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-What does he want? -I'II find out.

You don't have to take orders from this man, you know.

WeII, I'm the Iiaison officer. So I'm Iiaising.

You're sure you know what you're doing, oId man?

Yes, and what ever this is, it's important to him...

that I see it.

-I'II keep an eye on them sir. -Very good.

MARRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE

A disgrace fuI incident has occurred.

I wiII deaI with it myseIf.

If It's secret why show me?

I want you to witness it.

-Know what he did? -This dutch soIdier?

Not him he was in a ceII for steaIing bananas.

-The korean guard? -Of course.

Kanemoto teII this british officer what you did.

Kanemoto come on! Say it!

Say it! You, Kanemoto!

Why don't you? Are you too ashamed?

You know now Lawrence?

Last night he stoIe into the ceII of that dutch boy.

Kanemoto show us how you used this thing of yours.

Show us how you used it on this white feIIow's ass.

Just do it for us now!

Untie him.

Kanemoto! Do it! Hear me? Now!

Has your dainty thing become too shrunken to be potent?

If you can bugger him again you may comit Harakiri.

Have you gone mad?

You haven't seen a japanese untiI you've seen Harakiri.

I don't want to watch it!

Do you want me to hate the japanese?

I'II do it!

Stop it! For God's sake, stop it!

Lawrence, out of the way!

Haven't you shamed him enough?

Shame? He didn't even resist being raped!

Can you get up?

You're Dutch, aren't you?

De Jong, sir.KareI De Jong.

Now you'd better sit down.

Now teII me what happened.

In the begin in he camein to dress this wound of mine.

For three days,every night.

He was, he was very kind.

But then Iast night, he suddenIy...

Captain Yonoi! This is CoIoneI Lawrence! Come quickIy!

Kanemoto, I'II assist you.

Stop it!

Watch this!

Sergeant Hara...

Attention!

What's going on?

Sergeant Hara is going execute this man!

-This is not your concern. -Then why bring me here?

-Who ordered this execution? -This is not an execution.

Kanemoto is trying to comit suicide for his crime.

And you ignore it?

Out of compassion.

His famiIy is poor. If we deem his death an accident...

they wiII get a pension.

What crime has he committed?

Let me report in private.

I've no time now. I'm due at a miIitary triaI in Batavia.

Make your report Iater.

This way, sir.

-Captain Yonoi is here, sir. -Let him in.

I'm Captain Yonoi. I'm here for the triaI.

We are very honoured to have Captain Yonoi here today.

This is CoIoneI Fujimura, President of the court.

-PIeased to serve with you. -Good to have you here.

My name is Iwata.

The miIitary situation here is very serious.

Your service is important.

GentIemen, the defendant is a very difficuIt man.

AII rise to attention!

Before the court is the case of Jack CeIIiers.

Your name is given as Jack CeIIiers.

Is that correct?

-Why shouIdn't it be? -What do you mean by that?

Answer the question! Is your name Jack CeIIiers?

I've answered that question about a hundred times.

Read the charges.

The prisioner, Jack CeIIiers, a Major in the British army...

parachuted with four men into...

the Banten VaIIey.

They waged gueriIIa warfare.

On october 1 6, they attacked a japanese transport unit.

They took ammunition, kiIIed PFC Takeshi Tazaki, then...

they wounded Corp. Sawafuji and four others.

His crime is covered by martiaI Iaw reguIations.

We recommend a death penaIty...

as prescribed in section 1

AccordingIy, he shouId receive the death penaIty...

as prescribed in Section 1 , chapter 5 of the reguIations.

How do you pIead?

Not guiIty.I'm not a criminaI.

I am a soIdier in His Majesty's army.

One month ago I came out of the Djaja Sempoer mountains.

I surrendered to CoIoneI Utsumi of the ImperiaI Japanese Army.

I was imprisioned at Sukabumi. 3 days in soIitary confinement.

Then I was questioned by Lieutenant Ito.

He asked me my name and rankand I toId him.

Then Lieutenant Ito asked me: ''Is that true?''

I repIied: ''of course, it is. I'm with the British army.''

Do you mean you wouId never give a faIse name?

Let me ask you something.

Why wouId a man who's about to die give a faIse name?

A japanese soIdier it caught wouId give a faIse name.

A Japanese soIdier wouId never submit to being caught.

But then, I'm not a japanese.

Why did you refuse to teII about your-seIf?

You must teII us your pass history.

My past is my business.

What was the reason for giving yourseIf up?

You've just read it, haven't you?

Your men said they'd kiII the viIIagers.

-How many men did you have? -None.

-Liar! -I'm not a Iiar.

I had four men but they were kiIIed in action.

We know you Ied a group of native soIdiers.

We are bound to find them sooner or Iater.

Why don't you confess your crime?

I've never Ied natives.

Look, why don't I have a defense counseI?

ExactIy what kind of triaI are you giving me?

This whoIe thing's a bIoody farce.

Erase aII those remarks.

May I question him?

''To be or not to be. ''That is the question,

The prosecutor said that you Ianded in Java by parachute.

Under whose orders?

Under the orders of the Supreme Commander of...

His Majesty's forces in India.

Were you not under the commander of Java?

You know I came to Java in August.

You know the commander in Java was captured in March.

-You know Captain... -Captain Yonoi.

If this man fought in India as a Iegitimate soIdier.

Then we must treat him as a prisioner of war.

-We have no proof. -I beIieve this man.

What were you asked when captured?

Were you asked how to intended to conduct a...

gueriIIa war with onIy five men?

WeII, I suspect they thought we were an advance party...

for a new campaign presumabIy the invasion of Java!

They wanted to know dates and pIaces.

What did you say?

I said I thought they were crackers.

What?

-I thought they were mad. -And then?

Then they stopped feeding me, and started beating me.

Can you prove that you were beaten?

Put on your shirt!

No more questions!

The court retires.

A deIay this Iong usuaIIy means a firing squad.

But nowadays new officers Iike to try out their swords...

on white necks.

The verdict in your case has been postponed.

We shaII wait for further instructions.

Stand up.

Good day for it, sir.

Yes.

You have a famiIy waiting for you, CorporaI?

Wife and two kids, sir. One with, one without.

How's about yourseIf, sir?

-Tea? -Yes, I'd Iike that.

The prisoner, sir!

Can you guess what I'm thinking.

Yes, I think so. Can you?

He's rebeIIious to the end.

You have been found guiIty on aII charges.

The sentence wiII be carried out with out deIay.

Make him ready!

-I don't need any heIp. -Let him aIone!

I've practiced waIking for years.

Firing position!

I don't need that.

The bIind foId is for the firing squad!

So they don't Iook into your eyes as you die.

Let him be.

Prepare to fire!

Firing positions!

Fire!

That's a good one!

Sergeant Hara...

Sergeant Hara...

Lawrence can't you Iet me sIeep?

I'm sorry.

I was just now riding on top of MarIene Dietrich's tummy.

In a hideway in Manchuria!

I must taIk to you.

Why's he here?

I want you to protect him.

Why?

My men heard about him.

-I toId you not to taIk! -I didn't.

There were japanese soIdiers and korean guards there.

You accuse japanese...?

It was probabIy the guards.

Don't you reaIize that everyone is going to know?

I understood.

WiII aII your men want to bugger him now?

Is it true that engIish men are aII homosexuaIs?

Don't be stupid.

Listen I need your heIp.

A japanese never asks heIp from an enemy.

Hey, are you a homosexuaI?

He says you are a homosexuaI. Are you?

No sir. I am not.

He's not.

You aII fear homosexuaIity!

A samurai doesn't fear it.

Wars create friendships amongst men.

That hardIy means that aII soIdiers become homosexuaI.

You are not soIdiers, you are prisioners!

So you Iack discipIine, and you beg favours.

-Shame! -Sergeant Hara...

I've nothing to be ashamed of.

A new prisioner has arrived.

Another queer's here!

I've brought a prisioner from miIitary prison, Batavia.

I'm sergeant Gengo Hara. I'II take over.

Your name and rank?

CeIIiers, Jack. Major, British Army.

CeIIiers? Jack CeIIiers? Straffer Jack?

Good morning, CoIoneI.

You bastard!

Stop it!

No! Stop it! Stop it!

You! Officer! Do you know this man?

We served together in Libya. We fought the Germans.

Take him to the sick bay.

What kind of a man is he?

Is he a cIose friend of yours?

No. He's not a cIose friend, no.

-What kind of a soIdier is he? -He's a fine soIdier.

We had a nickname for him in the 8th Army.

We caIIed him straffer Jack.

Straffer is a kind of um...

it's very difficuIt to transIate. Straffer is um...

This is astonishingIy difficuIt sometimes.

In any case, he was a soIdier's soIdier.

Why are you so interested in him?

-What did the doctor say? -I din't taIk to the doctor.

You fooI!

Lawrecen, I want him in good heaIth as quickIy as possibIe.

That's an order!

You don't haveto order me to Iook after a sick man.

I wiII send the japanese medic to see him.

Why are you so concerned about Major CeIIiers?

Send our medic.

-The commandig officer, sir. -Let him in.

You spend more time with these Japs than you do with...

your own men.

I caIIed CoIoneI Lawrence here. Now from you...

I want the names of aII prisoners who are informed...

on the subject of armaments and ammunition.

Who are the experts here?

I am not required under InternationaI Law...

to furnish the enemywith any information.

This is not North Africa. We are not Germans!

There is no Geneva Convention here.

If you do not foIIow my orders, I wiII have to repIace you.

RepIace me? What are you taIking about?

RepIace me with whom?

Do you know what he'staIking about?

No sir. I don't know.

You promised to improveour food ration.

You eat the same as we eat.

Give me the names of your experts.

No, Captain Yonoi. I wiII not.

Captain Yonoi.PIease try to understand.

Group Captain HicksIey is an honourabIe man.

''They are aII, aIIhonourabIe men.''

As commanding officer, I prefer another honourabIe man.

Lawrence, this armaments thing.

I think we can string it out forquite some time, don't you?

I mean, young Tojo wiII never notice the difference.

They're not fooI, you know, sir, the japanese.

They know how badIy the war's going for them.

A coupIe months, it couId aII be over.

Then why not try and stay aIive for a coupIe of months?

Sir, I know these peopIe...

I wish you'de be guided by my knowIedge.

I know these peopIe, too. They're the enemy.

And you're a British soIdier.

You know they once beat the Russians.

ReaIIy? What schooI did you go to?

Winchester.

Who's Iooking after Major CeIIiers?

-I am, sir. -How's he coming aIong?

He's a tough man. Anyone eIse wouId have been dead

When wiII he be up and about do you think?

Christ, I had to give him a sedative, so he'II sIeep...

most of the time. I'd saya coupIe of weeks.

-Good. Where's the big chief? -I'II get him for you.

AII right you maIingerers. Now hear this!

CoIoneI Lawrence is going to stay here for a few nights.

-He's one of those, mate! -Want my boxing gIoves?

-Where is he? -SIeeping.

Take me.

Why was he captured?

He wasn't. He surrendered.

Why does Capt. Yonoi want to make him commanding officer?

-I don't know. -Answer me Lawrence...

Because he's a born Ieader.

Why are you stiII aIive?

I'd admire you more if you kiIIed yourseIf.

A good officer Iike you!

How can you stand the shame?

We don't caII it shame.

Being a prisioner is one of the fortunes of war.

We sureIy aren't happy being prisoners.

We want to escape. We want to fight you.

That's just quibbIing.

No! We want to win. This camp isn't the end.

We won't kiII ourseIves. It's the coward's way out.

You're just scared of dying!

Don't wake the patients.

When I was 1 2 I visited the shrine in my viIIage.

I offered my Iife to the Emperor.

I have aIready died for my country.

Yes. But you're not dead are you?

It's aII right, Jack. It's Lawrence.

It's aII right. You're fine. It's aII right.

Sergeant Hara isn't going to hurt you.

Sergeant Hara isn't going to hurt anyone.

What on earth possessed Yonoi to save me do you think?

I don't know.

What did he say, Lawrence?

What a fynny face! BeautifuI eyes, though.

AII right?

What's that bIoody noise! What's the matter with them?

They're trying to become super human gods.

They Iive in the past, these feIIows.

God heIp them, Lawrence.

And that's our Captain Yonoi's voice, isn't it?

He's been screaming his head off...

ever since you got here.

If he's got something on his mind...

why doesn't he come out with it?

I rather think he is.

Perhaps we're both on the same Iadder.

Are you okay?

It was a nightmare.

Ueki is worried about these training sessions...

that they are too vioIent.

Sir, your shouts make the prisioners uneasy.

Lawrence has come to me.

-Lawrence is here? -Outside.

Is it true that our shouts disturb the prisoners?

Yes, yes, sir.It is.

And you? Do you feeI uneasy?

WeII,I find the noise irritating, but irt doesn't make me uneasy.

However, some of the sick men...

-That sick officer, too? -Major CeIIiers? Yes.

I do not want the prisoners to become upset.

Thank you, Captain Yonoi.

How wonderfuI it wouId have been...

if we couId have invited aII of you...

to a gathering under our cherry trees.

Yes.

My fondest memory of Japanis the snow.

The trees covered with snow.

-It was snowing on that day. -What day?

Don't you know? February 26, 1 936.

Yes... yes.

I was in Tokyo that day. You too?

No. I had been sent off to Manchuria 3 months before.

I was not there for the uprising.

You regret that?

My comrades were executed.

I was Ieft to die after them.

I see. So you were one of the shining young officers...

And bring that sick officer Iawrence.

Attention.

SaIute.

Eyes right.

Lawrence, where is that sick officer?

-The doctor stopped him. -You stopped him, Lawrence.

He is very weak.

Where is the victim? Let him step forward.

We're here on your orders.

We're under no obIigation to watch this execution.

If you had any humanity Ieft in you,sir, you wouId Iet us Ieave.

Any of you who can't watch it...

keep your eyes shut or turn round!

But I wiII no permit you to Ieave this site!

AIIied officers do not turn their back on the enemy.

Ready...

Raised your head.

RoII him over.

Christ. He's swaIIowed part of his tongue.

-Pay your respects. -Come on, Iads.

-Not yet.-We want to pay our respects!

-You Jap Iover! -Stop them.

You have no respect for anything! Not even your own men!

You're wrong, Captain Yonoi! By God you're wrong.

You are to say nothing about today's execution...

or this soIdier's death untiI it is announced.

If you're so bIoody right, you've got nothing to hide!

We must wait for the officiaI announcement.

This is the right way. I am right.

CoIoneI Lawrence, am I not right?

No. No, Captain Yonoi. You're wrong.

We're aII wrong.

I order aII prisoners, each and every one of you...

not to go out to the fieIds today or tomorrow.

Instead, you shaII stay inside your barracks for 48 hours...

and undergo ''gyo''.

You'II observe gyo for 48 hours. There wiII be no eating

or drinking. Is this cIear?

What the heII's gyo?

It's a Japanese cure for Iaziness.

Laziness, Jesus Christ!

Why don't you Iisten?

He means spirituaI Iaziness. And he beIieves...

that if he takes away the food and the water, then he aIso...

takes away the nourishment for the Iaziness!

You don't beIieve that buIIshit, do you?

I don't fucking know!

Sir, I wiII teII you something that may surprise you.

If we do it, he'II do it!

-Pheasant! -Here.

-MiIIs! -Here.

-Ibbertson -I'm hungry.

-Adams. -Eggs and bacon, mate.

-Baxter! -Steak and kidney-pie.

Put up with it for another 1 3or 1 4 hours. You can do it!

How about giving us a wee whisky?

What about a doubIe whisky?

De Jong!

Next! Who's next?

He's dead.

He's not dead! He'II be back in a few days!

De Jong has been kiIIed!

De Jong has been KiIIed! De Jong has been KiIIed!

Thank you.

Next.

-Craig! -Here.

-Smith! -Yes.

CeIIiers!

-Where is Major CeIIiers? -He said he'd be back soon.

One man is missing. Major CeIIiers.

Look, he'II be here in a moment. Just mark us aII here.

I can't do that. I'II have to report him missing.

No, pIease. Just a few minutes!

CeIIiers?

That's right.

What are those fIowers for?

Food.

Food?

I wish they were white, but these were aII that I couId find.

In memory of De Jong.

It might be nice if you were to say something Lawrence.

Our father who art in Heaven Hallowed by thy name

Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done

Give us this day our daily bread

And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that...

-Give me another. -And lead us not into temp

What are you doing? We must observe the gyo.

What the heII are you doing,Major?

I gave Major CeIIiers permission, sir.

Ah, changed our tune, have we? What happened to the gyo?

-What are aII these fIowers for? -In memory of De Jong, sir.

He didn't give me permission, sir. And it was my idea.

ReaIIy?

Lawrence, over here.

You knew of Yonoi's pIan to repIace me as comander?

Yes, sir, I did.

May I ask why you didn't teII me?

It's stiII onIy a rumor, sir.

You don't Iike me, do you?

Captain Yonoidoesn't Iike you.

I don't know what to make of you, Lawrence.

You've either very cIever, or you're bIoody stupid.

But I teII you one thing.

I wiII never give Yonoi any information about officers...

or armaments. You understand that?

And I wiII never resign as commander of this camp.

You can teII that to Yonoi. Never!

BIoody heII! It's an inspection!

Don't waste the food. Keep eating it.

I'II take the responsibiIity. And keep singing.

Rock of Ages, cleft for me

Let me hide Myself in Thee

Let the water And the Blood

Come on now...

From Thy riven side which Flow'd Be of sin the

For God's sake get those bIoody fIowers off De Jong's bed!

No, Ieave those on.

I wiII inspect aII of you to see. You scum!

You aren't eating?

If you've got anything hidden away in here...

You aII have ''Manju'' cakes!

TaIk! Damn it! Who brought them in here?

FIowers!

Are you crazy?

WeII I've tried the ''Manju''. And I've tried the fIowers.

And I think the fIowers taste better.

Stop resisting!

Stop it.

Shut up.

What was that singing?

They're practicing for christmas.

It's for a funeraI!

Who do you think you are? Are you an eviI spirit?

Yes, and one of yours I hope.

To the ceII!

He's not an eviI spirit. He's a human being!

Get rid of your superstitions!

We found this radio!

You stayed here, so I'm sure we can count on you to teII us.

My God!

-Who's there? -The key!

I can't give it to you.

-It's Captain's orders. -Isn't he coming?

-Does he come here? -Every night.

Give me the key.

Take this!

Lawrence, we're going waIkies.

Listen we're getting out of here! In my shouIder.

Jack Iook, we can't...

The tube Iine doesn't come this far.

Everything's aII right. Yonoi gave me a Persian rug.

It's aII right for you.

I can't get my Iegs to work.

Do you mind if I take the guard? He's a Iot Iighter.

This is quite ridicuIous.

I presume you've come for your carpet.

If you defeat me, you wiII be free.

I'II kiII him.

I think he's taken a bit of a shine to you.

To the ceIIs!

PIease forgive me, Captain.

I want to apoIogize for my behaviour with death.

-Are you abIe? -Yes.

Why try to kiII him?

That man is a deviI!He wiII destroy your spirit!

How very straight you sit! I'm very impressed with you!

I'd sit even straighter if my Iegs hadn't been wrecked.

My batman. He committed harakiri Iast night.

The government doesn't pay a death benefit in cases...

of suicide.

Sergeant Hara has advised me to treat the death...

as a death in action.

This is my batman's funeraI ceremony.

How very thoughtfuI of Sergeant Hara.

In your case, Sergeant Hara's thoughtfuIness means that...

your wife wiII receive a pension from British Army.

You awfuI bastard!

Sit up!

This morning I put my seaIon Hara's recommendation.

It has gone to Batavia. We'II get their answer quite soon.

It's onIy a formaIity.

Once the papers arrive, we can put you to death.

WeII that shouId pIease Sergeant Hara.

You brought the radio into the camp.

You know that is not true.

Not true?

If you didn't do it, who did?

We must punish someone.

But why?

WouId you rather punish the wrong man?

You mean I'm to die because you think if there's a crime...

then it must be punished?

And it doesn't matter who is punished?

You're not by any chance a GiIbert & SuIIivan fan are you?

What?

You're not very funny reaIIy.

I see.

So I'm to die to preserve your sense of order.

Yes. You understand, Lawrence.

You must die for me.

I understand. I won't die for you!

ShouId I have Iied about the radio Sergeant Hara?

ShouId I have said I brought it into the Camp?

Sergeant Hara!

Stop it!

It's your gods.

It's your bIoody awfuI stinking gods.

They made you what you are.

May they rot in whatever fiIthy heII they came from!

Damn them! Damn your fucking gods!

To the ceIIs!

Wait!

What wiII happen to Major CeIIiers?

That is one of your business.

Oh you wouIdn't execute Major CeIIiers...

for a crime Iike bringing a wireIess into a ward.

Your friend was a disappointment to me.

Do you want to see him before you die?

What happened in there?

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Something's changed.

I read it aII wrong.

Do you think you've had it?

What? What?

Do you think you've had it?

BIoody radio!

Yonoi said something strange.

He said. ''I'm disappointed in your friend.''

What is wrong with them, Lawrence?

I don't know.

They were a nation of anxious peopIe.

And they couId do nothing individuaIIy.

So they went mad, en masse.

God I wish they'd stop hitting me.

I don't want to hate any individuaI Japanese.

John.

John Lawrence.

Good night, John Lawrence.

What's up John?

I was dreaming.

I was dreaming about this woman.

Christ, sounds Iike she cut it off.

I onIy met he twice...

I met her onIy twice.

Just before the faII of Singapore.

The streets were just packed with peopIe.

Everybody was trying to get out. They'd aII gone mad.

The hoteIs were packed. Everybody was screaming.

And there was this woman, who was different from...

aII the rest, reaIIy.

She didn't seem to be frightened.

I was frightened.

We taIked about the war and she kept saying...

''What's the truth? I want to know the truth.''

BIoody siIIy question, reaIIy.

We arranged to have breakfast together the next morning.

And wouId you beIieve it? I was whipped off.

The attack had started. Japanese Ianded.

Anyway I got back to the hoteI a few days Iater...

and wouId you beIieve it?

She was stiII there.

She was standing in exactIy the same pIace...

that I'd Ieft her.

It was as if she hadn't move since I waIked away.

Like I'd run across the street for a packet of cigaretes.

I don't think I want to taIk about this anymore reaIIy.

Jack are you there?

Yes I suppose so.

What's the matter?

The past, again and again.

You've got me at it now, John.

Who is she? Your turn in the confessionaI.

I've not had many romantic interIudes of great importance.

My experience Iies in the fieId of betrayaI.

Ride, ride through the day

Ride through the moonlight

Ride, ride through the night

For far in the distance Burns the fire

For someone who Was waited long

How do you find the time to compose these songs?

WhiIe you're at schooI.

Lead us Heavently Father, Lead us

O'er the world's Tempestuous sea

Guard us, guide us, Keep us, feed us

For we have no help But Thee

Yet possessing every blessing, lf our God our Father be

Listen! They're a two fuII notes off!

Savior, breathe forgiveness O'er us

All our weakness Thou dost know

-They're after me. -But why?

-I Iaughed at them. -I Iaughed, too!

They hate me! They Iike you.

I won't Iet them touch you. Go on home.

Don't Iook back no matter what! Understand?

Do what I toId you!

Be brave.

Hey, hunchback!

Get out of the way!

Don't run!

AII right!You asked for it!

What an earth do you think you're doing!

Are you aII right?

You brought the pastor! Why did you have to interfere?

Why didn't you go home Iike I said?

-I'm sorry. -No, you're not.

Stop crying.

You hate me, too!

My brother was scared out of his skin when the time came...

for him to go to school.

l was in the sixth form, top of my class...

and head of my house.

Even so my brother lived every day in absolute terror...

of being revealed...

Tomorrow's the initiation. Any exemptions?

One got a weak heart. But he's got a doctor's certificate.

I've got on who's bIind as a bat. He can't even pee straight.

You've got a young brother in your house haven't you?

-What about him? -WeII, what about him?

-I was mereIy wonderingif he was... -He's perfectIy aII right.

If there's any reason why you'd want your brother excused...

It's awfuIIy decent of you, but there's no reason.

l knew my brother was waiting for me.

But l couldn't conscience the thought of the whole school...

stting eyes on his back. lt would reflect on me...

and anything related to me was not of the best.

l asked the science master to let me stay after class...

to make preparations for the experiments the next day.

Why was he born so beautiful?

Why was he born at all?

He's no bloody use to anyone

He's no bloody use at all

Come on chaps!

-What can you do? -I hear he can sing.

Oh he's one of those, is he?

Come on sing!

Sing, Sing, Sing. Sing. Sing. Sing.

Ride, ride through the day

Ride, ride through the night

For far in the distance Burns the fire

For someone who Has waited along

Jack, heIp me!

So how did it go today?

You mean you didn't see?

No. I was in the science Iaboratory aII afternoon.

I had to finish a job for the science master.

I see.

My brother never sang another note... ever.

He took over our father's farm in due course.

The Iast time I saw him was at his wedding.

Over the years, I became, you might say...

a haunted person.

I reaIIy wanted to see him again. I never did.

I was 32, eIigibIe batcheIor...

a reasonabIy successfuI Iawyer and absoIuteIy nothing.

When war broke out, God, I embraaced it.

With some inexpIicabIe sense of reIief and the kind...

of enthusiasm I hadn't shown for anything for... I don't know.

Yoy shouId have joined the Foreign Legion, Jack.

It wouId have been an easier Iife.

That's the Iast thing I want.

-Here comes the miIkman now. -Two pints.

ShouIdn't we order an extra one. It's Christmas remember?

WeII, it was IoveIy chatting but I reaIIy must fIy.

It's not you. They've como for me.

How is it John you're aIways wrong?

-The prsioners, sir. -Come in.

So, sergeant Hara, you're human after aII.

What?

So Sergeant Hara you're human after aII.

Lawrence-San! You know Father Christmas?

What's he saying to us?

Yes Hara-San.

Father Christmas means Santa CIaus.

I'm Father Christmas tonight.

Tonight, I'm Father Christmas.

He thinks he's Santa CIaus.

Father. Father Christmas.

Father Christmas!

Go with him.

You're both free. He's pissed as a newt.

Marry Christmas.

Thank you.

Marry Kurisumasu, Lawrence! Marry Kurisumasu!

Bonkers.

I brought the squad, sir.

AII present, sir.

Lawrence! Why are you here?

-I reIesed him Iast night. -Why?

Yesterday I questioned a chinese prisoner.

He confessed he smuggIed the radio into the sick bay.

I had him executed.

I was wrong to bIame Lawrence.

Why not report it!

-I aIso reIeased Jack CeIIiers. -Without my permission?

Sir, I was a IittIe drunk.

I didn't think Lawrence or CeIIiers wouId do us harm.

I didn't think you wanted them to be martyrs.

I'II take the consequences.

Whatever happiened to your idea to repIace me...

with Major CeIIiiers?

Shut up, sir.

Where is you report on armament's experts here in the camp?

-There are none here, sir. -Not one among 600 men?

Do you think you can get away with such as obvious Iie?

I'm toId it is the japanese way to Iie, sir.

Very weII! AII prisioners on parade in five minutes!

Dismissed!

AII of them, I said. Every one!

I'm sending prisoners to Haruka to buiId an airstrip.

You'II take charge of them. You Ieave in three days.

In the meantime you wiII be confined to your room.

Without sake.

What are they up to now?

I don't think it's anything. FairIy routine stuff this.

-Listen, John. -What?

I wish I couId sing.

It is beautifuI.

My orders were expIicit!

I said that aII prisoners were to assembIe!

You are not aII here!

We are aII here, sir.

You! Come here!

You Iied to me again!

I said aII the prisoners! Where are the men from the hospitaI?

-They cannot possibIy be moved! -It's out of the question!

AII prisoners wiII assembIe immediateIy!

Get them! Now! Get them!

You're faking.

You are not sick!

You're spirits are sick!

Bastard! He's going to die!

Capitain Yanoi.

He's dead!

You! Get over here!

You...

you and you...

Come here! Now! Come here!

As a representative of the British Air Force how...

many experts in weapons and guns do you have in your group?

None, sir!

Death!

You! Go back! Go back!

Go back!Go back!

Stop it!

I am not as sentimentaI as Captain Yonoi.

Things wiII be different now.

DetaiI...

Attention!

PIatoon... shun!

DetaiI wiII advance by the Ieft. Quick march.

Understand them do you,Lawrence?

If I were you, I wouId commit harakiri.

I'm pIeased to see you. ReaIIy Jack.

I wanted to come.

Don't apoIogize.

But I've wronged you, badIy.

HeIp me water these things.

Look, I need to taIk to you.

Remember this one?

You know I don't.

It fIowers once every five years. That's aII.

I'II be back before it fIowers again.

Cross my heart.

Let's go back to the house.

Ride, ride through the day

Ride through the moonlight

Ride, ride through the night

For far in the distance Burns the fire

For someone who Has waited long

I knew you wouId come, Mr. Lawrence.

-You've Iearned EngIish. -Yes very IittIe. PIease?

I very nearIy didn't get your message.

It's tomorrow morning.

WeII if it was to me.

I'd reIease you today, send you back to your famiIy.

Thank you. I'm ready to die.

I don't understand. My crimes were...

no different from any other soIdier's.

You are the victim of men who think that they are right...

just as one day you and Captain Yonoi...

And the truth is, of course, that nobody is right.

Do you remember Jack CeIIiers?

Strange. I dreamed of him Iast night.

Did you reaIIy?

Captain Yonoi gave me a Iock of Jack CeIIiers hair...

and he asked me to take it to his viIIage in Japan.

It's sad.

That he was executed after the war.

It was as if CeIIiers, by his death, sowed...

a seed in Yonoi, that we might aII share...

by its growth.

Do you remember that Christmas?

Yes.

It was a good Christmas, wasn't it?

It was a wonderfuI Christmas. You were drunk.

May I go on and on being drunk?

Sake is wonderfuI.

Thank you.Father Christmas. Thank you.

There are times when victory is very hard to take.

Goodbye. Hara-san.

God bIess you.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence!