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THEY'RE-- THEY'RE LOCKED IN ON US, SIR.

WE'VE GOT TO SURRENDER, SKIPPER. BLOW THE TANKS. TAKE US UP.

I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU, HILL. GET BACK TO YOUR STATION!

[ Explosion ]

GRADY, STOP YOUR ENGINES. SPILL ALL THE OIL YOU CAN.

NOW HEAR THIS: ALL HANDS, STAY AT YOUR STATIONS.

NO WALKING AND NO NOISE.

THE U.S.S. TETRA IS DOOMED.

IF WE HADN'T STOPPED TO FISH YOU OUT, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS FIX.

YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT ME TO DROWN.

YOU'RE NOT LONG ON GRATITUDE, LIEUTENANT NAKAMURA.

[ Man ] VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

STARRING RICHARD BASEHART,

DAVID HEDISON.

VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

AND NOW FOR NEWS OF THE ISLANDS.

TODAY, NOVEMBER THE 16th, 1973,

ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL STORIES OF WORLD WAR II...

MAY COME TO LIGHT HERE IN HONOLULU,

MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AFTER V-J DAY.

ADMIRAL HARRIMAN NELSON AND HIS FABULOUS RESEARCH SUBMARINE SEAVIEW ...

ARE AT THE SUB BASE IN PEARL HARBOR AT THIS MOMENT,

EXAMINING WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN AUTHENTIC MESSAGE FROM THE U.S.S. TETRA.

THE TETRA WAS A WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE BASED AT PEARL HARBOR,

WHICH WAS PRESUMED LOST ON PATROL SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC...

AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.

INFORMATION FROM RELIABLE NAVAL SOURCES SEEMS TO INDICATE...

THAT SOME OF THE ORIGINAL CREW,

YEARS AGO OFFICIALLY DECLARED KILLED IN ACTION,

MAY IN FACT STILL BE ALIVE.

NOW IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE,

IF THE MESSAGE PROVES INDEED TO BE FROM THE TETRA,

WE MAY BE ON THE VERGE OF DISCOVERING...

THE DETAILS OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE TALE OF SURVIVAL...

IN THE LONG ANNALS OF THE SEA.

A TALE THAT BEGAN WITH THE DISCOVERY OF A SMALL BOTTLE...

FLOATING IN THE WATER.

THIS SEEMS INCREDIBLE, SIR.

IT'S AUTHENTIC, CHIP. THE NAVY LAB HAS GIVEN IT EVERY TEST.

COULD THE NAVY CLUE US IN TO THE SOURCE?

THEY COMBED THE WHOLE AREA WITH SUBS, SURFACE SHIPS, PLANES, AND COME UP WITH NOTHING.

SO THEY WANT OUR HELP.

CHIEF SHARKEY. YES, SIR.

RECALL ALL LIBERTY PARTIES.

HAVE THE CREW READY FOR DEPARTURE AT, UH, 0600.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

I UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY, BUT CAN WE BE READY BY THEN?

WHY NOT, CHIP? YOU KNOW CAPTAIN CRANE-- ALWAYS PREPARED.

BEAUTIFUL.

YES, IT IS, LEE.

NOT THE OCEAN. YOU.

I'M STARTING TO REALIZE...

I SHOULDN'T BE UP HERE WITH YOU WITHOUT A CHAPERONE.

OH, THAT'S A LITTLE OLD-FASHIONED, ISN'T IT?

I'M AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL.

YOU REALIZE, OF COURSE, THIS CHAPERONE WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO KISS YOU AGAIN.

LIKE THIS.

[ Clears Throat ]

YES, CHIEF. WHAT IS IT?

UH, ORDERS FROM ADMIRAL NELSON, SKIPPER.

YOU'RE TO REPORT DOCKSIDE IMMEDIATELY.

WE SHOVE OFF AT, UH, 0600.

OKAY. THANKS, CHIEF.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AT LEAST MY CHAPERONE WAS IMAGINARY.

THIS BOTTLE WAS PICKED UP IN A FISHERMAN'S NET OFF THE COAST OF HAWAII.

HE HAD THE GOOD SENSE TO TURN IT OVER TO NAVAL AUTHORITIES AT HONOLULU.

NOW THE NAVY HAS SUPPLIED ME WITH A PHOTOSTATIC COPY...

OF A PAPER THAT WAS INSIDE THE BOTTLE.

NAVAL SCIENTISTS HAVE ANALYZED BOTH THE PAPER AND THE HANDWRITING,

AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC.

IT'S WRITTEN ON THE OFFICIAL STATIONERY OF A SUBMARINE-- THE U.S.S. TETRA.

TETRA? I DON'T RECALL ANY SUB BY THAT NAME.

WELL, IT'S NOT SURPRISING.

THE TETRA WAS LOST AND PRESUMED MISSING IN ACTION IN, UH--

ON JULY 20, 1945.

NOW THERE WAS ONE SURVIVOR.

A SONAR MAN NAMED HILL, WHO'S LONG SINCE DEAD.

NOW HE BLAMED THE LOSS OF THE TETRA ON ITS COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT RYAN.

HE CLAIMED HE COULD'VE SAVED THE SUB, BUT LOST HIS HEAD AND DOOMED THE VESSEL.

THAT WAS 28 YEARS AGO.

BUT THIS NOTE, SIGNED BY LIEUTENANT RYAN,

IS DATED 140 DAYS AGO.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

SORRY, SIR. THIS IS OUR NEW MAN, FRANK WERDEN-- S.T.S. SPECIALIST.

HE JUST REPORTED FOR DUTY, AND I BROUGHT HIM TO YOU AS ORDERED.

WELCOME ABOARD, WERDEN. THANK YOU.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TRAINED IN OUR NEW SUB-TERRESTRIAL SCANNER.

YES, SIR. WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT ON THIS MISSION.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT ALIGNED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

[ Coughs ] TO CONTINUE.

THIS NOTE GIVES THE LATITUDE AND THE LONGITUDE,

AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, UH, "PLEASE HELP US.

"CANNOT HOLD OUT MUCH LONGER.

"TRAPPED IN UNDERWATER CAVE.

"ONLY FIVE OF US ARE LEFT.

"MYSELF, LIEUTENANT TOMMY WILSON,

"LIEUTENANT ISAKU NAKAMURA,

YEOMAN BERGER JOHNSON, TORPEDOMAN CLIFF BATES."

SIGNED, JAMES RYAN, LIEUTENANT, U.S.N.R.-- COMMANDING.

HEY! COME ON, MAC.

WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL DAY. SHAKE A LEG.

SO THAT'S IT, GENTLEMEN. WE HAVE TO FIND AN UNDERWATER CAVE,

WHERE FIVE POOR DEVILS HAVE BEEN TRAPPED FOR 28 YEARS.

HERE, LET ME HELP.

NO. YOU STILL TREMBLE FROM YOUR LAST ILLNESS.

PRUDENCE SUGGESTS THE WISDOM OF RESTING FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.

I'M STRONG. I'LL DIG FOR YOU.

NO. YOU'VE ALL TAKEN MY PLACE FOR THE PAST WEEK.

IT'S ABOUT TIME I GOT BACK TO WORK.

BESIDES, I WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH DEEPER THE TUNNEL IS.

OH, AT LEAST ANOTHER FOUR FEET.

IT'S ALMOST AS DEEP AS THE ONE WE DUG EIGHT YEARS AGO.

THE ONE THAT COLLAPSED AND BURIED SIMS AND YORK.

WE'RE HAVING BETTER LUCK WITH THIS ONE.

AT LEAST WE HAVEN'T RUN INTO ANY OF THAT ROTTEN SHALE.

YEAH, REAL GOOD LUCK.

WHY, WE'LL BE THROUGH THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN IN AT LEAST 10 YEARS.

WE GOT TO KEEP TRYING. DON'T WE?

[ Whirring ]

LOOKS LIKE ALL THAT CURRENT'S DOING THE WATUSI.

HEY, HOW ABOUT PUTTING YOU DOWN FOR OUR ACEY-DEUCEY TOURNAMENT TONIGHT?

IT'LL BE A REAL BALL. [ Switches Click ]

NO, THANKS.

I GUESS YOU DON'T DIG CARDS, HUH?

[ Whirring Fluctuates ]

[ Door Opens ]

ADMIRAL, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SEISMOGRAPH REPORT.

PRESSURE. A LOT OF PRESSURE.

LIKE A VOLCANO ON THE VERGE OF ERUPTING.

IT'S COMING FROM THAT ISLAND WE'RE HEADING FOR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THE FLYING SUB'S READY. I PERSONALLY CHECKED ALL SYSTEMS.

THANK YOU, CHIEF. I'LL BE USING CHANNEL 1.2 ON THE MONITOR.

- YES, SIR. - WERDEN, ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE SCANNER?

I HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH THE REFRACTION CIRCUITRY, SIR, BUT I STRAIGHTENED IT OUT.

ARE YOU CHECKED OUT ON THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR THE FLYING SUB?

STUDIED THE MANUAL. GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO.

THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE TOO LONG.

WE NEVER SHOULD'VE LET JOHNSON WORK. IT'S AGONY FOR HIM.

BUT A REWARDING AGONY, FRIEND RYAN.

IT MAY PERHAPS BE THE BEST MEDICINE.

[ Rumbling ]

THE BEAST BENEATH US STILL SHOWS HIS UGLY TEMPER.

THIRD SHAKE TODAY. THAT'S MORE THAN WE'VE HAD ALL WEEK.

JOHNSON! BATES! COME OUT OF THERE!

IT IS TO BE HOPED THAT THE EARTH DRAGON STIRS...

BUT RESTLESSLY IN SLUMBER.

PERHAPS IT WILL RETURN TO DEEPER SLEEP.

AND MAYBE THEY WON'T.

MAYBE IT'LL BLOW SKY-HIGH AND TAKE ALL OF US WITH IT.

IF WE'RE LUCKY. OH.

DO NOT DESPAIR, MY FRIEND.

FATE HAS NOT PRESERVED US ALL THESE YEARS...

FOR NOTHING MORE THAN A FIERY DEATH...

IN THE BOWELS OF A VOLCANO.

YOU STILL BELIEVE, NAKAMURA?

MY PEOPLE WILL COME. I KNOW IT.

[ Rumbling ]

JOHNSON! BATES! GET OUT OF THERE!

[ Explosion ]

NELSON TO SEAVIEW.

WE'RE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. VISIBILITY EXCELLENT.

SEAVIEW ACKNOWLEDGING, ADMIRAL.

TRANSMISSION IS SCALE 10 QUALITY.

GOOD. I'LL SWITCH YOU TO THE NOSE SIGHT.

THEY'LL BE AT THE ISLAND IN 20 MINUTES. CALL ME THEN.

ANYTHING SINCE THAT BIG SHAKE A FEW MINUTES AGO?

NO, SIR. IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET.

WELL, VOLCANOES CAN BE LIKE THAT.

THEY STIR UP EXCITEMENT. THEN THEY SETTLE BACK FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS.

LET'S HOPE THIS ONE DOES.

SEAVIEW, THERE'S A VOLCANIC ISLAND DEAD AHEAD.

SEE WHAT YOU CAN PICK UP ON THE SCANNER, WERDEN.

WERDEN.

YOU'LL HAVE TO HOLD HER SMOOTHER, SIR.

GIVE ME A 30-DEGREE BANK.

[ Nelson ] I HOPE THE TRANSMISSION'S STILL CLEAR.

GET A LOOK AT THIS CRATER.

CAN YOU SEE DOWN INTO THE CRATER, LEE?

THERE'S BOUND TO BE A CAVE UNDER THERE.

WHERE'S BATES?

IS BATES DEAD?

[ Sighs ]

[ Whirring ] LISTEN.

I HEAR SOMETHING. WHAT?

IT'S-- IT'S A WEIRD SOUND.

IT'S SORT OF LIKE AN AIRPLANE.

[ Whirring Continues ]

[ Whirring Fades ]

HE'S RIGHT. I HEAR IT TOO.

SOMEONE'S FOUND US.

MY COUNTRYMEN HAVE COME FOR US AT LAST.

ARE YOU SURE YOU HEARD SOMETHING? I'M SURE I DID.

IT WAS A FUNNY SOUND. SORT OF A WHINE.

I REMEMBER WHEN SMITH HEARD THOSE VOICES YEARS AGO.

WHAT WAS THAT, 10 YEARS? HE TRIED TO CLIMB THE WALLS.

SMITH WAS OUT OF HIS MIND, AND YOU KNOW IT.

THERE WAS A SOUND. WE ALL HEARD IT.

THE GODS OF CHANCE WORK IN STRANGE WAYS.

PERHAPS ONE OF THE BOTTLES YOU PLACED IN THE UNDERWATER TUNNEL...

MADE ITS WAY TO THE SEA AND WAS RETRIEVED.

THAT'S GOT TO BE IT. ALL RIGHT, WILSON.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET OUR HOPES TOO HIGH.

YOU SPEAK WITH THE VOICE OF LOGICAL PRUDENCE, LIEUTENANT.

BUT THE SWEET WHISPER OF OPTIMISM...

WELLS IN MY HEART.

IT TELLS ME TO PROPERLY PREPARE MYSELF...

FOR THE SO LONG-AWAITED ARRIVAL OF MY COUNTRYMEN.

SO.

HE JUST CAN'T GET OVER THE FACT THAT JAPAN MIGHT'VE LOST THE WAR.

IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT, NAKAMURA WOULD'VE DIED YEARS AGO.

HIS FAITH HAS BEEN HIS SUSTENANCE.

THAT'S A LOT OF POPPYCOCK. HE WANTS TO LIVE AS MUCH AS THE REST OF US.

WIN, LOSE OR DRAW.

HE'LL KNOW WHAT THE SCORE IS WHEN THAT PLANE SENDS HELP FOR US.

WE'VE CIRCLED THE ENTIRE ISLAND, LEE.

WERDEN'S TAKING READINGS. ANYTHING SHOWING UP?

YES, SIR. THERE IS AN UNDERWATER CAVE. I CAN'T MAKE OUT A DETAIL.

SCANNER SHOWS AN UNDERWATER TUNNEL LEADING INTO THE CRATER.

I'M GOING TO SUBMERGE AND TAKE A LOOK.

[ Crane ] CAN'T YOU WAIT UNTIL WE GET THERE, ADMIRAL?

THE SEISMOGRAPH HAS BEEN SHOWING SOME NASTY DISTURBANCES IN THAT AREA.

I THINK IT'S WORTH A TRY.

MAYBE WHEN WE GET CLOSER UNDERWATER, THE SCANNER'LL WORK BETTER.

KEEP AT IT.

[ Nelson ] ROUGH GOING, AS YOU CAN SEE. TREACHEROUS CURRENT HERE.

I COULD USE THE SEAVIEW'S ELECTRONIC STABILIZERS.

SEE IT? THE TUNNEL!

I CAN'T CONTROL IT. WE'RE CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT. WE'RE BEING SWEPT IN.

LEE-- [ Static ] I CAN'T--

SEAVIEW TO ADMIRAL NELSON. COME IN.

ADMIRAL, DO YOU READ ME?

ENGINE ROOM, I WANT FULL EMERGENCY POWER.

EVERY R.P.M. YOU'VE GOT.

IT LOOKS BAD, LEE.

THEY'RE PROBABLY HAVING TROUBLE WITH COMMUNICATIONS. NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.

[ Rumbling ] COME ON.

WILSON, THAT-- THAT SOUND.

WE REALLY HEARD IT. DIDN'T WE?

YOU BET WE DID.

LOUD AND CLEAR.

WE THOUGHT WE HEARD IT, JOHNSON.

WE THOUGHT WE HEARD THINGS BEFORE TOO.

WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU HEARD LATELY, LIEUTENANT?

A WOMAN'S VOICE? A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?

OR MAYBE AN ANGEL'S HARP. SHUT UP, WILSON.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO BUILD UP FALSE HOPES AGAIN, THAT'S ALL.

THIS TIME, LIEUTENANT, I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY ARE FALSE.

IT IS AS YOU SAW ME 28 YEARS AGO.

I HAVE SAVED IT FOR SUCH AN OCCASION.

ARE YOU CRAZY, NAKAMURA? WHAT ARE YOU DRESSED UP LIKE THAT FOR?

IT IS TRUE, MY FRIEND.

THE WHITE BIRD OF HOPE CAN BE AS ELUSIVE AS THE BUTTERFLY'S GHOST.

IF MY PEOPLE HAVE COME FOR US,

I'M READY TO PROPERLY GREET THEM.

IF NOT, I SHALL CONSOLE MYSELF WITH THE KNOWLEDGE...

THAT A FEW MINUTES OF DELUSION CAN BE SWEET.

LIKE THE SCENT OF A REMEMBERED ROSE.

THAT UNIFORM, NAKAMURA.

I'D FORGOTTEN WE WERE ENEMIES.

I HOPE, MY FRIEND, IT DOES NOT MAKE US ENEMIES AGAIN.

OF COURSE NOT, NAKAMURA. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TOO MUCH TOGETHER.

ANYWAY, WE BOTH KNOW THE WAR MUST'VE ENDED MANY YEARS AGO.

JUST AS YOU HAVE SURELY RECONCILED TO THE FACT...

THAT YOUR COUNTRY MET INEVITABLE DEFEAT?

[ Chuckles ] DON'T START THAT ARGUMENT AGAIN.

BUT, UH, IF...

RESCUE IS IMMINENT,

YOU MUST PREPARE YOURSELF, LIEUTENANT RYAN.

LET'S NOT TORTURE OURSELVES, NAKAMURA.

THE ONLY FACT WE HAVE TO FACE IS THAT THIS CAVE WILL SHORTLY BE OUR TOMB...

AS IT HAS BEEN FOR ALL THE OTHERS.

WILSON.

WHAT IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT-- IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF MACHINE. I-- I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE SOMEBODY-- MAYBE SOMEONE'S COME FOR US.

YOU CAN DOUBT NO LONGER.

MY COUNTRYMEN HAVE COME.

YOUR COUNTRYMEN OR MINE, NAKAMURA,

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.

WERDEN.

[ Knocking ]

NOTHING, LEE. WE'RE KEEPING THE CHANNELS OPEN JUST IN CASE.

IT'S STILL A LONG WAY FROM THAT ISLAND, CHIP.

I KNOW. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?

[ Sighs ] I'LL KNOW THAT WHEN WE GET THERE.

NOT...

MY PEOPLE.

HE'S HAD A BAD KNOCK ON THE HEAD, BUT IT'S NOTHING SERIOUS.

HE'LL COME AROUND. I'M NELSON OF THE SUBMARINE SEAVIEW.

- LIEUTENANT RYAN, SIR. - OH.

OH, YOU'RE RYAN. YES, SIR.

THIS IS LIEUTENANT WILSON. WILSON.

AND THAT'S BERGER JOHNSON, SIR.

[ Sighs ]

HE'S IN A VERY BAD WAY. ADMIRAL, I WONDER IF--

YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT LATER.

RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT TO CHECK THE FLYING SUB,

SEE IF THERE'S A WAY OF REPAIRING IT AND GETTING US OUT OF HERE.

ADMIRAL.

THAT THING'S A SUB AND IT FLIES?

WILSON, NO QUESTIONS NOW. EXCEPT FOR ONE, SIR. WHEN DID THE WAR END?

ABOUT A MONTH AFTER YOUR SUBMARINE WAS SUNK.

JAPAN SURRENDERED UNCONDITIONALLY.

ONE LOUSY MONTH.

IT COST US 28 YEARS.

WEREN'T THERE TWO OTHER MEN HERE?

YES. BATES IS DEAD, SIR.

WHAT ABOUT THAT JAPANESE LIEUTENANT?

NAKAMURA. HE'S OFF BY HIMSELF SOMEWHERE.

ADMIRAL, JUST TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO.

NOBODY WANTS TO GET AWAY FASTER THAN WE WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS CAVE.

FIRST, I HAVE TO CHECK THE HULL.

THERE'S A LEAK THAT HAS TO BE STOPPED, BEFORE WE CAN DO ANYTHING.

THERE'S STILL A SUPPLY OF, UH, SEALING COMPOUND ABOARD THE OLD TETRA, SIR.

WELL, LET'S GET IT.

[ Footsteps Receding ]

[ Man On Speaker ] ENGINE ROOM TO SKIPPER.

THE NUCLEAR REACTOR IS OVERHEATING BADLY.

WE CAN'T KEEP ON EMERGENCY POWER MUCH LONGER.

IF YOU HAVE TO, BACK HER OFF.

CAN'T YOU GIVE ME A FEW MORE MINUTES? WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

AFFIRMATIVE, SKIPPER. I'LL TIE IT DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF IT, SKIPPER.

SINCE THAT LAST BIG SHAKE, THERE HASN'T BEEN A THING. NOT A THING.

BUT MAYBE THAT'S ENCOURAGING.

WELL, MAYBE.

MAYBE IT COULD ALSO MEAN THE ISLAND ISN'T THERE ANYMORE.

[ Beeping ]

[ Metal Scraping ]

ON COLLISION COURSE. FULL SPEED ASTERN. FULL SPEED ASTERN.

[ Man On Speaker ] AYE, AYE, SIR.

ACTIVATE COLLISION SCREEN. ACTIVATE COLLISION SCREEN.

[ On Speaker ] AYE, AYE.

ACTIVATE FORWARD MONITOR.

AYE, AYE.

[ Crash ]

ENGINE ROOM, AHEAD ONE-THIRD.

FEELING BETTER? HMM.

I GUESS WE FOUND WHAT WE WERE AFTER, ADMIRAL.

[ Chuckles ] WE MANAGED TO GET SWEPT INTO THE SAME CURRENT...

THAT BROUGHT THE TETRA IN HERE.

ARE WE TRAPPED? IS THE FLYING SUB WRECKED?

NOT QUITE. THE MOTORS ARE OKAY.

WE'VE MANAGED TO STOP UP A LEAK AND GET HER PUMPED OUT.

AS SOON AS THE TIDE CHANGES AND THE CURRENT FLOWS THE OTHER WAY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEAVE.

THE, UH, CREW OF THE TETRA-- WHERE ARE THEY?

ALL ABOARD THE FLYING SUB.

I LET THEM HAVE THE EMERGENCY STORES.

YOU KNOW, CHOCOLATE BARS AND CANNED HAM CAN BE WONDERFUL THINGS...

TO MEN WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING FOR YEARS ON FISH AND SEAWEED.

FOR ONE OF THEM, IT WAS TOO GOOD.

[ Johnson ] SIR?

- MAY I TALK TO YOU? - OF COURSE.

- WHO'S HE? - THE YEOMAN FROM THE TETRA. BERGER JOHNSON.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU ABOARD THE FLYING SUB, JOHNSON.

FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME MEDICINE.

FLYING SUB, SIR? THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW HERE, TAKE THIS.

ADMIRAL, I CAN'T FIND NAKAMURA ANYPLACE.

THIS IS A BIG CAVE, FULL OF CREVICES AND POTHOLES.

WE'VE GOT TO LEAVE AS SOON AS THE TIDE TURNS. WE CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT HIM.

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR HIM, I DOUBT ANY OF US WOULD BE ALIVE.

WITH THIS VOLCANO READY TO BLOW, ANY DELAY WOULD BE SUICIDAL.

GONNA TAKE A LOT OF CHOCOLATE TO GET THE FISH OUT OF MY MOUTH,

BUT IT SURE TASTES GOOD.

I'M GLAD YOU GOT OVER THAT BUMP OVER YOUR HEAD.

I GUESS YOU CAN'T KNOW HOW GOOD IT IS TO SEE YOU.

YOU'RE EITHER WILSON OR RYAN. WHICH?

LIEUTENANT WILSON.

THERE'S SKIPPER RYAN RIGHT THERE.

COME ON. I'LL INTRODUCE YOU.

I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF.

OH, LIEUTENANT, THIS IS FRANK WERDEN, WHO CAME IN WITH ME.

I'LL GIVE YOU MY HAND-- MY WAY.

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS, WERDEN?

IT'S VERY SIMPLE, ADMIRAL.

THIS MAN'S MY FATHER.

YOUR-- YOUR FATHER?

I'M YOUR FATHER?

DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU FEEL PROUD?

MY WIFE WAS YOUR MOTHER?

SHE'S DEAD. DEAD.

DID YOU EVER HEAR OF ANYBODY DYING OF SHAME? WELL, SHE DID.

HE'S INSANE.

ADMIRAL, HE'S STARK RAVING MAD.

ADMIRAL, LOOK!

THAT WAS OUR ESCAPE, OUR ONLY WAY OUT.

NOT SO.

THERE'S ANOTHER WAY OUT.

THE WAY OF ISAKU NAKAMURA.

YOU SAY THAT MY COUNTRY WAS DEFEATED.

[ Chuckles ] YOU LIE.

THE SPIRIT OF MY PEOPLE CANNOT BE CONQUERED.

HAVE I NOT JUST PROVEN IT?

NOW WE SHALL ALL DIE TOGETHER.

YOU IN THE HUMILIATION OF DEFEAT,

AND I, MYSELF, IN HONOR.

[ Rumbling ]

HARD PORT NOW. DEAD SLOW AHEAD.

[ Man On Speaker ] AYE, AYE, SIR.

STEADY AS SHE GOES.

WE FOUND IT. THAT MUST BE THE TUNNEL THE FLYING SUB DISAPPEARED IN.

BUT IS IT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE SEAVIEW?

SLOW SPEED AHEAD.

[ Crash ]

[ Crane ] FULL SPEED ASTERN.

TIDAL CURRENT. THE ONE THAT TRAPPED THE FLYING SUB.

I NEVER FELT A CURRENT LIKE THIS BEFORE.

EVEN FULL SPEED ASTERN DOESN'T STOP US.

UP THERE AHEAD, THE TUNNEL NARROWS.

WE'RE GONNA BE JAMMED IN.

THAT SEISMOGRAPH NEEDLE-- IT'S JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

YOU GOT A NICE SENSE OF TIMING, RILEY.

TORPEDO ROOM, PREPARE TO FIRE ONE.

ZERO RANGE. WE'RE TOO CLOSE, LEE.

RIG FOR EXPLOSION. ALL HANDS, STAND BY.

- FIRE ONE! - [ Whooshing ]

[ Explosion ]

YOU--

YOU WERE BORN AFTER I SAILED ON THE TETRA.

I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD A SON.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE TOGETHER.

I DON'T SEE WHAT DIFFERENCE IT MAKES.

IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO ME. WHY NOW?

[ Chuckles ] IT'S A LITTLE LATE TO DISCOVER CONSCIENCE.

I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT MY WIFE.

TELL ME ABOUT HER. I DESERVE THAT MUCH.

YEAH. YOU DESERVE THAT MUCH.

THE TETRA WAS LOST ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE I WAS BORN.

THEN THE NEWS CAME THAT HER HERO HUSBAND...

WAS A COWARD AND A MURDERER.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DID TO HER?

NOT EVEN MOVING TO ANOTHER CITY, CHANGING HER NAME, WOULD HELP.

IT EVENTUALLY KILLED HER, MR. RYAN.

YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT ONE, DO YOU?

HOW IS HE?

NOT GOOD.

I SAW YOU TALKING TO YOUR BOY.

I TRIED TO TALK TO HIM.

HE CALLED ME A COWARD AND A MURDERER. I DIDN'T GET VERY FAR.

WHEN A MAN CARRIES A BELLY FULL OF HATE, A FEW WORDS AREN'T GONNA CHANGE HIM.

YOU SAID YOUR SUBMARINE WAS ON THE WAY.

IF, BY SOME MIRACLE, THEY FIND US AND GET US OUT OF HERE,

THEN I'LL TELL THE TRUTH.

MAYBE HE CAN ACCEPT IT THEN.

WHAT IS THE TRUTH, LIEUTENANT?

I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE STORY, ADMIRAL. I CAN ONLY GUESS.

A MAN DID ESCAPE FROM THE TETRA WHILE WE WERE UNDER ATTACK.

HE DESERTED HIS POST AND WENT OUT THROUGH AN ESCAPE HATCH.

I SUPPOSE HE TOLD SOME KIND OF STORY...

TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM BEING COURT-MARTIALED.

HE FIGURED WE WERE DEAD, HIS LIES WERE SAFE.

WELL, THE NAVY MAY REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION, IF WE GET OUT OF HERE.

- CAN YOU PROVE YOUR STORY? - IT'S NOT AN UNSUPPORTED STORY, ADMIRAL.

THERE'S WILSON AND JOHNSON.

EVEN A MAN WHO WAS MY PRISONER AT THE TIME-- NAKAMURA. ASK THEM.

I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE NECESSARY.

[ Wilson ] SKIPPER!

I FOUND HIM HIDING IN THE ROCKS.

AND HE'S PROUD OF WHAT HE DID.

NAKAMURA, WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO US?

MY COUNTRY HAS BEEN CRUSHED.

ENSLAVED UNDER THE CRUEL HEEL OF THE ENEMY.

[ Nakamura ] BUT I SHALL NOT BE ENSLAVED.

NOR SHALL I RETURN TO BE SUBJECTED TO FURTHER INDIGNITIES.

A PERVERSE FATE HAS WILLED...

THAT I HAVE FOUGHT THE FINAL BATTLE OF THE WAR.

I OUGHT TO KILL YOU RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S ENOUGH, WILSON! WE MIGHT HAVE MADE IT OUT OF HERE.

[ Choking ]

HE'S OUR FRIEND.

YOU WOULD STAND BY ME, OLD FRIEND, AFTER WHAT I HAVE DONE?

CAN YOU FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO FORGIVE ME?

I JUST SAW A MAN DIE, WERDEN.

AREN'T WE ALL GONNA DIE, ADMIRAL?

WE HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE, AND YOU KNOW IT.

NOT WITH THAT VOLCANO READY TO BLOW ANY SECOND.

I ALSO SAW AN ACT OF FORGIVENESS.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING AT, ADMIRAL.

IT'S NO USE.

COULD YOU FORGIVE A MAN WHO LEFT THE BRAND OF COWARD ON HIS WIFE AND SON?

YOU THINK A COWARD CAN COMMAND AND FIGHT A SUBMARINE?

YOU THINK A COWARD COULD SURVIVE IN THIS MISERABLE HOLE FOR ALL THESE YEARS?

♪♪ [ Singing In Japanese ]

POOR, POOR FRIEND.

MY MADNESS HAS KILLED HIM.

NO, NO, NAKAMURA.

JOHNSON COULDN'T HAVE LASTED MUCH LONGER, EVEN WITH HELP.

YOU PROVE THAT LIES SOMETIMES CAN BE THE BALM OF KINDNESS.

BUT NO LIE CAN SOFTEN THE FACT...

THAT I HAVE DOOMED ALL OF YOU.

OH, WELL.

NONE OF US REALLY EXPECTED TO GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE ANYWAY.

ADMIRAL. ADMIRAL, LOOK.

- PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD, SIR. - PERMISSION GRANTED, LEE.

[ Crane ] SORRY I COULDN'T GET THE SEAVIEW ANY CLOSER.

SHE'S A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS AWAY AROUND THE BEND.

YOU CAN TELL ME HOW YOU DID IT LATER.

ALL RIGHT. YOU HEARD THE COMMANDER.

YOUR RESCUE VESSEL'S 200 YARDS AWAY. NOW GET ABOARD.

[ Rumbling ] LET'S MOVE!

[ Explosion ]

NAKAMURA! I'LL GET HIM!

WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE. THIS WHOLE PLACE IS GONNA BLOW SKY-HIGH.

NO, YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. I CANNOT RETURN.

YOU MUST SAVE YOURSELF. [ Rumbling Continues ]

[ Men Shouting ]

HOLD IT!

[ Rumbling Continues ]

COME ON! LET'S GO!

LET'S GO! GO! GO!

[ Men Shouting ]

TAKE HER DOWN! ALL BACK ONE-THIRD!

[ Klaxon Blaring ]

I'LL GIVE THE ORDER TO SURFACE. NO, NO, NO.

IT'LL BE ALIVE WITH FALLING LAVA.

DAMAGE CONTROL PARTIES, REPORT TO STATIONS.

SEAL OFF ALL COMPARTMENTS.

[ Computer Clicking ]

SCRATCH ONE VOLCANO.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

THE, UH, CAPTAIN GAVE ME PERMISSION TO COME FORWARD.

I'D, UH-- I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH MY FATHER.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM AFT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL HAVE A HAPPY REUNION.

I SHALL NEVER KNOW SUCH JOY.

I MUST RETURN TO MY NATION,

KNOWING THAT IT TASTES NOTHING BUT THE BITTER GALL...

OF HUMILIATION AND DEFEAT.

I ONCE, UH-- ONCE READ A POEM...

WRITTEN BY ONE OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN.

SOMETHING ABOUT, UH,

SPRING AND BROKEN APPLE BLOSSOMS.

"IN SPRING,

"THE BROKEN APPLE BLOSSOM FLUTTERS DOWN,

"FADED AND FORGOTTEN,

"TO HIDE ITS LOST BEAUTY IN THE COLD EARTH.

"AND YET, THE PATHETIC APPLE BLOSSOM...

"HAS A TIMELESS POWER,

"AND ON ANOTHER SPRING...

WILL RISE INTO A NEW AND STRONGER TREE."

THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE, LIEUTENANT.

BUT YOU FORGET, MANY SPRINGS HAVE COME AND GONE...

SINCE THE END OF THE WAR.