 00:41:22,620 --> 00:41:23,780 Two pence. 533 00:41:27,660 --> 00:41:31,370 We keep getting new prime ministers. 534 00:41:31,580 --> 00:41:33,620 We've had nine in five years. 535 00:41:33,780 --> 00:41:38,330 That's good. We finally have an Army general as prime minister. 536 00:41:38,490 --> 00:41:41,490 Finally, Japan's going to war. 537 00:41:42,410 --> 00:41:45,120 But can we really beat America? 538 00:41:45,290 --> 00:41:50,500 First, it was the Mongols, then the Chinese, the Russians and the Great War. 539 00:41:50,660 --> 00:41:54,330 When Japan fights a foreign war, we always win! 540 00:41:57,290 --> 00:41:59,840 The country may win, but people still die. 541 00:42:02,490 --> 00:42:06,830 My nephew died in China last year. 542 00:42:07,870 --> 00:42:10,370 They haven't even sent his bones home. 543 00:42:21,990 --> 00:42:27,160 "Navy representative to the London Naval Treaty negotiations..." 544 00:42:36,620 --> 00:42:37,660 Here. 545 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:40,330 Thanks. 546 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,830 Still researching Yamamoto? 547 00:42:42,950 --> 00:42:44,080 Yes. 548 00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:49,160 We fought China when he was 10, Russia when he was 20. 549 00:42:49,330 --> 00:42:52,330 He graduated naval academy in time for the Battle of Tsushima. 550 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:58,410 He lost two fingers from his left hand from Russian cannon fire. 551 00:42:59,620 --> 00:43:04,530 So Yamamoto was the first sailor the Navy commended for being wounded. 552 00:43:04,660 --> 00:43:08,410 The Great War at 30, the Manchurian Incident at 47, 553 00:43:08,780 --> 00:43:10,660 war starts with China at 53, 554 00:43:10,830 --> 00:43:15,450 and when he becomes Fleet Commander at 55 555 00:43:15,660 --> 00:43:19,780 war breaks out in Europe on the very next day. 556 00:43:20,370 --> 00:43:25,780 The path of Yamamoto's life is in itself Imperial Japan's War Record. 557 00:43:33,410 --> 00:43:36,280 "Navy Orders No. 1. 558 00:43:36,530 --> 00:43:40,700 "Orders to Fleet Commander Yamamoto. 559 00:43:40,870 --> 00:43:44,080 "First, in order to defend itself, our empire 560 00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:48,330 "will make all strategic preparations necessary 561 00:43:48,620 --> 00:43:54,120 "to attack America, England and Holland in early December. 562 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:57,200 "Second, the Fleet Commander 563 00:43:57,370 --> 00:44:00,580 "will implement all strategic preparations..." 564 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,660 It's the midsummer festival 565 00:44:22,490 --> 00:44:27,660 Time for eggplant rice pot 566 00:44:34,950 --> 00:44:39,660 I burned the tip of my nose 567 00:44:40,990 --> 00:44:46,330 licking up every scrap... 568 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:57,620 I find it pathetic that this is my ordered fate. 569 00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:03,200 It's too late to lay blame at anyone's feet. 570 00:45:04,990 --> 00:45:10,370 My current position, in which I must resolve to violate 571 00:45:10,660 --> 00:45:15,660 all my personal convictions as I work without distractions 572 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:19,410 is very odd indeed... 573 00:45:21,660 --> 00:45:25,160 This is part of my fate. 574 00:45:32,490 --> 00:45:37,490 Fate is cruel. 575 00:45:43,660 --> 00:45:45,120 Excuse me. 576 00:45:47,830 --> 00:45:50,830 The outline of the strategy is ready. 577 00:45:59,780 --> 00:46:04,120 PEARL HARBOR ATTACK PLANS 578 00:46:08,990 --> 00:46:10,030 Right. 579 00:46:12,990 --> 00:46:16,240 The giant force will consist of six aircraft carriers 580 00:46:16,410 --> 00:46:18,530 and 350 carrier-based aeroplanes. 581 00:46:18,660 --> 00:46:23,030 It will converge in the bay of Eto Island and head east across the Pacific. 582 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:28,370 Then it will head due south to 200 naval miles off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 583 00:46:28,780 --> 00:46:31,910 The carrier-based planes will attack Pearl Harbor with torpedoes, 584 00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:34,700 horizontal bombing and dive-bombing. 585 00:46:35,370 --> 00:46:39,280 It will destroy America's Pacific fleet, anchoring at port. 586 00:46:39,490 --> 00:46:44,240 But aren't the seas of the Northern Pacific dangerously rough in winter? 587 00:46:44,370 --> 00:46:46,740 - That is what the enemy assumes. - What about re-supplies? 588 00:46:46,870 --> 00:46:49,240 We are currently improving plans for re-supplying at sea. 589 00:46:49,370 --> 00:46:53,870 There are problems with the attack. Pearl Harbor bay is only 12 metres deep. 590 00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,210 If we drop torpedoes, they'll hit the ocean floor. 591 00:46:56,780 --> 00:47:00,080 We're adapting our torpedoes to compensate. 592 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,370 This is too big a gamble! 593 00:47:02,620 --> 00:47:07,870 We stick with the command's strategy, attacking the southern oilfields first! 594 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:16,410 What if enemy planes start bombing 595 00:47:16,620 --> 00:47:19,990 the Japanese homeland, while we're focused on the southern oilfields? 596 00:47:22,410 --> 00:47:23,700 That's... 597 00:47:23,870 --> 00:47:27,030 This strategy is not a gamble. 598 00:47:28,990 --> 00:47:34,200 If we have to go to war with America, we have to destroy their carriers first. 599 00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:40,410 If we free up their mobile units, they'll stage an airbase near Tokyo. 600 00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:43,750 Japan's skies will become vulnerable. 601 00:47:44,660 --> 00:47:48,700 America is currently building 200 warships. Compared to them, 602 00:47:48,870 --> 00:47:53,370 we can only build 30 in the next three years. 603 00:47:53,830 --> 00:47:57,030 If we have no choice but to fight them, 604 00:47:57,330 --> 00:48:00,370 we attack first, prepared for annihilation. 605 00:48:00,530 --> 00:48:04,330 We ferociously attack their main fleet, 606 00:48:05,030 --> 00:48:10,280 pummelling the American Navy and the American will to fight 607 00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:15,370 with the vigour of our fighting spirit and then immediately 608 00:48:16,450 --> 00:48:18,370 sue for peace. 609 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:21,780 Early peace. 610 00:48:23,530 --> 00:48:27,780 There is no other path to Japan's survival. 611 00:48:32,870 --> 00:48:38,240 Even if we die upon each other's sword, we must destroy the enemy's jewels. 612 00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,200 If this should fail, 613 00:48:46,030 --> 00:48:47,700 our country will perish. 614 00:48:49,530 --> 00:48:54,700 The Hawaii plan represents my conviction. 615 00:48:57,530 --> 00:49:01,200 MINISTRY OF THE NAVY 616 00:49:03,660 --> 00:49:08,200 Yamamoto's talking about preparing for annihilation, 617 00:49:08,490 --> 00:49:11,450 but a war with America will be long. 618 00:49:13,330 --> 00:49:18,280 Nagumo, return with my fleet intact. 619 00:49:18,830 --> 00:49:22,120 Don't let a single ship sink. 620 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:25,250 Yes, Sir. 621 00:49:32,700 --> 00:49:33,740 Hello. 622 00:49:34,030 --> 00:49:35,830 Thanks for your business. 623 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:46,280 Welcome home. 624 00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:52,530 What's that, snapper? 625 00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:55,780 Mother ordered it after you called. 626 00:49:56,490 --> 00:49:57,580 Where is she? 627 00:49:57,740 --> 00:50:00,120 She's sick in bed, with a bad cold. 628 00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,370 Oh, I see. 629 00:50:06,870 --> 00:50:11,280 One, two, one, two... 630 00:50:21,450 --> 00:50:23,200 I'm so sorry. 631 00:50:23,530 --> 00:50:25,990 Do you have a fever? 632 00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,740 I'm over it now. 633 00:50:32,030 --> 00:50:34,740 Let us eat. 634 00:50:36,330 --> 00:50:37,700 Thanks for the food. 635 00:51:38,830 --> 00:51:40,080 Stay in bed. 636 00:51:40,240 --> 00:51:41,330 No... 637 00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:52,370 When I graduated artillery school, 638 00:51:52,700 --> 00:51:54,990 the Meiji Emperor gave this to me. 639 00:52:34,740 --> 00:52:38,030 The coded telegram fixing the date of this strategy is, 640 00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:39,490 "Nii Takayama Nobore." 641 00:52:39,620 --> 00:52:44,070 However, if the on-going negotiations in Washington reach agreement, 642 00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:50,070 even after the planes have taken off from their carrier, they must turn back. 643 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,740 That's impossible. They can't turn back with the enemy in their sights. 644 00:52:53,910 --> 00:52:56,330 The men won't stand for it. 645 00:53:01,530 --> 00:53:04,910 What do you think is the reason we foster and train our soldiers? 646 00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:07,670 It is solely to defend our nation's peace! 647 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:16,780 If an officer believes he cannot turn back after receiving this order, 648 00:53:17,240 --> 00:53:20,780 I forbid your deployment. Submit your resignation, now! 649 00:53:31,580 --> 00:53:36,870 Also, in the unlikely event that we must go to war, 650 00:53:38,240 --> 00:53:41,410 you shall not bomb civilian residential areas. 651 00:53:43,780 --> 00:53:47,780 Drill that into your guts. 652 00:53:51,240 --> 00:53:56,370 Commander, about the plan to storm the bay with miniature submarines? 653 00:53:57,030 --> 00:53:59,280 Can they safely accommodate the crews? 654 00:53:59,450 --> 00:54:01,580 No, not yet... 655 00:54:02,910 --> 00:54:06,160 In that case, I can't approve that plan. 656 00:54:07,030 --> 00:54:12,200 I can tolerate desperate plans but not one with no chance of survival. 657 00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:14,370 I understand. 658 00:54:15,910 --> 00:54:20,240 Please confirm with Military Command. 659 00:54:21,240 --> 00:54:25,780 In the event we go to war, make sure to send a final warning to America. 660 00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:29,280 They must swear to send this. 661 00:54:29,410 --> 00:54:30,530 Yes. 662 00:54:32,620 --> 00:54:37,370 When Japanese samurai strike an enemy at night, 663 00:54:37,490 --> 00:54:39,780 at least they kick his pillow 664 00:54:40,990 --> 00:54:43,280 to awaken him first. 665 00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,530 If we attack before a final warning is delivered, 666 00:54:51,830 --> 00:54:54,380 the Japanese Navy's name will be ruined. 667 00:55:07,700 --> 00:55:10,330 December 8th, 1941. 668 00:55:10,450 --> 00:55:15,330 The giant attack force of 350 planes taking off from six aircraft carriers 669 00:55:15,530 --> 00:55:20,370 attacked the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor. 670 00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:24,870 This raised the curtain on the Pacific War. 671 00:55:38,950 --> 00:55:40,490 I can see the fleet. 672 00:55:41,030 --> 00:55:42,490 All planes attack! 673 00:56:30,580 --> 00:56:32,420 Enemy planes, Sir! 674 00:56:32,910 --> 00:56:34,030 Ready. 675 00:56:50,530 --> 00:56:51,620 Ready! 676 00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:25,380 Ready! 677 00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:52,660 Sir, there are no carriers! 678 00:57:53,080 --> 00:57:55,080 No. There aren't. 679 00:58:02,700 --> 00:58:04,030 Telegram from Hawaii. 680 00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:07,700 "Tora Tora Tora! Surprise attack succeeds!" 681 00:58:14,620 --> 00:58:15,700 Officer Fujii. 682 00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:21,780 I know I repeat myself, but make sure to confirm they delivered 683 00:58:21,950 --> 00:58:23,780 the declaration of war. 684 00:58:24,120 --> 00:58:25,200 Yes, Sir. 685 00:58:47,620 --> 00:58:48,740 Squadron leader! 686 00:58:48,910 --> 00:58:50,160 Oh, you're well. 687 00:58:50,330 --> 00:58:51,410 Yes! 688 00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:53,200 Where's Saeki? 689 00:58:53,330 --> 00:58:55,620 He's not back yet. 690 00:59:01,530 --> 00:59:03,200 He should be soon... 691 00:59:08,490 --> 00:59:10,870 We sighted no carriers in the bay. 692 00:59:11,160 --> 00:59:16,030 We couldn't attack their fuel tanks. Please let us make a second attack. 693 00:59:21,370 --> 00:59:22,620 I report! 694 00:59:23,780 --> 00:59:26,950 From Commander Yamaguchi of the No. 2 Carrier Fleet. 695 00:59:27,870 --> 00:59:32,240 "I confirm the need for a second attack!" That's all. 696 00:59:33,410 --> 00:59:34,740 Commander. 697 00:59:40,330 --> 00:59:45,240 No answer from the Akagi. Shall we try again? 698 00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:48,540 No... 699 00:59:49,950 --> 00:59:54,070 Nagumo probably won't. 700 00:59:55,990 --> 00:59:59,280 The Arizona is badly damaged, the Pennsylvania has minor damage, 701 00:59:59,660 --> 01:00:04,490 the Nevada nearly sunk, the California sunk 702 01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:08,530 four battleships sunk, four battleships destroyed. 703 01:00:08,740 --> 01:00:12,160 America's Pacific fleet is demolished. 704 01:00:12,410 --> 01:00:15,280 No... They are unhurt. 705 01:00:20,330 --> 01:00:24,210 Their carriers are all unhurt. 706 01:00:28,740 --> 01:00:32,030 Commander, we need to deliver the finishing blow. 707 01:00:34,370 --> 01:00:38,780 Returning all our ships unhurt is part of our duty. 708 01:00:39,410 --> 01:00:40,530 But... 709 01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:55,380 We exit strategic waters now. All ships turn around and return to port. 710 01:01:05,530 --> 01:01:09,700 They turned around? What are the mobile units doing? 711 01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:11,820 Commander, let's attack them again. 712 01:01:11,990 --> 01:01:14,950 - That would be an ill-advised attack. - All attacks are ill-advised! 713 01:01:15,990 --> 01:01:20,950 The goal of this plan is to destroy the enemy fleet, even risking our safety. 714 01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:22,380 However... 715 01:01:25,990 --> 01:01:30,120 Let us abide by Nagumo's judgement. 716 01:01:30,620 --> 01:01:31,950 Commander! 717 01:01:33,330 --> 01:01:38,710 There must be something we can't see from here in Japanese waters. 718 01:01:48,030 --> 01:01:49,200 Listen... 719 01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:55,740 Even robbers are scared to walk home. 720 01:02:09,530 --> 01:02:11,450 He never made it back. 721 01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:27,540 I see! Every ship in the mobile unit fleet was unhurt. 722 01:02:27,740 --> 01:02:30,700 Yes, there was no damage to any ship. 723 01:02:32,530 --> 01:02:36,820 A battle must be fought to know its outcome. 724 01:02:37,620 --> 01:02:39,870 Cheers! 725 01:02:46,870 --> 01:02:52,280 Fleet Commander Yamamoto, Banzai! 726 01:03:02,580 --> 01:03:05,210 Roosevelt's speech is on. 727 01:03:53,070 --> 01:03:54,870 The Foreign Ministry 728 01:03:55,580 --> 01:03:59,420 definitely instructed the Japanese ambassador in Washington 729 01:03:59,870 --> 01:04:02,870 to deliver the declaration 30 minutes before the Pearl Harbor attack. 730 01:04:04,070 --> 01:04:08,820 The Embassy staff must have mismanaged... 731 01:04:09,030 --> 01:04:10,490 Mismanaged! 732 01:04:12,200 --> 01:04:13,240 Mismanaged what? 733 01:04:13,370 --> 01:04:17,280 I don't know the details, but ultimately the declaration 734 01:04:17,410 --> 01:04:20,740 wasn't delivered until one hour after our attack. 735 01:04:21,370 --> 01:04:27,030 Perhaps the Embassy took more time to translate the Ministry's cable... 736 01:04:27,870 --> 01:04:29,070 Took more time! 737 01:04:29,870 --> 01:04:31,070 Do you mock me? 738 01:04:31,870 --> 01:04:36,280 Does anyone in the Ministry or Military Command understand what this means? 739 01:04:39,990 --> 01:04:42,370 Why did Commander Yamamoto stress... 740 01:04:43,330 --> 01:04:44,540 Officer Miyake. 741 01:04:44,990 --> 01:04:46,030 Sir. 742 01:04:49,330 --> 01:04:50,670 Let's start. 743 01:04:51,700 --> 01:04:52,780 What? 744 01:05:12,660 --> 01:05:15,370 This will be a tough fight. 745 01:05:22,530 --> 01:05:23,820 There. 746 01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:36,030 Commander Yamamoto, we wish you a happy New Year! 747 01:05:36,950 --> 01:05:41,370 Please make another lightning charge this year. 748 01:05:42,660 --> 01:05:46,820 Wonderful, the economy will finally improve. 749 01:05:46,950 --> 01:05:50,280 I can't remember such a refreshing New Year's! 750 01:05:50,410 --> 01:05:52,700 Imperial fleet, Banzai! 751 01:05:53,330 --> 01:05:55,540 Banzai! 752 01:05:57,530 --> 01:05:58,660 Happy New Year. 753 01:05:58,830 --> 01:06:00,130 Happy New Year. 754 01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:08,070 Incredible. He used to badmouth the Navy so much. 755 01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:09,910 That ended with last year. 756 01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:11,660 Oh, happy New Year! 757 01:06:19,830 --> 01:06:23,380 Dear Iso, happy New Year 758 01:06:24,370 --> 01:06:28,700 I know you must be working so very hard. 759 01:06:29,830 --> 01:06:32,540 Nagaoka is all wrapped up 760 01:06:32,660 --> 01:06:35,870 in a white blanket of snow. 761 01:06:36,660 --> 01:06:39,410 These days, my neighbours 762 01:06:39,530 --> 01:06:42,660 stop by nearly every day 763 01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:46,200 to talk about you. 764 01:06:49,830 --> 01:06:52,880 They say you're a hero who saved our nation, 765 01:06:53,200 --> 01:06:58,240 and they pray every time they hear your name on the radio. 766 01:06:58,530 --> 01:07:04,370 I know you hate that sort of thing more than anyone, 767 01:07:04,530 --> 01:07:10,240 but everyone is just so very proud of you that, 768 01:07:10,740 --> 01:07:13,870 as your sister, 769 01:07:13,990 --> 01:07:17,200 I just listen to them gratefully. 770 01:07:18,580 --> 01:07:21,330 When springtime comes, 771 01:07:21,450 --> 01:07:25,370 I'll send you more sweets. 772 01:07:25,740 --> 01:07:29,320 Please look forward to them. 773 01:07:34,490 --> 01:07:38,370 Imperial Military Command announces that on February 15th, 774 01:07:38,620 --> 01:07:42,410 the British military surrenders on the island of Singapore... 775 01:07:44,370 --> 01:07:46,870 We smashed their Oriental fleet and now Singapore has fallen. 776 01:07:46,990 --> 01:07:50,240 Two months into this war, we are invincible. 777 01:07:50,870 --> 01:07:52,990 The oil in Borneo is ours! 778 01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:54,320 Editor! 779 01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:56,200 Another run of the special edition! 780 01:07:56,370 --> 01:08:00,070 Not since we went to war with China! 781 01:08:00,200 --> 01:08:02,490 Our circulation will increase, too! 782 01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:06,450 Where was that... 783 01:08:06,910 --> 01:08:09,700 You ate 50 tangerines... 784 01:08:10,370 --> 01:08:14,240 Not that many, only 47. That was in Yugawara. 785 01:08:17,370 --> 01:08:21,160 Pearl Harbor was a failure. 786 01:08:21,740 --> 01:08:24,370 Yeah, a huge failure. 787 01:08:25,160 --> 01:08:26,740 Not a single carrier in sight... 788 01:08:26,950 --> 01:08:30,910 The Yankee spirit is in flames at the sneak attack. 789 01:08:31,620 --> 01:08:36,450 Now they've got a righteous cause against Japan. 790 01:08:38,240 --> 01:08:41,700 But our people are in seventh heaven. 791 01:08:42,620 --> 01:08:47,200 You tried to evade war for them, 792 01:08:47,490 --> 01:08:50,530 but they want to go to war. 793 01:08:52,240 --> 01:08:57,280 No doubt they think that wars happen far across the sea. 794 01:08:58,490 --> 01:09:03,240 If the day comes when bombs rain down from the sky, 795 01:09:04,120 --> 01:09:06,490 this country will suffer. 796 01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:13,370 You're going after them, one more time? 797 01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:21,200 Yeah, we'll go after Hawaii again. 798 01:09:22,240 --> 01:09:26,370 It won't take America six months to get back on its feet. 799 01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:32,660 Before then, I'll smash their carriers and capture Hawaii. 800 01:09:35,870 --> 01:09:38,700 That's the only way to sue for peace. 801 01:09:41,660 --> 01:09:46,240 But if you bring up suing for peace in these invincible times, 802 01:09:47,200 --> 01:09:49,530 the people will faint from shock. 803 01:09:50,370 --> 01:09:56,700 To this country, you're as almighty as God. 804 01:10:00,530 --> 01:10:05,700 If I were God, I wouldn't start a war in the first place. 805 01:10:20,950 --> 01:10:25,740 Admiral Yamamoto, I thank you on behalf of the Japanese people! 806 01:10:25,910 --> 01:10:27,450 Have a seat. 807 01:10:27,580 --> 01:10:30,080 Your victory instantly 808 01:10:30,200 --> 01:10:34,370 swept aside the dark clouds oppressing this nation. 809 01:10:34,740 --> 01:10:38,240 You have managed to take revenge for 810 01:10:38,410 --> 01:10:42,910 the hardships and humiliations we've tasted since the Black Ships. 811 01:10:43,370 --> 01:10:47,950 America will withdraw from China and Asia will fall into our hands. 812 01:10:48,530 --> 01:10:54,030 Please tell us today about your vision towards final victory. 813 01:10:58,700 --> 01:11:00,030 Sue for peace. 814 01:11:03,530 --> 01:11:04,570 Sue for peace? 815 01:11:05,330 --> 01:11:10,960 The soldier's most important duty is to finish the war he starts. 816 01:11:11,330 --> 01:11:13,290 I'm truly shocked. 817 01:11:14,280 --> 01:11:19,120 You have no idea what the people want now. 818 01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:21,030 What public opinion expects now! 819 01:11:23,160 --> 01:11:25,030 Regardless of public opinion, 820 01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:29,870 this country must not be destroyed. 821 01:11:37,700 --> 01:11:39,910 I've wasted my time. 822 01:11:40,330 --> 01:11:43,540 I can't print this as an article. 823 01:11:43,740 --> 01:11:45,530 Excuse me. 824 01:11:50,240 --> 01:11:51,320 You see... 825 01:11:52,030 --> 01:11:53,200 Yes? 826 01:11:53,870 --> 01:11:57,910 No, thank you for your earlier hospitality. 827 01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:06,240 Take a good look at the world around you. 828 01:12:12,700 --> 01:12:14,780 Got that, Shindo? 829 01:12:17,450 --> 01:12:18,620 Yes. 830 01:12:30,030 --> 01:12:33,200 The Yamato is big. 831 01:12:33,410 --> 01:12:38,200 I can't seem to settle down. Makes me want to hit the town. 832 01:12:42,870 --> 01:12:45,200 Thank you! 833 01:12:55,120 --> 01:12:58,410 SWEETS 834 01:13:05,370 --> 01:13:07,740 That's all you're eating? 835 01:13:12,200 --> 01:13:14,780 Better say what's on your mind. 836 01:13:16,570 --> 01:13:20,240 The Military Command plans to expand the war. 837 01:13:21,240 --> 01:13:24,120 They seem drunk on the initial victories. 838 01:13:25,530 --> 01:13:27,030 Go ahead, eat. 839 01:13:28,780 --> 01:13:30,120 Little girl. 840 01:13:31,070 --> 01:13:32,160 Yes. 841 01:13:32,280 --> 01:13:34,160 Can I have another bowl of sweet soup? 842 01:13:34,280 --> 01:13:35,370 Yes. 843 01:13:40,570 --> 01:13:42,740 I'm so sorry. 844 01:13:43,370 --> 01:13:46,280 I'm so sorry. She's just... 845 01:13:46,990 --> 01:13:49,200 No, no, the fault is mine. 846 01:13:50,200 --> 01:13:51,870 I surprised you. 847 01:13:52,160 --> 01:13:57,120 I was reckless when I was young and got hurt. 848 01:13:59,240 --> 01:14:01,370 Now, more sweet soup, please. 849 01:14:01,490 --> 01:14:02,490 Yes. 850 01:14:02,620 --> 01:14:04,780 Thank you so much. 851 01:14:14,620 --> 01:14:16,990 The plan is prepared. 852 01:14:19,530 --> 01:14:22,320 MIDWAY STRATEGY PLAN 853 01:14:24,990 --> 01:14:27,570 This will definitely draw out the carriers. 854 01:14:27,870 --> 01:14:31,570 We'll smash them and capture Hawaii. 855 01:14:40,820 --> 01:14:45,370 Military Command thinks Americans will be based in Australia and come north 856 01:14:45,530 --> 01:14:47,530 over the islands to invade Japan. 857 01:14:47,700 --> 01:14:52,990 So they plan to capture Fiji and Samoa to stop their northern advances. 858 01:14:53,240 --> 01:14:54,820 Can our fleet deploy so far? 859 01:14:55,030 --> 01:14:58,740 Apparently the Fleet Commander is still targeting Hawaii. 860 01:14:59,160 --> 01:15:02,740 I see, so the Navy has more than one mind. 861 01:15:03,030 --> 01:15:05,570 Hayakawa, you stay on the Navy Ministry. 862 01:15:05,780 --> 01:15:10,320 The rest of you keep your ears peeled for information from all sources. 863 01:15:11,280 --> 01:15:13,660 This is totally different from Pearl Harbor. 864 01:15:14,030 --> 01:15:15,120 What? 865 01:15:15,490 --> 01:15:18,570 Before that attack, no one leaked any information. 866 01:15:23,570 --> 01:15:26,740 Did we have an air raid drill scheduled today? 867 01:15:46,070 --> 01:15:47,740 Tokyo bombed? 868 01:15:47,870 --> 01:15:51,070 They flew mid-sized bombers from their carriers. 869 01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:55,200 They've staged an airbase near Tokyo... 870 01:16:00,030 --> 01:16:04,570 Fly the No. 1 Carrier Fleet combat squadron to Atsugi to defend Tokyo! 871 01:16:04,740 --> 01:16:05,820 Yes, Sir! 872 01:16:15,070 --> 01:16:17,030 It was a pitiful sight. 873 01:16:26,620 --> 01:16:28,530 So, this is an air raid. 874 01:16:31,910 --> 01:16:37,320 In order to prevent future air raids, the Army, responsible for homeland defence, 875 01:16:37,620 --> 01:16:41,570 is demanding that we push the Pacific frontline farther east. 876 01:16:41,740 --> 01:16:46,570 Therefore, I have approved the Midway Plan. 877 01:16:46,950 --> 01:16:47,990 Yes, Sir. 878 01:16:48,120 --> 01:16:53,360 I hear Yamamoto is saying the goal is to lure their aircraft carriers, 879 01:16:53,530 --> 01:16:58,200 but the real goal is to capture the Midway Islands. 880 01:17:00,620 --> 01:17:04,450 The priority is to capture it to create a frontline base. 881 01:17:05,950 --> 01:17:08,200 Got that, Nagumo? 882 01:17:09,910 --> 01:17:10,990 Yes, Sir. 883 01:17:12,820 --> 01:17:16,780 We'll destroy the enemy's airbase and land assault troops. 884 01:17:17,070 --> 01:17:18,870 After, we quickly occupy the island. 885 01:17:19,030 --> 01:17:23,780 At the same time, our carriers will standby between Hawaii and Midway. 886 01:17:24,450 --> 01:17:27,700 We'll wait for the enemy aircraft carriers that will surely be lured, 887 01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:31,490 and use all our strength to annihilate them. 888 01:17:34,530 --> 01:17:39,780 According to Military Command, capturing the island is their priority. 889 01:17:40,070 --> 01:17:44,280 No, capturing Midway and luring their aircraft carriers 890 01:17:44,410 --> 01:17:45,910 are both goals. 891 01:17:46,280 --> 01:17:50,950 The enemy carriers were hard hit in the battle at Coral Sea, two weeks ago. 892 01:17:51,120 --> 01:17:53,200 They won't take the bait. 893 01:17:54,070 --> 01:17:58,280 Even if they do, they're nothing to fear. 894 01:18:03,660 --> 01:18:05,410 What's your evidence? 895 01:18:05,530 --> 01:18:06,620 What? 896 01:18:06,780 --> 01:18:10,280 What evidence do you have that they're nothing to fear? 897 01:18:10,990 --> 01:18:13,320 Well, that's... 898 01:18:15,530 --> 01:18:19,410 Even in Hawaii, which Military Command considers a resounding victory, 899 01:18:20,280 --> 01:18:24,280 we lost 55 of our best trained flight crew. 900 01:18:26,620 --> 01:18:31,160 From now on, America won't let us surprise them with any more attacks. 901 01:18:32,620 --> 01:18:37,450 For an officer to assert that the enemy is nothing to fear, 902 01:18:38,370 --> 01:18:40,210 is the height of insecurity. 903 01:18:42,120 --> 01:18:44,870 Sir, I apologise. 904 01:18:47,490 --> 01:18:51,360 For the Pacific fleet in Hawaii, Midway is a treasured 905 01:18:51,530 --> 01:18:53,620 forward airbase. 906 01:18:54,620 --> 01:18:56,320 If we hammer it, 907 01:18:57,740 --> 01:19:00,450 their carriers have to come. 908 01:19:03,740 --> 01:19:04,950 Nagumo. 909 01:19:06,620 --> 01:19:07,700 Yes. 910 01:19:07,870 --> 01:19:12,240 To prepare for their aircraft carriers, load half of the Akagi's fighters 911 01:19:12,530 --> 01:19:16,450 with torpedoes and have them standing by. 912 01:19:16,620 --> 01:19:18,200 Understood. 913 01:19:24,700 --> 01:19:26,700 The goal of this plan 914 01:19:27,370 --> 01:19:30,920 is to lure the enemy carriers and annihilate them. 915 01:19:33,240 --> 01:19:37,160 No matter what the cost, we cannot ever let 916 01:19:38,700 --> 01:19:41,700 enemy planes fly in Japanese skies. 917 01:19:48,740 --> 01:19:51,450 May 27th, 1942. 918 01:19:51,700 --> 01:19:57,030 The battleship Yamato, helmed by Yamamoto, followed Nagumo's Akagi 919 01:19:57,370 --> 01:20:02,120 to Midway, joining a giant attack fleet of over 200 ships. 920 01:20:07,240 --> 01:20:11,360 You haven't gotten a raise in pay this past year, have you, Miyake? 921 01:20:11,740 --> 01:20:12,870 Sir... 922 01:20:13,370 --> 01:20:18,170 You went on the attack. You'll get a bonus next month. 923 01:20:19,450 --> 01:20:20,530 Sir... 924 01:20:21,370 --> 01:20:23,670 If we had stayed in the Inland Sea, 925 01:20:24,240 --> 01:20:27,410 I couldn't give you bonuses or medals. 926 01:20:29,870 --> 01:20:33,660 The military is a complicated business... 927 01:20:44,620 --> 01:20:48,620 Don't you need to load torpedoes onto half of our fighters? 928 01:20:48,870 --> 01:20:53,360 The enemy carriers will never come. So we don't need to arm torpedoes. 929 01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:58,620 Bombs for capturing Midway are all we need. 930 01:21:02,030 --> 01:21:04,870 Forward at half speed. 931 01:21:05,530 --> 01:21:07,780 Forward at half speed. 932 01:21:10,910 --> 01:21:12,360 I can smell 'em. 933 01:21:15,240 --> 01:21:17,280 There are carriers. 934 01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:21,280 I report. 935 01:21:21,410 --> 01:21:25,740 Our submarines off of Kwajalein Atoll report intercepting enemy carrier signals. 936 01:21:25,950 --> 01:21:27,030 Read it! 937 01:21:27,450 --> 01:21:31,320 The enemy carrier position is 170 sea miles north-north-west of Midway. 938 01:21:31,490 --> 01:21:34,200 I knew they'd come. 939 01:21:34,450 --> 01:21:38,360 Officer, don't you need to let the Akagi know, too? 940 01:21:38,700 --> 01:21:41,450 No, the Akagi should have also received it. 941 01:21:42,240 --> 01:21:44,700 And we're in radio silence. 942 01:21:45,030 --> 01:21:49,620 If we send a cable, the enemy may be able to identify our position. 943 01:21:52,370 --> 01:21:53,500 Right... 944 01:22:00,620 --> 01:22:02,910 Midway Islands, 30 degrees to right. 945 01:22:03,120 --> 01:22:05,630 All planes attack! 946 01:22:06,700 --> 01:22:09,870 Sir, there are no planes on their runway! 947 01:22:10,620 --> 01:22:12,030 They were ready... 948 01:22:23,240 --> 01:22:28,410 Officer, are you sure there are no enemy carriers? 949 01:22:28,740 --> 01:22:33,950 Yes, our six reconnaissance planes have found nothing 950 01:22:35,160 --> 01:22:40,030 and the carriers won't come here. You don't need to worry. 951 01:22:49,320 --> 01:22:54,030 According to reports, the weather near Midway will dramatically improve. 952 01:22:56,030 --> 01:22:57,820 When the clouds clear, 953 01:23:00,070 --> 01:23:02,530 Nagumo will be totally exposed. 954 01:23:06,870 --> 01:23:08,280 Officer Miyake. 955 01:23:10,280 --> 01:23:11,870 Time for a game. 956 01:23:20,700 --> 01:23:24,700 I report! The first attack squad 957 01:23:25,370 --> 01:23:29,670 reports "Bombing results inadequate. Second attack on Midway required." 958 01:23:30,410 --> 01:23:31,490 That's all. 959 01:23:34,200 --> 01:23:37,030 An Army detachment of 2,000 men are approaching the island. 960 01:23:37,200 --> 01:23:41,280 If they don't all land safely, the Navy's reputation is at stake. 961 01:23:41,660 --> 01:23:44,570 We must launch a second attack immediately. 962 01:23:51,280 --> 01:23:53,950 Emergency report from plane four! Discovered enemy carrier! 963 01:23:54,070 --> 01:23:55,200 What? 964 01:23:55,370 --> 01:24:00,790 Bearing 10 degrees from Midway, 240 sea miles, 150 degrees course, 20 knots! 965 01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:02,210 That's all. 966 01:24:02,320 --> 01:24:04,200 Distance from mother ship? 967 01:24:04,370 --> 01:24:05,500 Roger. 968 01:24:06,370 --> 01:24:08,210 Let's send the second attack against the enemy carrier. 969 01:24:08,370 --> 01:24:11,710 No, they're only carrying bombs for Midway. 970 01:24:11,870 --> 01:24:13,290 We can blast open their decks. 971 01:24:13,450 --> 01:24:18,360 Why are our fighter planes in the air? They have to land on our deck to refuel. 972 01:24:18,530 --> 01:24:20,030 We can't afford to. 973 01:24:20,200 --> 01:24:22,200 They can't attack without support! 974 01:24:31,530 --> 01:24:32,860 They're late. 975 01:24:33,530 --> 01:24:34,620 Communications. 976 01:24:36,700 --> 01:24:40,860 Signal the Akagi! "Approve immediate second attack." 977 01:24:41,030 --> 01:24:42,110 Yes. 978 01:24:43,700 --> 01:24:47,620 Enemy planes estimated arrival, 05:15, in 30 minutes. 979 01:24:48,950 --> 01:24:53,780 Don't panic. We can deploy all planes in 15 minutes. 980 01:24:56,370 --> 01:24:57,750 Commander... 981 01:25:01,070 --> 01:25:03,030 Bring in the escort planes. 982 01:25:04,070 --> 01:25:08,530 Refit the second attack squadron with torpedoes. 983 01:25:09,620 --> 01:25:10,740 Hurry! 984 01:25:10,870 --> 01:25:11,960 Sir! 985 01:25:12,370 --> 01:25:14,250 Okay, this way! 986 01:25:31,320 --> 01:25:32,700 I'm going down first. 987 01:25:34,120 --> 01:25:35,290 Roger! 988 01:25:55,570 --> 01:25:57,530 Any response from the Akagi? 989 01:25:58,780 --> 01:25:59,860 Nothing. 990 01:26:02,320 --> 01:26:04,320 Less than 20 minutes to enemy planes. 991 01:26:13,910 --> 01:26:16,530 Second attack squadron ready for take-off. 992 01:26:18,780 --> 01:26:21,530 All planes take off! 993 01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:26,820 All planes take off! 994 01:26:28,410 --> 01:26:31,320 Enemy planes in five minutes! 995 01:27:04,120 --> 01:27:06,330 Enemy planes! Overhead! Dive-bombing! 996 01:27:11,070 --> 01:27:13,410 Full starboard! 997 01:28:55,410 --> 01:28:59,950 This carrier will attack their carriers. 998 01:29:02,370 --> 01:29:04,420 Signal battle command. 999 01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:11,030 I hereby take over command of the air battle. 1000 01:29:12,410 --> 01:29:13,490 Sir. 1001 01:29:18,370 --> 01:29:24,250 Listen well. We will sink one enemy carrier if it costs our lives. 1002 01:29:27,200 --> 01:29:32,490 At this rate, the Imperial Navy will be an eternal laughing stock. 1003 01:29:33,700 --> 01:29:34,820 Yes, Sir! 1004 01:29:35,910 --> 01:29:41,410 4.2 east-south-east... I will confirm. 1005 01:29:45,370 --> 01:29:46,920 Excuse me! 1006 01:29:51,490 --> 01:29:53,070 Cable from the Hiryu! 1007 01:29:53,370 --> 01:29:56,540 Akagi, Kaga and Soryu, bombed and on fire. 1008 01:29:56,990 --> 01:30:00,320 Hiryu is attacking the carriers alone. 1009 01:30:05,370 --> 01:30:07,500 They got three of our ships. 1010 01:30:15,870 --> 01:30:17,960 Where are the escort squadrons? 1011 01:31:10,660 --> 01:31:12,030 Arima! 1012 01:31:48,780 --> 01:31:50,910 Enemy planes! Overhead! Dive-bombing! 1013 01:31:59,160 --> 01:32:00,450 Full starboard! 1014 01:32:41,490 --> 01:32:42,860 You all 1015 01:32:44,660 --> 01:32:47,160 fought hard to the end! 1016 01:32:49,160 --> 01:32:50,860 I'm grateful to you! 1017 01:32:54,240 --> 01:32:59,280 There's a long war still ahead. 1018 01:33:01,490 --> 01:33:03,160 Survive... 1019 01:33:04,870 --> 01:33:06,170 Survive! 1020 01:33:07,740 --> 01:33:10,200 And put this experience to work, 1021 01:33:12,490 --> 01:33:14,950 to create a strong Navy! 1022 01:33:19,820 --> 01:33:20,990 Go! 1023 01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:23,160 Commander! 1024 01:33:26,360 --> 01:33:27,820 Get off now! 1025 01:33:41,740 --> 01:33:42,780 Commander! 1026 01:33:42,910 --> 01:33:45,660 Commander! Please abandon ship! 1027 01:33:48,160 --> 01:33:49,490 Just go now. 1028 01:33:50,490 --> 01:33:55,240 They sank four of our carriers. Someone has to stay behind. 1029 01:33:55,360 --> 01:33:56,740 I will stay, too! 1030 01:33:56,910 --> 01:33:57,990 I will, too! 1031 01:34:02,280 --> 01:34:04,280 I'm plenty. 1032 01:34:07,200 --> 01:34:08,240 Hurry, go! 1033 01:34:08,360 --> 01:34:09,660 Commander! 1034 01:34:10,820 --> 01:34:13,320 A keepsake. 1035 01:34:28,990 --> 01:34:30,320 Enough... 1036 01:34:32,410 --> 01:34:33,570 Go. 1037 01:35:14,120 --> 01:35:15,330 Excuse me. 1038 01:35:20,240 --> 01:35:21,910 I report. 1039 01:35:22,660 --> 01:35:26,570 After sinking the carrier Yorktown, the Hiryu was set ablaze 1040 01:35:26,990 --> 01:35:28,660 and sank. 1041 01:35:31,740 --> 01:35:32,820 So that's it. 1042 01:35:35,320 --> 01:35:37,740 They got the Hiryu. 1043 01:35:38,450 --> 01:35:43,820 Also, Commander Yamaguchi went down with the ship. 1044 01:36:02,320 --> 01:36:05,110 It's over now... 1045 01:36:16,950 --> 01:36:21,070 Let's attack them at night! 1046 01:36:22,120 --> 01:36:24,040 We'll never catch up. 1047 01:36:24,360 --> 01:36:27,610 And at first light, we'll become a target 1048 01:36:28,240 --> 01:36:30,570 subjecting the flagship to the enemy's bombs! 1049 01:36:30,740 --> 01:36:32,530 I know that, Sir! 1050 01:36:34,320 --> 01:36:37,610 This is the second time, following Hawaii. 1051 01:36:39,320 --> 01:36:43,570 We can't limp back to port like this. 1052 01:36:45,530 --> 01:36:49,950 We can't take the commander back to Japan 1053 01:36:50,780 --> 01:36:55,450 under these pathetic conditions! 1054 01:37:09,030 --> 01:37:10,320 Kuroshima... 1055 01:37:11,240 --> 01:37:12,320 Sir! 1056 01:37:13,320 --> 01:37:14,660 Enough. 1057 01:37:19,950 --> 01:37:24,240 Let's go home to Japan. 1058 01:37:55,570 --> 01:37:57,030 Excuse me! 1059 01:38:03,740 --> 01:38:07,320 Commander Nagumo is aboard. 1060 01:38:08,410 --> 01:38:09,530 Right. 1061 01:38:12,780 --> 01:38:13,990 Miyake. 1062 01:38:15,110 --> 01:38:16,160 Sir. 1063 01:38:18,320 --> 01:38:20,490 Don't blame Nagumo. 1064 01:38:43,320 --> 01:38:45,160 I apologise 1065 01:38:47,660 --> 01:38:49,660 for this outcome. 1066 01:38:52,410 --> 01:38:55,530 Eat your rice soup while it's hot. 1067 01:40:05,490 --> 01:40:08,530 "American carriers sunk!" 1068 01:40:08,700 --> 01:40:10,660 "120 planes attack!" 1069 01:40:10,820 --> 01:40:13,160 The Imperial Navy does it again! 1070 01:40:13,320 --> 01:40:15,660 Why aren't there any pictures? 1071 01:40:15,820 --> 01:40:19,780 There were huge pictures when Singapore fell. 1072 01:40:21,660 --> 01:40:22,740 Yeah. 1073 01:40:22,870 --> 01:40:26,710 All sinking enemy ships look the same. 1074 01:40:26,870 --> 01:40:28,120 Really? 1075 01:40:28,280 --> 01:40:31,160 "Our fleet losses were minor." 1076 01:40:31,950 --> 01:40:36,110 But a single ship carries hundreds of sailors. 1077 01:40:36,570 --> 01:40:38,660 They went down with the ship. 1078 01:40:39,820 --> 01:40:43,110 That's just how warfare is... 1079 01:41:08,780 --> 01:41:09,820 Good evening. 1080 01:41:13,990 --> 01:41:16,490 You were closed today. 1081 01:41:16,820 --> 01:41:19,700 You're the man... 1082 01:41:20,860 --> 01:41:23,570 I'm so sorry. 1083 01:41:23,820 --> 01:41:28,780 Without sugar or beans since the rations, we had to close... 1084 01:41:31,240 --> 01:41:32,820 I see... 1085 01:41:34,700 --> 01:41:36,490 I'll come back again. 1086 01:41:40,990 --> 01:41:43,990 Oh, right. 1087 01:41:49,820 --> 01:41:52,700 I'm sorry for scaring you the other day. 1088 01:41:56,240 --> 01:41:57,570 My apologies. 1089 01:42:00,990 --> 01:42:02,660 It will suit you. 1090 01:42:41,990 --> 01:42:46,660 In the waters off Guadalcanal of the Solomon Islands, our Imperial Navy, 1091 01:42:46,820 --> 01:42:50,610 launched a huge attack, sinking two enemy aircraft carriers... 1092 01:42:50,740 --> 01:42:53,950 Despite its great victory at Midway, 1093 01:42:54,070 --> 01:42:57,660 the Imperial Navy abandoned its plans to capture Hawaii. 1094 01:42:57,820 --> 01:43:01,410 Instead, according to their original plans, 1095 01:43:01,570 --> 01:43:03,070 built an airbase on Guadalcanal, 1096 01:43:03,200 --> 01:43:05,990 to destroy the invading Americans, heading north, 1097 01:43:06,110 --> 01:43:08,740 on their way to fortify Australia. 1098 01:43:08,950 --> 01:43:11,820 Many Army officers were deployed. 1099 01:43:13,160 --> 01:43:15,990 The Imperial Fleet's Command 1100 01:43:16,160 --> 01:43:18,990 and the flagship Yamato headed south 1101 01:43:19,410 --> 01:43:23,110 anchoring near Truk Island on the equator. 1102 01:43:30,240 --> 01:43:33,160 There's oil on Borneo, 1103 01:43:34,820 --> 01:43:39,280 but with our tankers getting sunk like this... 1104 01:43:40,410 --> 01:43:44,780 No doubt things on Guadalcanal are nightmarish. 1105 01:43:45,820 --> 01:43:49,280 They were occupied three months ago. 1106 01:43:49,780 --> 01:43:53,990 Never expected the Americans would counterattack so quickly... 1107 01:43:54,360 --> 01:43:57,860 Yamamoto saw it coming. 1108 01:43:58,360 --> 01:44:03,700 It was the military bureaucrats in command who have no idea... 1109 01:44:03,950 --> 01:44:09,490 They always reason so as to match their foregone conclusions. 1110 01:44:10,740 --> 01:44:13,650 They don't have a shred of evidence. 1111 01:44:13,860 --> 01:44:16,610 I'm sure Yamamoto has it rough out there. 1112 01:44:18,110 --> 01:44:19,280 It should have been Singapore. 1113 01:44:21,450 --> 01:44:24,410 We missed our chance to sue for peace. 1114 01:44:24,700 --> 01:44:27,780 We may have been mistaken... 1115 01:44:28,660 --> 01:44:30,000 But still, 1116 01:44:30,990 --> 01:44:33,780 Yamamoto hasn't given up. 1117 01:44:35,030 --> 01:44:40,490 No matter what, I'm sure he's trying to somehow sue for peace... 1118 01:44:41,910 --> 01:44:43,160 You're right. 1119 01:44:44,950 --> 01:44:49,490 Yamamoto never gives up... 1120 01:45:02,990 --> 01:45:07,160 Over four days, they hammered our 11 battleships, 1121 01:45:07,320 --> 01:45:12,320 including Kongo, Haruna, Jujun, Aoba and Chokai, with 3,000 shells 1122 01:45:12,910 --> 01:45:16,780 and completely destroyed our airfield on Guadalcanal. 1123 01:45:17,570 --> 01:45:22,740 But the enemy is deploying incredible numbers of reinforcements. 1124 01:45:23,320 --> 01:45:26,410 It won't take them long to rebuild the airfield. 1125 01:45:28,160 --> 01:45:30,240 What's the condition of the Army? 1126 01:45:30,450 --> 01:45:34,490 Following the annihilation of the detachment that landed in August, 1127 01:45:34,660 --> 01:45:39,000 the 5,000 troops under Kawaguchi's command are already destroyed... 1128 01:45:41,030 --> 01:45:43,650 This was the Navy's plan... 1129 01:45:45,660 --> 01:45:48,040 We must do something, but... 1130 01:45:49,660 --> 01:45:50,920 What? 1131 01:45:52,740 --> 01:45:54,070 Excuse me. 1132 01:45:59,450 --> 01:46:00,820 It's been a while. 1133 01:46:04,070 --> 01:46:07,030 You'll be at the Naval Academy... 1134 01:46:07,320 --> 01:46:11,610 I hear you strongly recommended me as director of the Naval Academy. 1135 01:46:11,740 --> 01:46:12,820 Really? 1136 01:46:13,070 --> 01:46:17,200 I don't think it's right to go home to Japan at a time like this. 1137 01:46:21,240 --> 01:46:22,450 Inoue... 1138 01:46:22,990 --> 01:46:24,070 Yes. 1139 01:46:24,320 --> 01:46:27,490 The academy needs you now more than ever. 1140 01:46:27,820 --> 01:46:28,910 What? 1141 01:46:29,240 --> 01:46:34,700 If the worst should happen, the young must rebuild our nation. 1142 01:46:36,070 --> 01:46:39,490 Train the young. You can do it. 1143 01:46:41,160 --> 01:46:43,860 Just like you once saved the Navy... 1144 01:46:49,490 --> 01:46:50,780 It's in your hands. 1145 01:46:53,610 --> 01:46:54,650 Yes, Sir. 1146 01:46:57,240 --> 01:47:00,990 Our landed troops have run out of food and ammunition. 1147 01:47:01,240 --> 01:47:02,740 At this rate, our troops 1148 01:47:03,740 --> 01:47:05,780 remaining on the island will be annihilated. 1149 01:47:06,030 --> 01:47:09,990 The Imperial Fleet still has the Mutsu and the Nagato. 1150 01:47:10,110 --> 01:47:14,030 It also has this ship the Yamato, the mightiest in the world. 1151 01:47:14,200 --> 01:47:17,530 If we don't fire our big guns now, when do we? 1152 01:47:17,820 --> 01:47:20,280 But listen, Kadokura... 1153 01:47:20,530 --> 01:47:25,030 We should gather the full fleet for a final massive attack! 1154 01:47:25,200 --> 01:47:29,320 Commander Kadokura, excuse me, but we wish for that, too. 1155 01:47:29,490 --> 01:47:30,700 Why don't you? 1156 01:47:30,860 --> 01:47:32,530 - But... - But, what? 1157 01:47:35,660 --> 01:47:36,830 In truth... 1158 01:47:38,820 --> 01:47:40,740 We don't have the fuel. 1159 01:47:53,700 --> 01:47:55,990 We will retreat from Guadalcanal. 1160 01:47:56,990 --> 01:48:01,860 But the Navy has a responsibility to the Army. 1161 01:48:04,610 --> 01:48:07,450 We mobilise every destroyer 1162 01:48:08,490 --> 01:48:13,820 to rescue as many troops off Guadalcanal as we can. 1163 01:48:15,450 --> 01:48:19,820 I'll notify Central Command. 1164 01:48:21,570 --> 01:48:22,990 I'll make sure 1165 01:48:25,200 --> 01:48:29,490 this plan of retreat succeeds... 1166 01:48:32,990 --> 01:48:34,240 Commander... 1167 01:48:35,490 --> 01:48:39,740 In that case, allow me to escort the destroyers. 1168 01:48:43,160 --> 01:48:44,650 Understood. 1169 01:48:47,200 --> 01:48:48,820 It's in your hands. 1170 01:49:15,110 --> 01:49:17,110 In the three days of strategic retreat, 1171 01:49:17,530 --> 01:49:20,700 we rescued over 10,000 Army and Navy men. 1172 01:49:23,110 --> 01:49:24,490 I see. 1173 01:49:26,360 --> 01:49:29,070 But during his command, 1174 01:49:29,860 --> 01:49:33,530 Commander Kadokura was killed in battle. 1175 01:49:38,700 --> 01:49:42,400 Make sure his family receives his personal effects. 1176 01:49:43,820 --> 01:49:44,910 Yes, Sir. 1177 01:49:59,610 --> 01:50:01,700 From Imperial Headquarters. 1178 01:50:01,860 --> 01:50:04,780 In order to accomplish their mission, 1179 01:50:04,910 --> 01:50:10,320 the troops fighting on Guadalcanal have been transferred off the island. 1180 01:50:11,860 --> 01:50:12,990 Transferred? 1181 01:50:16,820 --> 01:50:20,160 Editor, what exactly does "transferred" mean? 1182 01:50:20,660 --> 01:50:24,620 It means to proceed elsewhere. 1183 01:50:26,160 --> 01:50:29,160 In actuality, doesn't that mean retreat? 1184 01:50:30,820 --> 01:50:35,820 Elite Army and Navy troops secured a strategic base on the Solomons. 1185 01:50:36,360 --> 01:50:40,820 Therefore, they head to New Guinea, their original goal... 1186 01:50:40,990 --> 01:50:43,820 What else is that but a transfer? 1187 01:50:44,360 --> 01:50:45,530 Chief. 1188 01:50:45,660 --> 01:50:49,960 The public is realising that Midway was a disastrous defeat. 1189 01:50:51,160 --> 01:50:56,650 Isn't our mission to convey the truth to the public? 1190 01:50:59,110 --> 01:51:01,610 The mission of our newspapers 1191 01:51:02,950 --> 01:51:06,650 is to stay ahead of the people and guide their will, 1192 01:51:06,820 --> 01:51:09,820 even as Japan constructs a new world order. 1193 01:51:10,070 --> 01:51:15,490 We report our military's glorious exploits and keep spirits high at home! 1194 01:51:15,660 --> 01:51:17,370 Isn't that what's needed? 1195 01:51:21,110 --> 01:51:22,610 Is that really 1196 01:51:24,860 --> 01:51:26,280 our mission? 1197 01:51:32,110 --> 01:51:33,320 Shindo. 1198 01:51:36,160 --> 01:51:38,280 Right now, every citizen, 1199 01:51:39,950 --> 01:51:42,110 is fighting together... 1200 01:51:43,610 --> 01:51:45,160 Is fighting together! 1201 01:51:47,780 --> 01:51:50,160 I'll finish the editorial in two hours. 1202 01:51:50,820 --> 01:51:52,610 Okay! We'll lead with, 1203 01:51:53,030 --> 01:51:58,450 "Our elite troops transfer from Guadalcanal." 1204 01:51:58,610 --> 01:51:59,650 Yes. 1205 01:52:01,070 --> 01:52:02,740 Tell the copydesk. 1206 01:52:02,950 --> 01:52:04,610 Yes, I will. 1207 01:52:11,530 --> 01:52:17,610 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DRAFTEES 1208 01:52:18,530 --> 01:52:20,740 April, 1943. 1209 01:52:20,950 --> 01:52:25,030 The Imperial Fleet moved its Command to Rabaul, 1210 01:52:25,160 --> 01:52:27,110 to concentrate its aviator strength. 1211 01:52:28,160 --> 01:52:32,250 The newspaper is increasingly filled with "transfers". 1212 01:52:33,410 --> 01:52:35,160 One and a half years into this war, 1213 01:52:35,320 --> 01:52:38,700 I fear we are headed for a war of attrition, 1214 01:52:38,820 --> 01:52:42,860 like the war we're fighting against China. 1215 01:52:43,910 --> 01:52:47,610 But no one dares say it out loud. 1216 01:52:47,740 --> 01:52:49,320 IMPERIAL FLEET COMMAND RABAUL 1217 01:53:30,820 --> 01:53:33,320 SAEKI 1218 01:53:33,820 --> 01:53:36,320 ARIMA 1219 01:53:36,820 --> 01:53:39,610 YAMAGUCHI 1220 01:53:40,110 --> 01:53:42,570 KADOKURA 1221 01:53:54,990 --> 01:53:56,990 One year and four months into this war, 1222 01:53:57,200 --> 01:54:00,820 you've all fought hard in tough conditions. 1223 01:54:02,070 --> 01:54:04,910 But enemy attacks grow stronger every day. 1224 01:54:06,070 --> 01:54:10,650 The Imperial Fleet will now conduct its final battle. 1225 01:54:12,740 --> 01:54:15,400 First, we'll consolidate the Rabaul-based air squadrons 1226 01:54:15,570 --> 01:54:19,490 with all the aircraft carriers in the Third Fleet. 1227 01:54:19,990 --> 01:54:22,610 Then we'll annihilate the enemy aviators 1228 01:54:22,740 --> 01:54:25,490 deployed in the Solomon-New Guinea area. 1229 01:54:27,740 --> 01:54:29,700 After that... 1230 01:54:31,780 --> 01:54:34,780 We'll immediately reduce our front line. 1231 01:54:35,860 --> 01:54:38,200 Are we transferring? 1232 01:54:38,780 --> 01:54:41,570 No, it's a retreat. 1233 01:54:42,740 --> 01:54:45,780 Words must be used accurately. 1234 01:54:49,950 --> 01:54:51,860 We pull back to the Marianas. 1235 01:54:52,280 --> 01:54:55,860 We use Guam and Saipan as an unsinkable carrier 1236 01:54:56,990 --> 01:54:58,910 and fight our final air battle. 1237 01:54:59,320 --> 01:55:01,360 With that victory, 1238 01:55:04,570 --> 01:55:06,360 we sue for peace... 1239 01:55:06,950 --> 01:55:09,700 However, if we retreat our front line, 1240 01:55:09,860 --> 01:55:12,450 the enemy will launch an all-out attack there. 1241 01:55:12,950 --> 01:55:15,700 I didn't say we pull back everything. 1242 01:55:17,320 --> 01:55:21,950 We'll keep the front line bases until the rear is prepared. 1243 01:55:23,950 --> 01:55:27,740 What about the troops... 1244 01:55:28,820 --> 01:55:32,360 Yes, they'll be sacrificed. 1245 01:55:37,410 --> 01:55:42,120 It's the final battle, to sue for peace. 1246 01:57:07,860 --> 01:57:09,950 Okay, return to base! 1247 01:57:10,070 --> 01:57:11,200 Roger! 1248 01:57:52,200 --> 01:57:53,530 Mother... 1249 01:58:09,320 --> 01:58:12,950 Today, the Igo Plan has ended. 1250 01:58:13,490 --> 01:58:17,530 It was a rare victory. We can now head to the Marianas. 1251 01:58:20,740 --> 01:58:21,900 Yes. 1252 01:58:29,700 --> 01:58:30,780 Commander. 1253 01:58:32,240 --> 01:58:34,400 Lt. Makino died in combat. 1254 01:58:41,240 --> 01:58:42,450 I see... 1255 01:58:44,820 --> 01:58:46,990 Makino's gone, too... 1256 01:58:51,490 --> 01:58:52,530 Chief of Staff, 1257 01:58:54,110 --> 01:58:58,740 I'll inspect the front lines on the 18th, too. 1258 01:58:58,860 --> 01:59:02,860 No, there are daily enemy attacks on those bases. 1259 01:59:03,160 --> 01:59:05,160 You cannot accompany us there. 1260 01:59:07,030 --> 01:59:09,280 Mine may be an ugly face, 1261 01:59:09,990 --> 01:59:13,740 but the troops are happy to see it. 1262 01:59:16,820 --> 01:59:18,530 I'm grateful. 1263 01:59:28,490 --> 01:59:30,530 Your humble servant 1264 01:59:31,110 --> 01:59:36,530 has so many of his dear men divided in this world and the next. 1265 01:59:38,280 --> 01:59:40,490 I both want them to welcome me there 1266 01:59:41,700 --> 01:59:45,740 and remain here to serve on earth a little longer... 1267 01:59:46,490 --> 01:59:52,070 I am of two minds, but have one body. 1268 01:59:56,570 --> 01:59:58,030 Come in. 1269 01:59:58,160 --> 01:59:59,250 Excuse me. 1270 02:00:06,780 --> 02:00:09,740 What's that scary look for? 1271 02:00:10,160 --> 02:00:12,370 Commander Ozawa is insisting 1272 02:00:12,570 --> 02:00:16,820 that you must not inspect the front lines. 1273 02:00:19,160 --> 02:00:23,830 But if you insist, he'll fly as many escort planes as you wish. 1274 02:00:24,820 --> 02:00:26,490 Just the usual, please. 1275 02:00:28,450 --> 02:00:30,240 Don't blow it out of proportion. 1276 02:00:30,570 --> 02:00:31,610 But, Sir... 1277 02:00:31,740 --> 02:00:33,780 The usual is fine. 1278 02:00:37,660 --> 02:00:38,830 Listen, Miyake. 1279 02:00:41,820 --> 02:00:42,860 Sir. 1280 02:00:43,820 --> 02:00:46,740 A lot of young men have died. 1281 02:00:49,860 --> 02:00:55,280 Japan's youth, who shoulder the future, are all dying first. 1282 02:00:57,860 --> 02:01:01,780 I'm an old man, still sticking around... 1283 02:01:06,490 --> 02:01:08,150 When I see them again, 1284 02:01:11,160 --> 02:01:13,830 how am I supposed to greet them? 1285 02:01:20,320 --> 02:01:21,990 What's a man to do... 1286 02:01:39,570 --> 02:01:40,780 Come in. 1287 02:01:41,240 --> 02:01:42,320 Excuse me. 1288 02:01:45,030 --> 02:01:46,530 What is it? 1289 02:01:55,030 --> 02:01:57,820 I've been drafted into the infantry. 1290 02:02:01,820 --> 02:02:03,030 I see. 1291 02:02:06,650 --> 02:02:10,780 Akiyama will take over the Imperial War Record. 1292 02:02:11,860 --> 02:02:13,110 I understand. 1293 02:02:15,860 --> 02:02:18,780 Thank you for everything. 1294 02:02:25,780 --> 02:02:27,700 Fight the good fight 1295 02:02:28,700 --> 02:02:32,900 for your country, Japan. 1296 02:02:34,410 --> 02:02:35,540 Yes. 1297 02:02:37,700 --> 02:02:39,110 Shindo... 1298 02:02:51,320 --> 02:02:53,360 I'll be off. 1299 02:03:57,450 --> 02:03:58,570 Hey! 1300 02:03:59,950 --> 02:04:02,780 You'll get malaria from the mosquitoes! 1301 02:04:06,200 --> 02:04:07,400 Excuse me. 1302 02:04:19,530 --> 02:04:21,860 Don't act so shocked. 1303 02:04:22,860 --> 02:04:26,700 Even I have a glass of whisky now and then. 1304 02:04:33,740 --> 02:04:41,950 It's the midsummer festival I burned the tip of my nose... 1305 02:04:42,160 --> 02:04:43,790 Hey, hey, what's that? 1306 02:04:43,910 --> 02:04:45,000 I memorised it. 1307 02:04:45,110 --> 02:04:46,570 Don't screw it up. 1308 02:04:46,700 --> 02:04:50,820 All right, I'll teach you the correct lyrics. 1309 02:05:00,070 --> 02:05:02,530 It's the midsummer festival 1310 02:05:02,910 --> 02:05:07,620 Time for eggplant rice pot 1311 02:05:10,650 --> 02:05:14,200 I burned the tip of my nose 1312 02:05:14,360 --> 02:05:19,200 Licking up every scrap 1313 02:05:20,400 --> 02:05:25,400 I burned the tip of my nose 1314 02:05:25,610 --> 02:05:29,360 Licking up every scrap 1315 02:05:47,200 --> 02:05:49,700 How dare you signal the commander's movements! 1316 02:05:50,030 --> 02:05:52,360 What if the enemy intercepts it? 1317 02:06:10,490 --> 02:06:13,240 We land at the base on Ballale in 15 minutes. 1318 02:06:14,700 --> 02:06:15,780 Right. 1319 02:06:36,200 --> 02:06:37,360 Enemy planes! 1320 02:07:29,280 --> 02:07:31,280 Emergency landing! 1321 02:08:47,160 --> 02:08:48,460 Commander! 1322 02:10:40,240 --> 02:10:43,490 After pondering the general trends of the world 1323 02:10:43,610 --> 02:10:46,780 and the actual conditions in our empire today, 1324 02:10:46,950 --> 02:10:49,110 we have decided to effect 1325 02:10:49,280 --> 02:10:53,070 a settlement of the present situation 1326 02:10:53,320 --> 02:10:57,860 by resorting to an extraordinary measure. 1327 02:10:58,280 --> 02:11:02,190 We have ordered our government 1328 02:11:02,530 --> 02:11:06,150 to communicate to the U. S., Great Britain, China, 1329 02:11:06,360 --> 02:11:09,360 and the Soviet Union, that our empire accepts 1330 02:11:09,530 --> 02:11:12,530 the provisions of theirjoint declaration... 1331 02:11:15,530 --> 02:11:17,030 Admiral Yamamoto, 1332 02:11:17,820 --> 02:11:21,700 it's been two years and four months since you died. 1333 02:11:22,700 --> 02:11:27,030 And so, the war ended in a manner 1334 02:11:27,650 --> 02:11:31,400 far removed from the peace you so desired. 1335 02:11:52,820 --> 02:11:55,400 Since the war began in Pearl Harbor, 1336 02:11:56,280 --> 02:12:01,490 some three million have lost their lives to it. 1337 02:12:02,400 --> 02:12:04,490 Over 90% of those lives 1338 02:12:04,610 --> 02:12:08,900 were lost after you died. 1339 02:12:10,610 --> 02:12:13,070 After you died on Bougainville, 1340 02:12:13,740 --> 02:12:15,530 there was no one left in Japan, 1341 02:12:15,650 --> 02:12:19,990 who could bring the war to an end. 1342 02:12:22,360 --> 02:12:25,650 When and how 1343 02:12:26,530 --> 02:12:28,570 did we go wrong? 1344 02:12:30,280 --> 02:12:34,740 And what did we lose? 1345 02:12:36,280 --> 02:12:38,240 We will abandon our past, 1346 02:12:40,070 --> 02:12:44,650 and create a new Japan with America. 1347 02:12:44,860 --> 02:12:49,360 This is our greatest mission for the future! 1348 02:12:50,740 --> 02:12:53,150 Okay, that's the editorial! 1349 02:12:53,360 --> 02:12:55,940 The answer to that 1350 02:12:56,740 --> 02:13:00,860 may have to wait 50 or 100 years... 1351 02:13:03,360 --> 02:13:06,190 Put this word "Democratize" in the biggest font! 1352 02:13:06,860 --> 02:13:07,900 Yes. 1353 02:13:08,030 --> 02:13:09,610 But that may 1354 02:13:09,910 --> 02:13:14,250 also be enough time for the people of our country 1355 02:13:14,530 --> 02:13:16,650 to forget everything. 1356 02:13:17,860 --> 02:13:19,740 IMPERIAL WAR RECORD 1357 02:13:20,110 --> 02:13:21,940 But Admiral Yamamoto, 1358 02:13:23,200 --> 02:13:27,410 that you, who opposed the war above all others, 1359 02:13:27,570 --> 02:13:30,700 were forced to light its fire... 1360 02:13:33,780 --> 02:13:36,110 And that you fought 1361 02:13:36,450 --> 02:13:40,570 all your battles to restore peace as soon as possible... 1362 02:13:43,780 --> 02:13:47,360 These facts, I will always remember. 1363 02:13:48,530 --> 02:13:53,940 WAR RECORD OF IMPERIAL JAPAN BY SHINDO 1364 02:14:10,360 --> 02:14:12,190 Admiral Yamamoto, 1365 02:14:13,950 --> 02:14:19,870 I believe we must start over by really looking at the world. 1366 02:14:22,820 --> 02:14:24,820 Following your words, 1367 02:14:25,360 --> 02:14:29,530 by opening our eyes, our ears 1368 02:14:29,820 --> 02:14:31,820 and our hearts.