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Cholera epidemic is raging in Peking.

The city is under strict quarantine to prevent further infections.

Army requests research results as quickly as possible for use on Northeastern front.

Germ warfare experts are travelling in disguise to your location. Top-secret!

Near the end of 1942, a cholera epidemic raged in Peking,

killing many of the city's inhabitants.

People who remember tell of four bandits

who stole the cure from the Japanese and saved the city.

The old say they were real, and some people remember seeing them.

They were described as INSANE.

But others said they were HEROES!

This is a stick-up!

Nobody moves, or I'll make you dead!

BANG!

Where did he go?

Move! After him! You, hurry up!

Where did he go?

I'll go look over there!

Hey, hurry up!

Go find him!

Why are you lagging!

Get moving, after him! Yeah, you! Run!

Japanese?

Shinajin.

Oh my!

Shinajin my backside!

(Hold it now!)

(Welcome!)

Honeybun, don't welcome him. He's... he's a robber!

Honeybun, give his gun...

give... give... give...

give it... give it the bend!

Don't move!

Anybody moves, and I'll dig out your eyeball!

Ungh ungh ungh you pinchin' one off?

Honeybun, the gun!

Son of a pooch!

Get up!

Honeybun, go untie them!

Then we'll report this scoundrel!

Don't don't don't! You're a big man now!

Don't don't don't!

Not so hard!

Craven fool!

Let us go!

Or you all die slowly and painfully!

Let us go! Craven fools!

Oh me oh my oh no! I just pinched one off in my pants!

They're Japanese!

What in the name of...

Who is this?

- A scoundrel from the saints know where. - You're the turtlin' scoundrel!

And who are they?

These two are Japanese officers that scoundrel kidnapped!

Stay your hand!

Actor!

I spend 40 pounds of flour a month to feed you!

I'm in charge here!

Kidnapping the Japanese!

You know how serious a crime this is!

My talents have slept too long in disguise...

Actor!

This here is serious business!

So this fellow kidnaps Japanese?

80% he's an 8!

8th Route?!

The 8th Route Army is even worse!

- Good to know you know! - Get back there!

If we let Mr. 8 go, the Japanese will come after us.

If we let the Japanese go, the 8's will come for us.

Given our choices, they all have to die!

We make them all disappear, and nobody will bother us.

Give me the knife.

I shall not. We'll talk, like adults.

- Give it here! - Nuh-uh.

Right now!

Hey, actor!

You were...

gonna kill who?

Was it little old me?

Tiny man, put that down.

Down!

I'll blow you to smithereens, opera boy.

You're not putting it down? Then it's smithereens for you!

- Try it and you get blown up first! - Last one to blow up's a turtle!

You smelly opera boy! You silly bum!

As bums go, I am a first-rate bum!

And you, sir, are an eighth-rate bum!

- Yo momma!.. - Your mother?

Your mother had you in her coffin!

When you came out of her, you cracked your head on the coffin lid, eh?

- Yo daddy!.. - Your father?

When your father bathed you, he threw you out with the bathwater!

He raised you on leftovers from the outhouse!

That's why you stink at insults!

You and your land are mine, who do you think you're scaring?

- I will set this off right here! - Then so will l!

Do it! Do it! Do it!

Do it!

Do it! Do it!

You're still doing it over there?

Take the rowdiness outside! This is a restaurant!

Hey, don't move! That's my stuff you're touching!

- Give it here, honeybun! - I almost got killed getting that!

If anybody moves I'll blow you up!

We mustn't steal from the Japanese!

Anything Japanese is safe in my restaurant!

No one gets to touch it!

If we're going to split the loot, then we're going to discuss shares first!

Open up! Open up!

What's taking you so long?! Come on!

The detectives!

Freeze!

Say anything and you're a dead man!

I'll have a share of what's in that case!

Detectives

It's been a long time! Welcome!

Seen anybody suspicious 'round these parts?

I ain't seen nothin'!

Quite the crowd today!

Now what in a turtle's son is this?

Me!

Oh, a person!

- Where are you from? - Shandong!

- Shandong? - He's a boar hunter.

A boar hunter?

- Twoball! - What can I do for ya?

Roger!

A boar hunter...

Bullet!

What in a turtle's son is this?

- A wild boar! - A wild boar?

My third leg!

- Peking got no wild boars! - He brought it from Shandong!

Yes sir, I brought it!

Gotcha gotcha it came from Shandong.

Open up this bag for me.

No, can't do that!

If this pig sees light,

it's gonna run all over and wreck the restaurant!

- Yes, and wild boar bites are lethal! - They bite? Let's see!

What in tarnation?..

What are you doing?

It's running! It's running!

It's running!

Tackle it!

- Scoundrel, stop it! - How'm I gonna stop it?

Oh never mind!

My mother!

Sit on it!

Stop it! Stop it! Tackle it!

This turtle's son!

Fighting a pig isn't your job!

Touch me again!

Oh, forget it.

Bullet! Let's go!

What are you doing with this?

Yes, yes, yes.

It's a pig, ignore it.

Hey!

I remember. Where's your stupid wife?!

My wife?

Honeybun!

The guests want to go upstairs! Come on out!

Folks?

Where is she?

What's this all about?

(Welcome!)

What in a turtle's son is this?

It's a Japanese lady belt, an obi.

Huh?

The belt Japanese ladies tie on their back!

How come you can't learn to tie it?

Take it!

You guys are crazy!

Withdraw!

Please come again!

The Northeast Autonomous Government reminds you!

After 6:00 p.m., Peking is under strict curfew!

City gates are closed, and none may enter, to prevent the spread of disease!

You gettin' tired there?

I'll open it if you can't.

What's that?

Gimme that!

That's gotta be worth money!

Honeybun, give it here!

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

Not happening.

- Gimme it! - Nuh-uh.

This trash? They don't want it.

You can't reach!

Gimme it! Lemme see it!

See what?

You read Japanese?

Germs...

Cholera sample...

Cholera!

No nonononononono! The the the!!!!

Oh my!

None may leave!

This affair, we will get to the bottom of it!

Sugai Shinichi, lieutenant, Imperial Japanese Army.

Ogasawara Goro, colonel, bioweapons specialist,

Japanese North China Area Army. Manchukuo Division Unit 731...

Unit 731! We're in big trouble!

You're the kimonos who spread germs in the Northeast!

Open your mouth!

Animals!

You're already dead men!

And he learned our language!

Don't speak Chinese. It will bring trouble.

You're some dead kimonos, now listen up. You're the ones who spread cholera in Peking.

That's right!

Guess what, sushi-eater!

Your troops are all infected!

Countrymen! Cut me down, what say?

Then let's interrogate these kimonos!

Interrogate my tuchus!

You brought the poison! You're an accomplice!

Officer...

But today, I will be a hero!

Today, I will kill these kimonos dead!

Excuse me?!

That's right, no water for you!

Hey! Take a look! Look what I got!

I give what I take to the poor!

Like Robin Hood!

If you kill me, you'll kill a hero of the people!

Now listen here!

- Honeybun! - Tiny man...

If you don't want to die, alright.

You kill a kimono in a minute, and I might trust you.

Take this.

Wouldn't be nothin' to me!

These hands right here killed 20 or 30 of 'em!

This one!

Fool!

We're Kwantung Army doctors!

They sent us to Peking to cure the epidemic!

Let us go!

I do not see blood yet!

Perhaps we should consider the consequences first.

The consequences are two kimonos die, and we release this at their camp!

Do it!

He's stupid,

so you're stupid too?

Actor, do you know how much money this is worth?

How much is poison worth?

It's not the poison, it's the cure!

Somewhere in their brains they got the cure for this,

and that cure's worth money.

Don't talk to me about money! I got the spirit in me today!

Patriotism!

You got nothin' but two farts in you.

I could take this cure and take it down to Drum & Bell Alley,

and I could sell it for at least 1,000 silvers!

How much?

At the Gulou black market this cure would go for 5,000 silvers!

How much?

Going off that,

I can take this to a guy I know, and we could get 10,000!

10,000!

Right, so, it's not about the money,

I'm doing this to spare my people suffering!

- There you go, there you go... - We're thinking along the same lines!

Come on, let's talk over here. Over here. Come along, come along.

Where did they go?!

Let's talk outside.

Wait! Wait!

Come on... over here. Over here.

Scoundrel, why are you here? Weren't you leaving?

Why leave?

Damn! The shame burns me.

That we are in the hands of these ignorant fools

is all your fault, sir! I said we should take the train!

- Then I want 60%! - I'm sorry.

Sure you want 60%! But even if you get your 60%,

if you call me a turtle again you'll pay with your life!

When I tell them to seppuku

I'll seppuku you myself!

This is our deal: a third, a third, a third.

Equal shares for each.

Shinajin are shameless fools!

My wife and I are two, so we want half.

The gall on you!

- Why don't you say you wanted to let them go?! - The restaurant is mine!

- But I brought them here! - Shut up!

I gave you food and a bed for nothing!

You want my share?

Listen here, son...

Shut up!

Don't talk to me about this, I can't even

I hope the anger tears you apart.

You have nothing to do with me.

Shut the motherlover up!

You two each get a fourth.

We two each get a third.

If we have to split it, let's do this fair and square-like!

Court is in session!

Rise all!

Is that right?

All rise!

All rise!

You know what you did.

You kimonos...

you killed our people, you raped our women,

but that's not enough? Now you want to poison us?

I curse your children! May each be more inbred than the next!

May their legs ever be of differing sizes!

Translate that faithfully! Every word!

Sir...

he...

is against Japan.

Excuse me?

That's it?

How did I just say all that, and you said it in two lines?

- Japanese is deep and efficient. - Translate the whole thing!

Fool!

We should have used cholera on you ages ago!

We should have killed every one of you shinajin!

Animals!

Animals!

It appears you don't intend

to give us the cure today.

Is that so?

Very well!

Oblige him!

These humiliating techniques only work on scum like you shinajin!

Bring it on! Bring it on!

The time had come to draw the sword and slay the vile sea-dragon!

Give me the tallest bottle.

Right.

Essence of Divine Bouyancy

You small-moustached fool!

How dare you fools do this!

Humiliating a Japanese officer will earn you ten deaths!

Let me go, you perverted fools!

THWACK!

Cheer up, sir!

Bring it on!

And... smile!

Fools!

Bring it on!

Bring it on!

Bring it on!

Idiot! Idiot!

5 HOURS AGO

Idiot! Idiot!

Watch your mouth. Now what's your line?

They're coming! They're coming!

They're coming! They're coming!

They're coming.

I've just finished sending our plan. We received new orders.

We need to get the vaccine in three days.

There are a million infected in the northeast,

and cases appearing along the central periphery.

Three days?

Based on what we know about the Japanese, and how tenacious and secretive they are,

in that short a time, ordinary interrogation won't be effective.

I propose that we stick to my plan.

It will definitely be a good show.

Good shows need to sell tickets.

What in the name of...

We're responsible for millions of lives.

What if we blow the part? That would be very bad.

Precisely because millions of lives rest on our success or failure,

we need more than one plan.

If we don't make these researchers let down their guard

we don't stand a chance at all.

I'm a scientist too. I know better than anyone.

We will stalemate each other with logic.

I agree. Cliches never work against scholars.

Have you ever heard that Level 9 go players

sometimes lose to new players?

Do you know why? They don't play by familiar strategies.

If we break the rules, if we confuse them, then we're guaranteed to win.

I disagree. If they don't buy it, what do we do?

I still like my plan.

We just have to catch them, and get the vaccine to the free zones.

It's at least a 2-day journey to the free zones.

- There's not enough time. - And there will be even less if we keep talking!

- When do our guests arrive? - The report says tomorrow.

Right now, with the city under quarantine, we have no customers, and this is an opportunity.

We can trap them here, in the restaurant.

The modifications we've made to the place are perfect for this game.

But I can't act!

All these years, in front of customers, I could do that performance.

But this is three days, every second in front of the enemy!

What if we make a mistake?

When did you people turn into scared old ladies?

We aren't taking a risk like this!

Combining my method with the standard interrogation methods

gives us one more chance of success!

Ok.

Then we'll do it your way.

But this won't be an easy performance.

Scaring the Japanese means we have to be crazier than they are.

This role will take every skill you have.

Those are my orders. No more discussion.

Get ready.

Idiot! Idiot!

DAY 2

Officer!

It's me!

That's not a vaccine they have, it's a germ sample.

- Ogasawara's reaction was pure terror. - So he really is a biologist.

But why were they bringing a cholera sample to Peking?

The Japanese might have discovered a mutant strain of cholera,

so they wanted to research a new vaccine.

They could be here for experiments.

So what you're saying is even if we get the vaccine,

it only works on the original strain.

- But this mutant strain is a theory? - Yes.

So you're saying the original vaccine still works?

Then we need to get it.

What's the next step?

The chef pretends to get hurt.

We need to gain their trust before anything else happens.

Officer...

Have some water. Preserve your strength!

If these fellows keep this up, someone might die!

If I had known they were so vicious, I never would have wanted that money!

I'm not one of them, Officer!

Where did you get that water! No water for you!

Chef...

Tell me what you think a national disgrace is?

A national disgrace is a Han traitor!

Han traitor?!

Han traitor?! Han traitor?! Han traitor?!

Calm down, calm down...

- What's a Han traitor? - A Han traitor...

They sell out their country!

They sell out their country!

They sell out they sell out they sell out their country!

They sell out they sell out they sell out their country!

They sell out their country!

So tell me what is selling out your country?

Well, that... there are lots of ways!

Hit the body, not the face!

Let's have at it, then!

Okay, I forgive you.

We'll get him for that later.

Colonel, stay strong, sir.

These fools only know how to play with us.

They don't understand death.

They only provoke me to fight harder!

Silence. Observe them. Closely.

So it can speak! Thought we had us a mutie!

No more talking! String them up!

Stop this foolish torture. Or ten times worse will be done to you.

This won't work on us.

Now listen,

we came north in disguise

because we wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble.

We would have been ambushed by bandits.

And they wouldn't understand

Up!

the terrible consequences our deaths would cause!

Millions would die!

Many would be Japanese, but many more would be shinajin like you!

In all that jibber-jabber, did he just give away the vaccine?

Chef!

Chef!

Chef!

Traitor chef!

I'm up here!

No he did not!

He's so very strong!

He said they came north dressed as merchants because they were afraid of bandits like you!

This son of a pooch!

Get them up there! To the roof!

Let's see if this traitor chef can find a way to serve these kimonos then!

My, but it's so brutal!

They're asking for the combination.

Brother, how do you know

that case with the combination lock has loot in it?

What the turtle's son is this?

Oh, they got themselves a fancy stash in there.

How come we don't go in and take it? We'll solve a case.

They might even make us full-time detectives!

Turtleson! Turtleson!

Detectives?!

If we sell that loot, we can hire Japanese detectives as bodyguards!

Such vision, boss!

Tonight, come back dressed in black, with knives,

and we'll go in there and take our baby!

Officer!

Look what I got!

Thirsty?

Thirsty?

You've been 2 days with no water!

Hey! Hey!

If they see me, it's trouble!

Quick, drink some!

Officer!

Drop him!

Oh my!

He's still not dead!

Get up!

Ow!

Where's your sense of justice? Do the rules not apply to you?

What do you say if I just saw your head off!

Don't move!

I was doing it for your own good!

If they're pleased with us, they might spare us!

Traitor's wife, listen up! You two have betrayed your country!

If word of this got out on the street, your neighbors would kill you on sight!

It's karma! Karma!

My leg was shattered in the fall. That's my punishment!

I won't do it again.

Too late!

Criminals like this have to be cut off at the root.

You want I should just cut off his root?

His children are innocent!

Alright, then how about,

we won't kill him, but we can't let it go,

so I'll cut off a few toes as punishment!

Wait!

You can have my share of the money!

That works!

But my wife still wants her share!

I still want that.

Cut his toes off!

- Why did you turn red? - The tiny-moustached man gave me a shot.

My throat's so sore I can't shout. I would rather seppuku than bear these insults!

Quiet! We need to think of a way out.

The epidemic in the army is out of control. This could even cost us the war.

Bear it!

They already know we're from Unit 731.

We've killed so many shinajin. They won't let us go.

Those weren't people. They were experimental subjects.

Understood.

Just give them a false vaccine. They may let us go.

Don't underestimate them. They're not that simple.

They'll kill us whatever we say. We must find a way to escape.

Then what should we do?

The shinajin's biggest weakness is lack of unity.

These people likely...

You monsters! Now I'm getting mad!

By the saints, my foot!

My foot!

Officers, don't worry, I'll get you out.

Listen to me.

Right now,

the Chongqing government, the Communists,

and everyone else wants this vaccine.

But without me, they won't be able to make it.

So, if you truly wish to serve the Empire, set me free.

The Imperial Army will give you a lot of money.

What do you say?

I love money!

Just give me a few more days.

Yes, in a few more days every one of us will be dead!

Yes, yes, I know, I know.

Officer, my wife...

they haven't tied her up.

Let her take the vaccine out and bring the money back.

How's that?

Ogasawara Goro

Tokyo Imperial University Medical College graduate.

He was directly recruited by Unit 731, where he leads research in weaponized cholera.

So he's a geek. He's mine.

I'd like to see if a soldier like me can outwit a geek like him.

Remember, our primary goal isn't the vaccine,

it's to be shameless, like we have no bottom line.

We have to make them believe we're ignorant, unprincipled,

and have no goals.

Then, we get them to let their guard down, and look for our chance.

Do you think you can fool me?

You're all insane.

Who are you people?

I'm sorry, sir!

My wife and I are innocent! Innocent!

It's a whole family of traitors! A husband-wife traitor act!

Someone's going to bleed tonight!

Glory to the Empire!

Bonzai!

Ain't no gods to save you now! This is what kimonos get!

It's time!

Make the incision!

It won't be as simple as we'd thought.

Ogasawara won't give up the vaccine that easily.

Or maybe we're making this complicated.

Everyone has their limits.

Maybe we should take the intensity up a notch.

Get fake blood and a blade ready. Seeing a little blood might move things along.

I am Sugai, ninja of the Koga clan!

This turtleson! He's turtling crazy!

I just gave him a little shot! The medicine shouldn't work that well!

Don't move don't move don't move...

Calm down! Calm down!

Animals! BRING IT ON!!

Oh my!

That medicine worked way better than I thought!

Fools!

Have you confirmed Sugai Shinichi's identity?

In 1937, in Kansai, an underground children's organization

marked members like this.

From the tattoo alone, we know Sugai never went to the Imperial University.

And from that, we know this Ogasawara is from Unit 731's germ warfare department,

a perpetrator of experiments on humans.

They were just trying to catch an orangutang,

and now we got more Japanese down there!

Boss, what are they doing?

Quiet! I gotta think!

Open up!

Ok, traitor chef! Get up! Get up!

You got a customer!

I'm off work today! Why don't you go answer the door?

We're all friends here, ain't we? And we all want the money, right?

Come on.

Captain Igarashi!

Not open today?

No, not today.

But I have been on cases all day.

- I'm very tired. - Yes, yes.

Because two experts were kidnapped.

Captain.

I know.

They're friends here.

Only two fish left. That's a disappointment.

The quarantine is very strict.

My suppliers in Tianjin can't get through.

But these are blowfish.

May I have one?

Please.

Shirakawa, they're friendly here.

Come take a seat.

Enjoy.

(We're risking exposure. Be ready to eliminate them.)

(Understood.)

Shirakawa, what are you doing? Get over here.

The fugu is ready.

Don't tell me you're too scared!

(Should we kill them now?)

This...

What is this?

This...

is blowfish liver!

It's poison!

- Is this poison too? - Yes, poison!

Let's see how poisonous!

Don't poke it, no...

Don't! Don't!

- What if something happens? - We'll play it by ear.

What could happen? We'll improvise our way out.

And you know what?

If something does happen at that point, it might not be a bad thing.

(Interrogation is a dead end.)

(Have them make the Japanese surround us.)

(The hostages will act.)

(Okay.)

(Write the note, I'll take it out.)

You're still alive up there?!

Fool!

Write what?

Bandits stole my wife and daughter to their lair.

My wife is weak, daughter sick, they cannot fight.

Heroes look on, but yet none act.

Who are these unjust, hateful warriors?

There is no justice is men's affairs.

Who is this?

Who will speak with Zilong of victory and defeat?

Turn around!

So you know how to use this? Let's see how good you are.

I said, let's see how good you are.

Did you hear me?

Come on!

Fool!

Animal!

You're dead!

- What in tarnation is this? - Our new female role actor.

He's hideous.

But he's good!

I say those Japanese are fake.

And the case, they already got it open.

They're celebrating right now.

Let's drop an arrow in there and see who's who!

You turtle's son! You shot without a letter!

Give it here!

Who is she?

Officer, my wife, my wife...

Your wife?

We're innocent, we're good people. Captain Igarashi knows us.

This is our female role actor.

Say hello to the nice man.

Go!

What is going on here?

What's this?

LEAVE NOW, OR YOU ALL WILL DIE HERE.

Captain, it's getting late.

So what?

Captain, we should go.

- The money, we forgot. - Then it's on the house.

No. We have to pay you.

Your wife will come with us to get it.

Wait!

Honeybun, it's cold outside.

- They're running away! - Boss, let's go home!

Home my tuchus! Let's get the loot!

Who

are

you people?

I'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED, THEY HAVE THE CHOLERA SAMPLE. ATTACK WITH CAUTION. OGASAWARA GORO.

This is too dangerous! How do you know this will work?

What I'm sure of is that once the Japanese surround us,

they will use some sort of code

to make Ogasawara transmit the formula for the vaccine,

and once they do, we can intercept.

That's only a guess. That we're exposed is a fact!

If this doesn't work, what then?

- No, boss, don't make me go down there. - Get down there!

- Get moving! - Don't, no! Boss!

- Get down there! - No, don't! Boss! No!

Get down there!

Twoball? Was it a pleasant journey?

Boss... Coast clear...

That's the best thing I can think of right now.

What else is there?

No matter what, we can't lose the original sample again.

Our first job is to get the sample and the hostage

to the free zone.

What about Hongying? If we go, what happens to her?

Even if we get the sample to the free zone, we don't have a vaccine!

What good is that?

If we waste the opportunity we have now, we're not just wasting time!

Even more people will die!

I think he's right.

If we take him away, Ogasawara will know who we are.

If he decides to take his secret to the grave, there's nothing we can do.

The only chance we have is to stay here.

Trust me. I just need one more day.

We can't give up now.

Boss! I'm stuck!

You turtleson! You can't even get down a fireplace?!

Then get back up there and stay on lookout!

Turdball!

Twoball, let's get to work.

Fine.

One more day.

By tomorrow night, if things aren't going our way,

you two are the experts,

you take the hostage and the sample, and get to the free zone.

You two should go. If I have to die, I'll die with Hongying.

Enough. Tomorrow will be difficult.

The Japanese will come charging in, and it will be an ugly fight.

Whoever's left alive can go to the free zone.

Now, get ready!

That's my baby!

The red man nailed me in a box! Boss, help me!

Every man for himself! These guys are dangerous!

Nakai Squadron, advance!

Full speed ahead!

Saito Squadron, advance! Full speed!

Kinoshita Squadron, advance! Speed!

Get a move on! No lagging!

DAY 3

Get this building surrounded! There's no time! The commander will be here soon!

Hurry up! Get upstairs!

No lollygagging! Up the stairs!

Hurry up! There's no time!

Takagi Squadron is in position!

Kinoshita Squadron is ready to attack!

Hurry! There's no time!

The commander is almost here!

In the back, hurry up!

Hurry! Move!

What are you doing? Get to work!

Lieutenant Colonel!

Lieutenant Colonel, reporting! The restaurant is surrounded!

Yanagida!

Get ready.

Look at this guy!

He's been swinging around all night!

Hey, you're young, you catch him.

I'll watch the traitor chef.

Leave it alone. I don't think he wants to leave.

Let him fly for a while.

BRING IT ON!!

Open the door.

I represent the Empire of Japan's Kwantung North China Army.

I'm here to negotiate.

What army? Negotiate what?

You are surrounded. We're fully aware of your crimes.

Then listen here! Don't try nothin' funny!

In here, we got land mines, bombs, grenades, everything!

- Try to come in, you get blown up! - I'm only here to negotiate. I am alone.

There's nothing to worry about. Please open the door.

Look at that! She really came in alone!

The Kwantung North China Army

orders you to hand over your weapons immediately,

and release the Japanese you have captive.

If you do, we are prepared to be lenient.

Time to clean your clock! Come here!

Get back here!

Please answer.

How about we do it like this?

First, you give me 10,000 silvers. Then I take the hostage and go.

But don't you worry. On the road I'll send him right back to you.

I don't have the right to make decisions. I will pass on your demands.

But first I must see the hostage to confirm his safety.

- Colonel! - Don't come any closer!

What unit are you?

I am Japanese North China Area Army,

signals and communications officer and squad commander,

Yanagida Sakura.

Rank, second lieutenant.

- Why do you know Chinese? - I studied at Yenching University.

General Kawabe orders you to tell me the vaccine formula by code.

The epidemic among the troops has reached a crisis point.

No.

That chef speaks Japanese, code isn't safe.

Can you speak German?

I'm sorry.

I don't understand what you said.

Alright.

Inform the general:

Noon, Morse code.

Move!

Squad 8 is at location 1!

- Squad 6 is at the specified location! - Squad 5 is at location 2!

Move!

Prepare attack formation!

It got real.

This is annoying. Why don't we just charge in and end it?

They kidnapped a very important expert. We cannot allow him to die.

Honeybun! Oh, you poor thing.

What is it, honeybun?

USE CYPHER JN-25B.

The traitor's wife, here to sell us out!

Look at that!

I forgot you can't talk!

I should have stoved you two in this morning!

Now hands up! Don't move!

Run!

Excuse me!

Now hurry!

- Get back here! - Run away, honeybun!

- Hold still! - Let's get out of here!

- I'll really shoot! - No! No! Let's just talk!

Traitor chef! Traitor's wife! Keep running and I'll shoot!

Did you hear me?

They're using cypher JN-25B. Let's do the usual. Get a blood pack.

They won't hold still! Look at this!

He's in there, and his mouth is gagged, so you just have to watch his motions.

Got it!

Hey hey hey hey!

We almost had the silver, and you want it for yourself? No way!

Traitor's wife, one look and I knew you were no good!

Where do you think you'll hide? Let's see where you try to hide!

Let go of me! Let go!

Now I'm gonna give you a show!

Chase me and I'll show you what for!

I'll show him what for!

You're explaining this to me right now!

Scoundrel, go stop him!

I'm going!

There's nowhere you can run!

Pin her down!

Try to run! Try to run!

Now nobody moves!

You think I won't kill you?

Think about your odds, gentlemen! All you can do now is surrender!

Tell the Japanese what you did, and maybe they'll go easy on you!

My tuchus!

I know I ain't leaving! Let 'em try to come in here!

When they get in here, I'll pull the string, and boom!

We all go up in flames!

- Chinese don't kill Chinese. - You still think you're Chinese?

Scoundrel, you go first!

Bring your knife down, we'll hear a wet crack,

then the traitor chef's head rolls!

Sounds good!

And then, you take your gun barrel, stick it right up his neck,

get it on there, pull the trigger, then blam! His head opens up and his brains spill out!

Alright!

- The traitor chef is mine! - The traitor's wife is mine!

I'll shout 1, 2, 3...

Here we go... 1... 2... 3...

Now you made me mad! Now I'm gonna have to kill you!

You're an insult to your ancestors!

She's in my sights!

Honeybun!

Oh my!

We really killed somebody!

You shot your own wife?!

Now this is bad! Countries at war don't kill ambassadors!

Now we just killed the Japanese messenger.

We just cut off our backup plan!

This is no good at all! And they got all those guys outside, for us!

Up a little. To the side.

We have to answer that!

If they come in here, we'll give 'em a show.

But waiting for it ain't no way to die!

So let's light this sucker up!

PREPARE TO RECEIVE TRANSMISSION OF VACCINE

BEGIN TRANSMISSION OF VACCINE FORMULA

Honeybun, why did you have to die like this?

She died right!

Once those kimonos come in here, they'll have pepper spray, the rack,

pliers for our fingernails, all that, waiting for us!

Receiving signal!

The colonel is transmitting!

Signal received!

Honeybun, why did you have to die like this?

Well? Did you get it?

- Where's the code book? - Upstairs.

Got it.

We have the antibody formula!

Not yet. Celebrate once we know it works.

General!

General!

What's the situation?

Our test results show this vaccine is ineffective.

Go in and get the man!

Tell the strike team to bring Ogasawara out alive!

We're here to thank you and to say farewell.

So that was your plan.

I didn't expect you could speak Chinese.

I think I'm more surprised than you.

I suppose you already know the vaccine formula.

Every letter.

But it's just an idea. It needs lab work and patient testing.

In this room, you're not the only microbiologist.

I didn't expect you shinajin could be so smart.

You're wrong.

As Chinese people go, we, actually, are pretty stupid.

No guns! Bring the colonel back safely.

Glory to the Empire! Bonzai!

Make sure it arrives safely.

And tell the old professor I said hi.

Have them get a culture ready, and incubate it on cotton balls.

Once the experiments prove it works,

it's the windy season, so disperse it aerially, and you'll save a lot of people.

Conditions aren't good in the free zone, but thankfully this is taken care of.

When you're out there alone,

it'll be dangerous,

so be careful.

Don't say that.

If you move fast,

there won't be any problems.

So don't...

Don't say your goodbyes yet.

Army command orders: you have one hour!

If the hostages are not released, we will enter the building by force!

WE ARE PREPARING TO RAID THE BUILDING. COLONEL, TAKE PRECAUTIONS.

Army command orders: you have one hour!

If the hostages are not released, we will enter the building by force!

Army command orders: you have one hour!

If the hostages are not released...

This stupid wife ain't so stupid!

She can even get out through fire!

Army command orders: you have one hour!

If the hostages are not released, we will enter the building by force!

The vaccine works against the original strain.

Against the mutant strain,

it's completely useless.

I repeated the experiment many times. It doesn't work.

Strike team, attention!

Quickly! Advance 50 meters!

Assume attack positions.

They're in attack positions. We don't have much time.

Any thoughts?

We need to buy Hongying some time.

No matter what else, if she makes it back, we still have some hope.

Let's do this!

1, 2, 3!

A bunch of turtlin' madmen!

Turtleson!

Turtleson!

Turtlin' son of a pooch!

Trying to kill me with fire?!

Who was that?

You turtleson!

Turtleson! Don't touch my loot!

Bring it on!

There was an explosion inside!

The colonel may be in danger!

The attack begins now!

Strike team, advance!

Gunfire inside! Soldiers, advance!

Remember the general's orders!

Fire carefully!

We need the colonel alive!

He's out of ammunition! Assemble!

Take aim!

Prepare to fire!

Orders!

Team 1, advance!

Don't move!

Advance!

Surround him!

Advance!

Stop!

This is the mutant cholera!

Continuing the attack is pointless.

Ignore him.

Advance!

This is the mutant strain!

Retreat, now!

They'll be infected!

Retreat!

Full retreat!

What's going on? What happened?

What happened in there?

TWO HOURS LATER

Prepare to fire!

Fire!

BEFORE THE EXPLOSION

You know, this is pointless.

We're infected with a lethal disease.

We're all dead within a few hours.

Why doesn't the vaccine work? You created the germs.

The germs mutated. We didn't have a plan ready.

I only have an idea that might cure it.

Given that we're all going to die, at this point, could you tell us about your idea?

You are doomed to failure, so I suppose there's nothing stopping me.

But even if I do tell you, you wouldn't understand.

Several months ago, the Germans synthesized a type of monocrystal

that is very effective in curing cholera.

But the substance doesn't exist in Asia, so no clinical trials were conducted.

Keep asking.

A monocrystal? The substance?

Salamanderin.

Salamander toxin.

You speak German?

In 1937 I spent two years at Leipzig studying medicine.

My German is better than my Japanese.

You know, I almost pity you.

Molecular structure.

A salamander? What kind of salamander?

A rainforest species from South America.

Its toxin is lethal.

And its molecular structure,

according to medical legend,

can suppress cholera bacteria.

We're all here for this stupid mission,

and we're all going to die for this stupid mission.

If we don't even know what this stupid vaccine is before we die,

will you die happy?

Even if I tell you, it doesn't matter.

Right now, in Asia, not a single specimen exists.

The only way is to synthesize it.

What's the molecular structure?

Would you understand?

No.

C...

11...

H...

17...

N...

I'm sorry.

I don't remember the rest.

More time!

Alright.

Let's clean ourselves up.

Let's try and die with some dignity.

We're about to meet our parents.

We ought to have clear minds and clean hearts.

Do you have any last rites I can help you with?

It's like this, in Japan, we commit seppuku.

It's a very important ritual.

It's a shame.

I'm afraid your people won't give you enough time for that.

They will.

Because in Japan, death is a sacred thing.

PLEASE EXTEND THE DEMOLITION BY ONE HOUR

PLEASE EXTEND THE DEMOLITION BY ONE HOUR

Signal received.

TWO HOURS

Ogasawara Goro wishes to commit seppuku.

He requests the demolition to be delayed for another two hours.

Open the door.

I represent the Empire of Japan's Kwantung North China Army.

I'm here to negotiate.

(I never imagined it was you.)

(It's been 10 years.)

(Who knew we'd become enemies?)

(Don't say that. Just like you,)

(I can't betray my own people.)

(Why are you being so stupid?)

(This is suicide.)

(For the lives of our people.)

(I won't tell them who you are.)

(I'll try to buy you some extra time.)

General,

the Funajiri Squadron has discovered 9 more infected soldiers.

The epidemic is out of control, sir.

Order the infected to seppuku.

We don't need to rescue Ogasawara anymore.

In two hours, bomb this place to the ground!

Yes, sir!

Seppuku begins now!

Glory to the Empire! Bonzai!

Glory to the Empire! Bonzai!

Army command orders: you have 10 more minutes!

If the hostage is not released, we will destroy the building!

Army command orders: you have 10 more minutes!

If the hostage is not released, we will destroy the building!

Army command orders: you have 10 more minutes!

If the hostage is not released, we will destroy the building!

Army command orders...

Second, we're infected with the mutant strain. Don't hurt yourself anymore.

Let's die together, like brothers.

What are you doing with that blowfish liver?

Second, what are you doing?

You know blowfish liver paralyzes you in seconds

and kills you within 10 minutes!

I know better than you.

Otherwise, I might last a few more hours,

or even until tomorrow, and die with you.

But before, when I researched tetrodotoxin as a weapon,

I accidentally discovered that its molecular structure was very close to salamander toxin.

Let's try it.

Maybe it will save all our lives.

Brothers, Hongying, I'm the oldest one here, so I'll be the experiment.

- No, listen to me... - Hongying!

- Of all of us... - Let go!

- I'm the most useless! - Hongying!

No!

Don't move!

Let go of me!

Let go!

Hongying!

Listen!

Calm down.

We still have the next life.

Hey, there's one more blowfish.

Someone came out!

Criminal suspect!

Stay where you are, do not move!

Wait for our orders!

One of them came out!

Don't shoot!

Nobody moves!

Wait for our orders!

Criminal suspect!

Stay where you are, do not move!

Wait for our orders!

I repeat!

Criminal suspect!

Stay where you are, do not move!

Wait for our orders!

(Bless you.)

It's time.

Mortar team!

Fire!

General, reporting! We have located the colonel's corpse.

DAY 8

The cholera epidemic receded in Peking for unknown reasons.

The city's residents saw the willow catkins that year as a sign of heaven's mercy.

Actor. Name: Zhou Yitong. Born in 1909. Died in 1976.

Later worked at the State Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry. Graduate of Yenching University Engineering College.

Scoundrel. Name: Li Fangzhi. Born in 1913. Died in 1984.

Later worked at Southwestern University. Graduate of Yenching University Biology College.

Chef. Name: Liu Zuming. Born in 1914. Died in 1995.

Later lived in the USA. Graduate of Yenching University Medical College.

Proprietress. Name: Wu Hongying. Born in 1912. Died in 1995.

Married to Liu Zuming. Graduate of Yenching University News College.

This won't be an easy role. It's going to take every skill you have.

Third, tomorrow you become an actual chef.

Welcome!

Hongying will continue to play a mute.

Which leaves you...

Don't worry about that! I got this down!

Yenching University School Enrollment

10:00 A.M., August 28th, 1932

Liu Zuming's 20th Birthday Party

7:00 P.M., October 10th, 1934

Summer Internship, Factory Photo

8:00 A.M., August 3rd, 1935

Picnic in School Yard

12:00 P.M., May 5th, 1934

Zhou Yitong's Peking Home

3:00 P.M., August 17th, 1935

Trip to Beihai Park

2:00 P.M., August 23rd, 1934

Student Concert at Bashford Hall, Yenching University

8:00 P.M., March 18th, 1933

Student Concert at Women's Dormitory, Yenching University

4:00 P.M., October 5th, 1933

Lecture at Student Protest of Japanese Occupation of Eastern China, Peking

4:00 P.M., June 15th, 1933

Student Protest of Japanese Military Brutality

10:00 A.M. June 17th, 1934

Student Sendoff, Yenching University Campus

8:00 A.M., October 5th, 1936

Graduation, Yenching University

5:00 P.M., June 28th, 1936

Class Graduation Photo, Yenching University

10:00 A.M., July 1st, 1936

To the movies we loved when we were young...

I'm very much someone who likes things and people in the past.

They all say I'm very nostalgic. I'm someone who really misses the past.

A big part of that is because I loved watching old movies when I was young.

I feel like we in the modern era are very different than that era.

I think we've lost some of their traditions.

People in that era had their own youths.

They gave their entire life over to an ideal. I can't think of anything more perfect.

People in those days had a kind of deep Chinese flavor.

A sort of strength.

To me, I don't think I could ever finish that, I could never do that.

But people today demand more and more,

and live more complex lives, they have to balance more than ever.

Which is why...

I think, people today lack a sort of strength.

They don't have bravery.

They don't have courage.

They don't have faith.

If I really had the chance to go back, I don't think I'd be able to finish that, to really do that.

If I take this movie and the plot, and I imagine myself as my character,

I would think back a few years later and think, wow, that was an awesome ride.