1 00:00:16,549 --> 00:00:20,451 A NIKKATSU PICTURE 2 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:33,865 FIGHTING ELEGY 3 00:00:35,935 --> 00:00:40,770 Screenplay by KANETO SHINDO From the novel by TAKASHI SUZUKI 4 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,443 Photography by KENJI HAGIWARA 5 00:00:45,678 --> 00:00:50,047 Art Direction by TAKEO KIMURA 6 00:00:50,349 --> 00:00:54,752 Music by NAOZUMI YAMAMOTO 7 00:00:55,021 --> 00:00:57,455 Cast 8 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:02,753 HIDEKI TAKAHASHI JUNKO ASANO, YUSUKE KAWAZU 9 00:01:03,029 --> 00:01:05,429 CHIKAKO MIYAGI, TAKESHI KATO 10 00:01:05,598 --> 00:01:08,123 ISAO TAMAGAWA JUN HAMAMURA, ASAO SANO 11 00:01:08,367 --> 00:01:13,430 SEIJIRO ONDA MITSUO KATAOKA, KEISUKE NORO 12 00:01:24,383 --> 00:01:29,446 HIROSHI MIDORIGAWA 13 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:45,393 Directed by SEIJUN SUZUKI 14 00:01:50,042 --> 00:01:57,175 BIZEN, OKAYAMA - 1935 15 00:01:57,817 --> 00:02:00,650 OKAYAMA PREFECTURE SECOND MIDDLE SCHOOL 16 00:02:11,797 --> 00:02:13,196 Attention! 17 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,228 Bow! 18 00:02:28,948 --> 00:02:32,816 Hey, Nanbu! You got a girl or something? 19 00:02:32,985 --> 00:02:33,883 Well... 20 00:02:34,053 --> 00:02:36,920 You're going soft! I'll toughen you up. Come tomorrow. 21 00:02:37,089 --> 00:02:38,852 But tomorrow's Sunday. 22 00:02:39,025 --> 00:02:40,959 Come anyway. 23 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:42,685 We'll train you good. 24 00:02:43,362 --> 00:02:45,387 I can't on Sunday. 25 00:02:45,564 --> 00:02:47,054 Why not? 26 00:02:47,566 --> 00:02:50,558 - I have things to do. - Do 'em today. 27 00:02:50,736 --> 00:02:52,363 What do you have to do? 28 00:02:53,172 --> 00:02:54,867 Gotta go to church. 29 00:02:55,041 --> 00:02:55,939 Church? 30 00:02:56,108 --> 00:02:58,167 You a Jesus freak or something? 31 00:02:58,344 --> 00:03:02,371 Is Christ more important than your fellow seniors? 32 00:03:02,548 --> 00:03:04,448 Don't insult my religion! 33 00:03:05,818 --> 00:03:07,479 No point in discussing this. 34 00:03:07,653 --> 00:03:10,349 We'll have to rough you up a bit. Come on. 35 00:03:19,565 --> 00:03:22,125 What's with the attitude these days? 36 00:03:22,301 --> 00:03:24,895 I've been thinking recently you need a little lesson. 37 00:03:25,705 --> 00:03:27,036 Grit your teeth. 38 00:03:28,174 --> 00:03:29,471 You bastard! 39 00:03:32,645 --> 00:03:33,907 Shit! 40 00:03:35,147 --> 00:03:36,239 You bastard! 41 00:03:36,415 --> 00:03:37,780 Please forgive me in advance. 42 00:03:45,524 --> 00:03:46,855 Wait! 43 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:48,220 Hey, wait! 44 00:03:48,394 --> 00:03:49,292 Wait! 45 00:04:06,012 --> 00:04:07,172 Who's there? 46 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:10,815 I'm home! 47 00:04:26,065 --> 00:04:31,401 I hear you pulled a funny trick by the river the other day. 48 00:04:33,172 --> 00:04:34,264 What for? 49 00:04:34,907 --> 00:04:39,037 The boarding house I'm at is Catholic. 50 00:04:40,646 --> 00:04:43,672 And they have a daughter. 51 00:04:43,849 --> 00:04:45,009 Hang on. 52 00:04:45,184 --> 00:04:47,084 The cute one from Seishin Girls School? 53 00:04:47,253 --> 00:04:48,311 Yes. 54 00:04:49,722 --> 00:04:52,919 So you're at her place? 55 00:04:53,092 --> 00:04:54,650 Lucky bastard. 56 00:04:56,695 --> 00:05:00,859 I had my sights set on her too. 57 00:05:04,103 --> 00:05:06,128 Tell me the rest. 58 00:05:06,305 --> 00:05:08,136 Well, Michiko was - 59 00:05:08,941 --> 00:05:13,605 She was to give a piano recital after mass. 60 00:05:14,947 --> 00:05:20,408 I was supposed to give her flowers after she played. 61 00:05:23,155 --> 00:05:24,713 Not yet! 62 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:03,854 So, you have a crush on Michiko? 63 00:06:04,029 --> 00:06:05,428 Well... 64 00:06:05,898 --> 00:06:06,990 I mean, no. 65 00:06:08,601 --> 00:06:10,501 Don't get excited. 66 00:06:10,669 --> 00:06:13,900 They say that heroes always fall in love. 67 00:06:14,073 --> 00:06:16,598 Yes, I think so too! 68 00:06:18,944 --> 00:06:19,911 Idiot! 69 00:06:20,079 --> 00:06:24,106 You'll never be a hero getting all love-struck while still in training! 70 00:06:25,217 --> 00:06:29,347 Forget your desires. Women will only get you in trouble. 71 00:06:30,322 --> 00:06:32,756 I'll teach you good. What do you say? 72 00:06:33,392 --> 00:06:34,723 Yes, sir. 73 00:06:35,694 --> 00:06:38,424 People call me Turtle. 74 00:06:39,131 --> 00:06:41,326 You may call me that as well. 75 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:45,261 "Thou shalt not commit adultery." 76 00:06:45,437 --> 00:06:46,597 What's wrong? 77 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:54,037 "Looking lustfully is committing adultery..." 78 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:16,060 Have some. 79 00:07:18,671 --> 00:07:19,660 Turtle, sir. 80 00:07:19,838 --> 00:07:20,736 What? 81 00:07:20,906 --> 00:07:22,840 Are you Catholic too? 82 00:07:23,008 --> 00:07:25,841 Yeah. So what? 83 00:07:26,545 --> 00:07:28,604 Isn't drinking this a sin? 84 00:07:28,781 --> 00:07:30,442 Take it easy. 85 00:07:30,683 --> 00:07:35,552 It's not the communion wine. I hid my own stash here. 86 00:07:35,721 --> 00:07:38,918 Now take a swig. Let's swear to our brotherhood. 87 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:03,340 Wow, that's really something! 88 00:08:05,384 --> 00:08:10,321 Kiroku, I will teach you the secrets of fighting. 89 00:08:11,090 --> 00:08:12,455 Please! 90 00:08:13,492 --> 00:08:15,619 Look into the mirror. 91 00:08:20,366 --> 00:08:21,924 Never blink! 92 00:08:27,906 --> 00:08:29,373 What's wrong? 93 00:08:30,209 --> 00:08:32,973 There's something funny about Kiroku. 94 00:08:33,145 --> 00:08:35,613 Well, he always was a funny boy. 95 00:08:36,415 --> 00:08:38,815 But it's worse than usual today. 96 00:08:39,084 --> 00:08:41,712 He's been staring in the mirror all day. 97 00:08:42,221 --> 00:08:44,314 Maybe he's got pimples. 98 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:47,425 Punch the bag 1,000 times, morning and night. 99 00:08:47,593 --> 00:08:52,690 As you progress, put beans in the bag, and later, small stones. 100 00:08:53,465 --> 00:08:57,128 Walk with your weight on your heels, thrusting your feet forward. 101 00:08:57,303 --> 00:09:00,795 This will give you grit. 102 00:09:08,213 --> 00:09:09,407 Kiroku. 103 00:09:23,762 --> 00:09:27,926 If he were this determined at school, he could become something. 104 00:09:28,767 --> 00:09:33,101 I like his passion. It's so masculine. 105 00:09:33,405 --> 00:09:35,498 You think it's masculine, huh? 106 00:09:35,974 --> 00:09:38,943 Shouldn't we let his father know? 107 00:09:39,111 --> 00:09:42,979 Just leave him. He's like a barrel rolling downhill. 108 00:09:43,148 --> 00:09:45,480 He'll stop when he reaches the bottom. 109 00:09:45,651 --> 00:09:48,586 Yes, men are like that. 110 00:09:49,521 --> 00:09:52,149 So, you do understand, Mother. 111 00:10:13,011 --> 00:10:17,072 The rest is courage and how fast you can run. 112 00:10:17,950 --> 00:10:20,748 Courage comes in battle. 113 00:10:21,387 --> 00:10:24,879 And you'll run when you have to. 114 00:10:25,657 --> 00:10:27,989 So a loss can become a gain. 115 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:33,725 Kiroku, you must find a different group to continue your training. 116 00:10:46,879 --> 00:10:50,508 Our passwords are OS and MS. 117 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:56,252 They're short for Okayama Second Middle School. 118 00:10:57,856 --> 00:11:00,916 And I'm Takuan, head of the group. 119 00:11:01,093 --> 00:11:02,526 Yes, sir. 120 00:11:02,694 --> 00:11:07,393 You must break school rules one by one to become brave. 121 00:11:08,066 --> 00:11:09,499 Got any money? 122 00:11:09,668 --> 00:11:10,635 A little bit. 123 00:11:10,803 --> 00:11:12,202 Good. Come with me. 124 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:29,746 Welcome. Come in. 125 00:11:33,592 --> 00:11:38,723 Careful of Kappa from Kanchu, Takuan. He was talking about you. 126 00:11:40,165 --> 00:11:41,564 Filthy bitch! 127 00:11:42,334 --> 00:11:44,859 He said, "I'll cut him down!" 128 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:48,404 He couldn't even cut through a lump of fish paste. 129 00:11:49,074 --> 00:11:50,405 What do you want? 130 00:11:50,576 --> 00:11:52,043 Just bring anything. 131 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:53,940 How am I supposed to know what? 132 00:11:54,112 --> 00:11:56,239 Then just bring me some broth. 133 00:11:58,650 --> 00:12:00,083 This is ridiculous! 134 00:12:05,657 --> 00:12:06,589 Kappa! 135 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:42,822 Stay back! 136 00:13:36,148 --> 00:13:37,445 Give him more! 137 00:14:10,048 --> 00:14:11,515 Father. 138 00:14:13,952 --> 00:14:15,613 You can punish me. 139 00:14:15,787 --> 00:14:20,224 I won't hit you. You're not a child anymore. 140 00:14:20,926 --> 00:14:22,359 But Kiroku... 141 00:14:23,328 --> 00:14:26,388 you're not in school to get into fights. 142 00:14:27,399 --> 00:14:30,459 The principal wanted to kick you out. 143 00:14:30,669 --> 00:14:33,399 But he agreed to a one-month suspension. 144 00:14:35,273 --> 00:14:37,764 Now, don't get so down over this. 145 00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:41,344 You're just a little too hot-blooded. 146 00:14:43,949 --> 00:14:47,214 Let's go have some steak. 147 00:14:49,121 --> 00:14:50,520 Kiroku. 148 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:04,229 What an easy life you have, sleeping all the time. 149 00:15:05,671 --> 00:15:07,366 Why don't you study? 150 00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:12,969 Shall I help you with your English while you're suspended? 151 00:15:17,516 --> 00:15:20,041 Your dad's nice. 152 00:15:30,462 --> 00:15:32,396 He's very sweet. 153 00:15:36,435 --> 00:15:37,959 Do you enjoy fighting? 154 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:40,462 Yes. 155 00:15:44,309 --> 00:15:45,571 How barbaric. 156 00:15:46,611 --> 00:15:48,772 You just don't understand men! 157 00:15:52,117 --> 00:15:54,677 Let me teach you the piano, Kiroku. 158 00:15:56,154 --> 00:16:00,113 You need to cultivate your aesthetic side. 159 00:16:06,598 --> 00:16:08,498 Now you try. 160 00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:28,214 Once more. 161 00:16:45,704 --> 00:16:49,231 Oh, my. Your fingers are stiff as logs. 162 00:16:51,543 --> 00:16:53,340 You have to relax. 163 00:16:58,950 --> 00:17:00,918 You have to sit up straight. 164 00:17:03,922 --> 00:17:08,052 "Michiko is a saint. She's Joan of Arc. 165 00:17:08,393 --> 00:17:13,990 I wish to be her faithful servant and bow at her feet. 166 00:17:16,735 --> 00:17:20,501 My blood throbs at the sight of those white hands. " 167 00:17:31,750 --> 00:17:33,718 It's been a lovely Easter. 168 00:17:54,139 --> 00:17:58,132 I walked down this same street with Father last Easter. 169 00:18:00,679 --> 00:18:02,442 This year, it's Kiroku. 170 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:04,905 And next year? 171 00:18:13,992 --> 00:18:16,324 You're easily scared, aren't you? 172 00:18:16,494 --> 00:18:19,258 Somebody hanged himself here the other day. 173 00:18:19,431 --> 00:18:23,094 A man like you shouldn't be afraid of that. 174 00:18:26,204 --> 00:18:29,662 "My blood throbs at the sight of those white hands." 175 00:18:36,314 --> 00:18:37,406 OS! 176 00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:39,543 MS! 177 00:18:57,769 --> 00:18:59,999 Who's that, Kiroku? 178 00:19:04,175 --> 00:19:05,870 She's my sister. 179 00:19:06,745 --> 00:19:08,042 Your sister, huh? 180 00:19:09,114 --> 00:19:14,017 Well, then, that's okay. But don't be messing with girls. 181 00:19:14,653 --> 00:19:18,214 You'll stain the pride and honor of the OSMS club. 182 00:19:25,630 --> 00:19:27,495 Pleased to meet you. 183 00:19:27,666 --> 00:19:31,727 My name is Takuan, head of the OSMS club. 184 00:19:31,903 --> 00:19:33,268 OSMS? 185 00:19:33,438 --> 00:19:36,134 It's well-known in Bizen, Okayama, 186 00:19:36,308 --> 00:19:39,334 as a club for young men like Kiroku 187 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:42,844 who train hard to make their bodies strong. 188 00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:50,252 I'd like to treat you to a bowl of noodles. 189 00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:54,154 Let's go home, Mr. Nanbu. 190 00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:56,089 We can eat noodles at home. 191 00:19:56,261 --> 00:19:59,697 "Mr. Nanbu," huh? 192 00:20:01,466 --> 00:20:03,627 Is she really your sister? 193 00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:05,827 Yes. No. I mean - 194 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:07,998 You lying to me? 195 00:20:08,173 --> 00:20:09,606 She's like my sister - 196 00:20:09,774 --> 00:20:11,105 No bullshit! 197 00:20:13,678 --> 00:20:16,977 I thought it was strange that you'd hold hands with your sister. 198 00:20:17,148 --> 00:20:18,581 What's wrong with holding - 199 00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:21,310 You keep quiet, young lady. 200 00:20:21,753 --> 00:20:24,745 We'll settle this at school. 201 00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:39,398 Kiroku. 202 00:20:43,241 --> 00:20:45,573 Stay home today. 203 00:20:45,977 --> 00:20:48,411 Don't worry, Michiko. 204 00:20:49,447 --> 00:20:53,076 Promise me you won't fight. 205 00:21:09,067 --> 00:21:11,228 Master! 206 00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:14,628 This is really important! 207 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:19,172 If I get Michiko involved in this, 208 00:21:19,644 --> 00:21:22,238 I'll be in trouble with our Lord Jesus! 209 00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:25,281 Well, let's deal with it before class. 210 00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:59,908 Good little mace, huh? 211 00:22:02,387 --> 00:22:04,082 You came early, huh? You've got guts. 212 00:22:04,255 --> 00:22:05,517 Wait outside. 213 00:22:05,890 --> 00:22:07,050 Boss. 214 00:22:08,326 --> 00:22:11,090 Forgive me for what I did last night. 215 00:22:11,529 --> 00:22:14,589 That girl - - Stop that! Be a man! 216 00:22:15,266 --> 00:22:17,131 I'll keep on apologizing. 217 00:22:17,302 --> 00:22:20,669 We live in the same house. 218 00:22:22,607 --> 00:22:24,734 Then are you married? 219 00:22:24,909 --> 00:22:27,173 This is no joke, boss. 220 00:22:27,345 --> 00:22:28,812 Who's joking? 221 00:22:29,114 --> 00:22:33,881 I can accept your apology, but this mace can't. 222 00:22:36,654 --> 00:22:38,315 So, you won't forgive me? 223 00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:39,184 No. 224 00:22:39,891 --> 00:22:40,880 Well, then - 225 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:42,924 Then what? 226 00:22:46,464 --> 00:22:50,833 Are you the boss of the OPQ gang? 227 00:22:51,002 --> 00:22:52,594 - Turtle. - That's right. 228 00:22:53,204 --> 00:22:55,104 I'm Kiroku's backup. 229 00:23:00,378 --> 00:23:04,974 Well, my greetings to you! A native of Bizen-Osabuna - 230 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:06,344 Fool! 231 00:23:07,819 --> 00:23:11,346 Don't think you can weasel out of this. 232 00:23:12,090 --> 00:23:17,323 I hear you gave Kiroku a real hard time about last night. 233 00:23:17,662 --> 00:23:21,462 That girl you saw last night is as pure as the Virgin Mary. 234 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:24,659 That may be so, but he told me she was his sister. 235 00:23:24,836 --> 00:23:26,736 Shut up! 236 00:23:27,939 --> 00:23:29,668 Don't you know 237 00:23:29,841 --> 00:23:33,902 that at church all girls are called "sister"? 238 00:23:34,612 --> 00:23:38,013 You think you're a big man? Always picking on kids! 239 00:23:59,971 --> 00:24:01,029 Kiroku! 240 00:24:04,876 --> 00:24:05,774 You fool! 241 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:07,070 Run! 242 00:24:11,149 --> 00:24:12,411 Let's go! 243 00:24:19,090 --> 00:24:20,717 Get 'em! 244 00:24:55,793 --> 00:25:00,025 "Challenge from Takuan to Turtle." 245 00:25:09,540 --> 00:25:11,030 Mine says the same thing. 246 00:25:12,577 --> 00:25:14,044 Why be scared? 247 00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:18,746 If someone challenges you, you just have to accept it. 248 00:25:18,916 --> 00:25:20,315 But Master! 249 00:25:20,952 --> 00:25:22,749 Get your mace ready! 250 00:25:33,398 --> 00:25:36,526 Michiko? Do you know where the hand towel for the bathroom is? 251 00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:38,032 I don't know. 252 00:25:39,170 --> 00:25:41,400 Maybe it got blown away. 253 00:25:42,940 --> 00:25:46,376 Michiko? Do you know where the bath towel is? 254 00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:48,102 No, I don't. 255 00:25:51,549 --> 00:25:55,007 I've got the towels. I'm going out. 256 00:25:55,186 --> 00:25:56,653 Where to? 257 00:26:19,010 --> 00:26:20,739 LETTER OF CHALLENGE 258 00:26:29,854 --> 00:26:31,583 Hey, Kiroku! 259 00:26:33,691 --> 00:26:35,056 Scout's back. 260 00:26:36,527 --> 00:26:39,462 Takuan is with 20 guys at the lkuta shrine! 261 00:26:39,630 --> 00:26:42,463 Good! Stay true to your purpose! 262 00:26:45,870 --> 00:26:47,394 Scout's back! 263 00:26:47,572 --> 00:26:48,732 Enemy situation? 264 00:26:48,906 --> 00:26:51,568 Preparing in the bamboo forest! 265 00:26:51,743 --> 00:26:52,641 All right! 266 00:26:53,711 --> 00:26:56,646 Hey, Turtle! I've come to help. 267 00:26:56,814 --> 00:26:59,044 Good. Thanks. 268 00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:02,177 Open that box. 269 00:27:02,353 --> 00:27:04,218 We have dumplings. 270 00:27:04,722 --> 00:27:06,849 Have some for good luck. 271 00:27:08,192 --> 00:27:12,322 Michiko, I'm sorry, but I have no choice. I have to brace myself and go. 272 00:27:31,682 --> 00:27:34,082 Turtle is our enemy! 273 00:27:34,285 --> 00:27:39,120 Make sure you're prepared for a true offensive battle! 274 00:27:41,092 --> 00:27:42,525 To the front! 275 00:28:14,625 --> 00:28:18,652 The most important thing in battle is to take out the general! 276 00:28:19,430 --> 00:28:22,422 Kiroku, go up the fire lookout and check on enemy movements! 277 00:28:23,134 --> 00:28:26,934 I'm not here as a lookout! I came here to fight! 278 00:28:27,738 --> 00:28:30,434 When I signal you, throw your mace! 279 00:28:30,608 --> 00:28:31,836 Now go! 280 00:29:18,022 --> 00:29:21,150 Here they come! 281 00:29:22,527 --> 00:29:26,361 Fight your hardest! I'll take care of you if you go down! 282 00:29:56,794 --> 00:29:58,125 Advance! 283 00:30:14,612 --> 00:30:15,840 It's the cops! 284 00:30:16,547 --> 00:30:19,015 The cops are coming! 285 00:30:19,717 --> 00:30:22,208 Retreat! 286 00:30:22,386 --> 00:30:24,650 It's the cops! 287 00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:27,852 Time to run! 288 00:30:30,928 --> 00:30:33,988 Get on the truck! Hurry! 289 00:30:34,165 --> 00:30:36,065 It's the cops! 290 00:30:42,473 --> 00:30:44,065 Hey, wait! 291 00:30:46,577 --> 00:30:47,942 Hey, Kiroku! 292 00:30:48,112 --> 00:30:49,909 Stop! Back up! 293 00:30:56,754 --> 00:30:59,018 Hurry down, Kiroku! 294 00:31:01,859 --> 00:31:03,190 Kiroku! 295 00:31:05,463 --> 00:31:06,657 Father! 296 00:31:06,831 --> 00:31:09,391 You're a sorry sight! 297 00:31:09,567 --> 00:31:11,034 Get down here! 298 00:31:11,202 --> 00:31:13,762 I'll punish you good this time! 299 00:31:14,572 --> 00:31:16,437 Get down here! 300 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:25,773 Michiko! 301 00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:30,912 Kiroku, when did you take up with these rowdies? 302 00:31:31,656 --> 00:31:33,180 Rowdies? 303 00:31:33,357 --> 00:31:35,655 That's right. 304 00:31:36,761 --> 00:31:39,924 If Michiko hadn't called me about this, 305 00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:44,131 you might've already been dead! 306 00:31:45,069 --> 00:31:47,560 She saved your life! 307 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:49,301 All your lives! 308 00:31:53,010 --> 00:31:55,137 Now get down here! 309 00:31:55,780 --> 00:31:58,874 I'll beat some sense into that head of yours! 310 00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:01,678 Forgive him, please. 311 00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:06,454 Come on down, Kiroku, and I'll apologize for you. 312 00:32:27,378 --> 00:32:30,347 Why are you dressed like that? Is this some kind of joke? 313 00:32:30,514 --> 00:32:32,175 What do you mean, you fool? 314 00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:35,542 It was Michiko's clever idea. 315 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:40,580 Her deceased father was the town's chief of police. 316 00:32:50,735 --> 00:32:53,329 "Oh, Michiko, my sister! 317 00:32:53,504 --> 00:32:56,632 How pure are your lovely eyes." 318 00:33:27,705 --> 00:33:30,299 "Oh, Michiko, I will not masturbate. 319 00:33:30,474 --> 00:33:33,910 I fight to vent my desires!" 320 00:33:56,767 --> 00:34:00,464 The pine tree is green 321 00:34:00,771 --> 00:34:03,831 The sand is white 322 00:34:04,508 --> 00:34:11,346 The young girl from Omatsugasato village 323 00:34:12,149 --> 00:34:15,050 Stands among the red camellias 324 00:34:25,296 --> 00:34:26,627 I can't resist! 325 00:35:38,068 --> 00:35:42,129 Oh Lord, I've committed a terrible sin! 326 00:35:43,207 --> 00:35:46,836 I've given in to my desires many times already. 327 00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:49,506 Michiko, forgive me! 328 00:35:52,583 --> 00:35:56,019 Now that I'm second in command of OSMS, 329 00:35:56,186 --> 00:36:01,055 I will do my best for the progress of the group, 330 00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:03,125 and I ask for your support. 331 00:36:03,594 --> 00:36:07,530 As it would be a shame for us true men 332 00:36:07,698 --> 00:36:10,963 to be mistaken for a group of sissies, 333 00:36:11,468 --> 00:36:15,837 I've written out a set of rules for the OSMS. 334 00:36:16,807 --> 00:36:20,106 Firstly, jackets are to be significantly shortened, 335 00:36:20,277 --> 00:36:24,509 pant seats are to be lined, and pant legs taken up as well. 336 00:36:26,150 --> 00:36:29,847 Secondly, all dealings with sissies are forbidden. 337 00:36:34,058 --> 00:36:38,222 And those who chase girls shall be deemed cowards! 338 00:36:39,263 --> 00:36:43,859 Thirdly, all school rules are to be aggressively resisted. 339 00:36:44,034 --> 00:36:47,936 A man should derive great satisfaction from rebellion. 340 00:36:51,008 --> 00:36:53,272 That's quite a plan! 341 00:36:53,444 --> 00:36:55,002 A masterpiece! 342 00:36:55,179 --> 00:36:56,578 He's done it! 343 00:37:12,463 --> 00:37:15,364 Hey, think you can train barefoot? 344 00:37:15,532 --> 00:37:17,193 Where are your shoes? 345 00:37:18,869 --> 00:37:21,429 Can't you answer? Fine. 346 00:37:22,706 --> 00:37:24,139 Okay, Nanbu! 347 00:37:27,144 --> 00:37:28,475 Forward! 348 00:37:31,548 --> 00:37:32,810 March! 349 00:37:52,669 --> 00:37:55,604 Hey, what's this? 350 00:37:56,407 --> 00:37:57,305 An insignia? 351 00:37:57,474 --> 00:37:58,964 No, it's not! 352 00:37:59,143 --> 00:38:05,082 You know that army recruits found wearing insignias are put in prison! 353 00:38:05,249 --> 00:38:06,580 I didn't know. 354 00:38:07,518 --> 00:38:10,146 If it's not an insignia, what is it? 355 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:11,753 I don't know. 356 00:38:11,922 --> 00:38:14,482 How could you not know? You made it yourself! 357 00:38:14,658 --> 00:38:17,786 It's a new invention. It doesn't have a name yet. 358 00:38:18,328 --> 00:38:21,195 Invention? You idiot! 359 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:27,796 Tell me the meaning of that bird. 360 00:38:28,839 --> 00:38:30,864 Is it some secret code? 361 00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:34,708 Or the emblem of some delinquent gang? 362 00:38:34,912 --> 00:38:37,380 It's like the pheasant medal. 363 00:38:38,882 --> 00:38:40,247 What did you say? 364 00:38:40,617 --> 00:38:43,313 It's like the pheasant medal! 365 00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:45,079 You idiot! 366 00:38:46,423 --> 00:38:47,913 On your feet! 367 00:38:51,929 --> 00:38:53,260 Get up. 368 00:38:56,033 --> 00:39:01,903 Are you saying your insignia is akin to the imperial pheasant medal? 369 00:39:02,806 --> 00:39:08,574 This is not the school uniform! These are laborers' clothes! 370 00:39:09,046 --> 00:39:11,776 Soldiers put gold stars on their shoulders 371 00:39:11,949 --> 00:39:15,146 and have colorful badge-like things on their collars. 372 00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:19,712 I don't know why you're upset about a little bird on my back. 373 00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:21,016 Shut up! 374 00:39:21,191 --> 00:39:25,127 You've insulted our school and the imperial army. 375 00:39:25,295 --> 00:39:28,594 Very well. We're going to the principal's office. 376 00:39:37,641 --> 00:39:41,133 We're done if he talks to the principal. Apologize to him now. 377 00:39:41,311 --> 00:39:43,245 I will not! 378 00:39:44,248 --> 00:39:47,945 You've really done it this time, Kiroku. 379 00:39:48,652 --> 00:39:50,643 You can't fight the uniform. 380 00:39:50,821 --> 00:39:55,224 But he hit me with his sword, Master. Check out the bruise I got. 381 00:39:55,392 --> 00:39:57,360 I just couldn't take it. 382 00:39:57,528 --> 00:40:00,122 Training to fight isn't just about hitting. 383 00:40:00,297 --> 00:40:03,027 It's about being hit too. 384 00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:06,536 You just wait. I'll fix things for you. 385 00:40:06,703 --> 00:40:08,898 Please don't, Master. 386 00:40:09,072 --> 00:40:10,369 Why not? 387 00:40:10,641 --> 00:40:12,700 They won't listen to you. 388 00:40:12,876 --> 00:40:15,811 We're all Japanese. I'm sure we can sort it out. 389 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,942 Otherwise, you'll be expelled. 390 00:40:21,251 --> 00:40:25,688 Even if our school can forgive him, the imperial army will not. 391 00:40:25,856 --> 00:40:27,585 I'm really sorry about all this. 392 00:40:27,758 --> 00:40:32,491 I'll keep a close eye on him, so if you'll forgive him this time... 393 00:40:32,663 --> 00:40:36,759 Who are you, anyway? Nanbu's guardian? 394 00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:38,799 Yes, like a temporary guardian. 395 00:40:38,969 --> 00:40:41,529 Temporary? That's not acceptable! 396 00:40:42,806 --> 00:40:44,797 You have no business here. 397 00:40:44,975 --> 00:40:47,273 I'll call the MPs if you continue to waste my time. 398 00:40:47,444 --> 00:40:51,039 I don't know about MPs, but if you won't understand, 399 00:40:51,215 --> 00:40:53,706 I guess there's no point being here. Good-bye. 400 00:40:54,184 --> 00:40:55,378 Hold it. 401 00:40:57,020 --> 00:40:58,419 Mr. Yamada, 402 00:40:58,589 --> 00:41:01,353 shouldn't we get his name and address while he's here? 403 00:41:01,525 --> 00:41:04,255 I suppose. Those are the rules. 404 00:41:04,428 --> 00:41:05,827 Wait a minute. 405 00:41:06,263 --> 00:41:11,223 First you tell me I have no business here, and now this? 406 00:41:13,870 --> 00:41:15,303 Write it down! 407 00:41:22,079 --> 00:41:24,377 Turtle. 408 00:41:24,548 --> 00:41:27,949 What the hell is that? Don't mess around! 409 00:41:28,118 --> 00:41:31,417 In Okayama, this is what I'm known by. 410 00:41:31,588 --> 00:41:35,547 We're not putting up with that attitude. Just where do you think you are? 411 00:41:35,726 --> 00:41:38,092 Don't get so upset, sir. 412 00:41:40,264 --> 00:41:43,427 Get out of here! Out! 413 00:41:45,369 --> 00:41:46,700 I'll call the MPs! 414 00:42:13,964 --> 00:42:16,262 It's time to go, Kiroku. 415 00:42:16,433 --> 00:42:19,266 You'd better get out of Okayama for now. 416 00:42:19,436 --> 00:42:21,734 I'm going to hide out in Tsuyama. 417 00:42:22,339 --> 00:42:25,831 The imperial army's our enemy now. 418 00:42:26,610 --> 00:42:29,078 How far should I run? 419 00:42:29,246 --> 00:42:31,305 You got relatives anywhere? 420 00:42:33,617 --> 00:42:36,142 I have an uncle in Aizu Wakamatsu. 421 00:42:46,963 --> 00:42:48,624 Cheer up. 422 00:42:49,566 --> 00:42:51,295 Don't worry about the ticket fare. 423 00:42:51,768 --> 00:42:54,100 Let's go. I'll take you to the station. 424 00:42:54,271 --> 00:42:55,932 I'm thinking about Michiko. 425 00:42:56,106 --> 00:42:58,040 Don't be a sissy, Kiroku. 426 00:42:58,208 --> 00:43:01,336 You can feel guilty about not telling your father, 427 00:43:01,511 --> 00:43:03,741 but don't be sulking over a woman. 428 00:43:05,615 --> 00:43:06,912 Now get in! 429 00:43:13,557 --> 00:43:14,888 Master, 430 00:43:15,258 --> 00:43:17,590 even in the movies, 431 00:43:18,595 --> 00:43:21,758 leaving a girl is a real tough thing to do. 432 00:43:22,466 --> 00:43:25,902 Take me by her place on the way to the station. 433 00:43:26,503 --> 00:43:27,936 Please. 434 00:44:09,112 --> 00:44:10,602 Open this door now! 435 00:44:28,665 --> 00:44:29,962 Michiko. 436 00:46:00,223 --> 00:46:04,785 AIZU WAKAMATSU 437 00:46:21,845 --> 00:46:27,181 Aizu Middle School says they're full and can't take in new students. 438 00:46:27,651 --> 00:46:30,643 Maybe Kitakata Middle School. 439 00:46:30,820 --> 00:46:33,084 Anywhere is fine, Uncle. 440 00:46:33,256 --> 00:46:34,280 I get it. 441 00:46:34,457 --> 00:46:38,086 It's not the container, but what's inside, right? 442 00:46:39,262 --> 00:46:43,756 Kitakata Middle School is two stations from here by train. 443 00:46:46,002 --> 00:46:47,629 Your dad's here. 444 00:46:49,039 --> 00:46:50,301 Hey, Taki! 445 00:46:50,473 --> 00:46:55,137 Your uncle wanted to surprise you, but I just couldn't help but tell you. 446 00:46:55,312 --> 00:46:57,337 He's in the bath now. 447 00:46:58,081 --> 00:47:02,040 I heard from Michiko's mother and your uncle. 448 00:47:03,587 --> 00:47:07,956 I requested an official dismissal from your school. 449 00:47:08,124 --> 00:47:10,456 Otherwise, you could've been in trouble. 450 00:47:11,595 --> 00:47:14,325 Anyway, what's done is done. 451 00:47:16,032 --> 00:47:19,399 If you want to be a man, there's no place like Aizu, 452 00:47:19,569 --> 00:47:22,402 where you can face Mount Bandai every day. 453 00:47:23,006 --> 00:47:25,907 The people of Aizu are a hardy bunch, 454 00:47:26,076 --> 00:47:29,876 with the blood of the White Tiger troops in them. 455 00:47:31,247 --> 00:47:33,579 You may fit in here just fine. 456 00:47:34,684 --> 00:47:36,845 Sorry to upset you, Father. 457 00:47:37,854 --> 00:47:39,481 What are you talking about? 458 00:47:40,156 --> 00:47:42,147 Cheer up! 459 00:47:51,701 --> 00:47:57,401 No fancy dressing in this school like in Okayama. Got that? 460 00:47:59,743 --> 00:48:02,871 Can you read this here? 461 00:48:03,046 --> 00:48:04,206 No, I can't! 462 00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:08,777 It means "seemly." 463 00:48:09,886 --> 00:48:12,320 The lord of our town, Viscount Matsudaira, 464 00:48:12,489 --> 00:48:16,550 penned it to remind soldiers and students 465 00:48:16,726 --> 00:48:20,685 their conduct is always to be seemly. 466 00:48:20,864 --> 00:48:22,729 Now that you're in Aizu, 467 00:48:22,899 --> 00:48:27,165 you must take this to heart and act like a man of Aizu. 468 00:48:27,337 --> 00:48:30,363 The principal is right. 469 00:48:30,540 --> 00:48:36,410 In Aizu, we have the Aizu spirit. There is nothing like it in the world. 470 00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:39,572 Now that you've been admitted 471 00:48:39,749 --> 00:48:42,718 to our great school, 472 00:48:42,886 --> 00:48:45,116 you must act with Aizu spirit 473 00:48:45,488 --> 00:48:49,356 and give up your weak Kansai ways. 474 00:48:50,093 --> 00:48:53,995 Thus you will become a fine Aizu-spirited young man! 475 00:48:56,966 --> 00:49:01,460 FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE KITAKATA MIDDLE SCHOOL 476 00:49:05,709 --> 00:49:10,373 Uncle, they sell Aizu crackers and Aizu cakes at the station, 477 00:49:11,181 --> 00:49:13,342 but they sell Aizu spirit here. 478 00:49:13,516 --> 00:49:17,008 Aizu spirit? And how much does that cost? 479 00:49:19,456 --> 00:49:25,691 You boys have a new friend who will be joining you. 480 00:49:25,862 --> 00:49:29,320 He is Kiroku Nanbu, from Bizen, Okayama, 481 00:49:29,499 --> 00:49:31,763 where the rice grows bountifully. 482 00:49:31,935 --> 00:49:35,336 Does money grow on trees in Bizen as well, Prof? 483 00:49:35,505 --> 00:49:36,995 Don't interrupt me! 484 00:49:38,575 --> 00:49:44,707 An old proverb says, "Consider the stranger to be a thief." 485 00:49:44,881 --> 00:49:50,080 But I think it's better to say, "Consider the stranger to be a Buddha." 486 00:49:50,453 --> 00:49:52,512 It's very important 487 00:49:52,689 --> 00:49:57,217 to accept someone new with an open mind. 488 00:49:57,927 --> 00:50:01,624 Aizu people can be pretty closed, after all. 489 00:50:01,798 --> 00:50:03,766 Consider the stranger to be a duck! 490 00:50:03,933 --> 00:50:05,230 Who said "duck"? 491 00:50:05,401 --> 00:50:06,629 Duck! 492 00:50:06,803 --> 00:50:07,997 Duck! 493 00:50:08,171 --> 00:50:09,229 Duck! 494 00:50:15,712 --> 00:50:19,944 I know that you consider me a duck, 495 00:50:20,116 --> 00:50:23,643 but duck or not, I am also your teacher! 496 00:50:24,554 --> 00:50:27,250 Those who show disrespect to teachers are losers! 497 00:50:29,726 --> 00:50:31,489 Duck! 498 00:50:34,898 --> 00:50:36,024 Quiet! 499 00:50:47,911 --> 00:50:51,870 Enough with this nonsense! It's time to begin class! 500 00:50:52,749 --> 00:50:54,046 Please. 501 00:51:10,433 --> 00:51:13,300 The French revolution 502 00:51:13,469 --> 00:51:17,872 was the most important event in the development of free societies. 503 00:51:18,041 --> 00:51:19,804 It influenced events... 504 00:51:20,977 --> 00:51:22,501 He's pretty good. 505 00:51:23,012 --> 00:51:24,707 Like in a circus. 506 00:51:24,881 --> 00:51:26,109 He could be all right! 507 00:51:26,282 --> 00:51:29,342 Why did revolution occur in France? 508 00:51:29,519 --> 00:51:34,957 In order for a revolution to take place, there must be a situation in which - 509 00:51:40,129 --> 00:51:41,391 Listen up! 510 00:51:42,332 --> 00:51:46,291 The cylinder emitting the X rays is a glass vessel containing sodium - 511 00:51:46,469 --> 00:51:49,836 Why were you expelled from Okayama? 512 00:51:51,608 --> 00:51:53,599 "Sodium vessel." Everyone say that. 513 00:51:53,776 --> 00:51:55,266 Sodium vessel. 514 00:51:55,445 --> 00:51:57,470 Good. Now, listen. 515 00:51:57,647 --> 00:52:01,447 "Fill in the correct answer." 516 00:52:08,458 --> 00:52:11,120 Who was that? Come here! 517 00:52:12,161 --> 00:52:13,628 You idiot! 518 00:52:18,635 --> 00:52:20,535 Listen, you! 519 00:52:21,371 --> 00:52:25,034 The classroom is like a castle. 520 00:52:25,208 --> 00:52:31,408 You know your punishment for drawing a sword inside a castle? 521 00:52:32,715 --> 00:52:34,512 Ritual suicide! 522 00:52:34,684 --> 00:52:35,810 Professor Mammoth! 523 00:52:37,287 --> 00:52:41,348 You're the first one to call me "Mammoth" to my face. 524 00:52:43,359 --> 00:52:45,350 You're pretty brave. 525 00:52:45,528 --> 00:52:50,295 They're afraid of you because you're strong. They sit and listen quietly. 526 00:52:50,466 --> 00:52:54,596 But they make fun of Professor Duck because he's got no guts. 527 00:52:54,938 --> 00:52:57,998 Faced with strength, they're pussycats. Faced with weakness, they're noisy pigs. 528 00:52:58,174 --> 00:53:00,199 They're nothing but shitty hick cowards! 529 00:53:00,376 --> 00:53:02,776 It's a real stinking way you do things around here. 530 00:53:02,946 --> 00:53:07,974 You talk of Aizu spirit, but you're just a bunch of monkeys! 531 00:53:09,619 --> 00:53:12,554 You're a bunch of red-ass monkeys! 532 00:53:20,964 --> 00:53:22,363 Wild monkeys! 533 00:53:25,435 --> 00:53:26,800 Wild monkeys! 534 00:54:03,406 --> 00:54:04,737 Hey, Kiroku. 535 00:54:06,075 --> 00:54:08,134 Come back to class, man. 536 00:54:12,415 --> 00:54:14,781 Mammoth sent me after you. 537 00:54:15,618 --> 00:54:17,483 He said he likes your style. 538 00:54:17,653 --> 00:54:22,647 Calling everyone a monkey is a fierce attack on the Aizu spirit. 539 00:54:44,013 --> 00:54:45,275 Hey! 540 00:54:45,481 --> 00:54:50,043 You only have to salute the professors. 541 00:54:50,686 --> 00:54:51,744 Yes, sir. 542 00:54:52,522 --> 00:54:56,720 I'm the monkey they call Hashiyada of the judo club. 543 00:54:58,261 --> 00:55:01,389 Why are you walking on the edge of the road? 544 00:55:01,564 --> 00:55:02,929 Why not? 545 00:55:03,132 --> 00:55:04,224 Bastard! 546 00:55:04,834 --> 00:55:08,702 You're in Aizu now! Speak in Aizu dialect! 547 00:55:09,372 --> 00:55:12,341 Trams run down the middle of the road in Okayama. 548 00:55:12,508 --> 00:55:14,601 Don't give me your big city talk! 549 00:55:14,777 --> 00:55:18,713 Walk down the middle of the road here with your head held high! 550 00:55:18,881 --> 00:55:20,849 That's all fine, 551 00:55:21,017 --> 00:55:22,985 but what if a dog comes along? 552 00:55:23,653 --> 00:55:24,950 Go between his legs. 553 00:55:25,121 --> 00:55:26,679 What about a carriage? 554 00:55:28,524 --> 00:55:29,786 Walk right by it. 555 00:55:30,460 --> 00:55:31,984 How about a car? 556 00:55:33,362 --> 00:55:35,125 Just get out of its way! 557 00:55:35,865 --> 00:55:37,230 How about a bus? 558 00:55:38,534 --> 00:55:40,297 What if a bus comes? 559 00:55:40,470 --> 00:55:41,562 Idiot! 560 00:55:42,705 --> 00:55:45,401 Then you get out of the way! 561 00:55:45,808 --> 00:55:47,571 If it hits you, you're dead! 562 00:55:47,743 --> 00:55:51,008 So that's Aizu spirit, huh? 563 00:55:51,180 --> 00:55:52,169 What? 564 00:55:52,348 --> 00:55:56,512 Confront the weak and bow to the strong? 565 00:55:56,686 --> 00:55:57,948 Try saying that again! 566 00:55:58,121 --> 00:56:00,555 If you say to walk down the middle, 567 00:56:00,723 --> 00:56:03,453 then you should keep walking no matter what. 568 00:56:03,626 --> 00:56:04,684 Bastard! 569 00:56:05,695 --> 00:56:07,925 Come on! 570 00:56:26,983 --> 00:56:28,746 You bastard! 571 00:56:37,693 --> 00:56:39,058 They're going at it. 572 00:56:39,829 --> 00:56:41,626 Looks like it's already over. 573 00:57:30,279 --> 00:57:34,010 Misjudge me like that again and you'll be sorry! 574 00:57:49,131 --> 00:57:51,292 Water! Water! Throw water on 'em! 575 00:58:19,362 --> 00:58:22,263 "I got my fingernail torn off. 576 00:58:22,431 --> 00:58:26,162 But these Aizu monkeys have taken notice of me now 577 00:58:26,335 --> 00:58:28,701 and quieted down some. 578 00:58:34,010 --> 00:58:38,538 Kiss this mark if you feel like it, and send it back to me. " 579 00:58:42,418 --> 00:58:45,444 What are you waiting for, Kiroku? 580 00:58:47,223 --> 00:58:49,783 What you're waiting for is already here. 581 00:58:49,992 --> 00:58:53,223 A letter from Michiko in Okayama. 582 00:59:03,673 --> 00:59:05,504 "I don't feel like it." 583 00:59:14,283 --> 00:59:17,150 Nanbu, how are your wounds? 584 00:59:30,132 --> 00:59:31,724 Hey, let me see that! 585 00:59:31,901 --> 00:59:33,732 Let me see! 586 00:59:37,606 --> 00:59:40,074 That's a pretty girl! 587 00:59:44,146 --> 00:59:46,478 I've been doing it a lot, you know. 588 00:59:46,649 --> 00:59:48,446 Doing what? That? 589 00:59:48,617 --> 00:59:50,585 Yeah. What about you? 590 00:59:50,753 --> 00:59:54,519 I do it sometimes, but you have to be careful. 591 00:59:54,690 --> 00:59:56,624 That's the problem. 592 00:59:56,792 --> 00:59:59,556 I try to stop myself, but I can't. 593 00:59:59,729 --> 01:00:03,460 I was like a genius in elementary school, 594 01:00:03,632 --> 01:00:07,261 but now my grades stink and I can't remember things. 595 01:00:07,436 --> 01:00:11,338 They say exercise is the way to stop doing it. 596 01:00:11,507 --> 01:00:14,135 Yeah, but I do haiku instead. 597 01:00:14,310 --> 01:00:15,436 Haiku? 598 01:00:16,545 --> 01:00:20,845 "White bus through red leaves and brisk breeze..." 599 01:00:21,016 --> 01:00:23,576 Oh, haiku poems. 600 01:00:23,753 --> 01:00:25,550 My pen name is Boya. 601 01:00:25,721 --> 01:00:29,122 I figured since I'm forgetful, I'd pick something simple. 602 01:00:30,526 --> 01:00:34,155 Come with me. I'll introduce you to my haiku teacher. 603 01:00:38,667 --> 01:00:42,364 That girl over there is Misako. She taught me haiku. 604 01:00:42,538 --> 01:00:44,665 A good-looking girl, huh? 605 01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:46,637 Hands off! 606 01:00:46,809 --> 01:00:48,470 You got a crush on her? 607 01:00:53,983 --> 01:00:55,814 She wrote this one. Read it. 608 01:00:56,919 --> 01:01:00,582 "Loose hair blows in the wind like a young tree." 609 01:01:00,756 --> 01:01:02,383 Pretty good, huh? 610 01:01:02,558 --> 01:01:04,685 I'm no good at haiku. 611 01:01:04,860 --> 01:01:08,159 Don't you understand it? You're pathetic. 612 01:01:08,330 --> 01:01:11,697 It's a girl's verse. 613 01:01:17,673 --> 01:01:19,834 "Loose hair 614 01:01:20,009 --> 01:01:24,207 blows in the wind like a young tree." 615 01:01:36,859 --> 01:01:38,827 - You from Kitakata? - What about it? 616 01:01:38,994 --> 01:01:43,624 You think you Kitakata guys can strut around Aizu Wakamatsu like that? 617 01:01:43,799 --> 01:01:46,597 We're from the Showa White Tigers! 618 01:01:47,069 --> 01:01:49,594 Hey! Turn off that pathetic music! 619 01:01:53,576 --> 01:01:54,804 Listen up! 620 01:01:54,977 --> 01:02:00,074 Our members resolve to fight to the bitter end! 621 01:02:00,816 --> 01:02:03,842 We don't piss around with stupid poems 622 01:02:04,019 --> 01:02:06,749 or run after girls like you pathetic weaklings! 623 01:02:07,656 --> 01:02:09,089 We'll put some life into you! 624 01:02:09,258 --> 01:02:11,726 Hey! You finished with your speech? 625 01:02:11,894 --> 01:02:14,692 You White Tigers don't scare me. 626 01:02:14,864 --> 01:02:16,729 You're nothing but thugs! 627 01:02:16,899 --> 01:02:18,196 - You bastard! - Let's go outside! 628 01:02:35,718 --> 01:02:37,242 "Loose hair 629 01:02:38,554 --> 01:02:41,614 blows in the wind like a young tree." 630 01:02:43,726 --> 01:02:46,286 That's from seven or eight years ago. 631 01:02:46,462 --> 01:02:50,023 I bet it is. You been having problems with men since then? 632 01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:53,163 Are you from Tokyo? 633 01:02:53,335 --> 01:02:55,394 Huh? Yes. 634 01:02:55,571 --> 01:02:57,061 What do you do? 635 01:03:21,230 --> 01:03:23,994 "I met someone today like I've never met before. 636 01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:26,425 It was a bit shocking at first, 637 01:03:27,803 --> 01:03:29,828 even though he was laughing. 638 01:03:30,606 --> 01:03:32,767 Who could he have been?" 639 01:03:34,376 --> 01:03:35,968 Hey, Nanbu! 640 01:03:37,713 --> 01:03:41,877 "It's not the mountain's height, but rather its trees. 641 01:03:42,051 --> 01:03:46,613 It's not a man's strength, but rather his allegiance. 642 01:03:46,789 --> 01:03:51,453 Your unbridled brutality has insulted the glorious Aizu spirit. 643 01:03:51,627 --> 01:03:56,428 We, the Showa White Tigers, have come to declare war on you Kitakata men. 644 01:03:56,799 --> 01:04:02,738 We will settle this on Saturday at 3:00 at Sakura Field, Aizu Wakamatsu Castle." 645 01:04:03,606 --> 01:04:07,098 White Tiger rice cakes, crackers, sweet jelly and candy. 646 01:04:07,276 --> 01:04:10,040 White Tiger dolls and trinkets. 647 01:04:10,212 --> 01:04:12,407 And now the Showa White Tiger brigade. 648 01:04:14,249 --> 01:04:19,050 Well, I might as well get a taste of the local fare. 649 01:04:26,061 --> 01:04:27,722 Hey, Kiroku. 650 01:04:29,064 --> 01:04:30,964 What are you looking at? 651 01:04:32,601 --> 01:04:35,764 I did my fight training in a place like this. 652 01:04:35,938 --> 01:04:39,738 Oh, yeah? Brings back memories, huh? 653 01:04:53,555 --> 01:04:56,023 Kiroku! Where are you? 654 01:04:56,191 --> 01:04:58,352 I'm over here! 655 01:05:00,429 --> 01:05:03,227 You promise to treat me to sake if we win? 656 01:05:03,399 --> 01:05:04,991 I sure will! 657 01:05:13,776 --> 01:05:15,403 Hey, you're late! 658 01:05:15,577 --> 01:05:18,546 Who are you? You a spy? 659 01:05:19,248 --> 01:05:22,479 The army's training at Sakura Field, 660 01:05:22,651 --> 01:05:24,881 so we're changing it to Mount Koho! 661 01:05:25,254 --> 01:05:28,519 Go prepare your neck and wait for us! 662 01:05:29,124 --> 01:05:32,116 Hey, Sugita! You coming? 663 01:05:45,307 --> 01:05:49,835 Scattering like hail stones 664 01:05:50,646 --> 01:05:54,582 Taking enemy bullets 665 01:05:54,750 --> 01:05:58,777 Fighting with our whole lives 666 01:05:58,954 --> 01:06:03,448 Thirty-seven brave young men 667 01:06:03,625 --> 01:06:11,760 At the fall of Aizu Castle 668 01:06:12,668 --> 01:06:20,507 The White Tiger brigade gained its fame 669 01:06:21,810 --> 01:06:23,744 So they're doing their sword dance, huh? 670 01:06:23,912 --> 01:06:25,675 The stupid idiots! 671 01:06:25,848 --> 01:06:27,543 Go to your Mount limori! 672 01:06:27,716 --> 01:06:30,150 Your brave ancestors are weeping in their graves! 673 01:06:30,753 --> 01:06:31,720 Little boy! 674 01:06:31,887 --> 01:06:35,516 Don't be thinking your city ways will work here! 675 01:06:38,727 --> 01:06:40,718 Let's see you try to kill me! 676 01:06:41,930 --> 01:06:43,124 Get him! 677 01:06:47,102 --> 01:06:48,228 Damn! 678 01:08:38,513 --> 01:08:40,174 Hey, hang in there! 679 01:08:46,321 --> 01:08:48,653 Hey! Let's retreat! 680 01:08:48,824 --> 01:08:49,813 Run for it! 681 01:08:51,860 --> 01:08:53,623 Run! 682 01:09:41,710 --> 01:09:43,007 Hey, Kiroku. 683 01:09:43,178 --> 01:09:46,409 Join our group and we'll set you free. 684 01:09:47,082 --> 01:09:48,140 No way! 685 01:09:48,317 --> 01:09:51,047 I wouldn't join you even if you paid me! 686 01:09:51,219 --> 01:09:52,345 What? 687 01:09:52,521 --> 01:09:54,887 You stupid bastard! 688 01:10:19,481 --> 01:10:23,076 How can we get away from here? There's no way out. 689 01:10:23,251 --> 01:10:24,616 Let's apologize! 690 01:10:26,688 --> 01:10:29,316 Nanbu, you apologize! 691 01:13:06,848 --> 01:13:08,213 There! 692 01:13:22,097 --> 01:13:27,967 Since olden times 693 01:13:29,437 --> 01:13:35,342 People must succumb to death 694 01:13:37,412 --> 01:13:42,975 Though we go that way as well We leave our loyalty behind 695 01:13:43,084 --> 01:13:49,023 We leave our names for history 696 01:13:53,628 --> 01:13:54,993 Ouch! 697 01:13:57,732 --> 01:13:59,165 It's Kiroku! 698 01:16:14,869 --> 01:16:16,530 Water! Water! 699 01:16:51,740 --> 01:16:53,503 PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE 700 01:17:03,585 --> 01:17:09,285 "All the White Tigers of Aizu Middle School were seriously injured, 701 01:17:09,457 --> 01:17:13,223 while the Kitakata group sustained only light injuries." 702 01:17:13,395 --> 01:17:17,229 I see. Our boys won, did they? 703 01:17:17,399 --> 01:17:19,924 Kiroku, you're a real fighter. 704 01:17:20,101 --> 01:17:22,365 Yes! It's the Okayama spirit! 705 01:17:22,537 --> 01:17:24,869 Fool! That wasn't a compliment. 706 01:17:25,340 --> 01:17:29,071 Aizu Middle School wants to hush up this incident. 707 01:17:29,878 --> 01:17:35,544 Principal, please give Kiroku a light punishment. 708 01:17:35,717 --> 01:17:37,048 Punishment? 709 01:17:38,953 --> 01:17:41,478 Punishing him never crossed my mind. 710 01:17:41,956 --> 01:17:45,949 He's just like me when I was younger. 711 01:17:46,528 --> 01:17:48,587 Come here, Kiroku. 712 01:17:49,664 --> 01:17:51,131 Principal! 713 01:17:51,933 --> 01:17:53,924 That's not seemly for a principal! 714 01:17:55,403 --> 01:17:59,305 There are things we do in life that seem stupid afterwards, 715 01:17:59,474 --> 01:18:02,136 but we must risk our lives doing them! 716 01:18:02,310 --> 01:18:07,612 That's what it means to be a man! One must be a man above all! 717 01:18:07,782 --> 01:18:09,340 Come here, Kiroku! 718 01:18:11,419 --> 01:18:14,752 Please! This is not seemly for a principal! Please! 719 01:18:33,975 --> 01:18:37,536 "' I am scolded as I ring the bell inside and out.' 720 01:18:37,712 --> 01:18:39,873 To Misako from Kaneda, a lonely man on his sickbed." 721 01:18:48,890 --> 01:18:50,380 Kaneda's not here, huh? 722 01:18:58,233 --> 01:19:00,497 You're in love with someone, aren't you? 723 01:19:02,904 --> 01:19:04,394 Let's see your hand. 724 01:19:10,912 --> 01:19:12,402 Want something to drink? 725 01:19:16,818 --> 01:19:18,149 What did it say? 726 01:19:21,589 --> 01:19:23,750 It says to be good to her. 727 01:19:41,009 --> 01:19:42,476 Michiko! 728 01:19:44,078 --> 01:19:45,306 Please, no! 729 01:19:47,248 --> 01:19:50,684 I just came to say good-bye. 730 01:19:50,852 --> 01:19:52,183 Good-bye? 731 01:19:53,021 --> 01:19:55,751 I'm going to join a convent. 732 01:19:56,357 --> 01:19:57,915 A convent? 733 01:19:58,393 --> 01:19:59,917 But why on earth? 734 01:20:01,029 --> 01:20:02,621 To serve God. 735 01:20:03,464 --> 01:20:05,193 Serve God? 736 01:20:05,733 --> 01:20:07,826 There are other ways to serve God! 737 01:20:08,136 --> 01:20:11,128 Michiko, you can't go! 738 01:20:11,306 --> 01:20:13,171 What will I do? 739 01:20:14,609 --> 01:20:15,871 I... 740 01:20:16,678 --> 01:20:18,475 I love you, Michiko! 741 01:20:19,581 --> 01:20:21,515 I want you to be my wife! 742 01:20:38,700 --> 01:20:41,168 - Michiko! - It's no good! 743 01:20:45,807 --> 01:20:50,676 There's something physically wrong with me! 744 01:20:53,848 --> 01:20:57,716 I can't get married! 745 01:21:00,688 --> 01:21:02,246 That can't be! 746 01:21:02,857 --> 01:21:04,916 Your body's beautiful! 747 01:21:08,329 --> 01:21:09,489 Michiko! 748 01:21:12,367 --> 01:21:14,892 Don't come after me! Please! 749 01:21:15,903 --> 01:21:17,393 I will go alone. 750 01:21:18,973 --> 01:21:21,032 I'll die if you follow me! 751 01:21:33,655 --> 01:21:36,215 I love you, Kiroku! 752 01:22:07,889 --> 01:22:09,618 Please forgive me. 753 01:23:01,676 --> 01:23:03,769 Move! You're in the way! 754 01:24:30,598 --> 01:24:32,225 Tokyo is under martial law. 755 01:24:32,400 --> 01:24:34,095 Young officers are rebelling. 756 01:24:34,268 --> 01:24:38,068 A group of young officers from the First and Third Infantry Divisions, 757 01:24:38,239 --> 01:24:41,572 as well as members of the Seventh Artillery Division, 758 01:24:41,742 --> 01:24:45,405 have assassinated members of the ruling clique, including Korekiyo Takahashi, 759 01:24:45,580 --> 01:24:48,777 and have wiped out the top staff at Army General Headquarters. 760 01:24:49,584 --> 01:24:51,245 So it's war in Tokyo, is it? 761 01:24:51,419 --> 01:24:53,785 What will become of Japan? 762 01:24:54,055 --> 01:24:57,354 "Twenty-two young officers attack prime minister's official residence. 763 01:24:57,525 --> 01:25:00,756 Prime Minister Okada killed." 764 01:25:03,397 --> 01:25:05,991 This is going to be a real big fight! We've got to go! 765 01:25:28,389 --> 01:25:33,258 "Leader of the rebellion: Lkki Kita" 766 01:25:34,462 --> 01:25:36,453 Let's go to Tokyo, Sugita! 767 01:26:00,421 --> 01:26:02,889 THE END