All language subtitles for The Message

CHINA, DURING THS
SINO-JAPANESE WAR

A BITTER POWER STRUGGLE TEARS
THE COUNTRY APART

VICE PRESIDENT WANG DECLARES
A NEW GOVERNMENT

BACKED BY THE INVADING
JAPANESE ARMY

THIS PUPPET REGIME TRIES TO LURE
AWAY OFFICIALS

FROM CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S CAMP

TO FURTHER GAIN FAVOR WITH
HIS JAPANESE MASTERS

WANG BRUTALLY CLAMPS DOWN
THE RESISTANCE

THAT SEEKS TO RETURN CHINA
TO THE CHINESE

AS THE PUPPET REGIME GROWS
MORE TYRANNICAL

THE RESISTANCE COUNTERS WITH
INCREASINGLY BLOODY ASSASSINATIONS

THE MESSAGE

OCTOBER 10, 1942 THE NATIONAL
HOLIDAY

Sorry,

We're closed tonight.

How come?
We're trying to celebrate.

The whole restaurant's booked.

Got it?!

Even General Tang has joined us.

And he's not the only one,
of course.

You know,

General He...

and the rest of them.

We're beating back Chiang Kai-Shek
and his men in every battle.

His government won't be able
to hold out much longer.

President Wang holds you
in the highest esteem.

He sent me here to invite you,

to join him on the viewing
platform at the ceremony.

He would be most honored,

even if you're only there briefly.

President Wang needs the

support of people like you.

Go ahead.

The Chungking style chicken
here is the genuine article.

You've been holed up in the
North too long. Have a taste.

Mr Fan...

I need your answer now.

Smells nice...

Doesn't it?

It comes from Sri Lanka.

Drives our Puppy crazy.

Now tell me--cause
you'll sooner or later.

Who do you get
your orders from?

Puppy..

Go!

Colonel Takeda.

You must be Mr Six.

I'm a great admirer of your work.

You're too kind.

Col. Takeda has a remarkable
command of Chinese.

She's a tough one.

We've tried everything
at our disposal.

She won't break.

Then Mr Six is the
man for the job.

Don't let me keep you.

Just turn these
assassinations over...

to the Chinese authorities.

You'll be sent back to the
Home Islands soon enough.

Don't get mixed up in all this.

Gen. Tsukeda, sir--

The head of the Resistance...

is a man code-named Magnum.

Though he's never
exposed himself,

he's behind these
assassinations.

I've got a strong feeling that

Magnum has a mole in
our operations.

Feelings are for women, Takeda.

Feelings don't have
any place in war.

My part in the war is
almost over, sir.

This would be my last
chance to redeem myself.

I can't return home as a failure.
It would bring shame to my family.

That woman finally cracked.

She's with Magnum alright.

She says they get their orders,

from a message board

in front of the city temple.

The orders are written
on a lottery flyer.

That sounds like their M.O.

We found this in her home.

Has she ever met the
person who posts the flyers?

She bumped into him once.

He's an old cripple.

Commissioner, I've seen
the cripple before.

He's a janitor at the
Counter-Insurgency Center.

- Retreat!
- Yes, sir.

Mission abort!

Mission abort!

You did the right thing.

If you'd taken him in,

we'd have lost our only lead.

If the person who
posts the flyers,

ia a janitor at our
Counter-Insurgency Center,

then we can also presume...

that he's getting his information

from someone else working at the
Counter-Insurgency Center.

Correct!

Our sources say their
codename is Phantom.

The next move is ours.

Li Ningyu, Head Officer of
the Decoding Section.

Gu Xiaomeng, Administration Officer
of the Decoding Section.

Sir!

Okay.

Hello...

Wu Zhiguo, Chief Captain of
Counter-Insurgency.

I understood.

Jin Shenghuo, Section
Chief of the Military Office.

Greetings!

Bai Xiaonian, Aide to the
Commander of Counter-Insurgency.

For the Commander.

CITY TEMPLE, TWO DAYS LATER

Takeda et al to gather
at Bai Cao Hall on October 31.

Request assassination
plan from Magnum.

Please hold on.

Moving now.

We have to go.

- Now?
- Yes!

Where the hell are we?

Spooky...

It used to be called Qiu Manor.

The Japanese have
taken over it now...

Turned it into their own
little pleasure palace.

High ranking officers only.

Looks like this is serious matter.

And someone's...

going to be in for it.

What makes you say that?

Didn't you see? The Chief of
Special Services is here too.

Chief Wang.

Good evening, everyone.

May I suggest that you go to
your rooms and freshen up first?

We'll meet in the conference
room in half an hour.

What do you mean, freshen up?

Let's just get the
meeting over with,

so that we can all go home.

Patience, Ms Gu!

Just go to your room first.

If you would.

All right.

Lieutenant Bai--

That room.

Chief Jin--

This way.

Chief Captain Wu--

That way.

Where's ours?

I'm still feeling sick.

Fairy shed light on
heaven's secrets.

Win every time with
White Dove lottery tickets.

3-6-4-4-5-6-0-2...

What is this all about?

Total gibberish.

The Imperial Army

intercepted this coded
message this afternoon.

At first glance, nothing more
than an ad for the lottery.

But according to
our intelligence

it contains a message from
an underground organization.

Regarding a new wave
of assassinations.

We've asked all of
you here to

help us crack the code,

before it's too late.

You must be joking.

None of us here
are cryptographers,

except for Officer Li.

What did you bring us here for?

To play mahjong?

Officer Bai, this order came directly...

from the upper levels
of the Japanese Army.

It would be best if
everyone cooperated fully.

Does Commander Zhang
know about this?

No!

The commander is in Nanking
on business

until the day after tomorrow.

All these numbers...

Don't look at me.

I don't know anything about codes.

What about you?

Not in my area of interest.

I specialize more in blackjack,
mahjong...

that kind of thing.

Li?

Li!

You're the expert here.

What do you say?

It's no good.

We can't crack it.

These numbers

have obviously been encrypted.

There're 18 characters in total.

To decode what they're meant
to be, we'd need the codebook.

Otherwise...

we could be here for days
and still come up with nothing.

Did you hear that?

Go tell the Japanese,

we can't help them.

I want to go home.

I don't have time
for this nonsense.

I've got a sweep to go
out on tomorrow.

Col. Takeda...

Who's that?

The head of intelligence
for the Imperial Army.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

A consummate professional indeed.

Here's the codebook.

Shall we begin?

7-8-7-1

Got them.

Jin?

Eh--

What are they doing there?

They're, um...uh...

Enough with the um-ing.
What is it?

You've heard of Morse Code?

Get on with it.

Now...Morse code is use for

telegrams all over the world.

With Chinese, it works
a bit differently.

Each Chinese character is
represented by 4 digits.

There're 72 digits in
these telegram.

Total of 18 characters.

But the sender deliberately scrambled
the digits before they sent it out.

Now Li over there is
trying to figure out...

the algorithm they used.
Once she's got that,

she can decode the message.

One-Zero

And?

This can't be...

What's wrong?

Takeda et al to gather

at Bai Cao Hall on October 31.

What does it say?

They're planning to
assassinate Gen. Tsukeda.

We set a trap--a telegram with false
summons to a meeting with Tsukeda.

The mole in our office
took the bait.

And sent this to
their co-conspirators.

You five are the only ones

who had any contact
with the original message.

Which is to say--

One of you is the mole.

Who's been leaking intelligence

under the name Phantom.

Whichever one of you it is

just confess.

I promise you'll be
treated humanely.

Please forgive me,

but I have my orders.

Nobody leaves the building

until the Phantom is found.

Who are you writing to?

You scared me.

Dear sister...what're you
writing a letter for?

We'll be out here in 2 days.

I'll go find Liu myself.

And give him a piece of my mind.

You really think we'll be
out of here in 2 days?

Sure, it's not hard to
guess who this Phantom is.

Tea?

You've got a split seam!

On the left.

I'll stitch it up for you.

Take it off for me.

Wow, that's a big hole.

Is there a sewing kit here?

I think so...

Bingo!

Found it!

Here, let me help.

There you go.

You once told me,

that your mother wanted
you to be a proper lady, right?

Yeah.

This's the first time I've ever
seen you doing anything ladylike.

Sis...

I don't know why,

but I've always felt
close to you.

Especially today...

What's wrong?

Liu hasn't been by in days.

Unfettered in the wild wastes

I mastered yin and yang,
and knew the heavens...

What are you singing?

The Empty City.

It's an old Tangshan ballad,
from Leting.

Sing some more.

Well--

Would I be rewarded
with a smoke?

Here.

But when the country
needed me, I fought...

To cast out the
pretender to the throne...

Why Captain Wu, I never knew
you were from Leting.

What--

You too?

My grandfather always used
to sing that when I was little.

No kidding?
What a coincidence.

With all the people
in the headquarters,

we ever hardly get
the chance to talk.

I never thought
I had meet someone

from my old hometown here.

It must be fate.

There're plenty of people from
around there in the headquarters.

But not necessarily from
Leting village.

It might just be us.

Yeah.

Say, after we get out of
here in a couple of days,

I'll take everyone out
to celebrate, my treat.

Has Li made a move yet?

Still mooning over

her actor boyfriend, Liu.

Gu just said

she knows who the Phantom is.

She seems a bit off.

A bit spoiled, you mean.

She comes from money.

As for Officer Bai...

he's got friends in
high places too.

So I've heard his relationship
with Commander Zhang...

is indeed very unique.

Come, Bai.

We're all waiting for you.

Here, have something to eat.

Quite a spread.

Is this suppose to be
our last supper?

My old friend Bai,
always the joker...

That little pretty head of yours

is just full of jokes.

You can count me out.

I'm no spy--

I faint at the sight
of chicken blood.

You think I'd join
the Resistance?

Wang--

You know me.

This section chief
position of mine...

It's bullshit, I got it
through connections.

You'd know better.

My wife's related to Commander
Zhang's wife on her father's side.

See?

This all has to be a mistake.

I've never heard
anything about the Phantom.

I mean

maybe it's the Japanese
that've the mole, right?

It couldn't be anymore obvious,

Section Chief Jin is
the one you want.

He's the most
suspicious of any of us.

Why?

He has a nephew,

who joined the Red Army
when he was only 15.

He's become chief of staff
at their headquarters in Yenan.

Fence-sitter that he is, Jin
must still be in contact with him.

He's been keeping a
mistress for years.

With money from
weapons smuggling.

Do I look like I'm
joking now?

I've got dirt on everybody
here, including yours.

What a rough job
you have--

Here all on your own.

The others are
downstairs for backup.

Backup?

As if we were dangerous.

I need to make a phone
call--just a short one.

No can do.

It's just to call home.

It won't be long, I promise.

You can even listen
if you want.

I told you,

it's not an option.

Fine, then I won't trouble you.

Here's the number to my house.

And a list of things I need.

Can you call them
for me and

have them bring
my things here.

Pretty please?

Ms Gu...

We need you to come with us.

I don't know--I mean,

I'm not sure--

Can't be certain...

What do you want me to do?

Make something up?

No, no!

Certainly not--

You were the one who
delivered the telegraph.

Just try and think back.

Did you notice anything
suspicious?

It all went according
to protocol.

Nothing to be suspicious of...

What were you going to say?

Nothing!

You paused.
Something came to mind.

Captain Wu saw the telegram.

Go on...

When I handed the
telegraph to Chief Jin,

Captain Wu was with him.

Normally...

A classified telegram
would be eyes-only...

for the officer in charge.

But that day...

When I delivered it
to Chief Jin,

Captain Wu didn't
look away,

he actually glanced
at it briefly.

He shouldn't have done that.

But then again...

it's probably nothing.

Do you know how much blood
I've shed all the years

I've served President Wang?

I was shot 3 times.

It's little weasels like you,

we should be watching out for.

Who knows which side you'll
end up on if the tables turn?

I see...

Until we catch the Phantom,

we're all still colleagues here.

You rank above me--
just above me--

And so I'm showing you...

the respect you deserve.

Let's hope you leave
here safely.

Ask whatever you want,

but the answer will
be the same...

I don't know anything.

I've checked.

It's the number to
the Gus' house.

What about the list?

Anything suspicious?

Looks normal to me.

Don't call her family.

Send someone to buy the
things she's asking for.

What if the others start
making similar requests?

None of them would
have the nerve.

What does her
family do again?

Her grandfather was
with General Xu.

Her father went
into business--

Textiles...

Cement, Shipping--

You named it.

They say he's close
to President Wang.

Just last year, he donated
a JU-52 to the Air Force.

He donated a plane?

That's what I call rich.

Let's make dinner
more interesting.

Before they go down, tell
everyone what the others've said,

including Gu saying she
knows who the Phantom is.

Why aren't you eating?
What's the matter?

Once a bitch...

always a bitch.

A mincing,
conniving little bitch.

Councillor Jin,

who're you talking about?

The faggot knows perfectly well.

Just exactly what I'm
talking about.

You're spoiling...my appetite.

I'll rip your fucking head off.

Calm down, chief.

Let him come!
The coward.

We'll see how hard
you can get.

Stop it!

- You want some whipping?
- We're all colleagues here.

Stop!

Stop it!
Calm down!

Colleagues my ass!

I'm no colleague of a
slanderous...rumor spreading bitch!

I was merely...

stating the facts.

Facts?

I'll give you facts.

I was shot twice last year
at the battle in Yueyang.

But I still keep going.

Didn't back down 'til I took
out the enemy pillbox.

Where were you then?

Sipping tea and reading the
newspaper in your fucking office.

Then whoring around
after work, I bet!

Captain Wu!

Being a brave soldier doesn't
mean you're always right.

Remember Deputy General Gao ?

A hero in every battle he
fought, even lost an arm for us.

But he still went to the
other side in the end.

Say that again.

Say it again!

You're calling me a traitor?

Just giving an example.

You don't need to volunteer
yourself so quickly.

Take it easy, Captain.

Stop it.

Get out of my way.

Out of my way. This is
no business of yours.

Go ahead.

Let's see what kind
of hero you are.

If you're so strong,
why don't you go...

pick fights with the
Japanese instead of women?

Captain Wu!

May I suggest you
finish your dinner first?

A man raises his
hand against a woman,

and nobody does anything?

There's no need for this.

We're all amongst ourselves.

NOBODY WILL MAKE IT
OUT OF HERE ALIVE

NEED TO TAKE
EXTREME MEASURES

TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF
GETTING MESSAGE OUT...

We truly apologize
for the...

inconvenience to you all.

Col. Takeda has specifically
directed...

After the Phantom
is found...

Each of you'll be rewarded
for your assistance.

If you'd all be
kind enough,

to write down your
ranks, pay grade...

and evaluation scores...

During the years of
your services--

You'll all be rewarded
accordingly once this is over.

What do you want?

What's going on?

Released me!

Who'd they get?

It's not me.

It's really not me!

Well, then can you
explain to me...

Just why your handwriting is
identical to the Phantom's?

Well?!

Someone's framing me!

It must be.
It must be!

Pull his pants down.

Hold your step.

Commander.

I'm disciplining my dog.

What's so funny about that?

There's a rat in your unit.

What rat?

General Tsukeda has asked me

to take full charge of this.

Commander Zhang...I'm afraid
the General faith in you

has been greatly shaken.

Do you evidence?

Bring over the handwriting file.

Now!

If it were anyone else, this
would already be over.

But since it's Lieutenant Bai,
your confidant...

I think it's best if you
prove your innocence first.

Commander...

Comamnder.

Help me!

I'm not the Phantom!

Officer Li, please get dressed
immediately and come with me.

Where to?

One minute. You've one
minute to get ready.

Please wait here.

Please enter...

Sir...

We have a situation.
One of our men,

just saw Captain Wu
barge into Gu's bedroom.

See anything?

It's too dark.

Turn it up.

I'm apologizing to you,

Please just leave.

I don't want your apology.

Why? Why can't we
just talk it out?

What are you doing?

I'll call the guards!

I'm their commanding officer.

What are they going
to do to me?

Let go of me!
Let go!

What's going on?

We're losing the signal...

Your boyfriend,
Liu--the actor?

You haven't seen each
other for about a week, no?

Yes!

He's with the
military police now.

What's he doing there?

What do you think
he's doing there?

Commissioner!

Why didn't you stop him?

I didn't dare, sir.

Knock on the door.

And ask Captain Wu
down to the living room.

Tell him I would like
to speak to him.

- Go!
- Yes, sir!

What is it?

Commissioner, sir! No, sorry,
I mean, Chief Captain, sir!

Commissioner Wang
would like to...

Talk to you in the
living room.

Tell him I'm sleeping.

HUMAN ANATOMY

The first time I saw you,

I noticed your features.

A narrow forehead...

high cheekbones...

and a thin nose.

Your eyes are deep-set.

Women with that kind
of facial structure...

are not to be trusted.

Even if on the surface,

they may seem to
be above reproach.

You've been acting,
all along...

What do you take
Liu in for?

A unit like counter-insurgency
can't allow for any uncertainty.

If you share your
bed with a rebel,

what else might you
be sharing with him?

Ms Gu?

Ms Gu...are you asleep?

What do you want?

Just passing by.

Are you ok?

I'm fine.

I brought you a snack.

If you need anything...

I'll be around.

To hell with him!

If you can prove that
you're not the Phantom,

it would also clear up
our suspicions about Liu.

I suspect the resume
you submitted to us...

was mostly made up.

During the interrogation
today,

your hostility--

only shows that you're
hiding something.

You're one of our best
code-breakers, I'm told.

But did you know that...

every inch of the body
carries a code?

If you can pass
this examination,

you and Liu'll have
nothing to worry about.

Your physical features...

from every orifice
to every limb,

all carry the genetic
code of who we are...

Showing our true identities.

In order to get to that,

I'll need to break
your will first.

And the way to
break your will,

is to help you realize,

that your body does
not belong to you.

It belongs to your enemy.

Now let go.

Give yourself over completely.

"Wherefore, there in her
shimmering eyes of jade...

shine golden pupils
peering at my own?"

HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN

HEAVEN HELP ME NOW

So Lieutenant Bai died
during the interrogation--

Is that correct?

Commander Zhang?

Right up until he died...

Bai insisted he was
being framed.

I've wrong him!

Everything we did for
the Imperial Army,

and this is how
you repay us?

What else did
Lieutenant Bai say?

He say to hell
with handwriting.

Chief Jin is a master
calligrapher--

He could imitate anyone's
handwriting he wanted to.

My condolences.

Please take the Commander home.

Rest well, Commander Zhang.

We've been had.

The Phantom is still amongst us.

We have 2 days left.

No more mistakes.

Colonel Takeda.

ONE MONTH AGO

Colonel Takeda.

Colonel Takeda!

Any thoughts you'd like
to share with us?

Forgive me for being so direct.

But I don't believe
your plan is feasible.

Nothing comes quickly
or easily in battle.

The cost of a rushed attack
would be staggering.

Your opinion comes...

as no surprise to me.

Your grandfather killed himself

on the Northern front-lines.

Cowardice seems to be
a Takeda family tradition.

We have a situation.

The cripple is here!

The janitor who posts the
messages at the temple?

I checked with the
administration--

He handles the slop-water here.

However, he's not
supposed to be here...

until the day after tomorrow.

He's swapped his
shift with someone else.

The Phantom's gone quiet--

They're getting worried.

The Phantom must be anxious
to notify the rebels,

not to carrry through
the assassination.

Here is our chance
to set a trap.

And force the Phantom forward.

Attention everyone!

After 3 days of investigation,

we have made great progress.

We are now almost
certain that

Lieutenant Bai is the Phantom.

As a gesture of our
appreciation for your cooperation,

Col. Takeda has arranged
a special lunch for today.

Please be punctual.

Thank you!

Hey you!

Go tidy up the dishes
and bring back the plates.

I, Li Ningyu...

Graduated with honors
from Wharton,

I am not a whore.

I am not!

I may not share
your rank...

But that doesn't
mean I'm afraid of you.

Sis...

You bastard!

It's all right now.

Bastard!

Let go of me!

Come now.

It's ok.

Let go of me!

It's ok!

No way I'll surrender myself.

These goddamned people.

We should

just killed them all
and have done with it.

It would make no
difference to me.

But I would worried for
you, Commissioner Wang.

One innocent officer
has died already.

If we should take
another life...

and still find no sign
of the Phantom...

What would you tell
Commander Zhang?

Let's go over the facts again.

I believe we can
rule out Officer Li.

I've looked her over carefully.

The only thing on her
mind is her boyfriend.

Someone so weak-minded,

couldn't possibly be
the Phantom.

What about Jin?

He looked at the
old crippple...

when he was handing
him his dirty plate.

Look at it the other way.

Jin has nothing to hide.

If he looked at the cripple,

that only shows one thing,

he's unguarded.

When a stranger comes close,
it's only natural to react.

If someone doesn't react...

they're deliberately
avoiding it.

Trying to control their focus.

Neither Captain Wu
nor Officer Gu...

looked at the cripple once
throughout the whole meal.

One of them is our Phantom.

Everyone come outside.

Gather at the West
wing immediately.

To prove his innocence,

Lieutenant Bai gave his life.

Right up until his death...

He insisted he was being framed.

Lieutenant Bai was very
close to the Commander.

But even that
couldn't save him.

I suggest you all
ask yourselves,

with nothing to lean on...

How will you escape his fate?

Merciful Buddha!
Whoever it is, please...

I beg you--step up!

Spare the innocence.

We would rather be
wrongly harsh,

than wrongly lenient.

If the Phantom wants to
leave, there are 2 ways.

In a box, or in--

What the--?

Motherfucker! Is there
anything you won't do?

Calm down, Captain Wu!

Everyone will take their turn.

My friend...

Stay away!

Stay away!
Don't come close!

Stay away!
Stay away!

You don't want to
do this, Jin.

I know what you do to people.

It'd be worse than death.

I'd rather end this here.

Another one down.

What do you want?
What're you doing to me?

Let go of me!
Let go of me!

Let go of me!

Sis!

- Let go of me.
- Sis!

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

Go back to your room.

Don't say a word.

Go!

Why aren't they
making a sound?

You dropped a cigarette at lunch.

What're you talking about?

There was a message
on the cigarette.

Are you out of your mind?

Now many more innocent
people'll you let die?

Officer Gu!

What did I ever do to you?

Why're always against me?

It's not about you--

I'm just saying what
I witnessesd.

What the FUCK did
you witness?

The cigarette is coded.

I'm going to give it to them.

Officer Gu!

No one else should have to
die so that you can live!

You bitch, I'll kill you!

Go!

Yes, sir.

You too!

Yes, sir!

The door is jammed.

Out of the way!

Let go of her!

Let go.

You fucking whore!

Fuck you!

If only you'd spoken
out earlier.

There'd been no need
for any of this.

Give it here.

During lunch yesterday...

The chief captain took
out a cigarette...

and dropped it on the ground.

I could sense that
something was going on.

So I covered it with my foot.

Morse code?

Yes.

In Morse code

this represents
a single word...

"Abort"

There're plenty of
smokers in this building.

But you're the only one
who smokes "Three Cannons"

Come on...

I'll give you one more chance.

For ths sake of
all our time together.

That bitch stole my
cigarettes to frame me.

I don't know shit about codes.

You're all fucking blind!

She's playing you!

Just confess.

Takeda has assured me
that if you'll only confess,

you can be pardoned.

Maybe even rewarded.

Our formidable Captain Wu--

Too hard for electricity.

Come-- Let the Chief
Captain down.

THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE
TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TODAY

Gu...

It was a close call last night.

I've sewn up the rip for you.

But I'm not very good at it.

The stitching's a bit...

uneven...

You've been targeted...

Both you and the Chief Captain.

Captain Wu hates my gut.

He's always antagonizing me.

I know it isn't Captain Wu.

Don't worry...

I'll never turn on you.

Here, try it in.

When did you know?

Just now.

It was a blind guess.

Mr Six.

Ah, Chief Captain--

Long time no see.

You're aware of Mr Six's,
pride in his work.

It's not too late
for you to confess.

Fuck you and fuck your ancestors!

I'll come back

and fucking kill you
in my next life!

We're not strangers, Captain Wu.

You were always generous to me.

So I'll be...restrained.

Now relax...

Breathe deeply.

Relax, Chief Captain...

Tell me.

Where is Magnum?

This one's good for the kidneys.

So my boyfriend's
one of you too?

You sent Liu to me?

You've been using
me all this time--

Why me?

I rank too low.
Can't get enough access.

We hope you'd become one of us.

This is beyond me.

Was anything real?

I've always thought
of you as a sister.

As a sister?

If they knew about
this conversation,

you think I'd make it out alive?

They already got Liu.

Had you heard? Huh!

Where are you going?

To turn you in.

I'm going to turn you in.

Fantastic.

To die by your hand...

is probably the best
I can hope for.

You're a monster!

I was only doing my job.

I didn't want it to
go this far either.

Magnum...where's Magnum?

Right...here.

You've already made it--

They think Captain Wu's
the Phantom.

I was the one who sent
out the bad information.

Now I need to get the
word out to my comrades.

There's only one way,
turn me in.

I would never do that!

What're you thinking?

How could a message be worth
more than your own life, huh?

Your life,huh?

I don't care...

what other people
do with their lifes--

I want you to live.

For the first time I can
finally open up to you...

If only for a few more
days and nights--

to talk with you,
heart to heart.

But there's no time left.

Do you understand?
No time.

I'm begging you.

Turn me in.

Usually, 3 needles's
all it takes...

for an ordinary man to confess
and fingerprint their testimony.

The Chief Captain...

is indeed a remarkable man.

Is there any other way...

to make him talk?

Open the gate!
Let me in!

I found this under
Officer Gu's pillow.

The Chief Captain's innocent!

Hurry up.

Flip him over.

Unfettered in the wild wastes

I mastered

Yin and Yang

And knews the heavens...

But when the country
needed me, I fought

You smoke Camels.

And yet Officer Li found a pack
of 3 Cannons under your pillow.

That's awfully damning.

I.m trying, really trying
to help you here.

But

we're running out of time.

Those aren't my cigarettes.

Get her up there!

Stop.

She won't talk.

How do you do,
Phantom-sensei.

We meet at last.

How long've you been spying at
the Counter-Insurgency Center?

Do you take orders
directly from Magnum?

I can guarantee you...

full protection if you cooperate.

Not only for you,

but also your family.

I can guarantee that.

Let's not get carried
away now, Takeda.

During a strategy meeting, you
assaulted a superior officer.

You're about to be
deported back to Japan.

Where you'll probably face court
martial. You're in no position--

To guarantee me anything.

Let me put it this way,

when I say I can guarantee
you and your family safety,

I'm also saying that

I'm in a position

to hurt you...

and your loved ones.

Hello?

There must've been a
delay on the road.

20 minutes later than planned.

Number 6, South Bank--

That's your parents'
address, no?

Leave my parents out of this.
This has nothing to do with them.

A call for you.

Mother...

Right now.

Another gun just like this one,

is pointed at your
mother's head.

Your decision.

Save her life and you
can save your own.

Enough.

Tell Madame Gu

her daughter'll be home soon.

You see,

that wasn't too hard was it?

I am the Phantom.

I take my orders directly
from Magnum.

Captain Wu never laid
eyes on the telegram.

I nmde that up to frame him.

As for Lieutenat Bai, I was
the one who forged his--

Let's talk about Magnum.

Where is he now?

Ok!

But not in front of him.

I've no idea where he is,

I've never seen him.

But you must be

in contact with him.

The board in front of
the City Temple.

Does he post the orders himself?

What do you think?

Would you do it yourself?

You're wasting my time.

Sorry.

But the truth is I know
more about you...

than I do about Magnum.

Commander, sir!

Where is Takeda?

I need to see him now.

What else can you tell me?

Oh, lots...

About your family...Your
upbringing...

And about that awful
weak spot of yours...

Your grandfather became Lieutenant
General after Meiji Restoration.

Your father also
distinguished himself.

As a Colonel in the Navy.

Indeed!

You're a most talented spy.

Halfway through the
Russo-Japanese war,

your grandfather killed
himself in the front-line.

No military men have
ever respected you.

You bitch!

Don't shoot!

She was determined to die.

And we all played
right into it.

You never had any authority
to conduct this investigation.

Gen. Tsukeda turned
down your request--

This operation--
Is entirely illegtimate!

At this point,
does it really matter...

wether I was authorized or not?

My goal--

is to catch Magnum.

And wipe out his
terrorist organization.

I cannot return to
Japan in shame.

You conducted interrogations
under false military orders.

Two ranking officers died here.

Along with a Chief Captain
who's half dead.

If word of this gets out,

they'll haul both of us
before a court-martial.

We need to find someone
to pin this on.

Sirs...

I have matters to discuss
with Col. Takeda.

Leave us be.

Yes sir.

You double-crossing
son of a bitch!

You son of a bitch!

Takeda!

Colonel Takeda!

You know I've...

I've always been loyal--

Back-stabbing bastards!

At least the Phantom
wasn't able to escape.

Stick with the original
plan tonight.

Set a trap at Bai Cao Hall.

If we can catch Magnum...

we might still have a chance.

THREE MONTHS LATER

Where did you last make port?

Taiwan?

Saigon?

No, not Saigon--

This ship doesn't stop there.

What's the point of
sending more troops in?

This war might just end
earlier than we'd thought.

I'm going home a criminal.

But I've just got it
better than you--

At least I'm going home.

I'm here to shorten the trip.

'Peace at Last"

Li Ningyu!

Li Ningyu!

Li Ningyu!

There's someone here for you.

You know how it is--

After working for the
puppet regime during the war,

I'm really pretty lucky...

to have even this.

The report you wrote
helped a lot--

I should thank you.

Poor Liu, though--

The Japanese were going to
put him in front of a firing squad.

But 3 days before the execution,

the Japanese surrendered.

He kept his life alright.

But he's never been the same.

Anyway, you're not
here to hear me complain.

Actually...

I'm here about the dress.

The dress?

The one Gu mended for you.

Gu and I...

we were both in the Resistance.

Although we were both undercover
in the Counter-Insurgency Center,

she had no idea who I was.

It wasn't until that night
on the balcony,

when I started singing
"The Empty City,"

that she learned I was
one of her comrades.

We use the song like
a secret password,

to reach out to our comrades...

whenever we're in trouble.

Relax, now.

I lost my temper.

I'm here to apologize.

I don't want your apology.

Please just leave!

- What are you doing?
- Just relax.

I'll call the guards!

Stop!
What're you doing?

Are you trying to threaten me?

I'm their commanding officer.

What are they going
to do to me?

Let go of me!

Relax now. Let's sit
down and talk it out.

- Let go of me!
- Relax!

We're both from the
same village...

- I won't do anything to harm you.
- Let go of me!

Let go.
Back off!

Just calm down.

I know you're the one.

But I beg you,

comrade to comrade,
hide yourself.

Let me take the heat.

Try to get the word out.

But it was me that sent
out the false intelligence.

I should take the consequences.

You couldn't stand the torture.

You're in no position to
tell me what to do--

I only take orders
from Magnum.

Then why was Gu...

always clashing with you?

It's one of our tricks.

If 2 comrades are taken
in at the same time,

we fight, accuse each other,
do whatever it takes...

to keep them from
getting everyone.

That way, at least one of
us would get out alive.

Let go of me!

If word doesn't get out tonight,
the Resistance will be crushed.

You must survive. Find a way
to get the message out.

I'm MAGNUM. I hereby
order you to turn me in.

You stay alive.
I have a plan.

You dropped a
cigarette at lunch.

What're you talking about?

There was a message
on the cigarette.

Are you out of your mind?

I didn't understand at the time
what she was trying to do.

She'd decided from the start
that she'd sacrifice herself.

To make sure I got the
message out.

That song,"The Empty City,"

with a few changes in
the tune and lyrics,

it becomes a tool for
transmitting urgent messages.

FALSE INFORMATION

ABORT MISSION MAGNUM

When Gu made you
turn her in,

it was to make sure
that I got out.

What if you'd been unconscious
when you got to the hospital?

Or nobody was there
to hear your message?

Then it would all have
been for nothing.

In fact...

Gu had also sewn a
mission abort message...

onto her undergarments--

As another way to
get words out.

FALSE INFORMATION ABORT MISSION
PHANTOM

Nobody was going to get
out of that mansion alive.

So Gu...

used her body to pass
on the message in death.

She also wanted
me to pass on

the message she left for you.

It's in the lining of your dress.

You'd know this
better than me--

It's all Morse Code.

THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE
TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TODAY

I'M NOT AFRAID OF
DYING--

BUT ONLY FEAR MY LOVED ONES
WON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE DIED FOR

I AM LEAVING THESE WORDS
IN THE HOPE THAT

LI AND MY FAMILY WILL
FORGIVE MY DECISION

I'm leaving these words
in the hope that...

Li and my family will
forgive my decision.

But I have faith...

that you'll come to
understand my intentions.

My dearest loved ones...

Though my death
brings you great pain,

but our people face
mortal peril.

I would do anything to stop it.

Even if it's giving
up my little life.

Whatever they may
do to my body,

my soul will always
live on with you.

What the enemy can
never understand is...

that Phantom and Magnum
represent not individuals...

They represent a brotherhood

and a faith in justice!