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August 10th, 2002.

Sudden earthquakes assault Japan in quick succession.

Due to the quakes in the Tokyo

and Tokai areas, Fuji erupts,

resulting in catastrophic damage

to the Kanto region centered around Tokyo.

Five days later, on August 15th;

it happens again, centered in the Kinki region,

in which the Nankai-Tounankai quakes

result in a gigantic fissure in the Japanese archipelago,

leaving the main island of Honshu

split into north and south areas.

Amidst the quakes, Genichiro Ryu,

grandson of politician Takuma Ryu, goes missing.

Having suffered enormous damage from the quakes,

Japan becomes dependent on the superpowers

of the United States and China for reconstruction.

As a result, the two nations pursue

a reconstruction initiative

that leaves Japan divided down the middle

between the north and south.

Thus began Japan's divided government.

15 years later:

Takuma Ryu's private secretary Jimichi continues

his search for Genichiro Ryu, and visits Taiwan.

By that time, the 80,000 Japanese

earthquake refugees taken in by Taiwan

were living day by day in hopelessness,

fearing that they would never return home.

Part 2

BORDERS

Eating is life.

I knew that when the Great Quake hit.

Boiled

Vegetables

Eat today, and you can live to see tomorrow.

When I awoke on the shore,

Father and Mother made me a bowl of rice gruel.

That flavor...

Even now, it shakes me to my bones.

Welcome.

I'd like to ask you a few questions.

The murder of the Japanese mother and child...

You've heard about it?

Before we start, Detective,

would you like to have some dinner?

So, aside from Yang,

there were no other suspicious characters?

Right.

You're forgetting someone.

There was a gangster there named Zhang.

What's your connection to him?

Zhang is...

my brother.

You know who the murderer is, don't you?

Having Jing Ming atone for his crime

is what Zhang intends.

The only way he can is to give himself up.

No, I don't know.

I have a feeling you'll remember eventually.

I'm Yui, Taiwan police.

If anything happens, contact me.

Thanks for the meal. What do I owe you?

70 yuan for the two bowls.

You live up to your fame. It was delicious.

Jing Ming...

If he's doing this out of malice,

then he'll go after another Japanese.

Hold on...

If he was in that market...

and if he knows that Xian is Japanese, then...

This is World Headline News.

Our top story tonight: Japanese clashed with

American forces in the American-controlled South Area.

The clash broke out early in the morning of the 5th,

in the slum town near the north-south border called Shin-Kobe,

when US forces attempted to eject the Japanese

living in a disaster camp, the US military reported.

Still open?

when US forces attempted to eject the Japanese

living in a disaster camp, the US military reported.

Welcome!

Hey, pal?

Is it true what they say? That you're Japanese?

Huh?

Can it be...

Jing Ming?!

That's not a rumor.

It's the truth.

Excuse me.

Xian here.

Zhang!

No, he's actually right here-

Xian, what's wrong?!

Zhang...

It's me.

Jing Ming!

AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY

You idiot!

Why didn't you come after me?!

Killing a helpless mother and child...!

You're scum!

It's because my brother broke his promise to me.

There's worthless scum in both Japan and Taiwan!

There's no better proof of that than scum like you!

Go on! Try and stab me!

Take an honest stab at the man you hate so much!

Show me that you... that my brother isn't just scum!

Brother...

Please, forgive me.

Zhang, he didn't kill them because he hates Japanese.

I know. It was to spite me.

No, it looks like there's more to it than that.

I hate you.

Thinking how you took the life of a 5-year-old boy

makes me want to kill you!

But if there's someone who asked you

to kill that mother and child...

then I hate even more the coward

who wouldn't even dirty his own hands.

Won't you tell me?

I want to know the truth.

I...

I can't!

If I talk, they'll kill me!

And they'll kill you for hearing it!

Let them come after me.

Huh?

I want to stand in your shoes.

Then you won't be alone anymore.

Xian...

You know about the Shin-Kobe riot

in the South Area, right?

They discovered heavy weaponry

at the hideout of the rioters.

Looks like they were acquired

from an anti-US group in the Middle East.

Word is that some came in here via Keelung Harbor.

The ones who picked them up...

were a Japanese group being led

by a man named Kurofuji.

Japanese?

A radical group of about 30

that suddenly appeared out of Tamsui refugee camp.

They're nationalists, operating similarly

to Palestinian radicals.

They've been missing for the last two or three days

since picking up the weapons.

The situation's definitely getting ready to explode.

If there's an armed uprising now,

the Japanese refugees won't be able to stay in Taiwan!

Yes, most assuredly.

Which is why I'm pulling you off your current case.

What?

It was the Chief's call.

He said he didn't want the Japanese

knowing what we were doing.

You understand, right?

Sir...

Should you really be giving this information

to the guy you've pulled off the case?

Hm? Sure.

It's none of my business if you go off

and do something stupid on your own.

Yui here.

Oh, food cart guy.

It's Xian.

I'm here right now with the killer of the Japanese mother and child.

What?!

I killed that lady and her son.

The Liu Hai Pang paid me to. And then...

I'm sorry!

I'll tell you everything!

Put Xian on.

Yes. Xian here.

Take that man to the Japanese camp at Tamsui at once.

I'll send my man Zhou there.

To the Japanese camp?!

Have that man tell the whole truth to Ozu,

the man in charge there.

But, if we do that, there's no telling

what those angry people might do!

Listen.

We got word today that a Japanese radical group

is planning an armed uprising.

They want to make their existence known to the world,

and they don't care how they do it.

I think there's someone pulling the strings

behind the murder of that Japanese mother and child

and this radical group's armed uprising.

They're trying to stoke anti-Japanese sentiment

in this country!

If the radicals blow up in this atmosphere

and make Tamsui the flashpoint,

Qing Hua

Restaurant

the Japanese will be driven out of Taiwan!

You're Japanese, aren't you?

Yes.

It's up to you whether or not the 80,000 refugees

in Tamsui get to live in Taiwan.

Now move!

I understand. I'll do all that I can.

For the sake of that mother and child, too.

It's true that the Taiwanese government

has been sharing the burden...

with the United States and the UN in giving money

to support the Japanese refugees.

We are all grateful to you for that.

But the annual cutbacks have been severe...

and there are rumors that the payments

will be stopped next year.

At this rate, we'll just become excess baggage

that will be a drain on Taiwanese finances.

And that will worsen the friction

between us and the Taiwanese further.

Just a few of us!

I beg of your government, allow some of us refugees

to become citizens of your country!

If we cannot return to Japan now,

it's the only way we can live.

And so, here I am...

We have no one but you to help us,

Congressman Zhu!

Please!

Save us from our predicament!

Kowtowing to him was moving.

Oh, that.

This is a matter of life or death

for the 80,000 Taiwan refugees.

It's all a clumsy man like me can do.

If you got citizenship,

it wouldn't just help you here in Taiwan.

It'd support refugees around the world.

Mr. Jimichi, you've searched for a boy for 15 years,

not knowing if he's alive or dead.

You can't call yourself very adroit, either.

Yes, but Congressman Zhu promised to help me

with my search, so I feel encouraged.

The two of us haven't quite lost hope, have we?

Right.

Hi. The negotiations went well-

Mr. Ozu, we've got trouble!

We just found out that the Kurofuji group

is planning an armed uprising!

Please, get back to the camp at once!

Wh-what?! An armed uprising?!

Understood. I'm on my way.

Assemble the block captains!

And don't let the others in the camp know about this!

If any of their collaborators appear,

it'll just cause trouble!

Got that?

Yes, sir!

Of all the idiotic...

If the Kurofuji group does this

and harms one Taiwanese citizen,

they'll never forgive us!

You're sure about this info?

We've had a mole in the Kurofuji group for a while.

We're sure.

But there's no way we can stop them!

Yeah.

If I had a gun, there's a ton of people outside

this camp I'd want to kill.

Let's be clear!

The 80,000 people in this camp must live in Taiwan!

Yes, Ozu here.

What?! Detective Zhou of the Taiwan police?

Come on!

Xian, take care of Jing Ming.

There's a door these hands of mine have to open.

The Liu Hai Pang?

Be careful, Xian.

And you, Zhang.

I'm Zhou, Taiwan police.

Ozu, representative of Tamsui Camp.

Please, come in.

I heard from Detective Yui that people

from this camp are planning an armed uprising.

We've tried to convince them to be patient,

but living enclosed like this has driven them to despair.

The uprising and the murder of the mother and child

are secretly connected.

What?! How would you know that?

Do you have proof?

I do.

This man, Jing Ming, has given himself up.

He was the murderer

of the Japanese woman and her child.

What?!

I'm sorry!

I killed them...

He was apparently paid to kill them by the Liu Hai Pang.

Detective, what's the name of that Taiwanese boy?

Xian, although he's a pure-blooded Japanese.

Japanese!

The pronunciation of Xian in Japanese would be...

Gen!

The Liu Hai Pang isn't an anti-Japanese group.

They wouldn't get involved with anything

that didn't profit them.

Then why would they do this?

This is a plot to incite an armed uprising

by the Japanese here!

Do something to stop those armed men from doing it!

You have to not go along with this conspiracy

and stop the uprising!

Why would a Taiwanese care so much about this case?

Because I'm like you.

A Japanese who was there during the disaster!

At Hakone.

At Nagoya.

At Lake Biwa, when it was broken.

I learned just how helpless I was.

And now, I just...

I'm just doing this so that the survivors

don't suffer any more than they already have.

That's all.

Please! Take me to where the armed men are!

It's as this boy says. We were utterly helpless.

I'm going back to headquarters

to issue an emergency broadcast.

I'll tell all 80,000 people here what's happening.

And I'll invite as many as I can

to help stop Kurofuji's uprising!

But, Mr. Ozu, that's...!

If the Kurofuji group fires even one shot at a Taiwanese,

they'll destroy the futures of the 80,000

here at Tamsui Camp!

We just need a hundred or five hundred people!

We'll stand before them!

I want to save them if we can.

This isn't a natural disaster!

I will not stand by helplessly

when the problem facing me is man-made!

None of us ever want to see anyone else die!

Understood, Mr. Ozu.

I'll go back with you and explain it to everyone.

Even if we have to slap them awake!

We'll make everyone understand somehow!

Detective, will you please stay here

and watch the suspect?

Please wait here until I've explained this to everyone.

Understood.

Mr. Xian, is it?

There's something I'd like to ask you.

Yes?

Everyone, in the 15 years since the Great Disaster,

we've endured life here at Tamsui Camp

as refugees because we had no choice.

I understand how the psychological stress

of that has pushed us to the edge.

We've learned that those who could no longer stand

this situation and left camp...

have armed themselves and are planning an uprising.

In exchange for violence and bloodshed,

they expect to gain freedom.

Everyone, please think back.

We who live here now survive after the sacrifice

of the 25 million who died

and the 30 million who are still missing.

We, more than any other people,

know the pain of losing a life.

If we now cause mass bloodshed once more,

will those we've lost take pleasure in it?

I think that we Japanese take pleasure in harmony

more than anything else!

I have been searching for a boy

for the last 15 years since the disaster.

He was a kind boy,

and even if he were living here in Taiwan,

if he were hiding his Japanese origins

for some reason,

perhaps if he believed that it might hurt someone,

then he might not tell me his name, even if we met.

But there is still something that I must tell him.

His grandfather, Dr. Takuma, turned 86 this year,

and is still in good health.

And he has faith that the day will come

when he will meet his grandson again.

But, I'm afraid that his father and mother are...

They passed away.

In an accident the day of the disaster.

Genichiro! You're still alive!

Thank you, Mr. Jimichi.

But, right now...

I understand. The business at the camp comes first.

Hey, Xian! Come here!

It's incredible!

Detective Zhou! What's wrong?

Eighty thousand volunteers to stop Kurofuji's uprising.

The only ones who can stop them

are other Japanese, like us!

Taipei Central Broadcasting

Hey, hey! Chen Li! Sleeping over?

Or are you on strike because you're mad

about getting pulled off that story?

Lay off!

Yeah, TCB News Department, Chen Li-Jun speaking.

Yes?

What did you say?!

Look at this! It's an enormous wave of humanity!

Early this morning, the 80,000 refugees

left Tamsui Camp and began their march towards Taipei!

While it's theorized they are marching to demand

better living conditions from the government,

the real reason for the march remains unclear.

Since the terrible Great Japanese Disaster of 15 years ago,

unable to return to their still-devastated country

and kept in a temporary refugee camp,

Food Cart Xian's leading them...

unable to return to their still-devastated country

and kept in a temporary refugee camp,

unable to return to their still-devastated country

and kept in a temporary refugee camp,

have the frustrations of the Japanese there finally exploded?

Taipei Central Broadcasting News.

You're their representative, Mr. Ozu, yes?

Could we assume this march

is to protest the government?

This is not a protest. We're just out for a walk.

But the citizens of Taipei might fear it as an uprising.

If they just look, they'll understand.

We have elderly and children among us.

That alone should prove that this is no uprising.

What's going on?

That's...

It's the army! The army's blocked the road!

Attention Japanese of Tamsui Camp!

You will not be allowed to enter Taipei!

This road is hereby closed! Return to the camp at once!

Mr. Ozu, we can't take on the army.

We should withdraw for now.

Except if we go back, they'll never let us out again!

We can't do this.

Genichiro!

A lone youth is approaching the army column!

Halt!

Do not come any closer! If you do, we will open fire!

We bear no malice or intent to harm anyone!

This is a march for peace!

We don't intend to spill a drop of blood!

That's right. We're doing this to stop a futile battle.

Everyone, follow him!

Okay! Me, too!

And me!

We're getting through, no matter what!

What the...?

Look at this!

The white flag carried by the young man who came

forward has suddenly been copied by 80,000 people!

80,000 people have become a wave of white!

We may not know the objective of this white wave,

but does it indicate that the intent

of this crowd's march isn't hostile?

You will not take another step forward!

If you move even one step,

this march will be stopped with violence!

This has gotten serious.

If we ignore this march,

our citizens will blame us for not protecting them.

But if we force them back,

they'll call it an inhuman abuse of power.

What on Earth do we do?

Mobilize whoever you need

and find out what this march is really about, now.

Yes, Ma'am!

Why must we think of this as a predicament?

Ma'am?

This is truly a gift from heaven.

A rare chance to show the world

what this government is capable of.

Who's calling me now?!

Don't shoot!

Chen Li, TCB News! Don't shoot!

I have an urgent request.

For me?

You're...

I am Cai Qing-Ling, President of Taiwan.

I've learned the purpose of your march and

that you pose no risk at all to the people of Taipei.

I will allow your march to enter Taipei.

However, to avoid any unnecessary disruption,

the army will accompany you from this point on.

Is she offering a military escort to the presidential office?

What's wrong? You're free to march.

Or is there something else?

I'm sorry...

Could you cut off the cameras now?

Why?

Because I'd like to speak to the president alone.

But-

Ms. Chen.

Please do as he asks.

Understood.

I appreciate your generous offer,

but we can't accept your proposal, Madame President.

You're rejecting my proposal?

Is the reason for that related to your march's objective?

Yes.

Then tell me that reason, please.

There is an armed group

planning a terrorist attack in Taipei.

They're Japanese from the refugee camp.

What?!

The purpose of this march is to prevent

that terrorist attack from happening.

Tell us the location of that group.

I can't. Please understand!

If you try and stop them by force,

blood will be spilled on both sides!

We want to stop this terrorism without any bloodshed!

And this is the only way we can do it!

You plan to use 80,000 people as a shield...

It's absurd.

We are the survivors of the Great Japanese Disaster

that killed so many.

We don't want to see any more pointless bloodshed.

Right. Roger that.

Let's go, Mr. Ozu. This march goes on.

Thank you.

Did you cast some sort of magic spell on the president?

Are you sure of this? Just taking that kid's word for it?

I find I want to bet on that boy's strength and passion.

But keep the special forces

on alert in Taipei, just in case.

Yes, Ma'am.

An 80,000 man march. I never expected that.

When so many Japanese, who once invaded Asia,

gather together, it's a definite threat.

Someone needs to do something.

Leave this to me.

Oh, did I say something wrong

in front of a kikoku-sha, Mr. Yui?

Have no fear. The nation of Japan lies in my past.

The march has now entered Taipei.

Sympathetic Taipei residents are going out

to greet the white flag-waving marchers.

It's nearly time.

We have to assume the Kurofuji group know

what we're doing and have abandoned their hideout.

Their targets are the Shilin night market,

the Taipei linear motorcar station,

and the Taipei Central Broadcasting building.

We'll use the main body of the march as camouflage

and head for Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.

First, I'll lead 100 of us to the TCB building.

Murakoshi, you take 100 of us

and head for the Taipei linear motorcar station.

Right.

For the Shilin night market, it'll be Detective Zhou,

Jing Ming, and Genichiro.

Right.

Don't tip off the soldiers and police watching us.

And above all else,

do not let a single city resident be harmed.

Mr. Jimichi, please lead the main march

to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.

Understood.

Okay, quietly spread the word to each block,

and good luck to us all.

The camp leader and that NEET with the cap

have disappeared!

Did they change positions?

Shit! I can't see with all those flags!

Don't be fooled! All they do is eat our taxes!

Yeah! And they take our jobs, too!

Protect the people of Taiwan from them!

Dammit!

Let it go!

If you let them provoke you,

all anyone will see here is a riot!

Bro, it's begun.

Ah, right on schedule. Give them the works.

Japs in sheep's clothing...

Just how long can they take it?

Well, Brother Yang, I finally found you!

I'm betting those guys are here on your orders.

Now, if you don't want to die, then call 'em off!

Let 'em go, or I'll blow your head off!

Interesting.

Wanna see if that gun's bullets are stronger

than I am as I snap his neck?!

Go on! Pull the trigger!

I-I'll... call them off...

There, bitter tears have spoken. Now ring them up!

Shit!

Quit provoking them!

Why don't you tell everyone to get lost, Bro?

Because I said so, that's why! Now pull out of there!

Why don't you tell everyone to get lost, Bro?

Because I said so, that's why! Now pull out of there!

Z-Zhang, you son of a...!

Z-Zhang, you son of a...!

Well?!

You two, leave now!

So, now it's just you and me, Bro.

I was waiting for this chance too, Zhang.

The Kurofuji group's plan

is to simultaneously hit crowded areas

while broadcasting their statement

from the TCB building.

When do they plan to strike?

We don't know.

All we can do is mix with the crowd

and wait till they come.

That'll make it hard to protect people from getting hurt.

Xian!

Quite a crowd you've brought

to buy produce for your cart, huh?

Wanna tell me what's going on here?

Xia Tai-Tai...

I have a favor to ask, and I know I can count on you!

Zhang! If you want to beg for your life, do it now.

You're a pathetic dog.

A greedy bastard who doesn't care if a job's dirty.

Just a pathetic watchdog!

Ever since I met Genichiro, I've become a human being.

I've turned from a dog like you...

into a man!

If I kill you, you won't be a man or a dog.

Now die!

What's wrong, Zhang?

If you let me live, you'll regret it!

I won't waste my strength on something

as pathetic as this.

He's broken the laws of the Liu Hai Pang

and expects to live?

Zhang, I always knew you didn't have any brains.

An 80,000 man march...

Doesn't that mean we didn't have

one sympathizer among 80,000 people?

Don't think about what doesn't matter!

We're going through with this, as planned!

Let's go!

This is the first step toward the reunification of Japan!

Right!

Nobody move!

Everyone, hands on the back of your heads

and get down on the ground!

You are all now our hostages for negotiations

with the Japanese and Taiwanese governments!

Didn't you hear him tell you to get down?!

Sakuma! They're all Japanese!

What?!

That's right!

Everyone in the market tonight is Japanese, like you.

Now that you understand that, put down those guns!

Wh-why, you...!

Stop! Don't hurt anyone!

Sakuma!

Get back, Miyamoto!

How many Japanese did you save?

I know about it.

Back in Japan, during the disaster,

you saved a lot of people.

A baby you saved then is now in high school,

living somewhere in the world.

Are you going to trample on the feelings

of the mother of that child

that you risked your life saving like it was your own?!

Shut up! Just shut up!

All the survivors felt the same then.

What's the real story behind this march?

Mr. Ozu and Genichiro

have both disappeared somewhere.

And even though the march is over,

everyone still seems strangely on edge.

What is it? What are you all waiting for?

I like a good journalist

who operates on instinct in the field.

You're going to go far.

Yes? Chen here.

What?!

Dai

Shang

Shilin Night Market

R-right, gotcha.

We were successful here, too. Right!

Murakoshi just called!

The armed group at the linear motorcar station

all threw down their guns and surrendered!

That's a hell of a gamble you took.

Fortune

I remember 15 years ago...

taking a determined first step like I did today.

But compared to that step on the edge of despair,

I feel a fire to the step we've taken today.

Maybe a fire that can build a nation.

Huh?

Xian...

Or should I say Genichiro?

You've taken the first step here

toward building a new Japan.

Trouble!

I just got word from HQ!

The Kurofuji group attacking the TCB building

has opened fire!

They're shooting it out with the police!

Shooting it out?!

Three have been killed.

What's the situation?

It's a group of 10 terrorists.

They attacked the guards in the central control room first,

then occupied the news department on the eighth floor.

They've taken approximately 10 hostages.

Have you tried breaking in?

They can monitor the whole building

from the central control room they've occupied,

so we can't just break in.

Are you the policeman in charge here?

I'm Ozu, the representative of the Japanese camp.

I have a request.

We know all about the gunmen.

They won't fire on fellow Japanese like us.

Please let us reason with them.

Chief! We've got a message from the group inside!

They say to send in Ozu and four other Japanese!

All right, give it a try.

But, if they won't listen to reason,

they'd better be ready for us to break in.

Got it?

Oh! Genichiro!

Where's Mr. Ozu?

He and four others are inside now,

trying to reason with Kurofuji.

We should go in, too!

There's no way.

Kurofuji said five people only, and no more.

But we need more if we're going to convince them!

Please, let me in!

Get back! You can't go in!

Please! They're Japanese, like me!

If you resist, I'll arrest you!

You can't get in the front door. Come on.

You were trying to stop this terrorist attack, weren't you?

I have to stop them before there are any more victims!

Genichiro, I think there's a bigger conspiracy

behind this incident.

You know, don't you?

There are ways into the building that the cops

don't know about, only the station's staff.

If you tell me the whole truth, I'll lead you in there.

I'm worried.

Mr. Ozu has a strong sense of responsibility.

Stop! Send in Ozu alone.

You've been duped, Mr. Ozu.

Kurofuji, you should surrender.

Your comrades have all laid down their arms.

You, who are only good for bowing

and scraping before the Taiwanese, doing this...

Have you had a change of heart?

The feelings of a young Japanese boy who runs a food

cart in Taipei moved my and everyone else's hearts.

Oh? You mean the NEET in the hat?

We were helpless against the disaster.

But he told us that something done by men

is something we can stop.

His words have a power to move people

more than your guns do!

When I was a journalist, I was interested in the

Palestinian guerrillas and did a story on them.

Japanese now are just like the Palestinians,

who lost their country.

It took 40 years to understand

just how powerless something like words are!

Our nation was stolen from us, and we live,

bowing our heads to those who stole it.

Do you want your children to see us

living in this miserable state?!

This isn't a question of borders. It's about survival.

Have you lost your pride?!

So long as we live, there's a chance we'll get it back.

This is now war, Mr. Ozu.

Between us and the Japanese government.

And what kind of man begins a war

without first declaring it?

Yes, words alone are powerless, Kurofuji. However...

if your will is strong, then words take on

a life of their own and reach others.

They reach others.

That's gunfire!

Mr. Ozu!

Kurofuji, what have you done?!

Kurofuji, what have you done?!

This is my declaration of war with Japan!

We will now take our message to the world!

Right!

Get up! Do as we say!

Where did you come from?!

Mr. Ozu...

Why, you...!

Wait.

Mr. Ozu!

Why?

He came to listen to you.

Why would you kill someone who came to listen?

Is your goal here to get rid of the people

who will listen to you, one at a time?!

Now he won't be able to deliver your words

and feelings to others.

You've lost your chance to convince him forever!

You have no message to give!

That's why you can kill a man so easily!

Genichiro!

Check to see how they got inside.

Right!

There are some words that only reach others

by spilling blood!

I will begin by declaring that the war we wage

has no connection with the 80,000 conducting

that halfhearted peace march.

But the basis of both, our anger at having been

abandoned by the Japanese government

for the last 15 years, is the same.

This war is not simply directed

at the Taiwanese government,

but at all the nations of the world

where our refugee brethren are scattered.

Long Live the People's Republic of China

Long Live the Great Unity of the People of the World

And this is our declaration of war upon the puppet

Japanese government

of the United States and China which keeps

Japan separated into north and south!

Putting our trust in that boy's words has backfired.

What are the terrorists' demands?

Yes, Ma'am.

They demand a helicopter be sent to the roof,

500 thousand US dollars, and a high speed boat.

The hostages will be released

once they are in international waters.

All right, please tell them that we will comply

with all of their demands.

I broke out in a cold sweat when they didn't

get provoked and the march continued.

This will end Cai Qing-Ling's political career.

The winds seem to be blowing favorably

in the world of Taipei politics, Mr. Yui.

Yes.

I will say this again to all my Japanese brethren

throughout the world!

Gather weapons by any means necessary!

The truth is, we were given these weapons by members

of the anti-Japanese faction of the Taiwanese government!

They're probably watching this broadcast right now.

But we have no interest in Taiwanese power games!

Our objective in the end is a return to our homeland!

Take up arms, comrades around the world!

We misjudged this man's true nature.

He can't be allowed to live.

Issue orders to the national special forces!

The terrorists must not be killed!

They are to be taken alive at all costs!

Yes, Ma'am!

The helicopter is here.

All units, assemble on the rooftop. We're pulling out!

The thing terrorists fear most is being rushed

to where the public can't see them.

In front of the media's helicopters and cameras,

the authorities won't touch them!

I was wrong! That's not a news copter!

It's a trap!

Stop it...

Stop it, please!

Kurofuji, surrender!

These guys didn't even care

they were gunning down hostages, too!

Out of the way! Move!

Don't! You can't die here!

You have to survive to say what Mr. Ozu told you!

If you die, then Mr. Ozu dies with you!

They take on a life of their own and reach others.

There is a way.

Move, kid!

Is this...

the reward for a march...

of 80,000 people?

Understood. Good work.

It's all over.

Good grief, to think Kurofuji

would out us after we paid him.

I suppose anyone can make a mistake, right, Mr. Yui?

I beg your pardon.

If it's all over, then everything's fine.

A toast! To a century of Taiwanese prosperity!

Is the meeting over?

Ryotaro.

It's been a while. Here on business?

Among other things.

But today, I came to see you as your son.

You said for business, too.

The murder of the Japanese mother and child

on the Tamsui ferry dock.

You were assigned that case?

The murderer was just a patsy.

He was asked to do it by the Liu Hai Pang.

And when you follow the money going to

the Liu Hai Pang, as I suspected,

a large amount of money from a certain company was

transferred to them just before the crime occurred.

A firm called the Taipei Ponyu Company.

The company that you started.

Which means it was you that had

that Japanese mother and child killed.

No matter what a lone detective

in the Taipei police has learned, it's garbage.

And once the garbage is taken out, it's done with.

I knew you'd play dumb like this.

Which is why I've brought you here.

This is...!

The place where Mom is buried.

Listen, Mom.

If Dad admits his crime here,

then as a detective of the Taipei police,

I will arrest the Taiwanese man called Yui Yong-Gui.

But, if my father feigns ignorance

in front of you, my mother,

then, as your son, I swear...

I will kill my father, Eiichiro Hata!

Now choose.

Fifteen years ago, my only son happened to be spending

summer vacation from middle school in Taiwan.

Your mother and I thanked God

over and over for that good fortune.

But that day, August 10th 2002,

our family joined the 120 million Japanese

whose destinies were changed.

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August 16th, 2002 - Taipei

Tokyo's been destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami!

And they say Osaka's now at the bottom of the ocean!

We can't contact the Tokyo or Osaka offices!

Branch Manager, let's get back to Japan!

Calm down!

The Taiwanese government has advised that no one

make the voyage there under any circumstances!

Then what are we supposed to do?!

We survive.

Half of all Japanese have been lost in this earthquake.

We are part of the half

that was lucky enough to be spared!

We survive so that someday we can become

the strength our nation needs to rebuild!

But the path of survival wasn't an easy one.

Having lost the finances of Japan,

all doors were closed to us.

Become Taiwanese?

If the company and all staff were made Taiwanese,

something could be done.

You mean, if the whole staff abandons our nation?

Set a thief to catch a thief.

I'm buying your management skills.

And thus did I take my first step

to trample on what I'd held sacred.

They continued to test my loyalty as a Taiwanese.

Collusion, secret deals, bribery...

I dirtied my hands with every kind of illegal act.

The murder of that mother and child, too.

Yet another test.

The bloodshed today has become a good pretext.

The New Japan wing will be blamed,

and then the Anti-Japan wing will take power.

If you wish to arrest me, then come do it any time.

If you have the power to do so.

The murder of that mother and child, too.

Yet another test.

Mom, what should I do?

Please, say something, Mom...

Are you okay? You were yelling a lot in your sleep.

Chen... You're okay?

They had me on an IV and I slept a while.

My strength's back, but...

what I saw on that roof will be

burned into my eyes forever.

You saw, didn't you?

The national special forces slaughtered

the terrorists who weren't resisting.

They weren't trying to save the hostages

when they moved in.

They were clearly there to just wipe the terrorists out.

What's that?

There was a disk in the pocket of your jeans.

Kurofuji gave this to me just before he was killed.

Do you know what's on it?

You saw?

You're saying this series of crimes

were all masterminded by the Anti-Japan wing?

Yes. I even recorded a confession from their client.

All I need now is an arrest warrant.

Yui, the Taipei police needs your sense of justice

and investigative instincts.

But that's only if you keep on being a cop.

You're saying that I'll be fired if I keep pursuing this case?

Not fired! I don't want to lose you!

Chasing this will be fatal. Is that clear?

You...

Come on, back to your rooms!

Detective Yui! You got here fast.

You were the one who said to get over here quick.

What's up? Did something happen?

Well...

Genichiro, what are you doing?

Hi, Detective Yui.

I thought I'd make my noodles for everyone here to eat.

You can't eat food that isn't made by the hospital!

I'm afraid your noodles might be a little

too stimulating for patients.

Well, then...

kitchen staff, help yourselves.

All right!

I haven't lost my touch, have I?

Nope. They're as great as ever.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Because Kurofuji gave me my life.

Your life?

Just before he died, he entrusted me with a disk.

About what happened in the background

of their armed uprising.

Who the puppet masters were.

A disk that records everything on video, in detail.

You have something like that?!

This time, I'm not going to fail.

I intend to find a definite way to get this to the president.

The zeal of those 80,000 people wasn't in vain.

The negotiation Mr. Ozu gave his life for wasn't in vain.

In the end, Kurofuji believed in me!

You understand that if you accuse them,

they'll come after you, right?!

Yes.

But you'll still do it?

Detective Yui...

that 80,000 man march isn't over yet.

Is there no ceiling on this guy's sense of righteousness?

It's the president's fault for allowing

80,000 Japanese refugees to commit violence!

No forgiveness for the Japanese who injured Taiwanese!

What do you think, Madame President?

Why not enjoy a well-deserved vacation?

Not an unpleasant method of confinement, I suppose.

You misunderstand. This would be a voluntary leave.

What's this?

A statement acknowledging blame for today's affair

and the resignation of your administration.

You're saying I should retire?

At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if violence broke out.

We need the government to take responsibility

as soon as possible.

I understand.

I've no intention of ducking responsibility in this matter.

Well, then...

However, neither do I intend to retire as you've said!

You can take a month or even half a year off.

And at the end of it, President Cai Qing-Ling

will collapse from serious illness.

That's how it will go.

Xian!

I was worried about you, Zhang.

You idiot! That should be my line, Xian!

Still, I can't believe you found me.

Detective Yui heard about it from Jing Ming.

Jing Ming surrendered himself to the police.

Don't worry about him.

Let's get down to business. We don't have much time.

The news department received a fax

from the president, who's on leave today.

In response to the rise in the anti-Japan movement,

the president herself

will be giving an explanation of this incident

in two days at 7PM in Chung Chen Park.

How many citizens will be assembling

in Chung Chen Park?

Likely over 200 thousand.

There'll probably be guards

and the national defense forces on hand.

The defense forces are in the Anti-Japan wing's pocket,

and will likely make the president retire

with their guns in her back.

Those dirty bastards!

But we'll still have to go.

Leave this to me! Protecting Xian is my job!

We're facing the defense forces

led by the Anti-Japan wing this time.

This won't be like taking on punk kids and gangsters.

Shut up! No matter who I'm facing, Xian is my life!

We could use that as a strategy.

We human beings cannot live alone!

In this nation called Taiwan in the middle of Asia,

many ethnicities have lived together in harmony,

supporting one another as we have grown

to what we are today!

So, we just excuse violence then?!

You support terrorism, Madame President?!

Then you're as much a criminal as they are!

Let's go.

I think that's one of the leaders of the 80,000 man march!

What's that man doing here?

Genichiro Ryu...

This is for my friends you hurt on that rooftop!

It's him! The man who led the Japanese march!

What did you come here for, Jap?!

This time, you've got us to deal with!

You're up, Chen Chun!

Zhang, under no circumstances is anyone to be hurt.

Gotcha.

Who the hell are you punks?

If you're on the Jap's side, then we won't forgive you!

Just try it. Everyone's watching.

They'll see who turned violent first.

This is a public space!

You don't get to punch someone for just walking!

Xia Tai-Tai... and the guys from the market!

Go on! You wanna punch me,

be ready to get it back ten-fold!

Zhang, that's a dependable friend you've got there.

He's not my friend. He's my brother.

Go ahead, Genichiro.

Madame President, I have something to say.

Please hear me out!

The damn TCB! They're in on it, too!

Madame President, this is dangerous!

Genichiro Ryu...

When we talked, he hid nothing from me.

Come up! I'll listen to you right here!

General Liu, ensure the president's safety.

Sir!

It's okay.

They wouldn't dare shoot you in front of the cameras.

The president said to come. Let's go.

Don't move!

The entire world is watching! Now lower your guns!

You are soldiers of the national defense forces!

If that is true, then there is no order that supersedes

that of the president, your commander-in-chief!

Lower your guns!

The food cart kid's got an audience with the president!

Go, Genichiro! That stage is our march's goal!

I'm Genichiro Ryu.

And I am Cai Qing-Ling.

President Cai, there's something I have to give you.

Something left by Kurofuji, the terrorist leader.

On this is recorded the whole truth.

This is a record made as insurance.

That's...!

As you can see, we were funded by politicians

from what you call the Anti-Japan wing.

However, we were not manipulated by them!

It was they whose graves were dug

by our great ambitions!

Damn him!

Congressman Yee, General Liu,

we have some questions for you.

Is this really what you want, people of Taiwan?!

The Japanese will eat away

at Taiwanese society like a virus!

Please come with us.

The selfish actions of us Japanese...

caused a lot of people to get hurt.

Even if we apologize, we can't be forgiven, can we?

But... that march...

It was a prayer that not one Japanese

or Taiwanese person would be hurt.

The desire of the 80,000 refugees here

who survived the disaster.

Now and forever, society is built by people

supporting each other.

That is my mission.

Genichiro Ryu, you've come a long way.

Look, he's crying! Our general's a big crybaby, too!

Did you see that, Mr. Ozu?

Our march reached the finish line.

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Sir!

This was my doing alone.

It has nothing to do with any of you.

Take care of things here.

Y-yes, sir!

Ryotaro, how long will my sentence be for?

Incitement to commit murder

and attempted overthrow of the government.

At least 20 years.

I see. Then we'll never see each other again.

No... While walls will separate you and me...

the walls in my heart have gone.

Good job.

You're quitting?! Seriously?

Yes.

You don't have to worry about any rumors.

You did your duty brilliantly!

This isn't about my father. It's a personal issue.

The president's office issued a directive

that all your actions in this case be disregarded.

It's not that I want to quit being a detective.

Then...?

I'm not Yui Liao-Ming. I want to live as Ryotaro Hata.

I got this job by giving up my Japanese citizenship.

If I give up my Taiwanese citizenship,

I won't be allowed to be a police officer.

Sir, thank you for guiding me for so long.

There's violence in camps in every country?

Yes. And what's more, it happened

at all locations right before our march.

Why? Why at the same time?

This is serious! Everybody, look at this!

I repeat, early this morning, the governments of both

Japan's North and South Areas issued statements

which announce the cessation of all commercial trade

and banning all travel between them.

This appears to be in response to worries

of worsening internal security in both countries

All travel is...

This appears to be in response to worries

of worsening internal security in both countries

This appears to be in response to worries

of worsening internal security in both countries

...banned?!

This appears to be in response to worries

of worsening internal security in both countries

...banned?!

due to the multiple simultaneous outbreaks of violence in each.

due to the multiple simultaneous outbreaks of violence in each.

And what about Mr. Jimichi?

He can't go back to Japan now?

Right.

But he says he'll carry on Mr. Ozu's work

and be the camp representative.

Thank goodness for that.

This is delicious, Xian.

I imagine I won't taste it again for a while.

Mother, my real father and mother apparently died

while searching for me during the disaster.

Their blood flows inside my body.

I want to learn what sort of people

my father and mother were.

What made them happy, what made them sad,

what made them angry...

I want to know!

Of course you do, Xian. It's only human.

I don't remember raising a son

who doesn't know the character of his own parents.

So go!

Mother...

The day comes when a child must leave his parents.

It's not something to grieve.

Now, go tell your late parents

just how much you've grown.

Yes, ma'am!

You're leaving?!

You're going back to Japan?

I want you to arrange a boat for me.

It's a long way to Japan.

A boat that can do 30 knots can get me there

in a day and a half.

The East China Sea can be rough.

What if there's a typhoon?

I'll try and ride it out.

I can arrange it, but on one condition.

Condition?

That I go with you!

Your problems are my problems!

That goes without saying, right?!

I'll be on that boat with you.

Huh?

I'd be worried if it was just you two alone.

Now, hold on there!

I don't want no Taipei cop with us!

Relax. I quit the force.

What?

I want to see with my own eyes

what's become of my divided homeland...

together with you.

All right, now that we've decided that...

What is this?

A vow.

The three of us! We live together, and we die together!

Genichiro, go see Dr. Takuma as soon as you can!

Yes, sir!

Detective Yui, take care!

Hang in there, Zhou.

Bro! You be careful with those Japanese girls!

And don't you guys lose to the Liu Hai Pang!

Xian, it's your mom!

Mother! I'll come back, I promise!

You give me the power

Dear President Cai...

You give me the strength

For my own reasons, today I set out for Japan.

Because of the travel ban,

I'm forced to take the extreme measure

of smuggling myself.

Please forgive me. Signed, Genichiro Ryu.

Naze ni hito wa kurikaesu no

Why do people always

Genichiro, reuniting your divided homeland

and rebuilding it...

Onaji ayamachi onaji namida

Make the same mistakes, shed the same tears?

will likely require a long and difficult journey.

But, you are a bright sun.

Ushinatte kara hajimete kidzuku

Why do they only realize what's most precious

The sun's rising!

Nani ga ichiban taisetsu na no ka

Only after it's been lost?

So go now!

The people of your homeland need your strength!

Setsunasa ni tachidomaru

When heartbreak stops you

Soredemo asa wa yatte kuru kara

Morning will still come, either way

You give me the power

You give me the strength

Ashita ga kowakute

When I fear tomorrow

Susumenai toki mo

And cannot go on

You give me the power

So I can live stronger every day

Oshietekureta ne

You taught me

Ikiteru sore dake de imi ga aru to

There is meaning in simply living on

Kurushimi ni uchikatsu chikara o

Give me the strength to overcome grief

Nikushimi o keshisaru kokoro o

Give me a heart to erase hatred

Yurusu koto no dekiru jibun o

Give me the means to forgive myself

Ima kanjitai

I want to feel them now

Utsukushisa ni nakeru jounetsu o

Give me the passion to weep for beauty

Yasashisa o sakaseru kokoro o

Give me a heart in which kindness might bloom

Hito o ai suru chikara o

Give me the strength to love someone

You give me the power

You give me the strength

Ikiteku chikara o ataetekureta

You gave me the strength to live

I'll give you my power

So you can live stronger every day

Omotai tobira o

The heavy door

Ima issho ni hiraku no

We'll now open together

Anata to

You and I

You give me the power