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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:59,043 --> 00:01:02,171 TO EXPLORE CINEMATIC LITERATURE 4 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:37,831 To our dear movie friend, Hinton Battle! 5 00:01:38,707 --> 00:01:42,503 We hope you return to Japan soon. 6 00:01:42,503 --> 00:01:46,507 Your friends can't wait for you to come back. 7 00:01:47,341 --> 00:01:50,844 Mr. Hinton Battle is our friend. 8 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:55,766 He's a 3-time Tony winner, a famous dancer and choreographer. 9 00:01:57,017 --> 00:01:58,519 The wait is over. 10 00:01:58,519 --> 00:02:02,689 He had to be in America while this film was being shot 11 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:08,695 but as the film wrapped I heard that he plans to be back soon! 12 00:02:08,695 --> 00:02:12,783 Our unbreakable friendship goes beyond borders 13 00:02:12,783 --> 00:02:15,452 and racial barriers. 14 00:02:15,452 --> 00:02:20,707 Our wish for world peace resulted in this passionate movie. 15 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:23,919 Thank you, Hinton, our dear friend! 16 00:02:24,211 --> 00:02:27,214 Yoshimoto Kogyo. 17 00:02:28,757 --> 00:02:30,551 TANAKA. 18 00:02:31,552 --> 00:02:32,886 VAP. 19 00:02:33,762 --> 00:02:36,265 In association with PSC. 20 00:02:36,265 --> 00:02:39,393 Presented by these 4 companies! 21 00:02:40,394 --> 00:02:43,939 Kazuyoshi Okuyama is Executive Producer. 22 00:02:44,231 --> 00:02:49,278 This story takes place in a cinema by the shore. 23 00:02:49,278 --> 00:02:55,742 This strange man will return. He's a Military Police officer. 24 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:59,913 As people began enjoying a modern lifestyle 25 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:03,417 one of Japan's best poets, Chuya Nakahara 26 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:08,922 wrote this verse when he was young. 27 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:14,261 "They call it modernization. I call it barbarization." 28 00:03:14,261 --> 00:03:17,764 What Chuya called "the brutal age" 29 00:03:17,764 --> 00:03:21,477 is still present in the air now. 30 00:03:24,271 --> 00:03:26,023 Chuya continued, 31 00:03:26,023 --> 00:03:29,818 "ONE AUTUMN NIGHT" "Dark clouds gather behind humanity." 32 00:03:29,818 --> 00:03:30,110 "Dark clouds gather behind humanity." 33 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:33,614 "Hardly anyone notices it." 34 00:03:33,614 --> 00:03:38,494 In those verses written a century ago he foresaw the future. 35 00:03:38,494 --> 00:03:43,290 A MOVIE BY NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI It's time to review history so we can build a better future. 36 00:03:43,290 --> 00:03:44,541 It's time to review history so we can build a better future. 37 00:03:44,541 --> 00:03:48,879 That's why I made this movie with movie friends. 38 00:03:48,879 --> 00:03:52,466 Guided by Chuya Nakahara's poems 39 00:03:52,466 --> 00:03:57,137 we'll visit Japanese war movies from the 20th century. 40 00:03:57,721 --> 00:04:00,432 "A shard of red light on the ceiling leaks from a crack in the door." 41 00:04:00,432 --> 00:04:03,519 "MORNING SONG" "A shard of red light on the ceiling leaks from a crack in the door." 42 00:04:03,519 --> 00:04:04,478 "MORNING SONG" "The redolent sound of military music." 43 00:04:04,478 --> 00:04:06,230 "The redolent sound of military music." 44 00:04:06,230 --> 00:04:12,653 "My hands have nothing to turn to." Written by Chuya during the Pacific War. 45 00:04:12,653 --> 00:04:17,157 A century later, we have similar tension and oppression 46 00:04:17,157 --> 00:04:23,497 but we can't say, "My hands have nothing to turn to." 47 00:04:23,497 --> 00:04:27,417 To travel from the past to the future 48 00:04:27,417 --> 00:04:30,712 you'd need a time machine. 49 00:04:30,712 --> 00:04:35,759 It's just fantasy, science fiction. 50 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:41,181 But with modern technology, spaceships can take us 51 00:04:41,181 --> 00:04:44,017 effortlessly across time and space. 52 00:04:44,851 --> 00:04:49,189 You can have a drink and the food's... OK. 53 00:04:50,566 --> 00:04:54,027 You can swim and play sports. 54 00:05:02,703 --> 00:05:08,041 Sometimes strange things, like memory fragments, float by. 55 00:05:08,542 --> 00:05:12,379 I'm alone in space and I contemplate-- 56 00:05:12,379 --> 00:05:16,592 about me, us, I mean, mankind. 57 00:05:16,592 --> 00:05:20,721 Mankind originated in prehistoric Africa. 58 00:05:20,721 --> 00:05:25,726 We invented tools to eat other species to survive. 59 00:05:25,726 --> 00:05:30,564 We walked upright, used fire and called ourselves superior-- 60 00:05:31,148 --> 00:05:34,234 the rulers of living creatures. 61 00:05:34,818 --> 00:05:40,616 With science and civilization came a desire for power. 62 00:05:40,616 --> 00:05:45,245 We fight each other. This is delicious, by the way! 63 00:05:45,245 --> 00:05:52,336 Wars, genocide and annihilation. That's the history of mankind. 64 00:05:52,336 --> 00:05:54,838 Then a girl enters. 65 00:05:54,838 --> 00:05:57,633 Oh, who is she? 66 00:06:00,802 --> 00:06:02,929 A beautiful day begins! 67 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:07,017 She was born on Earth, our home. 68 00:06:07,768 --> 00:06:10,937 There's Earth, our home. 69 00:06:11,688 --> 00:06:17,277 But people destroy this tiny sphere, fight wars 70 00:06:17,277 --> 00:06:21,073 and kill each other. It's unbelievable. 71 00:06:21,865 --> 00:06:24,951 It's been eons since humans left Africa. 72 00:06:24,951 --> 00:06:28,622 I'm a descendant of a group who arrived 73 00:06:28,622 --> 00:06:35,337 at a place that would be called Yamato, the country of the rising sun. 74 00:06:35,337 --> 00:06:39,883 My name is Fanta G. I suddenly realized 75 00:06:40,801 --> 00:06:44,471 that movies are a cutting-edge time machine. 76 00:06:47,307 --> 00:06:51,311 I've come too far. Japan and Hawaii are joining together. 77 00:06:51,311 --> 00:06:53,897 Japan and America. Their people once fought each other. 78 00:06:53,897 --> 00:06:56,858 MT. KILAUEA AND MT. FUJI. Japan and America. Their people once fought each other. 79 00:06:56,858 --> 00:06:56,983 MT. KILAUEA AND MT. FUJI. 80 00:06:56,983 --> 00:07:03,949 THE PACIFIC PLATE CAUSES HAWAII TO MOVE 2 CM CLOSER TO JAPAN ANNUALLY. 81 00:07:05,409 --> 00:07:10,914 Did you ask when? Do you know anything about war? 82 00:07:12,207 --> 00:07:14,334 A long time ago... 83 00:07:17,379 --> 00:07:20,382 Oh no, a war! 84 00:07:22,509 --> 00:07:26,513 Is this a real war or just a movie? 85 00:07:33,603 --> 00:07:39,526 Speaking of war movies, there's the Military Police officer. 86 00:07:39,526 --> 00:07:43,405 They were a secret police force. 87 00:07:43,405 --> 00:07:46,575 Their presence is always foreboding. 88 00:07:46,575 --> 00:07:52,539 I'll protect Japanese citizens at all costs! 89 00:07:53,039 --> 00:07:55,959 ONOMICHI, HIROSHIMA, DISTANT FUTURE 90 00:07:56,209 --> 00:08:00,672 Movies always depict the future in ruins. 91 00:08:00,672 --> 00:08:04,468 Everybody knew there were consequences to war... 92 00:08:05,927 --> 00:08:09,222 Oh, Onomichi, my love, my hometown. 93 00:08:09,222 --> 00:08:15,437 Trains going up and down the hills. Boats. Bicycle bells. 94 00:08:21,276 --> 00:08:25,405 We're in the summer of 2019. 95 00:08:25,405 --> 00:08:29,409 You'll experience time lags in this movie. 96 00:08:29,409 --> 00:08:35,081 Your present is the time that this movie is set in. 97 00:08:52,098 --> 00:08:56,770 Across many bridges and over the sea. 98 00:08:56,770 --> 00:09:02,108 This island girl always visits the cinema by the shore. 99 00:09:02,108 --> 00:09:05,612 Noriko Habara is 13 years old. 100 00:09:05,612 --> 00:09:07,113 Onomichi! 101 00:09:09,324 --> 00:09:15,288 Because of the presence of a prisoner-of-war camp 102 00:09:15,288 --> 00:09:17,958 Onomichi wasn't a bombing target. 103 00:09:17,958 --> 00:09:23,171 People's lifestyles are unchanged since the war in the 1940s. 104 00:09:23,171 --> 00:09:26,216 - Good morning. - You're so cheerful! 105 00:09:27,008 --> 00:09:28,301 Train's here! 106 00:09:29,970 --> 00:09:33,473 - Good morning. - Hi there. 107 00:09:33,473 --> 00:09:34,850 Old man! 108 00:09:34,850 --> 00:09:36,184 Whoa, G! 109 00:09:36,184 --> 00:09:40,647 Yep! They call me Kinema G. We're both getting on! 110 00:09:40,647 --> 00:09:44,818 I had a hunch you'd be back today. 111 00:09:44,818 --> 00:09:50,574 Onomichi's last cinema closes tonight and so does my cinema life. 112 00:09:50,866 --> 00:09:55,203 Mom is screening Japanese war movies all night! 113 00:09:55,203 --> 00:09:58,373 She still goes on about wars and A-bombs? 114 00:09:58,373 --> 00:10:02,252 Noriko helps her out but tonight's the last. 115 00:10:03,044 --> 00:10:04,838 - Who? - You don't know her? 116 00:10:04,838 --> 00:10:08,258 A pretty island girl who helps out. 117 00:10:08,258 --> 00:10:12,345 I've been away for so long... Do young people come? 118 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:17,726 Yes, there will be crying babies just like the old days! 119 00:10:17,726 --> 00:10:19,853 But tonight's the last. 120 00:10:19,853 --> 00:10:23,815 No one's interested in war movies anymore. 121 00:10:23,815 --> 00:10:26,943 - Young people today... - Noriko is different. 122 00:10:27,694 --> 00:10:29,029 Is she? 123 00:10:29,029 --> 00:10:31,197 See you tonight. 124 00:10:31,197 --> 00:10:33,366 Sure. Goodbye. 125 00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:34,534 Goodbye. 126 00:10:35,243 --> 00:10:38,705 In the meantime Noriko is on her way. 127 00:10:38,747 --> 00:10:44,044 The things I don't know, I want to know through movies. 128 00:10:44,044 --> 00:10:46,671 - I'll teach you. - What is war? 129 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,216 For example, where am I? Who am I? 130 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:52,719 Hi, you're early today. 131 00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:55,388 Pika! 132 00:10:56,973 --> 00:10:58,516 OK, 1, 2 and 3... 133 00:10:58,516 --> 00:11:01,561 SETOUCHI KINEMA'S TICKET LADY OK, 1, 2 and 3... 134 00:11:01,561 --> 00:11:03,063 OK, 1, 2 and 3... 135 00:11:03,813 --> 00:11:04,814 Boom! 136 00:11:07,567 --> 00:11:08,610 - Noriko. - Mario. 137 00:11:08,610 --> 00:11:09,402 MARIO BABA, FILM BUFF - Noriko. - Mario. 138 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:11,237 MARIO BABA, FILM BUFF - So this is it. - Right. 139 00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:11,613 MARIO BABA, FILM BUFF 140 00:11:11,613 --> 00:11:15,659 MARIO BABA, FILM BUFF - What will you do from tomorrow? - I don't know my future. 141 00:11:15,659 --> 00:11:17,160 MARIO BABA, FILM BUFF No one does. 142 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:17,494 No one does. 143 00:11:17,494 --> 00:11:19,788 All you need is movies. 144 00:11:19,788 --> 00:11:22,457 - And you? - I'll go in, too. 145 00:11:22,457 --> 00:11:25,919 I'll go in the movie to know who I am. 146 00:11:30,632 --> 00:11:31,758 My notebook! 147 00:11:34,511 --> 00:11:40,350 HOSUKE OTORI, FILM HISTORY MANIAC Tonight's movies reveal Japan's war history. 148 00:11:40,350 --> 00:11:40,517 HOSUKE OTORI, FILM HISTORY MANIAC 149 00:11:41,267 --> 00:11:43,436 A storm came out of nowhere! 150 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:45,063 But it's not even the 210th day. 151 00:11:45,063 --> 00:11:46,481 SETOUCHI KINEMA But it's not even the 210th day. 152 00:11:46,481 --> 00:11:48,149 SETOUCHI KINEMA The 210th day? 153 00:11:48,149 --> 00:11:48,900 SETOUCHI KINEMA Typhoons always come on that day. The winds could blow away a Wind God. 154 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:54,447 Typhoons always come on that day. The winds could blow away a Wind God. 155 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:58,660 It's pika, a flash! 156 00:12:03,289 --> 00:12:04,624 It's raining. 157 00:12:04,624 --> 00:12:08,503 A monk's son prays with his sandals in his hands. 158 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:16,094 How embarrassing to slip and fall. 159 00:12:16,136 --> 00:12:18,722 HE'S ALSO A YAKUZA WANNABE. 160 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:26,813 Thunder, earthquakes, they're not scary. 161 00:12:26,813 --> 00:12:30,650 Don't we have umbrellas...? 162 00:12:30,650 --> 00:12:32,152 The power... 163 00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:36,197 The wizard projectionist makes sure there's power. 164 00:12:36,698 --> 00:12:39,659 Here at the cinema by the shore 165 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:43,246 a strange story is about to unfold. 166 00:12:43,496 --> 00:12:47,500 FANTA G'S CRAVING TO SEE MOVIES. 167 00:12:48,043 --> 00:12:50,003 No umbrellas... 168 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:54,716 I came to the last picture show and now I can't leave! 169 00:12:54,716 --> 00:12:57,886 The beach concert was cancelled! 170 00:12:57,886 --> 00:13:02,348 - Any cartoons? - No, just old war movies. 171 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:03,516 Not tonight. 172 00:13:04,184 --> 00:13:05,685 Boring! 173 00:13:05,685 --> 00:13:08,605 - I want cartoons. - You'll be OK. 174 00:13:08,605 --> 00:13:12,025 I'm wet through. How about you? 175 00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:16,362 No seats. Let's go over there. 176 00:13:17,697 --> 00:13:18,865 Move along. 177 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:21,534 Good evening. 178 00:13:21,910 --> 00:13:23,912 I'll come too. 179 00:13:25,580 --> 00:13:30,043 Noriko found an umbrella and got ready. 180 00:13:31,711 --> 00:13:34,881 The screen awaits as usual. 181 00:13:34,881 --> 00:13:43,723 In the rain, the moon hides behind the clouds 182 00:13:43,723 --> 00:13:46,559 When you leave home to marry... 183 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:48,103 Oh, live music! 184 00:13:50,772 --> 00:13:55,276 - Movies used to have live music. - It's an old song. 185 00:13:55,276 --> 00:14:00,949 I'd walk alone under my umbrella 186 00:14:01,950 --> 00:14:08,414 If you had no umbrella who would you walk with? 187 00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:10,250 You getting married? 188 00:14:12,293 --> 00:14:14,087 You're not? 189 00:14:14,087 --> 00:14:18,591 You have to tell me. Because I don't know anything. 190 00:14:19,092 --> 00:14:23,429 For example, what is war? I don't know what it is. 191 00:14:23,429 --> 00:14:25,640 Me neither! 192 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,934 It sounds exciting! 193 00:14:27,934 --> 00:14:33,606 But I can feel it. Something huge and creepy lurking in our world... 194 00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:35,108 I'm not interested! 195 00:14:35,108 --> 00:14:40,446 I see movies to figure out what it is. I visit movies. 196 00:14:40,446 --> 00:14:41,447 Noriko. 197 00:14:45,118 --> 00:14:46,161 Hi, old fella. 198 00:14:46,161 --> 00:14:50,790 - I'll tell you - I'll show you 199 00:14:50,790 --> 00:14:53,835 - its secrets. - how it violated you. 200 00:14:53,835 --> 00:14:55,962 What war really is! 201 00:14:56,629 --> 00:15:01,426 Because movies know war so very well. 202 00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:08,474 Old cinemas smell like Auntie Pika's potatoes and cigarettes. 203 00:15:08,474 --> 00:15:10,059 And the loo. 204 00:15:11,144 --> 00:15:12,812 It's about to begin! 205 00:15:16,816 --> 00:15:18,026 You punk! 206 00:15:18,026 --> 00:15:21,237 The tough one wins, as he should. 207 00:15:21,237 --> 00:15:21,279 IT'S A YAKUZA FEUD OVER A DEBT. The tough one wins, as he should. 208 00:15:21,279 --> 00:15:23,114 IT'S A YAKUZA FEUD OVER A DEBT. 209 00:15:23,156 --> 00:15:25,825 Go ahead and kill me! 210 00:15:25,825 --> 00:15:29,579 Sorry kid. There are no rules to brawls. 211 00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:34,000 Your boss couldn't repay his loan. 212 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:40,506 My boss said "Forget it!" but he has to pay his grandkid's school fees. 213 00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:45,678 He's like a dad to me so I'm gonna get his money and kill your boss. 214 00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:47,889 Shut up, monk's son! 215 00:15:47,889 --> 00:15:49,390 Monk! 216 00:15:49,390 --> 00:15:51,017 I'm not a monk! 217 00:15:52,852 --> 00:15:54,354 I see his point. 218 00:15:54,854 --> 00:15:59,859 Take my life if that puts things right! 219 00:15:59,859 --> 00:16:02,195 The Boss has a big heart. 220 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:08,117 Let the boy go. He's learned a valuable lesson. 221 00:16:08,117 --> 00:16:10,662 A movie is a dream. Be happy! 222 00:16:11,162 --> 00:16:12,163 OK! 223 00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:17,043 Are movies reality or illusion? 224 00:16:17,043 --> 00:16:19,379 Let's be happy! 225 00:16:27,762 --> 00:16:30,390 Happy ending? Is it over? 226 00:16:30,390 --> 00:16:38,898 I know what it is. I know it very well. 227 00:16:38,898 --> 00:16:43,236 My old projector pal has been moody. 228 00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:44,279 Good boy. 229 00:16:44,279 --> 00:16:51,077 I know this and that, I know it. 230 00:16:52,287 --> 00:16:55,081 It makes movies powerful, beautiful... 231 00:16:56,582 --> 00:16:58,418 and delicious. 232 00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:01,587 Even after "The End" 233 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:05,258 there are hopes and dreams. 234 00:17:05,258 --> 00:17:10,596 After the show ends we'll all be happy! 235 00:17:10,596 --> 00:17:13,141 You'd better believe it. 236 00:17:13,141 --> 00:17:14,225 In lies? 237 00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:17,603 There's truth in a lie! 238 00:17:18,271 --> 00:17:19,814 There's truth in a lie! 239 00:17:25,486 --> 00:17:27,780 Make it cheerful and fun! 240 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:32,827 You're doing OK. Keep it up, my old projector pal. 241 00:17:34,495 --> 00:17:39,125 This is vacuous entertainment, not a war movie. 242 00:17:39,125 --> 00:17:42,628 It was made in Occupied Japan. 243 00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:46,299 Directors avoided censorship by making 244 00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:51,262 Hollywood-style musicals, not sword-fighting movies. 245 00:18:05,151 --> 00:18:08,321 Don't panic, everyone! 246 00:18:08,321 --> 00:18:12,200 This always happens with film projectors! 247 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,328 From an old man to an old man... 248 00:18:15,328 --> 00:18:17,205 Film was flammable. 249 00:18:17,205 --> 00:18:19,540 They burned all the time. 250 00:18:19,540 --> 00:18:23,211 Kazuo Hasegawa and Takako Irie's films burned... 251 00:18:23,211 --> 00:18:27,673 It must have been hot. Poor things... 252 00:18:27,673 --> 00:18:28,758 Noriko? 253 00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:38,184 Mario... 254 00:18:38,184 --> 00:18:39,227 Noriko! 255 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:41,813 Kinema G! 256 00:18:43,064 --> 00:18:44,732 Noriko's burning! 257 00:18:44,732 --> 00:18:47,193 - Who? - You don't know her? 258 00:18:47,193 --> 00:18:49,362 A pretty islander who helps out. 259 00:18:49,362 --> 00:18:51,072 That's me. 260 00:18:51,072 --> 00:18:53,366 I've been away for so long... 261 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:58,079 Don't panic. I'll help you get in the movie. 262 00:19:02,583 --> 00:19:05,253 I'll go to the toilet then. 263 00:19:05,253 --> 00:19:10,716 My talent is imitating movie heroes. 264 00:19:10,716 --> 00:19:14,053 That's how I get in the movie. 265 00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:29,444 Look... 266 00:19:30,862 --> 00:19:32,488 WE DON'T KNOW HIS NAME YET... 267 00:19:32,488 --> 00:19:33,614 WE DON'T KNOW HIS NAME YET... Damn! 268 00:19:33,614 --> 00:19:34,407 WE DON'T KNOW HIS NAME YET... - You're wet? - And muddy. 269 00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:36,951 - You're wet? - And muddy. 270 00:19:36,951 --> 00:19:39,245 You have no umbrella? 271 00:19:39,787 --> 00:19:43,249 Who carries an umbrella? 272 00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:45,418 And he produces... 273 00:19:45,418 --> 00:19:50,298 It's nice in the rain sometimes. Never mind, I have no change. 274 00:19:51,090 --> 00:19:53,593 Let's stroll in the spring rain. 275 00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:58,306 How gallant! Want to come in out of the rain? 276 00:19:58,306 --> 00:20:04,312 I like yakuza flicks but I guess war movies aren't so different. 277 00:20:05,062 --> 00:20:08,149 "JAPAN'S WAR MOVIES" 278 00:20:08,774 --> 00:20:11,652 I'll catch some yakuza flicks. 279 00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:15,615 Go with style! 280 00:20:15,615 --> 00:20:18,659 Style is important. Oh, the loo stinks! 281 00:20:18,659 --> 00:20:20,328 And the loo. 282 00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:22,205 It stinks. 283 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:24,790 It's about to begin! 284 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:32,298 Sorry, fella. Here. 285 00:20:37,011 --> 00:20:39,680 Does he owe me something...? 286 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:44,310 I'm not a yakuza yet. I should go easy on folks. 287 00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:46,437 SHIGERU DAN, DEBT COLLECTOR 288 00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:52,235 One less cinema with a film projector. How sad. 289 00:20:52,235 --> 00:20:57,865 Keep it up my old projector pal. For the young folk. 290 00:20:57,865 --> 00:21:01,869 Movies will help them build the future! 291 00:21:01,869 --> 00:21:03,329 Let's go! 292 00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:08,334 They're ready! Now enjoy the rest of the show. 293 00:21:09,043 --> 00:21:11,587 As if to answer Kinema G's prayer... 294 00:21:18,844 --> 00:21:19,887 It started. 295 00:21:22,515 --> 00:21:25,893 - Good boy. - Everything is working. 296 00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:34,652 Our ancestors running around African savannas might have thought 297 00:21:34,652 --> 00:21:39,532 that modern objects like shoes sound like musical instruments. 298 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:46,706 Jump, leap, walk, stop and think to the sound. 299 00:21:46,706 --> 00:21:53,379 Using your body for expression is the human condition. 300 00:21:53,379 --> 00:21:56,549 Tap dance is the base of human dignity. 301 00:21:57,592 --> 00:22:02,597 Movies are dreams, dreams are movies. It's a wonderful world. 302 00:22:02,597 --> 00:22:06,892 Movies make the world a wonderful place. 303 00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:11,272 Everyone is happy! 304 00:22:11,272 --> 00:22:14,400 Mankind's history is unhappy. 305 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,945 Happiness is unachievable, a lie. 306 00:22:17,945 --> 00:22:20,740 - There's truth in a lie. - A lie! 307 00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:27,788 If you believe that it's true wholeheartedly-- 308 00:22:30,249 --> 00:22:33,586 it might be achieved in the far future. 309 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:40,134 Thunder! 310 00:22:42,762 --> 00:22:48,601 I'll protect the movies. I'll die protecting them! 311 00:22:52,647 --> 00:22:55,566 What's this? Why am I here? 312 00:22:57,276 --> 00:23:02,114 Happily ever after! 313 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:04,325 Why am I dancing and singing? 314 00:23:04,325 --> 00:23:08,204 - Why am I dancing? - Right, why are you? 315 00:23:08,204 --> 00:23:10,998 You're singing and dancing too! 316 00:23:10,998 --> 00:23:15,836 You're right! Because we're in a movie! 317 00:23:15,836 --> 00:23:18,339 I go along with things. 318 00:23:18,339 --> 00:23:19,548 Noriko! 319 00:23:19,548 --> 00:23:21,842 - Help me. - Let's help her! 320 00:23:21,842 --> 00:23:23,386 Mario, help! 321 00:23:23,386 --> 00:23:27,473 Boys, get serious. You're in a movie. 322 00:23:27,473 --> 00:23:32,144 Join us. Come right here! 323 00:23:35,189 --> 00:23:38,484 They're all captured in the movie. 324 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:42,988 Videos on devices aren't as immersive 325 00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:47,827 as movies are on a screen. 326 00:23:49,829 --> 00:23:54,041 Oh, Fanta G is in a fantastic dream. 327 00:23:54,542 --> 00:23:56,711 Everyone, sing and dance! 328 00:23:56,711 --> 00:23:59,714 - Surround me. - It's spring! 329 00:23:59,714 --> 00:24:02,341 - Protect me. - Let's sing! 330 00:24:02,341 --> 00:24:05,177 - Or else... - Come and dance! 331 00:24:05,177 --> 00:24:09,515 - We have to dance? - Spring! It's our spring! 332 00:24:09,515 --> 00:24:12,727 - Blossom rains. - It's our spring! 333 00:24:12,727 --> 00:24:15,187 Superb spring! 334 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:20,359 I dance and fall like petals. I'm lively in spring! 335 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,529 Don't fall! You can't fall! 336 00:24:23,529 --> 00:24:26,031 Sing and dance! 337 00:24:26,031 --> 00:24:27,491 Blossom rains! 338 00:24:29,744 --> 00:24:31,871 Protect the princess! 339 00:24:31,871 --> 00:24:35,541 "Oda pounds and Hashiba kneads the power cake" 340 00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:37,918 "which Tokugawa sits and enjoys." 341 00:24:38,377 --> 00:24:39,253 Yum. 342 00:24:39,253 --> 00:24:45,593 Tokugawa ushered in a new era with armed samurai. 343 00:24:45,593 --> 00:24:51,098 For 260 years it was peaceful under the shogunate. 344 00:24:51,098 --> 00:24:55,227 In the meantime, other countries intermingled. 345 00:24:55,728 --> 00:24:58,564 Shall we join them? 346 00:24:58,564 --> 00:25:00,733 You ain't heard nothin' yet! 347 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,779 - Us! - Me, me, me too! 348 00:25:04,779 --> 00:25:10,284 We're the most eligible men in the whole world. 349 00:25:10,284 --> 00:25:15,790 Don't overestimate yourselves. Can you make us love you? 350 00:25:15,790 --> 00:25:20,085 We won't steal your hearts but you stole ours! 351 00:25:20,085 --> 00:25:23,589 And we'll toss them away! 352 00:25:23,589 --> 00:25:27,176 Suddenly they found themselves in wartime. 353 00:25:28,803 --> 00:25:30,471 Steal it! 354 00:25:32,765 --> 00:25:33,933 Noriko! 355 00:25:34,642 --> 00:25:35,935 Help me. 356 00:25:37,311 --> 00:25:39,939 Come on, steal her heart! 357 00:25:39,939 --> 00:25:42,691 It's Mario and his friends. 358 00:25:44,819 --> 00:25:49,365 It's reality and fantasy all mixed up! 359 00:25:49,824 --> 00:25:51,617 Protect me! 360 00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:55,454 What you're hearing is a national song. 361 00:25:55,454 --> 00:26:00,793 It's to encourage people to make sacrifices for the Empire. 362 00:26:00,793 --> 00:26:06,006 The Japanese in the 1930s and 40s associated overseas 363 00:26:06,006 --> 00:26:12,388 with opportunity and adventure so the war expanded. 364 00:26:12,388 --> 00:26:13,848 It's war! 365 00:26:13,848 --> 00:26:15,349 Is it war? 366 00:26:15,349 --> 00:26:16,809 It's war! 367 00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:20,980 They're celebrating the victory at Pearl Harbor. 368 00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:23,065 Anything goes! 369 00:26:23,065 --> 00:26:28,112 I was ready to sacrifice myself for Japan. 370 00:26:28,112 --> 00:26:31,282 I must get tougher then! 371 00:26:31,282 --> 00:26:35,327 I was a devoted boy militarist. 372 00:26:35,619 --> 00:26:39,331 The government made people sing propaganda songs 373 00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:42,835 like "Patriot March" to raise morale. 374 00:26:42,835 --> 00:26:47,006 This police officer works directly under the military. 375 00:26:48,048 --> 00:26:49,508 Go with style! 376 00:26:49,508 --> 00:26:51,552 I'll catch some yakuza flicks. 377 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,346 Right, lemonade! 378 00:26:55,931 --> 00:27:03,731 One, two, three... 379 00:27:03,731 --> 00:27:05,357 Boom! 380 00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:10,029 Protect me! Protect me, Mario! 381 00:27:10,613 --> 00:27:12,114 - Noriko. - Mario. 382 00:27:14,867 --> 00:27:17,077 THE TOBA-FUSHIMI BATTLE 383 00:27:18,996 --> 00:27:19,413 PRO-IMPERIAL FORCES VS. SHOGUNATE 384 00:27:19,413 --> 00:27:22,917 PRO-IMPERIAL FORCES VS. SHOGUNATE A civil war in 1868 385 00:27:22,917 --> 00:27:24,835 PRO-IMPERIAL FORCES VS. SHOGUNATE left many casualties. 386 00:27:24,835 --> 00:27:26,086 left many casualties. 387 00:27:26,420 --> 00:27:31,258 "Some generations ago there was a brown war." 388 00:27:31,258 --> 00:27:35,554 "Swiing, wiing, swing-wing." 389 00:27:35,554 --> 00:27:38,015 "Circus" by Chuya Nakahara 390 00:27:39,433 --> 00:27:42,770 The three boys are in a Shinsengumi movie now. 391 00:27:42,770 --> 00:27:47,399 I'll go in the movie to know who I am. 392 00:27:48,067 --> 00:27:51,195 CAPTAIN KONDO OF SHINSENGUMI 393 00:27:51,236 --> 00:27:53,906 A bullet injured Captain Kondo. 394 00:27:53,906 --> 00:27:57,159 A Japanese man dies for his country. 395 00:27:58,243 --> 00:28:00,579 The three want to escape. 396 00:28:00,579 --> 00:28:02,623 Don't get involved! 397 00:28:02,623 --> 00:28:04,917 But they are involved. 398 00:28:04,917 --> 00:28:07,461 I admire your courage. 399 00:28:07,461 --> 00:28:11,090 Education is everything. 400 00:28:11,090 --> 00:28:17,513 100 million Imperial subjects couldn't escape the war. 401 00:28:20,808 --> 00:28:22,101 Let's escape! 402 00:28:23,102 --> 00:28:26,063 - Help me, cinema! - Where are we going? 403 00:28:26,063 --> 00:28:32,319 By the way, this creature is a household spirit known as 404 00:28:32,319 --> 00:28:35,614 Zashikiwarashi, who brings fortune. 405 00:28:35,614 --> 00:28:37,950 The three crawl away. 406 00:28:38,492 --> 00:28:41,161 Hijikata returns to the post. 407 00:28:42,037 --> 00:28:43,038 "CAPTAIN!" 408 00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:49,712 "WHAT'S WRONG?" 409 00:28:51,588 --> 00:28:53,298 "THE SAMURAI AGE IS OVER!" 410 00:28:56,260 --> 00:28:58,137 "THEY SHOT ALL OUR MEN..." 411 00:29:02,641 --> 00:29:05,269 It's Kondo and Hijikata of the Shinsengumi Forces. 412 00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:11,275 I'm subtitled! Why is that? 413 00:29:11,275 --> 00:29:14,486 Why am I in black & white? 414 00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:17,406 - We're in an old silent movie! - Right. 415 00:29:18,282 --> 00:29:20,325 A silent movie? 416 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:23,704 That's what movies were before talkies. 417 00:29:23,704 --> 00:29:24,705 Talkies? 418 00:29:26,206 --> 00:29:29,043 Yes, that's right. 419 00:29:29,043 --> 00:29:34,381 Movies didn't have color or sound in the beginning. 420 00:29:34,381 --> 00:29:39,887 Dostoyevsky saw his first movie and said movies wouldn't last 421 00:29:39,887 --> 00:29:44,183 with their quiet and uncanny depiction of reality. 422 00:29:44,183 --> 00:29:47,853 Movies have always been unnatural and strange. 423 00:29:47,853 --> 00:29:48,479 What a great night. 424 00:29:48,479 --> 00:29:50,355 OMIYA INN, KYOTO What a great night. 425 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:50,439 OMIYA INN, KYOTO The Emperor won with no bloodshed. 426 00:29:50,439 --> 00:29:53,025 The Emperor won with no bloodshed. 427 00:29:53,025 --> 00:29:54,860 Drink! It's time to celebrate. 428 00:29:54,860 --> 00:29:57,696 RYOMA SAKAMOTO AND SHINTARO NAKAOKA Drink! It's time to celebrate. 429 00:29:57,696 --> 00:29:57,780 Drink! It's time to celebrate. 430 00:29:57,780 --> 00:29:59,698 Tokichi, bring saké! 431 00:29:59,698 --> 00:30:02,910 - Come on! - And some food! 432 00:30:02,910 --> 00:30:05,913 I'll drink this for you later. 433 00:30:05,913 --> 00:30:10,209 Thus the loyal Tokichi was murdered. 434 00:30:14,797 --> 00:30:15,798 Ouch! 435 00:30:19,093 --> 00:30:20,552 We were framed...! 436 00:30:26,391 --> 00:30:27,601 Impossible! 437 00:30:30,896 --> 00:30:31,939 Ouch again! 438 00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:53,669 People in power always punish freedom with death. 439 00:30:58,090 --> 00:30:59,508 You schemer...! 440 00:31:00,092 --> 00:31:01,760 That's our history. 441 00:31:06,098 --> 00:31:08,308 I was among the witnesses... 442 00:31:08,308 --> 00:31:12,146 They got me, Mr. Sakamoto and Mr. Nakaoka... 443 00:31:20,487 --> 00:31:21,822 Mr. Nakaoka! 444 00:31:24,825 --> 00:31:27,619 Mr. Sakamoto, why do you have a gun? 445 00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:34,001 It's morally wrong to kill someone with a projectile. 446 00:31:34,001 --> 00:31:37,629 I got this to protect myself against Americans. 447 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:43,302 I think the Americans and I can be good friends. 448 00:31:49,516 --> 00:31:53,645 BEFORE THAT COULD HAPPEN SAKAMOTO DIED IN 1867. 449 00:31:53,979 --> 00:31:55,480 What's going on? 450 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,734 - Are we the audience? - It's war history. 451 00:31:58,734 --> 00:32:01,987 - Learn from movies! - Anything you want! 452 00:32:01,987 --> 00:32:07,159 Nakaoka survived Sakamoto by 2 days. 453 00:32:07,159 --> 00:32:12,831 History's been lost in the many accounts of Nakaoka's life. 454 00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:16,668 Here comes a postman. 455 00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:18,170 Serving the country. 456 00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:20,756 And a horse. 457 00:32:22,883 --> 00:32:28,472 What's scary is that the atrocity actually happened. 458 00:32:28,472 --> 00:32:33,227 As a result many lives were wasted. 459 00:32:34,937 --> 00:32:36,521 "THE REVOLUTIONARIES!" 460 00:32:37,856 --> 00:32:39,775 "THEY WANT TO WIPE US OUT." 461 00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:43,445 "WE DIDN'T KILL SAKAMOTO." 462 00:32:45,405 --> 00:32:47,824 "BUT SATSUMA AND CHOSHU FRAMED US!" 463 00:32:47,866 --> 00:32:51,078 Anything goes for Satsuma and Choshu! 464 00:32:52,037 --> 00:32:53,538 But Saigo died... 465 00:32:53,538 --> 00:32:57,251 - What a weird hat! - Saigo was framed as a traitor. 466 00:33:01,046 --> 00:33:03,423 Life is tough... 467 00:33:03,423 --> 00:33:04,549 Mr. Saigo! 468 00:33:04,841 --> 00:33:05,717 What now? 469 00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:07,386 I'm Shinsuke Beppu. 470 00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:08,220 And... 471 00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:10,681 I've lived long enough... 472 00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:17,229 Sir! 473 00:33:29,449 --> 00:33:34,746 Saigo from Satsuma was betrayed by his allies. 474 00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:39,251 He died in a battle with the government in his hometown. 475 00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:43,588 Seen as a traitor, he killed himself at 49. 476 00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:52,097 I'd feel a whole lot better if I had a good cry! 477 00:33:52,097 --> 00:33:53,974 Thank you! 478 00:33:53,974 --> 00:33:59,313 A Satsuma and Choshu alliance sounds fine! 479 00:33:59,313 --> 00:34:04,276 It wasn't fine! They were all deceiving each other! 480 00:34:08,155 --> 00:34:10,449 Jump over the door and stab! 481 00:34:11,616 --> 00:34:13,118 The enemy! 482 00:34:13,118 --> 00:34:17,039 - It's silent. - We're the audience! 483 00:34:17,039 --> 00:34:19,791 I can hear my voice! What is this? 484 00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:21,793 - A talkie. - That's progress. 485 00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:24,004 Does war progress? 486 00:34:24,004 --> 00:34:25,797 Or yakuza's profits? 487 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:29,968 "They call it modernization. I call it barbarization." 488 00:34:29,968 --> 00:34:31,845 "The Brutal Age" 489 00:34:31,845 --> 00:34:34,139 - I'm coming in. - Noriko! 490 00:34:34,139 --> 00:34:35,640 The army raids the post. 491 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:36,808 Captain Kondo. 492 00:34:36,975 --> 00:34:39,311 Noriko! You're in many movies. 493 00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:42,439 War movies are easy to enter. 494 00:34:42,981 --> 00:34:44,524 - Noriko! - See? 495 00:34:44,524 --> 00:34:46,693 There's no respect anymore. 496 00:34:46,693 --> 00:34:47,819 Captain Kondo. 497 00:34:48,362 --> 00:34:49,654 It makes no sense! 498 00:34:49,654 --> 00:34:52,324 Times are changing. 499 00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:53,408 Captain Kondo! 500 00:34:53,408 --> 00:34:55,160 And then modernity. 501 00:34:55,535 --> 00:34:56,828 I can hear you. 502 00:34:57,454 --> 00:34:58,330 "What?" 503 00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:01,875 - It's a talkie! - I'll let you escape! 504 00:35:01,875 --> 00:35:05,670 This is when the "brutal age" begins. 505 00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:12,344 Guns defeated us. Us samurai are obsolete. 506 00:35:12,344 --> 00:35:14,846 You are so right. 507 00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:16,390 Captain Kondo. 508 00:35:16,390 --> 00:35:22,187 This young lady belongs to the future, not the present. 509 00:35:22,187 --> 00:35:25,857 Protect her for me. 510 00:35:25,857 --> 00:35:27,067 Please. 511 00:35:30,570 --> 00:35:32,531 I'll come with you. 512 00:35:32,531 --> 00:35:36,201 - Some guys have integrity. - Right. 513 00:35:36,201 --> 00:35:37,786 We'll protect her. 514 00:35:37,953 --> 00:35:44,376 ABUTO TEMPLE BY SETOUCHI SEA LOOKING DOWN AT BEAUTIFUL TOMONOURA BAY. 515 00:35:49,589 --> 00:35:52,551 I wish I could go to America... 516 00:35:55,429 --> 00:35:56,430 Yum. 517 00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:59,891 That's Ryoma Sakamoto and Saigo! 518 00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:01,601 Let's begin. 519 00:36:02,394 --> 00:36:05,439 They're eating konpeito candy. 520 00:36:05,439 --> 00:36:09,734 - Confectionary's sweet. - What's sweet... sugar. 521 00:36:09,734 --> 00:36:11,236 Okubo from Satsuma! 522 00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:14,448 - What's white... a hare. - Hares hop. 523 00:36:14,448 --> 00:36:16,741 - Hop... Frogs. - Frogs are green. 524 00:36:16,741 --> 00:36:18,243 The green ghost! 525 00:36:18,243 --> 00:36:19,786 Why candies? 526 00:36:20,620 --> 00:36:22,247 Electricity is bright. 527 00:36:22,581 --> 00:36:24,583 Something bright... 528 00:36:24,791 --> 00:36:29,379 These idealistic men were viewed as daydreamers. 529 00:36:29,379 --> 00:36:31,089 ...Pop's bald head! 530 00:36:33,091 --> 00:36:34,468 Bald head. 531 00:36:37,637 --> 00:36:42,392 Would Japan be different if they'd lived longer? 532 00:36:43,768 --> 00:36:48,273 A mustache or a topknot... It wasn't his time to die. 533 00:36:48,273 --> 00:36:51,193 He had so much to do. 534 00:36:51,193 --> 00:36:54,946 Okubo had a key role in the new government. 535 00:36:54,946 --> 00:37:00,660 Wasn't he assassinated on May 14, 1878? 536 00:37:00,660 --> 00:37:02,746 What a pity... 537 00:37:02,746 --> 00:37:06,791 Lick the sweet candy, suckers! 538 00:37:08,001 --> 00:37:13,840 Some power-hungry men attempted to take over 539 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:17,969 but many failed and were killed. 540 00:37:18,803 --> 00:37:21,473 - What's white... a hare. - Hares hop. 541 00:37:21,473 --> 00:37:23,850 - Hop... Frogs. - Frogs are green. 542 00:37:23,850 --> 00:37:27,812 One man can't defeat the system. 543 00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:31,525 Right. Ghosts disappear like light. 544 00:37:31,525 --> 00:37:34,986 - Light is electricity. - Electricity is bright. 545 00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:37,155 What's bright...? 546 00:37:39,032 --> 00:37:41,034 Pop's bald head. 547 00:37:41,034 --> 00:37:43,995 History is chaotic as you can see. 548 00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:57,217 Nothing lasts forever. 549 00:37:57,217 --> 00:37:58,843 Here's another war. 550 00:37:58,843 --> 00:38:03,682 Some fools die without realizing their own power. 551 00:38:03,682 --> 00:38:04,558 "WHY?" 552 00:38:04,558 --> 00:38:05,100 "WHY?" Where's your voice? You're no leader! 553 00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:07,477 Where's your voice? You're no leader! 554 00:38:07,519 --> 00:38:08,353 "HIJIKATA!" 555 00:38:08,353 --> 00:38:08,937 "HIJIKATA!" - I am! - You spoke! 556 00:38:08,937 --> 00:38:10,689 - I am! - You spoke! 557 00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:12,232 "Die, Leader!" 558 00:38:12,232 --> 00:38:16,194 So it was a coup d'état. 559 00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:23,410 - There! That's good... - Come on, louder! 560 00:38:23,410 --> 00:38:25,287 - I am Hijikata! - That hurt! 561 00:38:25,537 --> 00:38:27,247 Harada! Yamanami! 562 00:38:27,247 --> 00:38:29,249 - Okita! - That hurts! 563 00:38:29,249 --> 00:38:34,045 Shinsengumi killed their leader and blamed the Choshu group. 564 00:38:34,045 --> 00:38:37,882 - Spare women! - We're helpless before power. 565 00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:39,259 Let's pray... 566 00:38:39,259 --> 00:38:41,803 I never ordered you to kill me! 567 00:38:42,262 --> 00:38:43,388 ...to our leader. 568 00:38:44,556 --> 00:38:47,892 You died honorably, Mr. Serizawa. 569 00:38:48,602 --> 00:38:50,729 I didn't want to die yet... 570 00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:54,899 NO MAN LIVES BEYOND HIS ABILITIES. 571 00:38:54,899 --> 00:38:58,737 The poor woman was eventually killed. 572 00:38:59,237 --> 00:39:03,783 Captain Kondo was defeated and executed by the revolutionaries. 573 00:39:03,783 --> 00:39:05,827 No one knows the future. 574 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:08,288 This is the real Ryoma Sakamoto. 575 00:39:12,584 --> 00:39:14,794 Toshizo Hijikata died in action. 576 00:39:16,713 --> 00:39:21,009 I see with my eyes closed... How does it go? 577 00:39:21,009 --> 00:39:22,010 Mario. 578 00:39:23,261 --> 00:39:24,763 I forgot. 579 00:39:24,763 --> 00:39:27,265 I don't know my future. 580 00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:34,606 What happened to your hair? 581 00:39:34,606 --> 00:39:37,609 - Shigeru, your hair! - Hide it! 582 00:39:37,609 --> 00:39:41,780 No! I'm not in a movie because I want to be. 583 00:39:41,780 --> 00:39:43,823 - I'll hide it. - Who are you? 584 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:47,285 Who are you? 585 00:39:47,702 --> 00:39:48,953 Who is he...? 586 00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:49,829 Who the hell? 587 00:39:49,829 --> 00:39:51,956 State your troop. 588 00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:53,458 We were watching movies. 589 00:39:53,458 --> 00:39:55,960 - What? - Where's the girl? 590 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,837 What girl? 591 00:39:57,837 --> 00:40:01,007 We were asked to look after her. 592 00:40:01,007 --> 00:40:03,301 Protect her for me. 593 00:40:03,301 --> 00:40:05,804 - Are you agents? - Is this gun real? 594 00:40:05,804 --> 00:40:08,223 - What's an agent? - A gent. 595 00:40:08,223 --> 00:40:09,641 - A gent? - A spy. 596 00:40:09,641 --> 00:40:10,809 Are you spies? 597 00:40:11,851 --> 00:40:13,353 You too? 598 00:40:13,353 --> 00:40:19,317 I'll interrogate you. You'll eat stinky meals in the slammer. 599 00:40:20,652 --> 00:40:21,861 It's slippery! 600 00:40:27,701 --> 00:40:30,745 Here are your stinky meals! 601 00:40:31,371 --> 00:40:32,622 It smells nice. 602 00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:35,834 It's you... 603 00:40:38,169 --> 00:40:39,295 Noriko. 604 00:40:41,673 --> 00:40:46,052 It's leftovers thinned with Manchurian water! 605 00:40:46,052 --> 00:40:48,221 We'll eat to survive. 606 00:40:48,221 --> 00:40:50,056 Are you Chinese? 607 00:40:50,056 --> 00:40:54,185 My papa and mama were killed by the Japanese. 608 00:40:54,185 --> 00:40:55,395 By Japanese? 609 00:40:57,856 --> 00:40:59,566 Who killed them? 610 00:40:59,566 --> 00:41:01,151 A MYSTERIOUS OLD PIANIST Who killed them? 611 00:41:01,151 --> 00:41:04,028 A MYSTERIOUS OLD PIANIST 612 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:09,367 - A yakuza gang? - They mistook them for Balu jun spies. 613 00:41:09,367 --> 00:41:10,577 Balu jun? 614 00:41:10,577 --> 00:41:13,079 - The Eighth Route Army. - Yakuza don't spy. 615 00:41:13,079 --> 00:41:14,372 You escaped? 616 00:41:15,373 --> 00:41:19,753 What story will the old pianist tell us? 617 00:41:19,753 --> 00:41:21,379 Here's her story. 618 00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:22,714 So I... 619 00:41:24,758 --> 00:41:30,054 Officers always carry expensive liquor in their flasks. 620 00:41:33,892 --> 00:41:37,228 Ouch, she got my bottom! 621 00:41:39,606 --> 00:41:41,733 You killed papa and mama! 622 00:41:41,733 --> 00:41:44,110 - Let's have fun. - What? 623 00:41:48,156 --> 00:41:51,993 A commander's aid isn't tied to rules like his boss. 624 00:41:55,747 --> 00:41:58,458 Thank you, Lieutenant. 625 00:41:58,458 --> 00:42:02,086 Commanders act autocratic but just watch. 626 00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:07,091 You have less freedom when you have power. 627 00:42:08,843 --> 00:42:10,970 It's revenge, Chinese style! 628 00:42:11,763 --> 00:42:16,434 My superior decided that you'll be beheaded tomorrow. 629 00:42:16,434 --> 00:42:17,435 Beheaded! 630 00:42:17,435 --> 00:42:22,440 It's the death penalty for assaulting Imperial officers. 631 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,442 - What? - Look, Officer. 632 00:42:24,442 --> 00:42:29,781 When you're in Japan, you get hungry and shit like anyone... 633 00:42:29,781 --> 00:42:32,116 Maybe you're a doting father. 634 00:42:33,284 --> 00:42:35,662 This is His Majesty's battlefront! 635 00:42:37,288 --> 00:42:39,499 They'll behead us! 636 00:42:40,625 --> 00:42:42,126 No they won't. 637 00:42:42,126 --> 00:42:44,462 There was a nice soldier. 638 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:47,882 Yes... 639 00:43:23,293 --> 00:43:29,674 "HOMETOWN" SONG 640 00:43:36,973 --> 00:43:42,896 MAY, 1945, MANCHURIA IMPERIAL ARMY'S BATTLEFRONT 641 00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:49,027 I'll put the swords away and join the singing. 642 00:43:51,779 --> 00:43:56,743 PRIVATE OISHI FROM SHODOSHIMA ISLAND 643 00:43:58,244 --> 00:44:02,457 It's leftovers thinned with Manchurian water! 644 00:44:02,457 --> 00:44:04,375 Hungry soldiers are no good. 645 00:44:05,251 --> 00:44:08,046 We'll eat to survive. 646 00:44:08,046 --> 00:44:10,214 It's horrible! 647 00:44:10,214 --> 00:44:12,467 Yum! It's better today. 648 00:44:14,385 --> 00:44:17,847 The soldiers get some solids. 649 00:44:26,773 --> 00:44:31,319 Damn, my life is completely messed up! 650 00:44:32,070 --> 00:44:35,823 THANKS FOR THE GE DA TANG SOUP. 651 00:44:37,533 --> 00:44:41,412 This even makes a tough yakuza cry. 652 00:44:50,254 --> 00:44:52,590 Let's do it, guys. 653 00:44:52,590 --> 00:44:54,634 I won't fight in a war. 654 00:44:56,928 --> 00:45:01,641 Hear the music? I know how movies go! 655 00:45:02,642 --> 00:45:06,437 - It's a guard. Hide, Noriko. - Mario. 656 00:45:06,437 --> 00:45:07,480 Here he comes. 657 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:10,608 You kicked me! 658 00:45:11,484 --> 00:45:13,653 - Up I bounce. - Me too! 659 00:45:14,278 --> 00:45:16,280 - I'll follow you. - A snake! 660 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,365 Noriko. 661 00:45:18,616 --> 00:45:21,494 Poisonous snakes can kill you! 662 00:45:21,494 --> 00:45:23,162 Up I bounce! 663 00:45:28,334 --> 00:45:30,461 - Mario is Tarzan! - What is that? 664 00:45:30,461 --> 00:45:31,838 The enemy's movie! 665 00:45:31,838 --> 00:45:34,799 He lives in the jungle and has no enemies. 666 00:45:34,799 --> 00:45:36,676 Yakuza make enemies. 667 00:45:39,470 --> 00:45:41,806 Hide here. We'll trick them. 668 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,476 - What's going on? - Up you go! 669 00:45:47,812 --> 00:45:49,522 Something bounced. 670 00:45:51,524 --> 00:45:53,151 Momentum starts wars. 671 00:45:55,653 --> 00:45:57,989 - Shoot them! - Don't waste bullets. 672 00:45:57,989 --> 00:45:59,157 No, I won't! 673 00:45:59,157 --> 00:46:02,493 I'll protect Noriko's life! 674 00:46:02,493 --> 00:46:07,999 Anything happens in movies. I have a childhood promise to keep. 675 00:46:09,500 --> 00:46:12,170 The Tarzan call and the steam engine. 676 00:46:12,170 --> 00:46:15,882 And the hum of the movie projector. 677 00:46:15,882 --> 00:46:19,010 My precious childhood memory. 678 00:46:19,010 --> 00:46:22,096 And movies. That'll make me happy. 679 00:46:22,972 --> 00:46:29,228 Dad was at the battlefront and I was a devoted boy militarist. 680 00:46:29,228 --> 00:46:33,524 That's a movie story I imagined about myself. 681 00:46:33,858 --> 00:46:39,864 I thought it'd be good to take a bath with film but... 682 00:46:39,864 --> 00:46:46,579 The images disappeared so I drew on each frame of the film. 683 00:46:47,371 --> 00:46:53,252 I knew how because I used my textbooks to draw flip books. 684 00:46:53,711 --> 00:46:54,837 Sorry, sir! 685 00:46:55,088 --> 00:46:58,591 All these experiences prepared me to say-- 686 00:46:58,591 --> 00:47:02,136 "Mom, I'll become a filmmaker!" 687 00:47:03,471 --> 00:47:06,891 I modeled the hero after Grandpa, a physician. 688 00:47:06,891 --> 00:47:11,270 And I named the character, Doctor Muddlehead. 689 00:47:11,270 --> 00:47:16,234 Grandpa said, "Clever fools fight but muddleheads make friends." 690 00:47:16,234 --> 00:47:19,862 That's why I love Dr. Muddlehead. 691 00:47:20,738 --> 00:47:27,078 I decided to have a free show which played to a packed house! 692 00:47:27,078 --> 00:47:30,957 And my lovely Grandma kept the crowd in line. 693 00:47:32,917 --> 00:47:36,754 "M" was my hero's logo! 694 00:47:36,754 --> 00:47:40,091 Here goes my animated cartoon! 695 00:47:40,091 --> 00:47:44,595 By the way, playing records off center distorts the sound. 696 00:47:45,096 --> 00:47:48,975 My kind and mindless grandpa used to say "wilm" but 697 00:47:48,975 --> 00:47:51,978 now it's pronounced "film," of course. 698 00:47:52,436 --> 00:47:56,941 A-hem! This man is Dr. Muddlehead. 699 00:48:02,780 --> 00:48:06,242 Dr. Muddlehead fell in a pit! 700 00:48:08,619 --> 00:48:10,204 It broke, Muddlehead! 701 00:48:13,332 --> 00:48:15,126 It's burning. 702 00:48:15,126 --> 00:48:20,798 Don't panic. I'll protect the cartoon's life, no matter how hot. 703 00:48:20,798 --> 00:48:23,134 Mario. 704 00:48:23,134 --> 00:48:24,635 Noriko's burning! 705 00:48:24,635 --> 00:48:28,723 Chiyoko's not here. Where is she? 706 00:48:28,723 --> 00:48:32,018 Dr. Muddlehead arrives at Tank Rock. 707 00:48:32,977 --> 00:48:38,816 Dr. Muddlehead climbs it like Tarzan. Don't we all love Tarzan? 708 00:48:41,319 --> 00:48:44,155 I have a confession to make. 709 00:48:44,155 --> 00:48:49,160 Miss, want one? Sweet candy soothes your throat. 710 00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,871 What a kind boy! 711 00:48:51,871 --> 00:48:56,167 I screened my film to console Chiyoko. 712 00:48:56,167 --> 00:49:00,880 She took trips to the hospital because she was dying of TB. 713 00:49:02,048 --> 00:49:04,508 It's sweet, little boy. 714 00:49:04,508 --> 00:49:05,343 That's the story of my childhood promise. 715 00:49:05,343 --> 00:49:07,011 "IN MOURNING" That's the story of my childhood promise. 716 00:49:07,011 --> 00:49:08,429 That's the story of my childhood promise. 717 00:49:10,181 --> 00:49:13,684 Oh my! Look at Dr. Muddlehead. 718 00:49:13,684 --> 00:49:17,521 He escaped the movie to the real world. 719 00:49:17,521 --> 00:49:20,691 - It's a scandal! - I know how movies go! 720 00:49:20,691 --> 00:49:24,195 He went to Tank Rock too. So don't worry! 721 00:49:24,195 --> 00:49:25,947 But guess who was there? 722 00:49:26,572 --> 00:49:28,616 Have we seen him somewhere? 723 00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,535 Who is this foreign man? 724 00:49:32,578 --> 00:49:35,206 Looks like this is a movie shoot. 725 00:49:35,206 --> 00:49:40,503 They let me use the clapboard which is used to sync the sound. 726 00:49:41,587 --> 00:49:42,880 Thank you. 727 00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:48,552 On the way back from filming Hiroshima after the bomb 728 00:49:49,095 --> 00:49:51,389 I showed John this place. 729 00:49:52,682 --> 00:49:54,392 Maybe he means John Ford. 730 00:49:54,392 --> 00:49:56,519 The Hollywood director. 731 00:50:02,817 --> 00:50:05,278 That Tank Rock. 732 00:50:05,278 --> 00:50:09,615 It must be like the boy's own Monument Valley. 733 00:50:12,159 --> 00:50:15,913 Harry. As you were saying 734 00:50:15,913 --> 00:50:18,499 Japan will become a wonderful country someday. 735 00:50:18,833 --> 00:50:24,088 Because in that boy's heart lives the soul of film! 736 00:50:24,088 --> 00:50:29,844 Something like that might have happened but it was so long ago. 737 00:50:29,844 --> 00:50:34,307 My memory's hazy and fuzzy... 738 00:50:35,599 --> 00:50:36,767 Mixed up. 739 00:50:40,813 --> 00:50:45,276 It may not have happened but my heart believes it did. 740 00:50:45,276 --> 00:50:48,112 It's a childhood memory I cherish. 741 00:50:50,072 --> 00:50:53,242 "The heart's truth" sounds silly 742 00:50:53,242 --> 00:50:58,789 but honest muddleheads show us the true wisdom of man. 743 00:50:58,789 --> 00:51:03,878 I will defend the freedom and adventures of movies! 744 00:51:03,878 --> 00:51:05,963 And protect Noriko! 745 00:51:05,963 --> 00:51:07,465 Mario! 746 00:51:09,133 --> 00:51:12,470 That's why you have to live, Noriko! 747 00:51:13,304 --> 00:51:15,973 Don't let them take your life... 748 00:51:15,973 --> 00:51:22,313 I won't! I'll live because I have much more to know! 749 00:51:22,313 --> 00:51:24,815 I will live... I won't die! 750 00:51:26,192 --> 00:51:29,695 For example, what is war? I don't know what it is. 751 00:51:31,822 --> 00:51:32,948 Tell me! 752 00:51:33,657 --> 00:51:34,825 Still bouncing! 753 00:51:36,702 --> 00:51:38,329 - Maybe not. - No bullets? 754 00:51:39,830 --> 00:51:41,165 A tussle then! 755 00:51:41,165 --> 00:51:42,541 Still bouncing. 756 00:51:45,544 --> 00:51:49,507 It stinks, mister. 757 00:51:49,507 --> 00:51:50,883 That's true. 758 00:51:52,176 --> 00:51:56,013 That was the poison gas test! Get them! 759 00:51:56,013 --> 00:51:58,057 Take me with you. 760 00:51:58,057 --> 00:51:59,433 I'm sorry... 761 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:05,898 Goodbye, mister. 762 00:52:05,898 --> 00:52:07,024 Goodbye! 763 00:52:07,024 --> 00:52:09,402 It still stinks... 764 00:52:09,402 --> 00:52:12,029 Guys, here you are. 765 00:52:12,029 --> 00:52:16,033 - The "Hometown" man. - The harmonica man. 766 00:52:16,492 --> 00:52:18,494 YES, IT'S PRIVATE OISHI. 767 00:52:18,536 --> 00:52:19,662 Thank you. 768 00:52:20,538 --> 00:52:22,081 Over there. 769 00:52:22,081 --> 00:52:24,208 - Is it safer? - Noriko. 770 00:52:26,710 --> 00:52:29,255 Did you see the escapees, Private? 771 00:52:29,255 --> 00:52:32,299 No I didn't. I'll check upstairs. 772 00:52:32,842 --> 00:52:35,261 No, you look over there! 773 00:52:36,595 --> 00:52:37,972 - Sir. - Hey, handsome. 774 00:52:37,972 --> 00:52:40,558 - Lieutenant. - Your woman? 775 00:52:40,558 --> 00:52:41,976 I don't know her. 776 00:52:44,937 --> 00:52:46,730 I'm hungry! 777 00:52:46,730 --> 00:52:48,732 After a while... 778 00:52:50,067 --> 00:52:53,237 - What if I got shot? - Aren't they blanks? 779 00:52:53,237 --> 00:52:56,407 It's supposed to be real in the movie! 780 00:52:56,407 --> 00:52:58,451 We're doomed! 781 00:53:00,411 --> 00:53:03,747 Don't worry, bullets dodge the hero and heroine! 782 00:53:03,747 --> 00:53:06,167 They dodge the hero and heroine. 783 00:53:08,752 --> 00:53:11,380 They're doomed and by nightfall they were surrounded 784 00:53:11,380 --> 00:53:13,799 MANCHURIA They're doomed and by nightfall they were surrounded 785 00:53:13,799 --> 00:53:14,091 They're doomed and by nightfall they were surrounded 786 00:53:14,091 --> 00:53:19,680 by the Imperial Japanese Army who should be on their side. 787 00:53:20,264 --> 00:53:23,809 - Now what? - Well... the music's uplifting. 788 00:53:23,809 --> 00:53:27,938 Be quiet! You're ruining my infiltration! 789 00:53:27,938 --> 00:53:29,648 Who is he? 790 00:53:31,025 --> 00:53:32,943 Who are you, sir? 791 00:53:32,943 --> 00:53:35,779 Makoto Sako, an intelligence agent. 792 00:53:35,779 --> 00:53:37,364 An agent? 793 00:53:37,364 --> 00:53:39,241 He's a spy. 794 00:53:39,241 --> 00:53:41,660 - What is an agent? - A gent. 795 00:53:41,660 --> 00:53:44,622 - War is complicated. - Sure is. 796 00:53:44,622 --> 00:53:47,583 Wars start because we complicate things. 797 00:53:47,833 --> 00:53:49,543 They opened fire! 798 00:53:50,211 --> 00:53:51,128 Geezers! 799 00:53:51,128 --> 00:53:53,005 - Geezers...? - Stay down! 800 00:53:55,508 --> 00:53:58,844 AGENT SAKO SEEMS TO BE HAVING FUN. 801 00:53:59,970 --> 00:54:02,848 I helped you out of kindness. She your beau? 802 00:54:03,182 --> 00:54:04,391 Your squeeze? 803 00:54:04,808 --> 00:54:06,185 Girlfriend! 804 00:54:06,185 --> 00:54:07,686 No! 805 00:54:07,686 --> 00:54:08,896 Watch out! 806 00:54:10,773 --> 00:54:13,526 Run that way! Run! 807 00:54:13,526 --> 00:54:15,819 What an upbeat BGM! 808 00:54:15,819 --> 00:54:17,696 That's enemy language! 809 00:54:17,696 --> 00:54:20,282 Cheery background music! 810 00:54:20,282 --> 00:54:23,452 - War movies are entertainment! - Really? 811 00:54:23,452 --> 00:54:26,372 War movies are entertainment. 812 00:54:26,372 --> 00:54:27,998 Accept it! 813 00:54:28,249 --> 00:54:30,209 - How? - By surviving this! 814 00:54:30,209 --> 00:54:33,712 - Why are you here? - To avenge my brother's death. 815 00:54:33,712 --> 00:54:39,051 He was executed for being his platoon's only survivor. 816 00:54:39,051 --> 00:54:41,387 - By his own army? - Of course. 817 00:54:41,387 --> 00:54:45,432 They win the war by killing their own. 818 00:54:45,432 --> 00:54:47,226 Who are you guys? 819 00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:50,020 - We are... - Are you OK, Mario? 820 00:54:50,020 --> 00:54:51,397 Thank you. 821 00:54:55,526 --> 00:54:56,569 Is she OK? 822 00:54:58,195 --> 00:54:59,697 Everyone... 823 00:54:59,697 --> 00:55:00,739 Noriko! 824 00:55:03,576 --> 00:55:09,206 Don't die! I don't even know your name! 825 00:55:10,541 --> 00:55:15,337 - Xie xie. Zhen xie xie le. - You are "Xiexie"? 826 00:55:16,714 --> 00:55:19,425 She thanked you, idiots. 827 00:55:19,717 --> 00:55:21,885 What's your name? 828 00:55:21,885 --> 00:55:23,387 My name is... 829 00:55:24,555 --> 00:55:25,764 Noriko... 830 00:55:36,191 --> 00:55:37,359 Noriko? 831 00:55:42,906 --> 00:55:44,783 My heroine... 832 00:55:50,414 --> 00:55:51,999 She's my heroine... 833 00:55:52,750 --> 00:55:55,628 Don't worry, bullets dodge the hero and heroine! 834 00:55:55,628 --> 00:55:57,755 I know how movies go! 835 00:55:58,589 --> 00:56:03,260 But I failed to protect the Chinese girl too... 836 00:56:03,260 --> 00:56:08,682 We have to learn the dangerous traps of movies, Noriko. 837 00:56:12,603 --> 00:56:13,937 You're a monk? 838 00:56:15,648 --> 00:56:17,858 - I'm a yakuza! - What? 839 00:56:19,443 --> 00:56:20,986 We're under fire! 840 00:56:20,986 --> 00:56:22,863 The Eighth Route Army! 841 00:56:22,863 --> 00:56:26,950 Someone must have revealed my plan! Run! 842 00:56:26,950 --> 00:56:30,120 - This could end in tragedy. - Come on! 843 00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:32,331 Leave her! 844 00:56:32,331 --> 00:56:34,833 - Noriko! - She won't live again. 845 00:56:36,460 --> 00:56:39,338 - You must live! - I won't forget you... 846 00:56:40,464 --> 00:56:44,218 - Hurry! - The monk's son will avenge her death! 847 00:56:45,135 --> 00:56:46,512 It's my turn! 848 00:56:48,138 --> 00:56:53,018 The Eighth Route Army would become People's Liberation Army. 849 00:56:56,355 --> 00:56:58,524 The war's begun! 850 00:56:58,524 --> 00:57:05,322 In your arms, my head against your chest 851 00:57:06,031 --> 00:57:10,953 I can hear the boatman sing... 852 00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,211 Hi, Sako. It's me. 853 00:57:20,713 --> 00:57:21,839 Kawashima... 854 00:57:23,382 --> 00:57:24,550 Yoshiko? 855 00:57:28,345 --> 00:57:29,680 Ah! 856 00:57:30,347 --> 00:57:34,017 So you were after him too. I got in first. 857 00:57:34,017 --> 00:57:36,520 You stopped me getting revenge! 858 00:57:36,895 --> 00:57:43,193 The greedy bastard got rich selling opium 859 00:57:44,069 --> 00:57:48,741 while Japan is unifying East Asian countries. 860 00:57:51,744 --> 00:57:54,747 I love you, Yoshiko... 861 00:57:54,747 --> 00:57:55,873 Sorry. 862 00:57:58,876 --> 00:58:03,547 Her real name was Aisin Gioro Xianyu. 863 00:58:03,547 --> 00:58:07,217 She's royalty and is related to 864 00:58:07,217 --> 00:58:14,391 Huisheng who famously committed suicide with her lover. 865 00:58:14,391 --> 00:58:16,101 The legendary princess 866 00:58:16,727 --> 00:58:18,896 was Chinese. 867 00:58:19,229 --> 00:58:20,773 Give me your gun... 868 00:58:20,773 --> 00:58:24,902 Yoshiko, are you enjoying the war? 869 00:58:24,902 --> 00:58:27,279 I'll swap their guns... 870 00:58:27,279 --> 00:58:32,284 Visit me in Tianjin and we'll dine with Li Xianglan. 871 00:58:32,284 --> 00:58:34,745 Is Li a bad guy? 872 00:58:34,745 --> 00:58:39,333 - No, a singer turned politician. - In real life? 873 00:58:39,333 --> 00:58:44,588 This way it looks like they shot each other. 874 00:58:44,588 --> 00:58:49,009 Bullets are playing the piano! 875 00:58:49,009 --> 00:58:51,136 I called the Army too soon. 876 00:58:51,136 --> 00:58:55,933 Salute Captain Murota and Lieutenant Narita! 877 00:58:57,893 --> 00:58:59,603 They had their fun. 878 00:59:01,104 --> 00:59:04,775 - War is my true enemy. - Let's escape, Sako. 879 00:59:04,775 --> 00:59:05,943 Oh, he's dead. 880 00:59:07,319 --> 00:59:13,659 As long as everyone behaves the world's peaceful. 881 00:59:14,785 --> 00:59:21,124 The girl would've been saved if we hadn't changed the plot. 882 00:59:21,124 --> 00:59:23,794 I don't think we should enjoy war. 883 00:59:23,794 --> 00:59:27,339 If you survive, it's due to luck not skill. 884 00:59:27,339 --> 00:59:30,467 But she was singing "Happily ever after!" 885 00:59:31,844 --> 00:59:33,762 Don't you remember? 886 00:59:36,306 --> 00:59:38,308 There's truth in a lie. 887 00:59:39,351 --> 00:59:40,686 There's truth in a lie. 888 00:59:41,144 --> 00:59:42,354 It's a lie. 889 00:59:42,354 --> 00:59:46,316 The strange pianist claimed 890 00:59:46,817 --> 00:59:52,364 he was Monk Mota Heri in a previous life and was born in China 891 00:59:52,364 --> 00:59:57,703 and lived in Kangri la until he died at the age of 209. 892 00:59:58,370 --> 01:00:00,497 Then the old man 893 01:00:00,497 --> 01:00:05,544 began to talk about movies made by Franz Kapra. 894 01:00:06,879 --> 01:00:11,049 One movie he made was considered a failure. 895 01:00:11,049 --> 01:00:14,887 The studio recut it and ruined it. 896 01:00:14,887 --> 01:00:20,225 But time would prove that it was his true masterpiece. 897 01:00:20,225 --> 01:00:23,061 That's what people believe today. 898 01:00:23,061 --> 01:00:29,067 It's a strange movie where the line between reality and fiction is blurred. 899 01:00:29,067 --> 01:00:33,196 But in its heart, it has the ring of truth! 900 01:00:33,196 --> 01:00:40,203 The old man believes that so he decides to live in the movie forever. 901 01:00:40,203 --> 01:00:42,581 The movie was made by 902 01:00:42,581 --> 01:00:47,377 Sicily-born Franz Kapra, the master of humanist movies. 903 01:00:53,383 --> 01:00:54,635 The wall fell! 904 01:00:54,635 --> 01:00:56,094 - And a man! - Who are you? 905 01:00:56,094 --> 01:00:58,388 - The girl...? - She's dead! 906 01:00:58,388 --> 01:00:59,932 She was killed... 907 01:01:01,058 --> 01:01:04,227 - How foolish to kill a child! - That's war. 908 01:01:07,064 --> 01:01:11,109 Do me a favor. Take this harmonica and 909 01:01:11,109 --> 01:01:15,405 give it to my wife who lives on the island. 910 01:01:15,405 --> 01:01:16,615 A harmonica. 911 01:01:17,574 --> 01:01:20,619 Rimbaud's a poet from the enemy country. 912 01:01:20,619 --> 01:01:25,248 "It has been found again. What? — Eternity." 913 01:01:25,248 --> 01:01:28,418 We lost him. I'll continue the poem. 914 01:01:28,418 --> 01:01:32,089 "It's the sea that disappeared." 915 01:01:32,089 --> 01:01:35,300 "The sea that mingled with the sun." 916 01:01:36,593 --> 01:01:37,928 Interpreted by Chuya. 917 01:01:43,642 --> 01:01:49,439 Please protect me. 918 01:01:53,110 --> 01:01:54,778 She is alive! 919 01:01:54,778 --> 01:01:59,366 She looks like Zhen Xiexie. I think I know her. 920 01:01:59,366 --> 01:02:00,951 Zhen Xiexie! 921 01:02:00,951 --> 01:02:03,453 There's truth in a lie. 922 01:02:03,453 --> 01:02:08,291 Why are you still here, idiots? We're surrounded! 923 01:02:08,291 --> 01:02:12,546 We'll force our way out. Follow me if you want to live. 924 01:02:12,546 --> 01:02:15,132 - Sako. - What? We have no time! 925 01:02:15,132 --> 01:02:17,801 I don't think this is true courage. 926 01:02:18,969 --> 01:02:21,513 - Truth in a lie... - Protect me! 927 01:02:21,513 --> 01:02:26,977 True love... Maybe love is a lie turned into truth. 928 01:02:29,813 --> 01:02:31,857 Zhen Xiexie, you're alive! 929 01:02:31,857 --> 01:02:35,152 - Because I had to see you. - I failed to save you. 930 01:02:35,152 --> 01:02:40,073 You saved me. You were my hope. That's why I'm here. 931 01:02:40,824 --> 01:02:43,660 My name is Noriko. It means "hope." 932 01:02:43,660 --> 01:02:45,328 - Noriko. - Mario. 933 01:02:45,328 --> 01:02:47,706 I always live in your heart. 934 01:02:48,498 --> 01:02:51,501 Until there are no wars. 935 01:02:51,501 --> 01:02:52,502 My darling! 936 01:02:52,502 --> 01:02:55,839 - I'll protect Noriko! - Mario! 937 01:02:55,839 --> 01:02:57,841 He thinks he's Tarzan. 938 01:02:57,841 --> 01:03:01,678 Careful! Don't get lost in sentimentalism... 939 01:03:01,678 --> 01:03:04,181 I love you, Yoshiko. 940 01:03:04,181 --> 01:03:05,682 ...and die! 941 01:03:05,682 --> 01:03:07,267 Follow me! 942 01:03:07,267 --> 01:03:08,518 I'll see to it. 943 01:03:15,233 --> 01:03:16,568 Truth in a lie. 944 01:03:16,568 --> 01:03:19,196 Look closely, Hosuke. 945 01:03:19,196 --> 01:03:22,240 They're in love. I'll protect them. 946 01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:27,204 That's English! Isn't it the enemy language? 947 01:03:27,204 --> 01:03:30,582 A happy ending is when the world is one. 948 01:03:30,582 --> 01:03:34,044 In a divided world, war rages on. 949 01:03:34,044 --> 01:03:35,337 Right. 950 01:03:36,379 --> 01:03:41,051 Sako, don't risk your life so easily. 951 01:03:41,051 --> 01:03:42,928 Too late, I'm involved. 952 01:03:47,808 --> 01:03:51,895 That's no reason to kill each other but that's war. 953 01:03:51,895 --> 01:03:54,648 You're right. I want to go home. 954 01:03:56,066 --> 01:03:57,234 Home... 955 01:04:09,412 --> 01:04:12,916 LOVE is my promise! 956 01:04:17,587 --> 01:04:21,174 Oh, I'm so sentimental! 957 01:04:22,926 --> 01:04:26,972 When hungry, man would eat anything in reach. 958 01:04:26,972 --> 01:04:30,684 I eat frogs but frogs don't eat me. 959 01:04:31,601 --> 01:04:33,270 Life's irrational. 960 01:04:35,272 --> 01:04:39,192 Nature's all about survival of the fittest. 961 01:04:39,192 --> 01:04:41,111 Like the worst yakuza. 962 01:04:42,779 --> 01:04:44,489 - Mario. - Noriko. 963 01:04:46,783 --> 01:04:48,827 Movie reality is more real. 964 01:04:51,580 --> 01:04:54,124 And I close my eyes. Yoshiko... 965 01:04:54,124 --> 01:04:56,960 Don't frogs fall in love? 966 01:04:57,002 --> 01:05:03,175 "It has been found again. What? — Eternity." 967 01:05:03,175 --> 01:05:08,805 "It's the sea that disappeared. The sea mingled with the sun." 968 01:05:08,805 --> 01:05:13,476 "Eternity" by Arthur Rimbaud Interpreted by Chuya Nakahara 969 01:05:17,814 --> 01:05:20,150 His face... He died like a samurai. 970 01:05:25,155 --> 01:05:29,868 I wish I'd challenged him with real swords. 971 01:05:29,868 --> 01:05:32,495 But you're too old... 972 01:05:32,495 --> 01:05:35,207 I won't let my age stop me! 973 01:05:39,044 --> 01:05:40,712 Musashi the swordsman! 974 01:05:41,004 --> 01:05:43,673 Mario, you're alive! 975 01:05:43,673 --> 01:05:48,845 Yes. He was once respected as the master of 2 swords. 976 01:05:48,845 --> 01:05:51,181 Noriko, you're still here. 977 01:05:51,181 --> 01:05:54,517 The sun rises on a new day. 978 01:05:54,517 --> 01:05:58,021 He's the swordsman who won a duel against Kojiro? 979 01:05:58,355 --> 01:05:59,606 Maybe. 980 01:06:00,398 --> 01:06:02,859 That's my grandma! 981 01:06:02,859 --> 01:06:07,405 Lovely Grandma got the crowd in line. 982 01:06:07,405 --> 01:06:13,703 That looks like Musashi's sweetheart Otsu, as an older woman. 983 01:06:14,579 --> 01:06:17,832 So this girl isn't our Noriko then. 984 01:06:18,750 --> 01:06:23,380 Whoever she is, I'll protect her! 985 01:06:23,380 --> 01:06:25,715 You can't beat Musashi! 986 01:06:25,715 --> 01:06:29,886 But it's a unique opportunity to test my bravery! 987 01:06:30,553 --> 01:06:31,888 It's you or me! 988 01:06:32,430 --> 01:06:35,225 I look terrible in warrior's attire. 989 01:06:36,559 --> 01:06:40,772 I shall accept your challenge. 990 01:06:40,772 --> 01:06:45,318 Musashi wields his trademark double swords. 991 01:06:50,282 --> 01:06:55,328 He knows he's a coward so he hides it with bravado. 992 01:06:55,954 --> 01:06:59,291 That's a modern interpretation. 993 01:06:59,291 --> 01:07:05,005 I dare say as his good friend that it's Shigeru's true self. 994 01:07:05,588 --> 01:07:07,090 Truth or a lie! 995 01:07:08,591 --> 01:07:11,928 I can fly and I can lie. 996 01:07:11,928 --> 01:07:13,430 Master Musashi. 997 01:07:14,764 --> 01:07:16,683 - Musashi. - Noriko? 998 01:07:16,683 --> 01:07:18,101 Is Otsu OK? 999 01:07:18,101 --> 01:07:19,102 It's you! 1000 01:07:19,978 --> 01:07:21,104 Me? 1001 01:07:23,273 --> 01:07:24,482 Master Musashi... 1002 01:07:27,152 --> 01:07:30,155 I don't need a scabbard to kill a man. 1003 01:07:30,155 --> 01:07:31,906 No scabbard? Then you'll lose, Kojiro. 1004 01:07:31,906 --> 01:07:34,909 GANRYU ISLAND, APRIL 13, 1612. No scabbard? Then you'll lose, Kojiro. 1005 01:07:34,909 --> 01:07:34,993 No scabbard? Then you'll lose, Kojiro. 1006 01:07:34,993 --> 01:07:37,454 Young and reckless. 1007 01:07:37,454 --> 01:07:38,872 The swallow turn! 1008 01:07:41,624 --> 01:07:44,044 - Done. - I'm dead. 1009 01:07:44,044 --> 01:07:45,337 Musashi! 1010 01:07:45,879 --> 01:07:50,133 This is a military sword! A murderer's weapon! 1011 01:07:52,635 --> 01:07:55,347 So I won the duel... 1012 01:07:55,347 --> 01:07:59,684 Boys get carried away when they win. 1013 01:07:59,684 --> 01:08:03,480 You are actually just an old man. 1014 01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:09,319 You've lived a proud life as a samurai. 1015 01:08:10,570 --> 01:08:11,488 Musashi. 1016 01:08:11,488 --> 01:08:16,326 The "samurai spirit" lured in feisty men just like yakuza do. 1017 01:08:16,326 --> 01:08:19,329 Don't talk like an autocrat. 1018 01:08:20,663 --> 01:08:24,000 Everyone ages then dies in the end. 1019 01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:28,046 Equally and peacefully. 1020 01:08:28,046 --> 01:08:32,092 OLD OTSU I hope swords won't rule your lives too. 1021 01:08:32,092 --> 01:08:33,134 I hope swords won't rule your lives too. 1022 01:08:33,134 --> 01:08:35,053 That's what Noriko wished. 1023 01:08:35,053 --> 01:08:37,889 YOUNG OTSU Make my wish come true, Grandpa. 1024 01:08:37,889 --> 01:08:38,181 Make my wish come true, Grandpa. 1025 01:08:38,181 --> 01:08:41,559 She admired him as a legendary swordsman. 1026 01:08:41,559 --> 01:08:44,521 Swordsmanship is violence. 1027 01:08:44,521 --> 01:08:45,522 MUSASHI WON 60 DUELS AND DIED AT 64. Swordsmanship is violence. 1028 01:08:45,522 --> 01:08:46,272 MUSASHI WON 60 DUELS AND DIED AT 64. 1029 01:08:46,523 --> 01:08:53,363 She was a princess, a maid, Zhen Xiexie and my lovely grandma. 1030 01:08:53,363 --> 01:08:58,368 I empathized with Otsu because she looks like Noriko 1031 01:08:58,368 --> 01:09:02,747 then I let her die in this movie again. 1032 01:09:04,207 --> 01:09:07,377 "The sky is clear but the waves are rough." 1033 01:09:07,377 --> 01:09:10,755 The Battleship March became an anthem 1034 01:09:10,755 --> 01:09:15,051 to boost the morale of pachinko gamblers after the war. 1035 01:09:16,052 --> 01:09:20,056 And Japan is losing the Pacific War. 1036 01:09:20,557 --> 01:09:25,061 My hair getting messed up! 1037 01:09:25,437 --> 01:09:28,273 I don't have that problem! 1038 01:09:28,273 --> 01:09:31,609 How can I protect you, Noriko? 1039 01:09:31,609 --> 01:09:34,279 Look, it's a sea of money! 1040 01:09:34,779 --> 01:09:36,156 My notebook! 1041 01:09:37,073 --> 01:09:39,492 Money! 1042 01:09:39,492 --> 01:09:45,498 The money eventually drifts out to sea. 1043 01:09:45,540 --> 01:09:49,752 JAPAN WON THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. 1044 01:09:49,752 --> 01:09:53,673 BUT NOW JAPAN'S LOSING TO THE AMERICANS. 1045 01:09:57,302 --> 01:09:58,261 MILITARY TRAINING CAMP BY THE SEA OF JAPAN 1046 01:09:58,261 --> 01:10:00,638 MILITARY TRAINING CAMP BY THE SEA OF JAPAN Are you replacement soldiers from the boat wreck? 1047 01:10:00,638 --> 01:10:03,266 Are you replacement soldiers from the boat wreck? 1048 01:10:03,266 --> 01:10:04,392 Sandals... 1049 01:10:04,642 --> 01:10:06,352 - Salute! - Who are you? 1050 01:10:07,937 --> 01:10:08,980 We... 1051 01:10:09,606 --> 01:10:11,107 Salute him! 1052 01:10:11,107 --> 01:10:12,775 At your service! 1053 01:10:12,775 --> 01:10:15,278 Good, but you're naked. 1054 01:10:15,487 --> 01:10:19,657 There're no spare uniforms but we have loincloths. 1055 01:10:20,825 --> 01:10:22,076 Follow me. 1056 01:10:26,331 --> 01:10:28,708 JUNE, 1945 1057 01:10:29,542 --> 01:10:31,878 This is His Majesty's armory. Not much left. 1058 01:10:31,878 --> 01:10:34,797 2 swords and 2 pairs of shoes... 1059 01:10:34,797 --> 01:10:38,676 And 3 helmets. It doesn't add up, sir. 1060 01:10:39,469 --> 01:10:43,473 - Someone's glasses. - Don't call them "helmets." 1061 01:10:43,473 --> 01:10:45,975 - It's enemy language. - Sorry, sir. 1062 01:10:45,975 --> 01:10:49,479 It's not perfect but humility is a virtue. 1063 01:10:49,479 --> 01:10:54,234 You're right but being broke isn't easy. 1064 01:10:54,234 --> 01:10:56,694 Peace comes with money. 1065 01:10:56,694 --> 01:10:59,989 Decide on duties with rock-paper-scissors. 1066 01:10:59,989 --> 01:11:01,533 1, 2, 3. 1067 01:11:01,991 --> 01:11:03,326 That was a tie. 1068 01:11:03,368 --> 01:11:05,620 YOU CAN DECIDE WITHOUT FIGHTING. 1069 01:11:05,620 --> 01:11:08,498 A PEACEFUL SOLUTION. 1070 01:11:11,543 --> 01:11:16,005 Prepare for antitank mine training! 1071 01:11:16,005 --> 01:11:18,341 Antitank mines? 1072 01:11:18,508 --> 01:11:23,596 Mines... I don't know what they are but I'll go first. 1073 01:11:24,722 --> 01:11:29,352 A sense of anxiety comes over us...! 1074 01:11:29,769 --> 01:11:33,022 I don't mind but the way you talk 1075 01:11:33,022 --> 01:11:34,399 makes me anxious. 1076 01:11:34,399 --> 01:11:36,526 Run for your life! 1077 01:11:36,526 --> 01:11:41,030 This is real. We'll beat the enemy's tank regiment this way! 1078 01:11:41,030 --> 01:11:43,074 Where are the pits? 1079 01:11:43,074 --> 01:11:45,368 A row of tanks arrive. 1080 01:11:45,368 --> 01:11:47,370 Armored vehicles. 1081 01:11:47,370 --> 01:11:50,873 Throw the explosive at the tank above you! 1082 01:11:50,873 --> 01:11:54,002 How am I supposed to escape? 1083 01:11:54,002 --> 01:11:58,798 You can't. Private Mario Baba dies honorably in action. 1084 01:11:58,798 --> 01:12:03,094 Posthumously promoted and enshrined as a war god. Next! 1085 01:12:03,094 --> 01:12:06,097 But my ancestors are from Nagaoka... 1086 01:12:06,097 --> 01:12:10,268 You too? You know Torasaburo Kobayashi, the educator? 1087 01:12:10,268 --> 01:12:12,979 We lost the civil war. 1088 01:12:13,396 --> 01:12:17,525 Then unfortunately you won't be enshrined. 1089 01:12:17,525 --> 01:12:18,401 "BOMB" Then unfortunately you won't be enshrined. 1090 01:12:18,401 --> 01:12:18,693 "BOMB" Yasukuni Shrine only enshrines Choshu soldiers. 1091 01:12:18,693 --> 01:12:22,947 Yasukuni Shrine only enshrines Choshu soldiers. 1092 01:12:24,949 --> 01:12:26,451 No, push it. 1093 01:12:27,118 --> 01:12:31,497 Push yourselves towards war. Pull away to peace. 1094 01:12:31,497 --> 01:12:34,751 So you train to die with a landmine! 1095 01:12:38,421 --> 01:12:41,090 Get advice on small issues 1096 01:12:41,090 --> 01:12:44,093 YASUJIRO OZU, FILMMAKER but morality guides us with big issues. 1097 01:12:44,093 --> 01:12:46,679 YASUJIRO OZU, FILMMAKER With art, I follow my heart. 1098 01:12:46,679 --> 01:12:46,763 YASUJIRO OZU, FILMMAKER 1099 01:12:47,805 --> 01:12:47,889 HE WAS SENT TO THE PHILIPPINES TO MAKE A PROPAGANDA MOVIE. 1100 01:12:47,889 --> 01:12:51,392 HE WAS SENT TO THE PHILIPPINES TO MAKE A PROPAGANDA MOVIE. As His Majesty's subject-- 1101 01:12:51,392 --> 01:12:52,477 As His Majesty's subject-- 1102 01:12:52,477 --> 01:12:55,605 I can go along with this war. 1103 01:12:56,439 --> 01:13:01,944 But I refused to say "Action" or "Cut!" 1104 01:13:01,944 --> 01:13:03,780 And you didn't. 1105 01:13:03,780 --> 01:13:07,450 I've never expressed myself freely. 1106 01:13:07,950 --> 01:13:09,118 SADAO YAMANAKA, FILMMAKER 1107 01:13:09,118 --> 01:13:10,953 SADAO YAMANAKA, FILMMAKER Sadly, Humanity and Paper Balloons was my last film. 1108 01:13:10,953 --> 01:13:13,790 Sadly, Humanity and Paper Balloons was my last film. 1109 01:13:13,790 --> 01:13:17,835 To express oneself means giving up. 1110 01:13:17,835 --> 01:13:20,797 Survive... then seek redemption. 1111 01:13:21,631 --> 01:13:22,465 In the end, life is empty. 1112 01:13:22,465 --> 01:13:23,925 "EMPTINESS" IS INSCRIBED ON OZU'S GRAVE. In the end, life is empty. 1113 01:13:23,925 --> 01:13:26,427 "EMPTINESS" IS INSCRIBED ON OZU'S GRAVE. 1114 01:13:26,469 --> 01:13:32,141 This is Ozu's handwritten screenplay that was never produced. 1115 01:13:32,642 --> 01:13:37,522 I died of sickness at the battlefront but you survived. 1116 01:13:37,522 --> 01:13:41,317 After the war Ozu called himself "The tofu maker" 1117 01:13:41,317 --> 01:13:46,322 and made family dramas set in the war's aftermath. 1118 01:13:46,322 --> 01:13:51,494 Many movies, including his, weren't produced because of the war. 1119 01:13:52,203 --> 01:13:53,663 A watermelon. 1120 01:13:53,663 --> 01:13:55,123 Nice. 1121 01:13:55,123 --> 01:13:58,835 Honorable floaters are everywhere. 1122 01:13:58,835 --> 01:14:00,837 So I eat melon. 1123 01:14:00,837 --> 01:14:02,505 Can I have some? 1124 01:14:04,882 --> 01:14:06,175 Thanks. 1125 01:14:07,009 --> 01:14:11,389 I was thrilled to be enlisted as a class A cadet. 1126 01:14:11,389 --> 01:14:14,517 - Can I have some? - Take a big piece. 1127 01:14:14,517 --> 01:14:16,728 I was so disillusioned. 1128 01:14:16,728 --> 01:14:18,062 You would be. 1129 01:14:18,062 --> 01:14:22,233 Our camp was at a Russian refugee's ballet studio. 1130 01:14:22,233 --> 01:14:25,194 - That's an enemy word. - We rented it. 1131 01:14:25,194 --> 01:14:26,028 Enemy! 1132 01:14:26,028 --> 01:14:29,365 On the condition we learn ballet 3 times a week. 1133 01:14:29,365 --> 01:14:31,284 Ballet or bullet? 1134 01:14:32,201 --> 01:14:34,537 A daily routine's important. 1135 01:14:38,082 --> 01:14:41,878 Hey, Mario. How are you doing today? 1136 01:14:49,886 --> 01:14:52,263 It's ballet, not bullet. 1137 01:14:54,056 --> 01:14:57,226 This is it. Let's begin the lesson. 1138 01:14:57,226 --> 01:14:58,603 That's an enemy word. 1139 01:15:01,063 --> 01:15:07,570 You crank it up like a movie camera like this. 1140 01:15:09,781 --> 01:15:14,243 This is a hand-cranked audio player! 1141 01:15:14,243 --> 01:15:18,247 It's a record. This is the magic sound box. 1142 01:15:29,091 --> 01:15:32,595 It's ballet, not volleyball. 1143 01:15:32,595 --> 01:15:37,266 One, two, three. 1144 01:15:38,601 --> 01:15:42,355 - Ballet... - This has nothing to do with war. 1145 01:15:48,778 --> 01:15:50,279 My glasses! 1146 01:15:50,279 --> 01:15:51,280 What the...? 1147 01:15:52,114 --> 01:15:55,159 I dropped them! I can't dance. 1148 01:15:55,827 --> 01:15:59,288 Sometimes kind gestures backfire. 1149 01:15:59,664 --> 01:16:03,459 PFC Kawamura, you're a good dancer. 1150 01:16:03,459 --> 01:16:05,461 I'm an actor so... 1151 01:16:05,461 --> 01:16:08,297 Really! Which movie were you in? 1152 01:16:08,297 --> 01:16:13,636 I'm a stage actor. Another troupe member, Gan-san, was in movies. 1153 01:16:13,636 --> 01:16:16,305 You mean, Sadao Maruyama? 1154 01:16:16,305 --> 01:16:18,641 He's my mentor. 1155 01:16:18,641 --> 01:16:23,646 I saw his Wife! Be like a Rose and I am a Cat. 1156 01:16:23,646 --> 01:16:27,859 Also Brother and Sister and Enoken's Kondo Isami. 1157 01:16:27,859 --> 01:16:29,360 You sound alive. 1158 01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:30,653 Mario. 1159 01:16:30,653 --> 01:16:34,866 Enoken and Maruyama respected each other. 1160 01:16:34,866 --> 01:16:36,409 How are you? 1161 01:16:36,409 --> 01:16:39,912 So you love movies, quiet boy. 1162 01:16:39,912 --> 01:16:42,373 I'm glad you're well. 1163 01:16:42,373 --> 01:16:43,833 He lives for movies. 1164 01:16:43,833 --> 01:16:48,838 What would you pick, movies, Noriko or Zhen Xiexie? 1165 01:16:51,257 --> 01:16:52,884 He chose her. 1166 01:16:52,884 --> 01:16:56,846 Maruyama is in Hiroshima with an entertainment troupe. 1167 01:16:56,846 --> 01:16:58,222 The Sakura Troupe... 1168 01:16:58,514 --> 01:17:02,059 How do you know the Sakura Troupe? 1169 01:17:02,059 --> 01:17:03,853 Oh, the Sakura Troupe. 1170 01:17:03,853 --> 01:17:05,688 What's wrong? 1171 01:17:05,688 --> 01:17:08,691 Sakura Troupe... and the Atomic bomb. 1172 01:17:09,567 --> 01:17:10,693 Atomic? 1173 01:17:10,693 --> 01:17:14,530 Atmospheric. Their performances are. 1174 01:17:14,530 --> 01:17:18,367 I was to join but then I got drafted. 1175 01:17:18,367 --> 01:17:20,745 You're lucky, PFC Kawamura. 1176 01:17:20,745 --> 01:17:27,376 You're right. I couldn't have played Toshio in Rickshaw Man. 1177 01:17:27,376 --> 01:17:31,756 In the 1943 version, Hiroyuki Nagato played Toshio. 1178 01:17:31,756 --> 01:17:35,760 No, it was Akio Sawamura! Kunitaro's son! 1179 01:17:35,760 --> 01:17:38,888 He changed his stage name to Nagato. 1180 01:17:38,888 --> 01:17:41,098 It is Akio Sawamura as you say. 1181 01:17:41,098 --> 01:17:44,143 - What's that about? - I'll tell you later. 1182 01:17:44,143 --> 01:17:49,231 OK. I'm dizzy so I'll see you later. 1183 01:17:49,231 --> 01:17:54,779 Patrol downtown. Don't get stuck at one of the brothels. 1184 01:17:54,779 --> 01:17:56,072 Brothels! 1185 01:17:56,072 --> 01:18:01,285 They're illegal but as long as there are men and women... 1186 01:18:01,744 --> 01:18:03,579 In a national emergency? 1187 01:18:06,248 --> 01:18:11,295 Why not stay and listen to PFC Kawamura's stories, Mario? 1188 01:18:11,295 --> 01:18:12,588 I will. 1189 01:18:14,131 --> 01:18:18,094 Wait up, Shigeru. I want to know about brothels. 1190 01:18:18,094 --> 01:18:20,638 What is Sadao Maruyama like? 1191 01:18:20,638 --> 01:18:22,723 His Rickshaw Man 1192 01:18:23,641 --> 01:18:25,393 is really great. 1193 01:18:26,644 --> 01:18:27,812 The best. 1194 01:18:30,106 --> 01:18:32,149 You acted with him? 1195 01:18:32,942 --> 01:18:35,611 Unfortunately it never happened. 1196 01:18:38,155 --> 01:18:44,161 Intermission is a loo break. I mean "toilet," sorry. 1197 01:18:44,161 --> 01:18:47,623 A modern toilet that doesn't stink. 1198 01:18:47,623 --> 01:18:50,626 Relax before the show resumes. 1199 01:19:00,553 --> 01:19:03,973 Intermission is about to end. 1200 01:19:03,973 --> 01:19:08,602 Return to your seats and enjoy the rest of the story. 1201 01:19:10,229 --> 01:19:12,857 I borrowed PFC Kawamura's sandals. 1202 01:19:16,318 --> 01:19:18,195 "My hands have this to turn to!" 1203 01:19:20,823 --> 01:19:24,660 Let me explore the ways of the world! 1204 01:19:30,916 --> 01:19:34,086 This is pretty bleak... 1205 01:19:34,754 --> 01:19:37,006 There are ranks of hookers. 1206 01:19:39,759 --> 01:19:44,680 Discrimination in the military and brothels makes me angry! 1207 01:19:45,931 --> 01:19:47,516 Where's Shigeru? 1208 01:20:04,992 --> 01:20:07,953 Watch out. I'm in a bad mood. 1209 01:20:18,798 --> 01:20:19,840 What? 1210 01:20:23,719 --> 01:20:25,721 - Stop it! - Piss off! 1211 01:20:25,721 --> 01:20:28,265 I can whip my employee if I want! 1212 01:20:29,391 --> 01:20:31,602 I'll fight with my sandals! 1213 01:20:31,602 --> 01:20:35,564 It's unforgivable for a woman to bully another! 1214 01:20:35,564 --> 01:20:38,901 - I'll punish you! - Go on, make my day! 1215 01:20:42,446 --> 01:20:43,572 I-- 1216 01:20:45,741 --> 01:20:46,909 don't mind. 1217 01:20:48,285 --> 01:20:49,328 I know her! 1218 01:20:52,414 --> 01:20:54,083 I don't care. 1219 01:20:54,083 --> 01:20:55,126 Why is she...? 1220 01:20:57,419 --> 01:20:58,587 It's OK. 1221 01:20:58,587 --> 01:21:00,464 But Miss. You're... 1222 01:21:01,715 --> 01:21:04,802 Did you call her, Miss...? 1223 01:21:05,469 --> 01:21:06,512 It's her! 1224 01:21:07,138 --> 01:21:08,472 Can I go now? 1225 01:21:10,933 --> 01:21:12,476 Tomorrow's your first trick. 1226 01:21:13,102 --> 01:21:14,603 I understand. 1227 01:21:16,772 --> 01:21:20,568 You too, girlie. 1228 01:21:20,568 --> 01:21:21,735 Sis... 1229 01:21:23,654 --> 01:21:24,780 And her! 1230 01:21:29,451 --> 01:21:30,953 Go over there. 1231 01:21:30,953 --> 01:21:36,834 Don't interfere, stranger. She's our precious product. 1232 01:21:36,834 --> 01:21:39,795 - Ouch! - You only have one life. 1233 01:21:39,795 --> 01:21:41,046 Beat him up. 1234 01:21:41,672 --> 01:21:43,507 I could share my life. 1235 01:21:43,507 --> 01:21:45,968 Right, Mario? See ya! 1236 01:21:49,847 --> 01:21:51,140 What's a "first trick"? 1237 01:21:51,140 --> 01:21:54,643 - Don't you know? - No. 1238 01:21:54,643 --> 01:22:00,024 Her first customer. Don't you keep a list of women you had sex with? 1239 01:22:00,024 --> 01:22:02,151 I don't know women nor war. 1240 01:22:03,319 --> 01:22:05,988 - History's dead—not women. - It cries. 1241 01:22:05,988 --> 01:22:08,532 Maybe I'll try to make it laugh! 1242 01:22:08,532 --> 01:22:11,952 When's history been something to laugh about? 1243 01:22:12,494 --> 01:22:14,205 History is 1244 01:22:16,207 --> 01:22:18,334 yawning now. 1245 01:22:19,210 --> 01:22:22,129 It is peaceful at the moment. 1246 01:22:31,013 --> 01:22:32,056 You... 1247 01:22:52,368 --> 01:22:53,702 My glasses! 1248 01:23:08,550 --> 01:23:11,220 Here! They're compromised a little! 1249 01:23:11,929 --> 01:23:13,138 My glasses... 1250 01:23:19,603 --> 01:23:21,522 I didn't break them. 1251 01:23:24,566 --> 01:23:27,987 It's OK. I don't mind if they're broken. 1252 01:23:29,071 --> 01:23:30,155 I see. 1253 01:23:31,448 --> 01:23:33,409 They're all I own. 1254 01:23:35,786 --> 01:23:40,249 Everything else is on loan. I'm just a doll. 1255 01:23:41,583 --> 01:23:43,168 Let me play it. 1256 01:24:01,145 --> 01:24:06,692 "THE CANARY THAT FORGOT TO SING" 1257 01:24:42,978 --> 01:24:45,814 I know that song. 1258 01:25:13,217 --> 01:25:14,385 Noriko. 1259 01:25:25,687 --> 01:25:28,357 Oh, sorry. I fell asleep. 1260 01:25:30,859 --> 01:25:33,362 - Mornin'. - I had a dream. 1261 01:25:33,362 --> 01:25:34,363 A dream? 1262 01:25:39,535 --> 01:25:45,749 I was with childhood friends who I'll never see again. 1263 01:25:47,376 --> 01:25:49,878 It'll be like a forgotten song... 1264 01:25:50,421 --> 01:25:51,463 Right. 1265 01:25:52,548 --> 01:25:58,095 "On a moonlit night I found a button by the shore." 1266 01:25:58,095 --> 01:26:02,891 "I couldn't toss it at the moon nor into the waves." 1267 01:26:02,891 --> 01:26:07,604 "The button on that moonlit night... Who could toss it away?" 1268 01:26:08,063 --> 01:26:11,108 "The Moonlit Shore" by Chuya Nakahara 1269 01:26:13,569 --> 01:26:17,406 Tell me, what's your name? 1270 01:26:17,406 --> 01:26:21,952 I want to tell you. I'd like you to know it but... 1271 01:26:21,952 --> 01:26:22,953 But? 1272 01:26:23,412 --> 01:26:25,414 I'll get another name... 1273 01:26:26,582 --> 01:26:28,917 Tomorrow, I'll have another name. 1274 01:26:28,917 --> 01:26:30,836 You want to come with me? 1275 01:26:31,295 --> 01:26:34,882 That wouldn't get rid of my family's debt. 1276 01:26:36,091 --> 01:26:39,136 My little sister would be left with it. 1277 01:26:42,306 --> 01:26:43,682 Go over there. 1278 01:26:47,311 --> 01:26:49,605 Creditors suck your blood dry. 1279 01:26:50,814 --> 01:26:55,152 I'm a monk's son but I collect debts on the side. 1280 01:26:58,614 --> 01:27:02,034 We just met but you're so kind to me. 1281 01:27:02,784 --> 01:27:06,455 I've never felt so happy. I won't forget it. 1282 01:27:14,129 --> 01:27:16,131 - Follow me. - Where to? 1283 01:27:18,509 --> 01:27:19,593 Come on. 1284 01:27:23,805 --> 01:27:28,644 When I heard your harmonica and I dreamed of my childhood 1285 01:27:28,644 --> 01:27:32,356 I made up my mind to sleep with you. 1286 01:27:33,148 --> 01:27:36,318 That doesn't sound like a good idea 1287 01:27:36,318 --> 01:27:37,694 I've decided. 1288 01:27:38,529 --> 01:27:40,656 It's what I want. 1289 01:27:45,577 --> 01:27:50,165 It might help me remember a song I once knew... 1290 01:27:54,670 --> 01:27:58,840 My name is Shigeru. It's an ordinary name. 1291 01:27:59,841 --> 01:28:02,553 Shigeru... Shigeru. 1292 01:28:14,565 --> 01:28:16,692 I'm Shigeru and I'm yours. 1293 01:28:18,735 --> 01:28:20,445 No compromise. 1294 01:28:32,082 --> 01:28:33,458 You're beautiful. 1295 01:28:39,089 --> 01:28:40,215 Shigeru. 1296 01:28:48,932 --> 01:28:53,562 You damaged my precious product! I'll kill you! 1297 01:28:53,562 --> 01:28:56,064 - My sandals! - Forgive me! 1298 01:28:56,064 --> 01:28:58,233 Leave my sandals alone! 1299 01:28:58,942 --> 01:29:00,235 My glasses! 1300 01:29:02,237 --> 01:29:04,072 They're broken. 1301 01:29:06,908 --> 01:29:09,077 Stop her! 1302 01:29:31,016 --> 01:29:32,809 - Hosuke. - Shigeru! 1303 01:29:32,809 --> 01:29:37,564 - I'm here! - I'll rescue you if I can. 1304 01:29:39,107 --> 01:29:40,275 Sis... 1305 01:29:41,777 --> 01:29:47,824 That doesn't sound like a good idea 1306 01:29:49,993 --> 01:29:53,622 - I'll turn my first trick today. - Noriko! 1307 01:29:53,622 --> 01:29:56,958 Hosuke, she looks like the Chinese girl. 1308 01:29:56,958 --> 01:30:00,003 I'll protect you, Noriko! 1309 01:30:00,003 --> 01:30:01,630 I know but... 1310 01:30:01,630 --> 01:30:03,507 She's not Noriko. 1311 01:30:03,507 --> 01:30:06,301 It's OK. I know you love me. 1312 01:30:09,179 --> 01:30:10,305 Shigeru. 1313 01:30:10,305 --> 01:30:12,015 I don't even know your name. 1314 01:30:20,357 --> 01:30:21,358 Sis. 1315 01:30:25,821 --> 01:30:27,531 She bit her own tongue! 1316 01:30:32,494 --> 01:30:34,413 It's not my chance yet. 1317 01:30:35,997 --> 01:30:40,502 They're compromised but here, your glasses. 1318 01:30:44,715 --> 01:30:47,551 All women die like this eventually. 1319 01:30:47,551 --> 01:30:49,219 This is my chance! 1320 01:30:51,054 --> 01:30:52,973 To the rescue! 1321 01:30:56,852 --> 01:31:00,564 My chance! I'll get you out, Shigeru! 1322 01:31:05,026 --> 01:31:08,530 Your sandals. Don't use them as weapons. 1323 01:31:15,370 --> 01:31:16,455 You're beautiful. 1324 01:31:19,916 --> 01:31:21,042 Run, now! 1325 01:31:24,588 --> 01:31:28,550 You're beautiful! I don't want to leave you! 1326 01:31:29,259 --> 01:31:31,887 I love you! 1327 01:31:31,887 --> 01:31:33,597 Thank you, Sis. 1328 01:31:36,224 --> 01:31:39,436 "When I picked up the button I felt" 1329 01:31:39,436 --> 01:31:42,397 "its preciousness in my fingertips." 1330 01:31:42,397 --> 01:31:45,484 "The Moonlit Shore" by Chuya Nakahara 1331 01:31:45,734 --> 01:31:50,071 - I couldn't save her. - See? History cries. 1332 01:31:50,071 --> 01:31:54,242 My love for her is now part of history. What will Mario do? 1333 01:31:54,242 --> 01:31:56,453 He's in despair. 1334 01:31:56,453 --> 01:31:58,747 I know what it's like. 1335 01:32:05,462 --> 01:32:07,756 Hello, Auntie Pika. 1336 01:32:07,756 --> 01:32:08,215 The show's started! 1337 01:32:08,215 --> 01:32:10,759 NAMIKO, THE MOVIE JOURNALIST. The show's started! 1338 01:32:10,759 --> 01:32:12,552 SHE WRITES FOR SANYO NEWSPAPER. The show's started! 1339 01:32:12,552 --> 01:32:13,762 SHE WRITES FOR SANYO NEWSPAPER. I had to write an article. 1340 01:32:13,762 --> 01:32:15,263 I had to write an article. 1341 01:32:15,263 --> 01:32:16,515 Is Dad here? 1342 01:32:17,432 --> 01:32:20,602 Yes, he hasn't changed a bit! 1343 01:32:20,602 --> 01:32:23,271 I guess he won't recognize me. 1344 01:32:23,605 --> 01:32:28,777 Right. After flying for 40 years... 1345 01:32:28,777 --> 01:32:32,447 He only knows me as a little girl then. 1346 01:32:40,497 --> 01:32:45,335 Snoozing as usual. I'll fill in for him. 1347 01:32:45,335 --> 01:32:47,629 It's safe here. 1348 01:32:48,213 --> 01:32:50,006 No one will kill us. 1349 01:32:50,006 --> 01:32:52,133 Death over capture. 1350 01:32:52,133 --> 01:32:54,970 - It's shameful to survive. - Serve the country. 1351 01:32:56,471 --> 01:32:58,640 More deaths in the movie... 1352 01:33:00,141 --> 01:33:05,480 When the revolutionary army raided Wakamatsu castle in 1868 1353 01:33:05,480 --> 01:33:11,152 it was protected by a brigade of volunteer women and children. 1354 01:33:16,825 --> 01:33:19,327 The revolutionary army arrives. 1355 01:33:20,829 --> 01:33:25,041 They're women! Capture them alive! 1356 01:33:25,041 --> 01:33:26,501 Kill those men! 1357 01:33:26,501 --> 01:33:29,337 The women brigade strikes back. 1358 01:33:29,337 --> 01:33:30,839 Die, men! 1359 01:33:32,340 --> 01:33:34,676 CAPTAIN TAKEKO NAKANO 1360 01:33:37,012 --> 01:33:38,972 They'll all die... 1361 01:33:40,432 --> 01:33:42,851 SOLDIER KIKUKO YODA 1362 01:33:46,855 --> 01:33:52,027 They're called "Joshitai," meaning the "Women and children brigade." 1363 01:33:52,027 --> 01:33:53,320 Horrific. 1364 01:33:55,447 --> 01:33:57,616 SOLDIER YUKIKO JINBO 1365 01:33:57,699 --> 01:34:00,660 To protect the hometown and its people 1366 01:34:00,660 --> 01:34:01,536 YUKO, TAKEKO'S SISTER To protect the hometown and its people 1367 01:34:01,536 --> 01:34:02,203 YUKO, TAKEKO'S SISTER the women fought for their lives. 1368 01:34:02,203 --> 01:34:04,706 the women fought for their lives. 1369 01:34:12,547 --> 01:34:13,924 Here. 1370 01:34:15,383 --> 01:34:17,552 Take the next reel 1371 01:34:18,261 --> 01:34:22,098 and unthread the film. 1372 01:34:23,099 --> 01:34:27,228 Join the head to the tail of the current reel. 1373 01:34:27,228 --> 01:34:32,233 You scrape one end and splice both ends together. 1374 01:34:35,904 --> 01:34:38,907 The two film strips are joined together. 1375 01:34:40,742 --> 01:34:43,912 Great! That's how you project a film. 1376 01:34:43,912 --> 01:34:48,750 There were only 10-minute reels because of steel shortages. 1377 01:34:48,750 --> 01:34:53,296 That's why they did this for a continuous projection. 1378 01:34:53,296 --> 01:34:55,924 It's called "streaming." 1379 01:34:55,924 --> 01:34:58,093 And I'm good at it. 1380 01:35:01,513 --> 01:35:05,767 Takeko's father was an official working in Edo. 1381 01:35:05,767 --> 01:35:09,771 In Edo she became a master of the naginata sword. 1382 01:35:12,148 --> 01:35:17,278 She reminds me of a very tough girl I used to know. 1383 01:35:17,278 --> 01:35:19,614 As the civil war began. 1384 01:35:19,614 --> 01:35:24,160 Takeko returned to her hometown, Aizu, with her sister, Yuko. 1385 01:35:24,160 --> 01:35:26,121 I'll protect Yuko. 1386 01:35:26,496 --> 01:35:28,665 I know how you feel. 1387 01:35:28,665 --> 01:35:32,252 She'll protect the sister she loves so much. 1388 01:35:34,421 --> 01:35:39,300 IN MAY, THE NAKANO FAMILY IS REUNITED IN AIZU. 1389 01:35:42,012 --> 01:35:43,304 Come on, Yuko. 1390 01:35:45,807 --> 01:35:47,017 Yes, Sister. 1391 01:35:55,358 --> 01:36:00,030 How adorable. She'd do anything for her big sister. 1392 01:36:05,201 --> 01:36:07,078 Father. Mother. 1393 01:36:07,120 --> 01:36:13,001 WAKAMATSU CASTLE, AIZU 1394 01:36:15,170 --> 01:36:16,379 Farewell. 1395 01:36:17,172 --> 01:36:21,509 Takeko taught women and children swordsmanship, reading and writing. 1396 01:36:22,010 --> 01:36:25,221 WOMEN AND CHILDREN BRIGADE IN TRAINING 1397 01:36:27,849 --> 01:36:29,893 Take a stance! Faster! 1398 01:36:35,565 --> 01:36:36,900 Left grip, tighter! 1399 01:36:41,613 --> 01:36:42,614 Again! 1400 01:36:45,241 --> 01:36:48,036 We'll die clean, Yuko. 1401 01:36:50,705 --> 01:36:53,875 - Mario. - Cheer up, this is your movie. 1402 01:36:54,709 --> 01:36:58,546 The warrior women are taking a bath. 1403 01:36:58,546 --> 01:37:02,801 - Noriko, I found you. - Will she die again? 1404 01:37:02,801 --> 01:37:05,428 Shigeru... 1405 01:37:06,054 --> 01:37:07,472 Sister. 1406 01:37:07,472 --> 01:37:10,892 They'll die. The women, children and boys' brigades. 1407 01:37:10,892 --> 01:37:12,435 I'll save her this time! 1408 01:37:13,061 --> 01:37:14,479 - You! - Huh? 1409 01:37:14,479 --> 01:37:17,941 Your name's changed but I know you. 1410 01:37:18,691 --> 01:37:24,781 It's like my hairstyle, some things remain what they are. 1411 01:37:24,781 --> 01:37:27,075 I didn't come here to get wet! 1412 01:37:27,075 --> 01:37:28,409 Noriko! 1413 01:37:28,910 --> 01:37:30,662 - Mario. - Noriko! 1414 01:37:30,662 --> 01:37:33,748 - Protect me! - How can I? 1415 01:37:33,748 --> 01:37:36,251 - You don't know us. - Do you? 1416 01:37:36,251 --> 01:37:39,712 Aizu men should be preparing for war! 1417 01:37:39,712 --> 01:37:40,797 The war? 1418 01:37:45,260 --> 01:37:47,095 So this is Wakamatsu Castle. 1419 01:37:48,930 --> 01:37:50,765 Step back. Again! 1420 01:37:54,102 --> 01:37:56,062 You'll fight, too? 1421 01:37:57,605 --> 01:38:00,608 We're to guard the city around the castle. 1422 01:38:00,608 --> 01:38:02,277 The boys' brigade? 1423 01:38:02,277 --> 01:38:04,279 - Yes. - The White Tigers. 1424 01:38:05,446 --> 01:38:07,448 They'll die then? 1425 01:38:07,448 --> 01:38:08,992 Tragically. 1426 01:38:09,534 --> 01:38:11,286 How do they die? 1427 01:38:11,828 --> 01:38:16,624 They thought the castle was on fire and killed themselves. 1428 01:38:16,624 --> 01:38:21,462 But it wasn't the castle that was burning... 1429 01:38:21,629 --> 01:38:22,630 Boys! 1430 01:38:23,548 --> 01:38:26,301 - Shigeru! - Stop it at once! 1431 01:38:27,635 --> 01:38:31,723 Don't be silly! Go back to your mom now. 1432 01:38:31,723 --> 01:38:34,309 We're young but we're samurai. 1433 01:38:34,309 --> 01:38:38,313 It'd be our honor to die fighting the revolutionary army. 1434 01:38:38,313 --> 01:38:40,273 - Don't die! - Who are you? 1435 01:38:40,273 --> 01:38:44,152 If you died, that'd be the end of you! 1436 01:38:44,152 --> 01:38:45,320 My stomach! 1437 01:38:46,196 --> 01:38:50,491 We can't beat samurai. Who's that man smirking? 1438 01:38:50,491 --> 01:38:54,579 You boys are in this together! Don't give up! 1439 01:38:54,579 --> 01:38:58,499 Run! You have to survive! 1440 01:38:58,499 --> 01:39:01,878 Don't give up on life! 1441 01:39:04,672 --> 01:39:08,343 Eventually the castle was surrounded 1442 01:39:10,345 --> 01:39:12,513 and the White Tigers died. 1443 01:39:21,356 --> 01:39:22,523 Mother. 1444 01:39:24,025 --> 01:39:29,113 Shogunal troops tried defending Aizu by fortifying Bonari Pass. 1445 01:39:30,448 --> 01:39:31,908 Fire! 1446 01:39:34,202 --> 01:39:35,203 Fire! 1447 01:39:35,203 --> 01:39:37,705 What's the Boshin War? 1448 01:39:37,705 --> 01:39:43,044 A civil war between shogunate forces and Imperial revolutionaries. 1449 01:39:43,044 --> 01:39:44,879 Who was the boss? 1450 01:39:44,879 --> 01:39:49,217 The Emperor, even though he was just a puppet ruler. 1451 01:39:49,217 --> 01:39:52,887 Even during WWII, the Emperor was a figurehead. 1452 01:39:52,887 --> 01:39:56,975 The revolutionaries also used the Emperor. 1453 01:39:56,975 --> 01:40:02,272 - So Aizu defied the Emperor. - And Choshu domain won. 1454 01:40:02,272 --> 01:40:05,942 Many Japanese were sent to Manchuria to work. 1455 01:40:05,942 --> 01:40:10,738 Many died of hunger illness, or killed themselves. 1456 01:40:10,738 --> 01:40:16,244 They were from Aizu and other areas that lost the civil war. 1457 01:40:16,244 --> 01:40:20,915 So that war was the source of many tragedies. 1458 01:40:25,670 --> 01:40:27,171 Charge! 1459 01:40:29,424 --> 01:40:31,592 Why am I here? 1460 01:40:31,592 --> 01:40:34,095 Draw your sword and fight! 1461 01:40:47,358 --> 01:40:49,652 Don't get involved! 1462 01:40:49,652 --> 01:40:51,779 I want nothing to do with this! 1463 01:40:52,447 --> 01:40:54,782 One down, one to go! 1464 01:40:54,782 --> 01:40:58,161 It's war wherever we escape to! 1465 01:40:58,161 --> 01:40:59,829 Kill them! 1466 01:40:59,829 --> 01:41:02,123 But we should escape. 1467 01:41:02,123 --> 01:41:07,462 Swords against guns. You know which side will win. 1468 01:41:07,462 --> 01:41:08,796 A gun... 1469 01:41:08,796 --> 01:41:11,132 We're Japanese too! 1470 01:41:11,132 --> 01:41:13,509 It's a family feud. 1471 01:41:13,509 --> 01:41:14,344 What? 1472 01:41:14,344 --> 01:41:15,970 It's stuck! 1473 01:41:15,970 --> 01:41:18,222 One of us will die! 1474 01:41:19,474 --> 01:41:21,142 The tougher one wins! 1475 01:41:21,517 --> 01:41:22,643 My notebook! 1476 01:41:24,145 --> 01:41:26,814 Something unbelievable happened. 1477 01:41:28,483 --> 01:41:30,693 I'm bleeding... 1478 01:41:31,652 --> 01:41:33,154 No way...! 1479 01:41:34,322 --> 01:41:38,159 Let me go! I kicked you down. 1480 01:41:38,993 --> 01:41:40,161 Surprise! 1481 01:41:45,083 --> 01:41:47,335 But I have diarrhea! 1482 01:41:47,335 --> 01:41:50,171 This is not a movie! 1483 01:41:51,672 --> 01:41:55,343 - I shit in my pants. - I got carried away! 1484 01:41:55,343 --> 01:41:58,096 It stinks! It's killing my nose! 1485 01:42:01,682 --> 01:42:03,518 - Hosuke! - Look at the blood! 1486 01:42:03,518 --> 01:42:06,187 - So much blood! - We can't beat guns. 1487 01:42:06,187 --> 01:42:09,190 I won't kill anyone! 1488 01:42:14,862 --> 01:42:18,908 At East Onomichi High School there is 1489 01:42:18,908 --> 01:42:25,123 a C. Bechstein piano that the Japanese Military tried to destroy during WWII. 1490 01:42:31,212 --> 01:42:34,590 To protect it the girls made a barricade 1491 01:42:34,590 --> 01:42:40,012 with desks, chairs and themselves and hid it from the soldiers. 1492 01:42:41,389 --> 01:42:47,562 Some real-life tragedies and adventures are stranger than movies. 1493 01:42:47,562 --> 01:42:51,065 Chopin was "enemy music" so it was banned 1494 01:42:51,065 --> 01:42:54,277 whereas Beethoven was okay. 1495 01:42:59,740 --> 01:43:04,912 Killing a Eighth Route Army POW will make you fearless. 1496 01:43:04,912 --> 01:43:05,997 Do it. 1497 01:43:08,416 --> 01:43:13,087 In your arms, my head against your chest 1498 01:43:13,087 --> 01:43:17,967 If you stab a human directly in the ribcage 1499 01:43:18,509 --> 01:43:21,262 the blade won't reach the heart. 1500 01:43:22,638 --> 01:43:25,266 So you stick it up at an angle! 1501 01:43:26,434 --> 01:43:28,519 He called you a swine. 1502 01:43:29,270 --> 01:43:30,438 You're dead. 1503 01:43:37,278 --> 01:43:38,362 Not you. 1504 01:43:45,203 --> 01:43:46,329 You. 1505 01:43:47,288 --> 01:43:48,539 Come here. 1506 01:43:50,458 --> 01:43:51,542 Shigeru. 1507 01:43:52,793 --> 01:43:53,794 Stab him. 1508 01:43:54,754 --> 01:43:55,838 No, sir. 1509 01:43:55,838 --> 01:43:58,799 You gutless coward! 1510 01:43:59,759 --> 01:44:01,135 I'll watch. 1511 01:44:01,135 --> 01:44:05,723 - Are you His Majesty's soldier? - I'm in the audience! 1512 01:44:11,854 --> 01:44:13,147 Sergeant... 1513 01:44:17,568 --> 01:44:23,157 Maybe you can kill a woman. You want to stick it in? 1514 01:44:23,157 --> 01:44:24,825 I've never... 1515 01:44:24,825 --> 01:44:27,036 Come here, woman! 1516 01:44:27,036 --> 01:44:31,874 My name is Ai Zhen. It means Love Princess. 1517 01:44:31,874 --> 01:44:32,875 So? 1518 01:44:32,875 --> 01:44:35,503 Mother gave me the name. 1519 01:44:35,503 --> 01:44:38,714 Women are tools. They don't need names. 1520 01:44:43,177 --> 01:44:45,513 That's a hand bomb... 1521 01:44:46,013 --> 01:44:48,057 A hand grenade! 1522 01:44:50,685 --> 01:44:52,603 Death by explosion! 1523 01:44:52,603 --> 01:44:54,772 The toughest wins. 1524 01:44:57,233 --> 01:45:01,362 I'll kill every single one of you! 1525 01:45:02,863 --> 01:45:07,577 He once had a promising future as a boxer but 1526 01:45:07,577 --> 01:45:12,373 he had to quit when he punched his opponent to death. 1527 01:45:13,207 --> 01:45:17,712 Now he can kill as much as he wants. How's that? 1528 01:45:31,601 --> 01:45:37,898 OKINAWA, 1925 BEFORE THE PACIFIC WAR 1529 01:45:44,614 --> 01:45:48,409 Something white is falling. What is it? 1530 01:45:49,076 --> 01:45:50,244 It's snow. 1531 01:45:50,828 --> 01:45:52,079 Snow? 1532 01:45:52,288 --> 01:45:55,458 It falls from the sky. 1533 01:45:58,002 --> 01:45:59,587 It's lovely! 1534 01:46:01,464 --> 01:46:04,675 What's this fruit on the tree? 1535 01:46:04,675 --> 01:46:06,469 - They're pears. - Really! 1536 01:46:06,469 --> 01:46:08,095 Pears don't grow in Okinawa. 1537 01:46:09,096 --> 01:46:13,517 Join us. Come right here! 1538 01:46:14,769 --> 01:46:16,604 Japan is diverse! 1539 01:46:16,604 --> 01:46:19,523 It's small but there are 4 seasons. 1540 01:46:20,274 --> 01:46:24,320 - We only have summer here. - Our sea's always blue. 1541 01:46:24,320 --> 01:46:26,364 And the beautiful sea! 1542 01:46:26,364 --> 01:46:30,451 The sea is beautiful in Okinawa. Come on, Shoei. 1543 01:46:30,451 --> 01:46:32,787 It's so blue! 1544 01:46:32,787 --> 01:46:35,623 The beach is like our home. 1545 01:46:38,209 --> 01:46:43,172 When we were kids, you were much taller than me. 1546 01:46:43,172 --> 01:46:46,133 You taught me how to swim. 1547 01:46:47,677 --> 01:46:51,722 Kick! Kick the water! 1548 01:46:58,187 --> 01:47:00,189 KAYA NAKAMA, 18, OKINAWAN 1549 01:47:01,148 --> 01:47:04,360 A pear farmer chose a bride 1550 01:47:04,360 --> 01:47:07,655 who was shorter than a pear tree. 1551 01:47:08,489 --> 01:47:12,076 Shorter than a pear tree? 1552 01:47:12,076 --> 01:47:14,995 So that she can pick pears from below. 1553 01:47:14,995 --> 01:47:16,622 Short as a tree... 1554 01:47:16,622 --> 01:47:20,918 I'm not eligible to be a pear farmer's wife. 1555 01:47:22,211 --> 01:47:23,838 No, you aren't. 1556 01:47:25,381 --> 01:47:28,843 It's OK. I'll marry you! 1557 01:47:30,344 --> 01:47:35,683 It's the rain, raindrops fall 1558 01:47:35,683 --> 01:47:39,019 It rains in Okinawa like it does everywhere. 1559 01:47:39,854 --> 01:47:44,692 Okinawan folks are very fond of rain. 1560 01:47:46,360 --> 01:47:51,699 If it rained on the day I marry, I won't cry. 1561 01:47:55,327 --> 01:47:56,245 And then... 1562 01:47:56,245 --> 01:48:03,294 The red straps of my wooden sandals suddenly gave way... 1563 01:48:03,627 --> 01:48:06,380 We promised to marry on that beach. 1564 01:48:16,891 --> 01:48:22,146 If it rained on the day I marry, I won't cry. 1565 01:48:22,521 --> 01:48:26,066 The red straps of my wooden sandals 1566 01:48:26,066 --> 01:48:30,571 suddenly... gave... way. 1567 01:48:30,571 --> 01:48:34,909 ON DECEMBER 8, 1941 (JST) Soon the Pacific War sneaked up on them. 1568 01:48:34,909 --> 01:48:35,618 THE US NAVAL BASE WAS ATTACKED IN PEARL HARBOR. Soon the Pacific War sneaked up on them. 1569 01:48:35,618 --> 01:48:40,080 THE US NAVAL BASE WAS ATTACKED IN PEARL HARBOR. 1570 01:48:42,166 --> 01:48:43,334 Shoei. 1571 01:48:46,253 --> 01:48:48,255 Is Shoei Iraha here? 1572 01:48:51,300 --> 01:48:54,804 Village Leader. You're working late... 1573 01:49:02,353 --> 01:49:04,772 Congratulations! 1574 01:49:04,772 --> 01:49:09,443 I brought his draft notice! 1575 01:49:13,906 --> 01:49:22,540 OKINAWA, 1944. BY THIS AUTUMN JAPAN IS LOSING THE WAR. 1576 01:49:48,023 --> 01:49:52,319 This draft notice was commonly known as the "red paper." 1577 01:49:53,153 --> 01:49:54,738 Shoei... 1578 01:49:54,738 --> 01:49:57,324 When you receive one 1579 01:49:57,324 --> 01:50:00,995 you're sent to the battlefront to be killed. 1580 01:50:09,378 --> 01:50:12,339 He's a local official, not a postman. 1581 01:50:13,215 --> 01:50:16,093 Men like him delivered "red papers" 1582 01:50:16,844 --> 01:50:20,347 to draftees in rural areas. 1583 01:50:23,851 --> 01:50:24,852 Pika! 1584 01:50:25,561 --> 01:50:27,688 Pika! It flashed! 1585 01:50:29,690 --> 01:50:31,025 Don't be silly. 1586 01:50:31,609 --> 01:50:33,193 Big brother! 1587 01:50:35,195 --> 01:50:37,239 - Good luck. - You look great. 1588 01:50:38,949 --> 01:50:41,535 Serve the country well. 1589 01:50:42,953 --> 01:50:44,705 I won't kill anyone. 1590 01:50:44,705 --> 01:50:47,958 - Shoei. - Serve the country... 1591 01:50:49,209 --> 01:50:51,045 Serve the country and... 1592 01:50:52,546 --> 01:50:53,881 Brother. 1593 01:50:55,758 --> 01:50:57,176 Good luck, Shoei. 1594 01:50:58,677 --> 01:50:59,595 MANCHURIA, A FEW MONTHS LATER. 1595 01:50:59,595 --> 01:51:01,555 MANCHURIA, A FEW MONTHS LATER. Just pretend. 1596 01:51:01,555 --> 01:51:02,431 MANCHURIA, A FEW MONTHS LATER. 1597 01:51:02,431 --> 01:51:03,891 MANCHURIA, A FEW MONTHS LATER. Pretend... 1598 01:51:03,891 --> 01:51:04,183 MANCHURIA, A FEW MONTHS LATER. 1599 01:51:07,728 --> 01:51:10,731 Then he won't hit you. 1600 01:51:10,731 --> 01:51:13,817 He won't hit me...? 1601 01:51:14,860 --> 01:51:15,861 It'll hurt! 1602 01:51:16,737 --> 01:51:18,906 I'll kill every one of you! 1603 01:51:23,577 --> 01:51:25,496 Take it easy. 1604 01:51:26,080 --> 01:51:29,291 He broke my nose once. 1605 01:51:29,291 --> 01:51:32,795 Don't defy the old Sergeant from hell. 1606 01:51:32,795 --> 01:51:35,756 Just pretend to stab him. 1607 01:51:35,756 --> 01:51:37,758 So you're from Okinawa? 1608 01:51:37,758 --> 01:51:40,094 I'm a Ryukyu delinquent. 1609 01:51:40,094 --> 01:51:41,345 Ryukyu... 1610 01:51:48,018 --> 01:51:53,941 The Ryukyu Kingdom unified smaller states in the 5th century. 1611 01:51:53,941 --> 01:52:00,489 It was subordinate to Japan and China when invaded by Japan in 1608. 1612 01:52:00,489 --> 01:52:04,785 Until Imperial Japan declared it Okinawa Prefecture in 1879. 1613 01:52:06,328 --> 01:52:11,792 But Okinawan residents aren't considered Japanese. 1614 01:52:11,792 --> 01:52:14,294 ...my wooden sandals 1615 01:52:14,294 --> 01:52:17,339 suddenly... gave... way. 1616 01:52:17,339 --> 01:52:18,966 It's a promise. 1617 01:52:20,509 --> 01:52:23,804 You seem to understand the Okinawan dialect. 1618 01:52:24,638 --> 01:52:27,516 I vaguely remember it... 1619 01:52:28,684 --> 01:52:30,019 We're friends then. 1620 01:52:31,979 --> 01:52:33,188 We are. 1621 01:52:34,273 --> 01:52:39,570 I'm Kameji Kinjo. My father is the Okiman village leader. 1622 01:52:39,570 --> 01:52:40,362 LEADER KAMEKICHI KINJO I'm Kameji Kinjo. My father is the Okiman village leader. 1623 01:52:40,362 --> 01:52:41,238 LEADER KAMEKICHI KINJO A proud Japanese. 1624 01:52:41,238 --> 01:52:42,865 A proud Japanese. 1625 01:52:42,865 --> 01:52:44,825 My Japanese friend. 1626 01:52:45,743 --> 01:52:47,578 A Ryukyuan! 1627 01:52:47,578 --> 01:52:50,205 My name is Hosuke Tori. 1628 01:52:50,205 --> 01:52:52,666 Maybe I have another name... 1629 01:52:53,792 --> 01:52:55,919 Shoei! 1630 01:52:55,919 --> 01:53:01,050 Is Shoei Iraha here? I brought him his draft notice! 1631 01:53:02,593 --> 01:53:04,303 Congratulations! 1632 01:53:07,181 --> 01:53:09,433 Some things remain-- 1633 01:53:10,350 --> 01:53:12,186 I'm not smart... 1634 01:53:12,186 --> 01:53:13,353 It's OK. 1635 01:53:13,353 --> 01:53:15,689 --what they are. 1636 01:53:17,524 --> 01:53:19,693 - Shoei. - Kaya. 1637 01:53:19,693 --> 01:53:21,278 It's a promise. 1638 01:53:21,278 --> 01:53:25,240 I'd come home as a victor! 1639 01:53:25,240 --> 01:53:28,744 So I told everyone as I left home 1640 01:53:28,744 --> 01:53:31,580 How dare I die worthlessly 1641 01:53:31,580 --> 01:53:34,083 We've got a live one here. 1642 01:53:34,917 --> 01:53:38,212 Doing my best to serve the country, sir! 1643 01:53:38,212 --> 01:53:40,089 I'll reward you. 1644 01:53:40,089 --> 01:53:41,715 I'd like to eat. 1645 01:53:41,715 --> 01:53:47,387 Until I'm full! Mom made me huge rice balls with bright yellow pickles... 1646 01:53:47,387 --> 01:53:51,391 His Majesty's soldiers fight on empty stomach! 1647 01:53:51,391 --> 01:53:54,144 There's nothing to feed a half-pint. 1648 01:53:54,561 --> 01:53:57,272 Mom's huge rice balls... 1649 01:53:57,272 --> 01:54:00,275 I hope Kenta's doing well, Dear. 1650 01:54:00,275 --> 01:54:04,154 Why not? My son will be fine wherever he is. 1651 01:54:04,154 --> 01:54:07,825 "Look, at the cherry blossoms." 1652 01:54:08,492 --> 01:54:10,744 The bugle signals "Charge!" 1653 01:54:10,744 --> 01:54:13,497 I guess they'll fall now. 1654 01:54:14,498 --> 01:54:18,585 The bugle signals "Charge!" 1655 01:54:18,585 --> 01:54:21,964 I see with my eyes closed... 1656 01:54:25,092 --> 01:54:28,262 I see with my eyes closed... 1657 01:54:28,262 --> 01:54:29,471 How does it go? 1658 01:54:32,349 --> 01:54:35,144 It's actually, "The rows of banners" 1659 01:54:35,144 --> 01:54:39,606 but "Mother's face" is what comes to mind. 1660 01:54:39,606 --> 01:54:43,110 Mother's face... 1661 01:54:43,944 --> 01:54:48,282 I see with my eyes closed the rows of banners 1662 01:54:50,325 --> 01:54:54,830 Mothers like to fill up their boys. That's all they want. 1663 01:54:55,831 --> 01:54:57,082 It'll hurt. 1664 01:54:57,082 --> 01:54:59,543 It hurts, sir! 1665 01:54:59,543 --> 01:55:04,214 - Guns are lethal... - I have my fist instead! 1666 01:55:04,214 --> 01:55:06,508 - Poor man. - You used to be a boxer. 1667 01:55:06,508 --> 01:55:08,343 What if I was? 1668 01:55:08,343 --> 01:55:10,888 I won't kill anyone! 1669 01:55:10,888 --> 01:55:12,973 What did you say...? 1670 01:55:13,807 --> 01:55:14,975 Run. 1671 01:55:14,975 --> 01:55:18,562 How dare you expose my past! I'll kill you all! 1672 01:55:19,062 --> 01:55:21,148 After the Allied invasion 1673 01:55:21,148 --> 01:55:25,652 the Japanese killed over 800 Okinawan civilians. 1674 01:55:25,652 --> 01:55:30,866 This is for your country! You're serving the Emperor. 1675 01:55:34,203 --> 01:55:36,830 - It hurts. - Live long His Majesty. 1676 01:55:36,830 --> 01:55:38,207 7 more bodies! 1677 01:55:38,207 --> 01:55:43,545 Look at the Okinawan people. They die to conserve food supplies. 1678 01:55:44,046 --> 01:55:48,175 They kill their own people. That's war. 1679 01:55:50,010 --> 01:55:51,386 It's dreadful... 1680 01:55:51,386 --> 01:55:55,849 - I can see with my eyes closed... - Mother's face! 1681 01:55:57,517 --> 01:56:03,357 I convinced myself that the Sergeant let me go, that I wasn't a deserter. 1682 01:56:03,690 --> 01:56:07,069 I ran home as fast as I could. 1683 01:56:07,069 --> 01:56:08,403 Kaya! 1684 01:56:08,403 --> 01:56:10,948 Welcome back to our hometown. 1685 01:56:11,740 --> 01:56:12,866 Kaya! 1686 01:56:14,910 --> 01:56:17,037 Okinawa's sea was so blue... 1687 01:56:24,419 --> 01:56:26,046 Village leader...? 1688 01:56:26,672 --> 01:56:27,881 Sir? 1689 01:56:29,967 --> 01:56:33,387 Who did this to you, sir? 1690 01:56:36,765 --> 01:56:39,768 It's for-- 1691 01:56:44,398 --> 01:56:46,149 the country. 1692 01:56:46,149 --> 01:56:47,901 For the country? 1693 01:56:52,447 --> 01:56:56,368 Sacrifice yourself for the country. Give up your woman. 1694 01:56:57,577 --> 01:57:01,081 No, you won't get near our women and children. 1695 01:57:02,958 --> 01:57:05,419 You can't even take care of yourself. 1696 01:57:10,132 --> 01:57:14,970 And you call yourself a righteous Japanese man! 1697 01:57:14,970 --> 01:57:16,471 A Japanese! 1698 01:57:16,471 --> 01:57:21,184 How about you, Okinawan? 1699 01:57:21,184 --> 01:57:23,103 Are you a Japanese man? 1700 01:57:24,938 --> 01:57:26,273 I'm a man! 1701 01:57:27,649 --> 01:57:31,653 A man. A person as each of us is. 1702 01:57:31,653 --> 01:57:34,448 You're not a person! Troopmate, where are you? 1703 01:57:35,657 --> 01:57:40,454 If we accepted that we're all the same, there'd be peace. 1704 01:57:42,331 --> 01:57:43,457 Kaya! 1705 01:57:43,832 --> 01:57:46,668 It's been months since he left home. 1706 01:57:46,668 --> 01:57:47,836 Mother... 1707 01:57:52,341 --> 01:57:53,508 Mother. 1708 01:57:56,970 --> 01:57:58,680 What's this knife for...? 1709 01:58:04,186 --> 01:58:06,146 Serve the country and... 1710 01:58:09,524 --> 01:58:10,525 Kaya? 1711 01:58:17,532 --> 01:58:18,825 Shoei. 1712 01:58:20,702 --> 01:58:22,662 You're alive! 1713 01:58:26,166 --> 01:58:27,667 What happened? 1714 01:58:31,546 --> 01:58:35,050 What's this fake mustache for? 1715 01:58:35,550 --> 01:58:36,843 Shoei. 1716 01:58:40,597 --> 01:58:46,228 I made myself useful... 1717 01:58:46,228 --> 01:58:48,438 Useful...? 1718 01:58:48,438 --> 01:58:51,608 I'm too tall to be a pear farmer's wife-- 1719 01:58:53,527 --> 01:58:58,532 but I put my tall body to good use. 1720 01:59:02,369 --> 01:59:06,289 Comply... unless you want to die to conserve food. 1721 01:59:06,289 --> 01:59:07,541 Sister! 1722 01:59:08,542 --> 01:59:10,627 I'm the right size for you. 1723 01:59:10,627 --> 01:59:11,878 - No! - Size? 1724 01:59:11,878 --> 01:59:16,216 - Run, I'll take care of this. - I can't leave you here! 1725 01:59:16,216 --> 01:59:20,387 Get it over and done with if you want to live. 1726 01:59:20,387 --> 01:59:22,389 You're a nice size. 1727 01:59:23,056 --> 01:59:28,603 Return to the blue Okinawan seas when the war is over. 1728 01:59:28,603 --> 01:59:30,230 What if it rains? 1729 01:59:30,230 --> 01:59:34,943 It won't! Okinawa is always sunny and the sea always blue. 1730 01:59:34,943 --> 01:59:37,571 - But... - I'm ready. 1731 01:59:37,571 --> 01:59:39,573 - I'll come back. - Go away. 1732 01:59:46,580 --> 01:59:50,584 Tall as a telephone pole but a woman is a woman. 1733 01:59:53,753 --> 01:59:56,256 A woman. A troopmate! 1734 01:59:58,967 --> 02:00:04,014 My troopmate, my dear troopmate 1735 02:00:04,014 --> 02:00:08,935 Let me make fun of your silly mustache 1736 02:00:08,935 --> 02:00:15,609 The village leader never vilified or glorified the war. 1737 02:00:16,109 --> 02:00:19,946 Kaya, don't die... 1738 02:00:19,946 --> 02:00:22,449 We had fun, didn't we? 1739 02:00:25,619 --> 02:00:27,120 At the sea... 1740 02:00:28,455 --> 02:00:33,960 We had so much fun. 1741 02:00:38,173 --> 02:00:43,136 We'll go back and swim there one day... 1742 02:00:45,680 --> 02:00:47,557 Our-- 1743 02:00:49,351 --> 02:00:51,478 beautiful-- 1744 02:00:52,687 --> 02:00:57,234 blue sea... where we swam. 1745 02:01:02,197 --> 02:01:03,990 It's a promise. 1746 02:01:04,866 --> 02:01:09,162 It's... a... promise... 1747 02:01:11,331 --> 02:01:13,875 "When my turn comes to die" 1748 02:01:13,875 --> 02:01:17,170 "I hope you don't wear makeup." 1749 02:01:18,004 --> 02:01:21,216 "I hope you don't wear makeup." 1750 02:01:21,883 --> 02:01:25,095 "The Blind Autumn" by Chuya Nakahara 1751 02:01:26,680 --> 02:01:31,351 I was happy. 1752 02:01:32,852 --> 02:01:34,729 Yes, we were. 1753 02:01:35,730 --> 02:01:41,236 "My tainted sorrow, is like a coat of fox fur" 1754 02:01:41,736 --> 02:01:47,284 "My tainted sorrow, is unsettled as the night falls." 1755 02:01:47,867 --> 02:01:52,205 "My Sorrow Has Been Tainted" by Chuya Nakahara 1756 02:02:02,048 --> 02:02:07,804 I would never kill anybody! 1757 02:02:09,764 --> 02:02:15,061 Because our minds are one, every word you say 1758 02:02:15,061 --> 02:02:18,273 sounds like something from home. 1759 02:02:18,273 --> 02:02:20,317 My dear friend. 1760 02:02:20,317 --> 02:02:26,156 When you leave home to marry who would you go with? 1761 02:02:26,156 --> 02:02:28,074 I'd walk alone under my umbrella. 1762 02:02:28,617 --> 02:02:33,622 If it rained on the day I marry, I won't cry. 1763 02:02:33,955 --> 02:02:35,248 I won't kill. 1764 02:02:41,463 --> 02:02:50,597 In the rain, the moon hides behind the clouds 1765 02:02:50,597 --> 02:02:55,268 When you leave home to marry who would you go with? 1766 02:02:55,268 --> 02:02:59,606 Audiences freely feel affection for movie heroines 1767 02:02:59,606 --> 02:03:03,693 but they tend to forget about real-life heroines. 1768 02:03:05,278 --> 02:03:09,824 Maybe we've forgotten the real Noriko. 1769 02:03:09,824 --> 02:03:12,285 I know what it is. 1770 02:03:12,285 --> 02:03:13,453 Tell me. 1771 02:03:13,453 --> 02:03:16,289 I know it very well. 1772 02:03:16,289 --> 02:03:17,791 I don't know anything. 1773 02:03:17,791 --> 02:03:22,295 Because I really... 1774 02:03:23,630 --> 02:03:25,632 I really want to know. 1775 02:03:25,632 --> 02:03:28,385 I won't forget you, Noriko 1776 02:03:28,385 --> 02:03:31,137 until the day there is no war. 1777 02:03:31,137 --> 02:03:35,475 Until we achieve a peaceful future. 1778 02:03:35,475 --> 02:03:36,476 OK! 1779 02:03:40,814 --> 02:03:44,651 A steam engine runs through Japan's summer. 1780 02:03:56,162 --> 02:03:57,247 Where am I? 1781 02:03:58,164 --> 02:03:59,374 Are you OK? 1782 02:03:59,374 --> 02:04:02,168 - I had a dream. - With a happy ending? 1783 02:04:02,168 --> 02:04:04,170 History is a lie. 1784 02:04:05,004 --> 02:04:06,172 It rained. 1785 02:04:06,172 --> 02:04:08,550 Then it's a lie. It's sunny! 1786 02:04:08,550 --> 02:04:11,177 May I ask you something? 1787 02:04:11,177 --> 02:04:12,345 What? 1788 02:04:12,345 --> 02:04:15,014 What is the date today? 1789 02:04:16,683 --> 02:04:20,437 It's August 1st 1945, of course. 1790 02:04:20,979 --> 02:04:22,897 August, 1945... 1791 02:04:22,897 --> 02:04:25,442 We'll lose the war soon... 1792 02:04:25,442 --> 02:04:27,277 Don't say that, boys... 1793 02:04:27,277 --> 02:04:29,362 In August the war will end... 1794 02:04:31,865 --> 02:04:33,116 August...? 1795 02:04:34,117 --> 02:04:37,954 My name is Setsuko Miyachi. 1796 02:04:37,954 --> 02:04:41,374 I'm on my way back to Onomichi. 1797 02:04:41,374 --> 02:04:45,462 Where's this train headed? Why did you tell us your name? 1798 02:04:46,296 --> 02:04:50,884 In case something happens to me... For the baby. 1799 02:04:50,884 --> 02:04:54,554 Don't you know where the train's going? 1800 02:04:54,554 --> 02:04:56,598 Coochie coo! 1801 02:04:56,598 --> 02:04:59,309 It's going to Hiroshima. 1802 02:04:59,309 --> 02:05:02,145 When do they drop the A-bomb? 1803 02:05:02,979 --> 02:05:06,316 Soon. On August 6. 1804 02:05:07,567 --> 02:05:10,653 - A bomb? - They'll drop an atomic bomb! 1805 02:05:10,653 --> 02:05:13,531 - Tickets please. - Tickets? 1806 02:05:14,324 --> 02:05:16,993 - Here. - Where did I put it? 1807 02:05:17,619 --> 02:05:19,954 - I lost it! - Me too. 1808 02:05:19,954 --> 02:05:21,289 Going to Onomichi? 1809 02:05:25,126 --> 02:05:26,586 Are we? 1810 02:05:26,586 --> 02:05:28,755 I know him... 1811 02:05:28,755 --> 02:05:30,632 Your silly mustache! 1812 02:05:30,632 --> 02:05:33,760 - Have we met? - Maybe in a movie? 1813 02:05:33,760 --> 02:05:34,803 Have we? 1814 02:05:34,803 --> 02:05:38,306 Let me make fun of your silly mustache 1815 02:05:38,306 --> 02:05:41,434 - I know the song. - You're movie actors? 1816 02:05:41,434 --> 02:05:42,477 Well... 1817 02:05:43,770 --> 02:05:49,484 You're the army entertainment troupe? Keep up the good job. 1818 02:05:51,110 --> 02:05:54,155 Your friends are in the other car. 1819 02:05:54,155 --> 02:05:57,492 I'll take you to them. 1820 02:06:00,829 --> 02:06:02,497 Is it free then...? 1821 02:06:02,497 --> 02:06:05,500 - I found some young actors. - Sorry? 1822 02:06:05,500 --> 02:06:06,501 Sir. 1823 02:06:07,502 --> 02:06:10,338 - Did you fight in the war? - The war? 1824 02:06:11,422 --> 02:06:16,678 I was at the battlefront so long ago, that I forgot. 1825 02:06:16,678 --> 02:06:17,971 You forgot...? 1826 02:06:19,848 --> 02:06:21,182 And you are... 1827 02:06:24,853 --> 02:06:26,354 - You are... - They are... 1828 02:06:26,354 --> 02:06:28,481 Do we know you? 1829 02:06:28,481 --> 02:06:32,402 I don't think we've performed anywhere together. 1830 02:06:32,402 --> 02:06:33,903 You're actors? 1831 02:06:33,903 --> 02:06:35,822 - Yes. No. - Yes. 1832 02:06:35,822 --> 02:06:37,365 Which is it? 1833 02:06:37,365 --> 02:06:40,034 Mr. Maruyama, I have an idea. 1834 02:06:41,703 --> 02:06:43,705 Maybe they will do...? 1835 02:06:53,715 --> 02:06:57,051 They're too young for Rickshaw Man... 1836 02:06:57,051 --> 02:06:59,387 You think so? 1837 02:07:00,722 --> 02:07:02,557 - We're... - A theatre troupe! 1838 02:07:02,557 --> 02:07:07,228 In this crisis, actors must join troupes. 1839 02:07:07,228 --> 02:07:10,565 We go around to military plants, and hospitals. 1840 02:07:10,565 --> 02:07:14,068 We need authorization to perform. 1841 02:07:14,068 --> 02:07:17,363 We have a situation. 1842 02:07:17,363 --> 02:07:18,865 A situation? 1843 02:07:20,074 --> 02:07:21,242 Can we help you? 1844 02:07:21,242 --> 02:07:27,916 We're temporarily based in Hiroshima while we tour around there. 1845 02:07:27,916 --> 02:07:33,922 On our way back from a show Mr. Maruyama fell ill with pleurisy. 1846 02:07:33,922 --> 02:07:37,550 - He's central to the Sakura Troupe. - Oh! 1847 02:07:39,594 --> 02:07:42,096 So you're Mr. Sadao Maruyama! 1848 02:07:44,057 --> 02:07:46,434 Sakura Troupe... and the Atomic bomb. 1849 02:07:47,810 --> 02:07:48,937 Atomic? 1850 02:07:48,937 --> 02:07:51,022 - Atmospheric. - What? 1851 02:07:51,022 --> 02:07:53,066 Their performances are. 1852 02:07:53,066 --> 02:07:58,738 We'll have to cancel our show in Sanin if we can't replace him. 1853 02:07:58,738 --> 02:07:59,614 Oh no. 1854 02:07:59,614 --> 02:08:04,619 I hate the idea of disappointing people in these bleak times. 1855 02:08:04,619 --> 02:08:06,704 When is it? 1856 02:08:06,704 --> 02:08:08,456 August 6. 1857 02:08:08,456 --> 02:08:09,749 The A-bomb day. 1858 02:08:10,667 --> 02:08:12,168 August 6... 1859 02:08:12,168 --> 02:08:15,964 You're scheduled to be in Sanin on August 6? 1860 02:08:15,964 --> 02:08:18,800 - Away from Hiroshima. - If it's cancelled? 1861 02:08:18,800 --> 02:08:21,636 - We'd be in Hiroshima. - That's no good! 1862 02:08:21,636 --> 02:08:23,012 You agree? 1863 02:08:24,973 --> 02:08:25,974 OK. 1864 02:08:26,975 --> 02:08:30,269 - I'll play his part! - How enthusiastic. 1865 02:08:30,269 --> 02:08:31,771 Can you act? 1866 02:08:32,438 --> 02:08:33,439 I can. 1867 02:08:34,399 --> 02:08:35,650 Shigeru! 1868 02:08:35,650 --> 02:08:40,780 We could try Mr. Okamoto's play, The White Tiger Brigade... 1869 02:08:40,780 --> 02:08:43,116 - I know that! - We're samurai. 1870 02:08:43,116 --> 02:08:44,283 You do? 1871 02:08:44,283 --> 02:08:46,786 It'd be our honor to die fighting. 1872 02:08:46,786 --> 02:08:49,455 Go back to your mom! 1873 02:08:49,455 --> 02:08:54,585 You need to imagine their situation and think you're there. 1874 02:08:57,338 --> 02:09:02,010 They don't have to imagine. They were there with them. 1875 02:09:02,010 --> 02:09:03,511 Please do it! 1876 02:09:03,511 --> 02:09:07,515 No one knows why there were only women in the troupe. 1877 02:09:07,515 --> 02:09:10,184 It looks like a lot of fun. 1878 02:09:16,524 --> 02:09:19,360 Smoke is rising from the North Tower! 1879 02:09:19,360 --> 02:09:22,363 There're twice as many of them! 1880 02:09:22,363 --> 02:09:24,574 It's too late. 1881 02:09:24,574 --> 02:09:27,035 It's the Mt. Imori scene. 1882 02:09:27,035 --> 02:09:31,039 I can't see for smoke but with flames and enemy 1883 02:09:31,039 --> 02:09:34,917 all around, we will lose 200 years of history. 1884 02:09:34,917 --> 02:09:37,879 - Shigeru is acting! - In a samurai costume! 1885 02:09:37,879 --> 02:09:41,549 A good yakuza is well dressed. 1886 02:09:41,549 --> 02:09:43,051 He's perfect! 1887 02:09:43,718 --> 02:09:44,719 Yes I am. 1888 02:09:44,719 --> 02:09:46,888 Our Lord is trapped. 1889 02:09:46,888 --> 02:09:48,890 - So are my uncles. - Father. 1890 02:09:48,890 --> 02:09:51,142 - My mother. - Sisters. 1891 02:09:51,142 --> 02:09:52,393 My brother. 1892 02:09:52,393 --> 02:09:55,104 - We can't... - ...walk away. 1893 02:09:58,524 --> 02:09:59,734 We can't. 1894 02:10:02,862 --> 02:10:04,906 We can't! 1895 02:10:06,407 --> 02:10:08,409 - They're right. - It's you! 1896 02:10:08,409 --> 02:10:14,749 The towns along this train line are on fire from the Allied air raids. 1897 02:10:20,880 --> 02:10:21,881 It's you! 1898 02:10:22,381 --> 02:10:25,259 We're to guard the city around the castle. 1899 02:10:25,259 --> 02:10:27,136 The White Tiger Brigade...! 1900 02:10:27,136 --> 02:10:29,597 You're still alive! 1901 02:10:29,597 --> 02:10:31,182 Go back to your mom! 1902 02:10:31,182 --> 02:10:34,060 - We're samurai. - If you die, that's it! 1903 02:10:34,060 --> 02:10:35,728 It would be. 1904 02:10:35,728 --> 02:10:36,729 Who are you? 1905 02:10:38,272 --> 02:10:43,903 You lost! Think about how to live wisely! 1906 02:10:43,903 --> 02:10:48,533 - Use your brain. - Yes, be smart! 1907 02:10:49,784 --> 02:10:51,911 Hit him with the blunt end! 1908 02:10:55,289 --> 02:10:56,791 He blacked out. 1909 02:10:56,791 --> 02:10:59,752 Why do people kill each other in war? 1910 02:11:04,966 --> 02:11:07,426 It's the death knell... 1911 02:11:07,426 --> 02:11:09,428 To mourn the dead. 1912 02:11:09,428 --> 02:11:12,473 The castle will remain standing. 1913 02:11:14,475 --> 02:11:19,981 Mario is so involved in the movie that he's overacting. 1914 02:11:19,981 --> 02:11:22,692 It's a dangerous sign. 1915 02:11:22,692 --> 02:11:27,363 We can't advance and yet we can't retreat... 1916 02:11:32,952 --> 02:11:34,120 Good. 1917 02:11:36,622 --> 02:11:40,042 Your focus was very impressive. 1918 02:11:40,918 --> 02:11:42,461 Maybe we'll be OK. 1919 02:11:42,461 --> 02:11:43,462 I agree. 1920 02:11:50,011 --> 02:11:54,432 I'm moved... your performance was incredible! 1921 02:11:54,432 --> 02:11:55,433 Performance? 1922 02:11:56,559 --> 02:12:01,147 More Japanese must die! Issue more draft notices! 1923 02:12:01,856 --> 02:12:05,484 - What did I do? - You acted so well. 1924 02:12:05,484 --> 02:12:10,156 Some women had a group like White Tiger Brigade. 1925 02:12:10,156 --> 02:12:13,701 Right! What happened to Takeko Nakano? 1926 02:12:13,701 --> 02:12:16,204 She fought bravely. 1927 02:12:16,204 --> 02:12:17,205 Advance! 1928 02:12:18,831 --> 02:12:24,253 We were prepared to sacrifice ourselves for friends and family. 1929 02:12:25,504 --> 02:12:26,756 Hold on, Yuko! 1930 02:12:28,174 --> 02:12:30,843 Then Takeko was shot. 1931 02:12:32,845 --> 02:12:33,846 Sister! 1932 02:12:35,181 --> 02:12:39,685 Yuko, help me die honorably. 1933 02:12:46,025 --> 02:12:49,528 She'd help her sister end her life. 1934 02:12:52,031 --> 02:12:53,199 Go on. 1935 02:12:53,199 --> 02:12:54,367 Sister... 1936 02:12:59,080 --> 02:13:01,916 It's raining... 1937 02:13:01,916 --> 02:13:07,129 The village rain is gentle, I feel its embrace. 1938 02:13:07,129 --> 02:13:09,465 I love how it's so warm... 1939 02:13:09,465 --> 02:13:11,217 It's getting heavier. 1940 02:13:12,385 --> 02:13:16,430 - You think he's OK? - Boys don't mind the rain. 1941 02:13:17,932 --> 02:13:22,603 It's raining. I wish mom would come for me. 1942 02:13:24,146 --> 02:13:27,233 I'll go and meet him. 1943 02:13:29,652 --> 02:13:30,987 That's what-- 1944 02:13:33,239 --> 02:13:34,323 Good beer! 1945 02:13:34,323 --> 02:13:35,533 --mothers do. 1946 02:13:35,533 --> 02:13:37,910 - Hi! - Mom! 1947 02:13:39,745 --> 02:13:42,748 It's OK, Mommy is here. 1948 02:13:44,417 --> 02:13:47,586 The 3 of us might be split up 1949 02:13:50,589 --> 02:13:54,760 but I'll take care of our son while you're away. 1950 02:13:54,760 --> 02:13:55,970 Thank you. 1951 02:13:57,179 --> 02:13:59,640 You're meant to split up... 1952 02:14:00,266 --> 02:14:03,853 I love mustaches! 1953 02:14:05,271 --> 02:14:08,816 - Be back for dinner! - Have a nice day! 1954 02:14:09,942 --> 02:14:12,778 Even during the Pacific War 1955 02:14:12,778 --> 02:14:17,533 most people's lives went on as usual. 1956 02:14:18,367 --> 02:14:20,786 With their husbands off fighting 1957 02:14:20,786 --> 02:14:27,209 the women back home found ways to survive. 1958 02:14:28,294 --> 02:14:31,672 How peaceful it could be. 1959 02:14:34,175 --> 02:14:36,135 No time for delusions. 1960 02:14:43,142 --> 02:14:45,102 Look at the moon...! 1961 02:14:45,811 --> 02:14:52,234 It wasn't an option to quit fighting and go back to their families. 1962 02:14:52,234 --> 02:14:57,156 Takeko wrote a death poem and wrapped it around her sword. 1963 02:14:57,156 --> 02:14:59,825 - Help me die honorably! - Sister... 1964 02:14:59,825 --> 02:15:01,660 As I depart... 1965 02:15:01,660 --> 02:15:05,331 "Compared to a samurai's bravery" 1966 02:15:05,331 --> 02:15:08,000 "What I do would mount to little" 1967 02:15:08,501 --> 02:15:11,170 Takeko Nakano Women and Children Brigade 1968 02:15:19,053 --> 02:15:23,516 Give me the gun! We're out of ammo. 1969 02:15:23,516 --> 02:15:24,934 Mother... 1970 02:15:24,934 --> 02:15:29,188 All the teenage boys, women and children died. 1971 02:15:29,188 --> 02:15:32,691 Dad was wrong about movies having happy endings. 1972 02:15:33,526 --> 02:15:35,528 A PEACEFUL CINEMA—AFTER THE WAR 1973 02:15:35,528 --> 02:15:37,947 A PEACEFUL CINEMA—AFTER THE WAR Grandpa, you keep dozing off. 1974 02:15:37,947 --> 02:15:40,699 A PEACEFUL CINEMA—AFTER THE WAR 1975 02:15:40,699 --> 02:15:44,787 A PEACEFUL CINEMA—AFTER THE WAR I do that because it's a good movie. 1976 02:15:44,787 --> 02:15:45,454 A PEACEFUL CINEMA—AFTER THE WAR 1977 02:15:45,454 --> 02:15:48,040 A PEACEFUL CINEMA—AFTER THE WAR But it's very violent. 1978 02:15:48,040 --> 02:15:48,082 A PEACEFUL CINEMA—AFTER THE WAR 1979 02:15:48,249 --> 02:15:54,380 When I was a boy I was His Majesty's subject and a militarist. 1980 02:15:55,047 --> 02:15:57,425 Did militarists sleep a lot? 1981 02:15:57,425 --> 02:16:02,221 With gritted teeth and eyes wide open. 1982 02:16:02,221 --> 02:16:04,432 How can you sleep? 1983 02:16:08,394 --> 02:16:09,437 Salute! 1984 02:16:10,354 --> 02:16:11,439 Salute? 1985 02:16:14,233 --> 02:16:17,611 Little one, sleep deeply and shut your eyes. 1986 02:16:20,239 --> 02:16:22,575 Because there's no war to fight. 1987 02:16:23,576 --> 02:16:29,415 Back to the fateful day, 8:07 A.M. on August 6, 1945. 1988 02:16:30,666 --> 02:16:33,419 Hiroshima is a peaceful home to many. 1989 02:16:35,296 --> 02:16:36,505 I love Hiroshima. 1990 02:16:37,506 --> 02:16:41,135 Setouchi Sea is so beautiful on a sunny day. 1991 02:16:46,932 --> 02:16:49,268 What a beautiful town! 1992 02:16:49,268 --> 02:16:52,062 The area is so pristine. 1993 02:16:52,062 --> 02:16:55,441 They targeted it to gauge the A-bomb's power. 1994 02:16:55,774 --> 02:17:00,863 This symbolic building would be known as the Atomic Bomb Dome. 1995 02:17:00,863 --> 02:17:05,326 It's the Hiroshima Prefectural Products Exhibition Hall. 1996 02:17:05,326 --> 02:17:06,827 They were tricked. 1997 02:17:06,827 --> 02:17:10,164 We have no time. How will we save them? 1998 02:17:10,164 --> 02:17:12,791 They stop to scheme. 1999 02:17:13,959 --> 02:17:18,047 Takarazuka Revue inspired me to be an actor. 2000 02:17:18,047 --> 02:17:22,801 But it was your play, Mr. Maruyama, that opened my eyes. 2001 02:17:22,801 --> 02:17:25,012 I played men in Takarazuka. 2002 02:17:27,806 --> 02:17:32,478 The movements are graceful and it's unambiguous. 2003 02:17:32,478 --> 02:17:35,898 - But it was heartless. - Heartless? 2004 02:17:35,898 --> 02:17:39,985 It's about entertaining audiences and appearances. 2005 02:17:39,985 --> 02:17:42,821 That's all I used to care about. 2006 02:17:42,821 --> 02:17:48,494 But Mr. Maruyama's character in Rickshaw Man was so alive! 2007 02:17:48,494 --> 02:17:50,704 With Haruko Sugimura. 2008 02:17:50,704 --> 02:17:52,998 - Oh, that! - I'm clueless. 2009 02:17:53,999 --> 02:17:59,505 He played Matsugoro and when he told the widow he loves her, 2010 02:17:59,505 --> 02:18:03,342 he played it differently every performance. 2011 02:18:03,342 --> 02:18:09,682 Because good performances reflect your state of mind. 2012 02:18:09,682 --> 02:18:13,852 It was a revelation so I wanted to study under him. 2013 02:18:13,852 --> 02:18:15,187 Ms. Sonoi. 2014 02:18:16,522 --> 02:18:18,607 I'm not a good actor. 2015 02:18:19,191 --> 02:18:20,234 Sir... 2016 02:18:20,234 --> 02:18:24,405 - What's important for an actor is... - Sensitivity. 2017 02:18:24,405 --> 02:18:26,198 Yes, and health. 2018 02:18:26,198 --> 02:18:27,866 Health... 2019 02:18:27,866 --> 02:18:34,081 These young actors have it in abundance but I don't. 2020 02:18:34,707 --> 02:18:36,917 It's the basis of good acting. 2021 02:18:37,543 --> 02:18:40,713 Teach them well. 2022 02:18:40,713 --> 02:18:42,381 Yes. Let's practice. 2023 02:18:42,381 --> 02:18:45,217 Kyoko, let's go over the act. 2024 02:18:48,262 --> 02:18:50,139 1) National ritual. 2025 02:18:50,139 --> 02:18:52,766 - What's that? - Rise. 2026 02:18:52,766 --> 02:18:53,100 CITIZENS PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO THE EMPIRE. - What's that? - Rise. 2027 02:18:53,100 --> 02:18:55,394 CITIZENS PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO THE EMPIRE. 2028 02:18:55,561 --> 02:18:56,729 Let's do this. 2029 02:18:56,729 --> 02:18:58,230 Sir, stay there. 2030 02:18:59,064 --> 02:19:00,149 Salute! 2031 02:19:00,149 --> 02:19:02,693 Not like the military salute. 2032 02:19:04,069 --> 02:19:05,571 To His Majesty in Tokyo! 2033 02:19:06,405 --> 02:19:08,240 Oh, me too? 2034 02:19:08,240 --> 02:19:10,743 Salute with respect! 2035 02:19:10,743 --> 02:19:12,786 Like, how? 2036 02:19:12,786 --> 02:19:14,580 - Like this? - At ease! 2037 02:19:15,581 --> 02:19:17,124 2) National Anthem. 2038 02:19:17,124 --> 02:19:19,668 And we sing the anthem. 2039 02:19:19,668 --> 02:19:28,302 May your reign continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations... 2040 02:19:28,302 --> 02:19:32,931 In gratitude to fallen heroes, the military's success 2041 02:19:32,931 --> 02:19:36,268 and the Great Asia War victory. Salute! 2042 02:19:40,522 --> 02:19:45,944 After the organizers' speeches and a 3-minute break, it's showtime. 2043 02:19:45,944 --> 02:19:48,614 3) The best scenes of Rickshaw Man. 2044 02:19:48,614 --> 02:19:52,785 Do you know the movie version with Tsumasaburo Bando? 2045 02:19:52,785 --> 02:19:57,956 A great B&W movie! After the war, Mifune did a color version 2046 02:19:57,956 --> 02:20:03,462 with Hideko Takamine. Shintaro Katsu made one too! 2047 02:20:03,462 --> 02:20:06,799 Ken Takakura wanted to star in it. 2048 02:20:06,799 --> 02:20:09,968 Ms. Sonoi was in the first one! 2049 02:20:09,968 --> 02:20:12,638 Now for casting... The siren! 2050 02:20:12,638 --> 02:20:14,556 - In Hiroshima? - No way. 2051 02:20:14,556 --> 02:20:17,226 - That's not how it went. - To the shelter! 2052 02:20:17,226 --> 02:20:19,019 - Noriko. - Kyoko! 2053 02:20:19,019 --> 02:20:21,271 I want a read-through! 2054 02:20:21,271 --> 02:20:23,315 Quickly, everyone! 2055 02:20:26,568 --> 02:20:28,821 We're the only ones panicking. 2056 02:20:30,155 --> 02:20:35,703 No one's worried because Hiroshima hasn't been bombed so far. 2057 02:20:35,703 --> 02:20:40,332 - You don't want the role? - Not after Kawamura was drafted... 2058 02:20:40,332 --> 02:20:41,375 Atomic? 2059 02:20:41,375 --> 02:20:42,584 The Sakura Corps. 2060 02:20:42,584 --> 02:20:44,336 - Atmospheric. - What? 2061 02:20:44,336 --> 02:20:45,838 Their performances are. 2062 02:20:45,838 --> 02:20:48,674 I'll play Toshio, the son. 2063 02:20:48,674 --> 02:20:52,177 PFC Kawamura is busy with the antitank maneuver. 2064 02:20:54,179 --> 02:20:57,683 Maybe he's in a hot spring. Or doing ballet. 2065 02:20:58,726 --> 02:21:02,563 Shigeru, you have a wild imagination. 2066 02:21:02,563 --> 02:21:06,942 He wore a brand new loincloth he'd kept for this day. 2067 02:21:07,526 --> 02:21:12,531 He had no food or bullets. His country had abandoned him. 2068 02:21:15,743 --> 02:21:20,205 That's often how things go in reality. 2069 02:21:20,205 --> 02:21:21,874 Like 6 Tons of Rice... 2070 02:21:23,584 --> 02:21:27,045 When Nagaoka Domain lost the civil war. 2071 02:21:27,045 --> 02:21:29,757 Mr. Yuzo Yamamoto made it into a play. 2072 02:21:31,049 --> 02:21:36,305 People were starving so 6 tons of rice were donated. 2073 02:21:36,305 --> 02:21:39,767 But they built a school with the proceeds. 2074 02:21:39,767 --> 02:21:42,603 When people were starving? Why? 2075 02:21:42,603 --> 02:21:48,400 Because education would improve their lives 10,000-fold. 2076 02:21:48,400 --> 02:21:54,406 Losing a war taught them that it was better to invest in the future. 2077 02:21:55,115 --> 02:21:58,786 While winners focus on the money under their nose. 2078 02:22:02,664 --> 02:22:04,958 I remember a line from the play. 2079 02:22:04,958 --> 02:22:05,959 Yes? 2080 02:22:05,959 --> 02:22:12,174 "No blood would been shed if we could see the consequences." 2081 02:22:12,174 --> 02:22:14,760 Like Sakamoto and Saigo... 2082 02:22:14,760 --> 02:22:16,470 What's bright is... 2083 02:22:17,513 --> 02:22:18,764 Pop's bald head! 2084 02:22:20,766 --> 02:22:22,184 Bald head. 2085 02:22:22,184 --> 02:22:25,103 I wish I could go to America... 2086 02:22:28,232 --> 02:22:34,780 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto graduated from the school built from the rice. 2087 02:22:34,780 --> 02:22:38,033 He was reluctant to go to war with the US 2088 02:22:38,033 --> 02:22:41,537 but he commanded the Navy at Pearl Harbor. 2089 02:22:41,537 --> 02:22:44,832 A typical Japanese mentality. 2090 02:22:44,832 --> 02:22:45,999 Typical? 2091 02:22:45,999 --> 02:22:52,005 Conformity over logic. In war or peace... or anything. 2092 02:22:53,674 --> 02:22:59,346 As if to cautiously choose someone to love 2093 02:23:00,639 --> 02:23:02,975 pull peace toward yourself. 2094 02:23:09,398 --> 02:23:11,316 I came to cheer him up. 2095 02:23:11,316 --> 02:23:11,650 PLAYWRIGHT KAORU OSANAI I came to cheer him up. 2096 02:23:11,650 --> 02:23:14,945 PLAYWRIGHT KAORU OSANAI I thought you were still ill. 2097 02:23:14,945 --> 02:23:15,153 I thought you were still ill. 2098 02:23:15,153 --> 02:23:17,990 - This is my latest play. - "The Fiancée." 2099 02:23:17,990 --> 02:23:19,032 Oh, my! 2100 02:23:20,158 --> 02:23:21,201 Here. 2101 02:23:23,370 --> 02:23:25,831 "I told her I loved her first." 2102 02:23:25,831 --> 02:23:28,292 "I beat you to it." 2103 02:23:47,853 --> 02:23:50,689 It's another hot day. 2104 02:23:50,689 --> 02:23:52,190 A potato? 2105 02:23:52,190 --> 02:23:56,194 Welcome neighbors. We're about to begin! 2106 02:23:56,194 --> 02:24:01,033 I hope you will enjoy our open rehearsal today! 2107 02:24:01,033 --> 02:24:04,912 The best scenes of Rickshaw Man. The curtain opens! 2108 02:24:04,912 --> 02:24:07,539 Exit devils! Enter good fortune! 2109 02:24:11,543 --> 02:24:16,882 Kyoko Habara's loud voice makes her the best master of ceremony. 2110 02:24:18,967 --> 02:24:23,430 Keiko Sonoi walks her way of life with saké. 2111 02:24:23,430 --> 02:24:29,227 As if to cautiously choose someone to love 2112 02:24:30,395 --> 02:24:32,731 pull peace toward yourself. 2113 02:24:32,731 --> 02:24:37,235 Though there's no other way but ahead. 2114 02:24:42,115 --> 02:24:45,744 You're this age without ever marrying. 2115 02:24:45,744 --> 02:24:50,916 Both Torakichi and Kumakichi are married with children... 2116 02:24:50,916 --> 02:24:53,919 I'm afraid we've been too dependent on you. 2117 02:24:53,919 --> 02:24:57,422 Exit devils! Enter good fortune! 2118 02:25:02,552 --> 02:25:06,264 You know something, Mrs. Yoshioka. 2119 02:25:06,264 --> 02:25:09,434 I've never really liked women. 2120 02:25:09,434 --> 02:25:12,771 I avoided them and everyone knew that. 2121 02:25:14,481 --> 02:25:17,609 Until you came into my life. 2122 02:25:23,615 --> 02:25:28,161 Your husband was good to me before he died so... 2123 02:25:29,454 --> 02:25:33,375 I looked after you because I owed him. 2124 02:25:35,627 --> 02:25:41,800 I always looked forward to visiting your son because I love kids. 2125 02:25:41,800 --> 02:25:43,301 Truly. 2126 02:25:47,305 --> 02:25:52,519 But whenever I stood before you 2127 02:25:52,519 --> 02:25:58,817 it felt like the clouds in the sky ripped open to pour out stars. 2128 02:26:01,361 --> 02:26:02,446 That's true, too. 2129 02:26:08,326 --> 02:26:09,536 Matsugoro... 2130 02:26:12,330 --> 02:26:13,331 Halt! 2131 02:26:13,331 --> 02:26:17,669 There is no turning back. You must follow your fate. 2132 02:26:17,669 --> 02:26:20,672 Stop this scandalous play at once! 2133 02:26:20,672 --> 02:26:25,594 A rickshaw man falling for a widow! It's unacceptable! 2134 02:26:25,594 --> 02:26:28,680 This is unpatriotic! Who's in charge? 2135 02:26:31,058 --> 02:26:32,350 I am. 2136 02:26:33,351 --> 02:26:35,103 But Mr. Maruyama... 2137 02:26:35,103 --> 02:26:38,982 In that case, tell me if this performance is authorized? 2138 02:26:38,982 --> 02:26:41,526 Potatoes! I wish they were sweeter! 2139 02:26:45,197 --> 02:26:49,242 We're the Sakura Troupe, we travel around entertaining. 2140 02:26:49,242 --> 02:26:54,039 Our show is tomorrow and it certainly is authorized. 2141 02:26:54,039 --> 02:26:56,374 - No excuses! - Potatoes? 2142 02:26:56,374 --> 02:27:00,087 We serve the country with our performances. 2143 02:27:00,087 --> 02:27:05,050 The Honorable Minister of Education granted us a motto. 2144 02:27:05,050 --> 02:27:07,052 "Theatre is ammunition!" 2145 02:27:08,887 --> 02:27:11,932 - You have an ulterior motive. - One each. 2146 02:27:11,932 --> 02:27:17,229 You're not serving Japan. You spread antiwar ideology. 2147 02:27:17,896 --> 02:27:20,232 I revoke your authorization! 2148 02:27:21,691 --> 02:27:27,739 Rickshaw Man starring Tsumasaburo Bando and Keiko Sonoi 2149 02:27:27,739 --> 02:27:32,577 had 10 minutes edited out for that exact reason. 2150 02:27:33,078 --> 02:27:38,083 After the war, the Occupation Forces cut 8 more minutes of it. 2151 02:27:38,583 --> 02:27:43,296 Losing 18 minutes to the whims of 2 powers 2152 02:27:43,296 --> 02:27:49,261 it remains a masterpiece in Japanese cinema history. 2153 02:27:49,261 --> 02:27:54,432 A perfect marriage of the performers and audiences' imagination. 2154 02:27:54,432 --> 02:27:58,103 What it reflects is a desperate romance. 2155 02:27:58,103 --> 02:28:01,106 Like Sadao Maruyama and Keiko Sonoi's. 2156 02:28:01,106 --> 02:28:06,111 It inspires an eternal and passionate romance like theirs... 2157 02:28:06,111 --> 02:28:07,779 I love you. 2158 02:28:07,779 --> 02:28:10,490 Me too, Mr. Maruyama. 2159 02:28:13,702 --> 02:28:14,619 "PLAYWRIGHT OSANAI DIES" 2160 02:28:14,619 --> 02:28:18,915 "PLAYWRIGHT OSANAI DIES" Not just him. I loved you too. 2161 02:28:18,915 --> 02:28:19,124 Not just him. I loved you too. 2162 02:28:21,960 --> 02:28:23,461 They left? 2163 02:28:24,296 --> 02:28:26,298 They cancelled our show. 2164 02:28:31,636 --> 02:28:35,682 We'll take the first train out of Hiroshima tomorrow! 2165 02:28:35,682 --> 02:28:39,477 A devastating bomb will be dropped here! 2166 02:28:39,477 --> 02:28:41,980 Do you know what you are saying? 2167 02:28:41,980 --> 02:28:43,815 How do you know that? 2168 02:28:43,815 --> 02:28:46,651 He's very spiritual. 2169 02:28:46,651 --> 02:28:49,154 - I believe him. - Mario. 2170 02:28:49,154 --> 02:28:51,990 You've got nothing to lose! 2171 02:28:51,990 --> 02:28:53,658 Please! 2172 02:28:53,658 --> 02:28:56,995 Stay away from Hiroshima just for a day. 2173 02:28:56,995 --> 02:29:01,249 But Mr. Maruyama can't move about... 2174 02:29:01,249 --> 02:29:03,668 I'll piggyback him! 2175 02:29:03,668 --> 02:29:06,338 - I believe him. - Shozo? 2176 02:29:08,673 --> 02:29:13,386 There's an increasing risk of air raids in Hiroshima. 2177 02:29:14,012 --> 02:29:16,389 And we have no performance. 2178 02:29:17,182 --> 02:29:20,769 Maybe those who can evacuate should. 2179 02:29:21,645 --> 02:29:23,188 How about you? 2180 02:29:24,522 --> 02:29:29,194 I'll stay where I am. There's no escaping wars. 2181 02:29:29,194 --> 02:29:33,198 Then I'll remain with you. 2182 02:29:33,198 --> 02:29:34,699 I will too. 2183 02:29:34,699 --> 02:29:37,702 Me too. 2184 02:29:37,702 --> 02:29:41,081 Can I come with you? 2185 02:29:42,874 --> 02:29:45,377 So you believe me? 2186 02:29:45,377 --> 02:29:48,797 I don't want to be the only one running away-- 2187 02:29:49,714 --> 02:29:50,715 but 2188 02:29:53,385 --> 02:29:56,596 I'm responsible for my niece. 2189 02:29:56,596 --> 02:30:01,142 She helps prepare our meals but she should go. 2190 02:30:01,142 --> 02:30:06,856 I'll drop her off with my sister in Fukuyama and come straight back. 2191 02:30:06,856 --> 02:30:07,983 Kyoko... 2192 02:30:14,572 --> 02:30:15,657 Thank you. 2193 02:30:16,533 --> 02:30:17,784 Kyoko is late. 2194 02:30:17,784 --> 02:30:21,746 - She said she'd meet us here... - But the train's leaving! 2195 02:30:21,746 --> 02:30:23,081 Mario. 2196 02:30:23,081 --> 02:30:24,958 - Noriko. - Where is Kyoko? 2197 02:30:24,958 --> 02:30:26,793 This letter's from her. 2198 02:30:28,253 --> 02:30:31,089 Hello, I'm traveling alone. 2199 02:30:31,089 --> 02:30:35,051 "Mr. Maruyama doesn't feel well. I can't come." 2200 02:30:35,051 --> 02:30:38,763 "Make sure Noriko gets to this address." 2201 02:30:38,763 --> 02:30:41,433 It's Kyoko Habara's handwriting... 2202 02:30:46,688 --> 02:30:51,276 - Can you make it by yourself, Noriko? - Yes. 2203 02:30:51,276 --> 02:30:53,111 - Be happy. - OK. 2204 02:30:53,111 --> 02:30:54,738 Remember your stop. 2205 02:30:56,114 --> 02:31:01,494 Thank you so much! Thank you! 2206 02:31:01,494 --> 02:31:05,623 You heard her? I think we did well. 2207 02:31:05,623 --> 02:31:07,334 Thank you! 2208 02:31:07,334 --> 02:31:10,295 What about us though? 2209 02:31:10,295 --> 02:31:13,798 - We can't leave them. - We'll go all the way. 2210 02:31:15,216 --> 02:31:17,552 To the Sakura Troupe! 2211 02:31:17,552 --> 02:31:18,553 Hurry! 2212 02:31:20,638 --> 02:31:22,974 Thank you, Mario! 2213 02:31:23,641 --> 02:31:27,228 - We're the audience. Will we die too? - I bled. 2214 02:31:27,228 --> 02:31:30,190 If we just watch nothing will change! 2215 02:31:30,190 --> 02:31:32,025 My chest hurts. 2216 02:31:32,025 --> 02:31:35,153 A movie can change the future if not the past! 2217 02:31:35,153 --> 02:31:37,530 We make our happy endings! 2218 02:31:41,493 --> 02:31:43,203 The flower hair ornament. 2219 02:31:47,332 --> 02:31:49,334 My love for Mr. Maruyama. 2220 02:31:57,258 --> 02:31:58,259 Noriko? 2221 02:32:01,346 --> 02:32:06,017 Everyone, you have to protect me. Make sure you do! 2222 02:32:06,017 --> 02:32:09,938 Make sure Noriko gets to this address. 2223 02:32:09,938 --> 02:32:12,273 I hear an airplane... 2224 02:32:12,982 --> 02:32:17,362 August 6, 1945. 2225 02:32:17,362 --> 02:32:22,283 1-40, Sumiyoshi, Fukuyama. 2226 02:32:22,283 --> 02:32:23,535 Kyoko Habara. 2227 02:32:24,202 --> 02:32:27,705 That doesn't sound like a good idea 2228 02:32:27,705 --> 02:32:30,375 - I'll harvest potatoes. - Nice big ones! 2229 02:32:31,251 --> 02:32:33,711 It'll be another hot day. 2230 02:32:40,051 --> 02:32:42,011 I'm back. 2231 02:32:42,011 --> 02:32:45,807 To live is to be with someone you love. 2232 02:32:50,395 --> 02:32:55,191 That's a huge plane. Will I fail to protect them again? 2233 02:32:58,736 --> 02:33:00,238 That plane... 2234 02:33:02,740 --> 02:33:05,493 It's 8:15 A.M. 2235 02:33:15,420 --> 02:33:17,088 That's an airplane. 2236 02:33:18,923 --> 02:33:20,175 How strange... 2237 02:33:23,636 --> 02:33:28,266 This is the Imperial General Headquarters. 2238 02:33:28,266 --> 02:33:31,436 All children during the war 2239 02:33:31,436 --> 02:33:36,941 reinterpreted the Battleship March and sang it like this. 2240 02:33:36,941 --> 02:33:40,653 Jan-Jan-Jakarta or sweet potatoes! 2241 02:33:41,112 --> 02:33:45,283 Sweet potatoes are sweeter than Jakarta potatoes. 2242 02:33:45,283 --> 02:33:49,621 Staples like potatoes were hard to obtain. 2243 02:33:49,621 --> 02:33:52,123 Even radish leaves looked good. 2244 02:33:52,123 --> 02:33:55,668 Imperiled General And A Radish Quartered 2245 02:33:55,668 --> 02:33:58,505 Imperial General Headquarters. 2246 02:33:58,505 --> 02:34:03,134 The locals kids and elders taught them to sing, 2247 02:34:03,134 --> 02:34:06,262 Jan-Jan-Jakarta or sweet potatoes! 2248 02:34:06,262 --> 02:34:12,644 Then it went, "Imperiled General And A Radish Quartered." 2249 02:34:12,644 --> 02:34:16,814 I believed that the man who came up with the funny song 2250 02:34:16,814 --> 02:34:19,817 must be a nice man. 2251 02:34:19,817 --> 02:34:22,320 The man must have sympathized 2252 02:34:22,320 --> 02:34:27,659 with us children who'd eventually die serving the Empire. 2253 02:34:27,659 --> 02:34:32,330 During the war, adults didn't teach kids how to die 2254 02:34:32,330 --> 02:34:36,834 but tried to get us to relax and enjoy it instead. 2255 02:34:36,834 --> 02:34:41,673 I remember that with gratitude. 2256 02:34:41,673 --> 02:34:44,842 But we had no idea that in the meantime 2257 02:34:44,842 --> 02:34:48,555 we were being duped by the Empire's stupid decisions. 2258 02:34:49,097 --> 02:34:53,851 By every announcement we heard on the radio. 2259 02:34:53,851 --> 02:34:58,815 This is the Imperial General Headquarters. 2260 02:34:58,815 --> 02:35:02,277 Imperiled General And A Radish Quartered! 2261 02:35:02,277 --> 02:35:06,197 This is an air raid warning. 2262 02:35:06,197 --> 02:35:08,533 Earlier this morning 2263 02:35:08,533 --> 02:35:13,204 the Imperial Intelligence detected a B-29 enemy bomber 2264 02:35:13,204 --> 02:35:18,209 headed in the direction of Hiroshima. 2265 02:35:18,209 --> 02:35:22,547 But the warning has been cancelled. 2266 02:35:22,547 --> 02:35:25,550 We ignored the early warning 2267 02:35:25,550 --> 02:35:30,555 because we believed that the plane would fly by. 2268 02:35:30,555 --> 02:35:36,894 You're safe, Hiroshima citizens. The American devils have no bombs left. 2269 02:35:36,894 --> 02:35:43,776 You can go back to your daily military services. 2270 02:35:43,776 --> 02:35:47,905 It's sunny. It's a typical Japanese summer sky! 2271 02:35:48,948 --> 02:35:51,326 I came back for you. 2272 02:35:52,910 --> 02:35:53,828 Noriko. 2273 02:35:53,828 --> 02:35:54,912 Mario. 2274 02:35:54,912 --> 02:35:59,917 This is B-29, the Enola Gay, on its way to deploy the A-bomb. 2275 02:35:59,917 --> 02:36:00,918 Noriko! 2276 02:36:01,336 --> 02:36:04,672 - Mario, together we will... - Don't die! 2277 02:36:04,672 --> 02:36:08,635 8:15 A.M. The Uranium fission bomb was called the "Little Boy." 2278 02:36:09,218 --> 02:36:10,970 Mario, together we'll live! 2279 02:36:11,262 --> 02:36:12,263 Pika! 2280 02:36:12,764 --> 02:36:13,806 Mario! 2281 02:36:14,599 --> 02:36:18,478 "Some generations ago there was a brown war." 2282 02:36:18,936 --> 02:36:23,024 "Generations later everyone gathers tonight" 2283 02:36:23,608 --> 02:36:26,444 "With the nostalgia of a damn parachute." 2284 02:36:26,444 --> 02:36:30,448 "Swiing, wiing, swing-wing." 2285 02:36:30,448 --> 02:36:32,784 "Circus" by Chuya Nakahara 2286 02:36:36,788 --> 02:36:41,125 I won't let the war kill me. I'll survive in the memories 2287 02:36:41,125 --> 02:36:43,795 of someone I love. 2288 02:36:44,712 --> 02:36:45,797 Noriko. 2289 02:36:46,964 --> 02:36:48,800 I know what it is. 2290 02:36:48,800 --> 02:36:50,635 You have to tell me. 2291 02:36:50,635 --> 02:36:53,638 I know it very well. 2292 02:36:53,638 --> 02:36:55,306 Because I don't know anything. 2293 02:36:55,306 --> 02:36:59,644 I know what it is... 2294 02:37:01,145 --> 02:37:03,064 Finally I do. 2295 02:37:03,064 --> 02:37:06,984 Pika! A moment after the flash-- 2296 02:37:08,361 --> 02:37:10,196 there was a "Boom!" 2297 02:37:12,657 --> 02:37:17,245 Many of those who'd lived long enough to hear the boom 2298 02:37:17,245 --> 02:37:21,082 survived afterwards. 2299 02:37:21,082 --> 02:37:24,335 Those who were far from ground zero. 2300 02:37:24,335 --> 02:37:29,924 The ones who were right there died instantly, in a flash. 2301 02:37:31,175 --> 02:37:34,762 That's how it was with our dear Noriko. 2302 02:37:34,762 --> 02:37:39,851 With the flash she evaporated. With no time to know what happened. 2303 02:37:40,226 --> 02:37:42,603 Pika! And-- 2304 02:37:43,187 --> 02:37:48,401 that was the end of it. Then came-- 2305 02:37:49,026 --> 02:37:50,069 Boom! 2306 02:37:53,072 --> 02:37:54,907 Noriko. So this is it. 2307 02:37:54,907 --> 02:37:56,033 Mario. 2308 02:37:56,534 --> 02:38:01,622 Setouchi Kinema will close tonight. After that we'll never meet. 2309 02:38:01,914 --> 02:38:07,378 I tagged along with your cinephilia for years 2310 02:38:07,378 --> 02:38:09,922 but movies taught me 2311 02:38:09,922 --> 02:38:14,552 about war history and Japan's responsibility in it. 2312 02:38:14,552 --> 02:38:18,890 When the Atomic bomb was detonated above Hiroshima 2313 02:38:18,890 --> 02:38:21,559 I died with the flash of light. 2314 02:38:21,934 --> 02:38:26,647 My beloved Dr. Muddlehead escaped the film to the real world. 2315 02:38:27,940 --> 02:38:31,444 Oh my! Look at Dr. Muddlehead. 2316 02:38:31,444 --> 02:38:35,323 He escaped the movie to the real world. 2317 02:38:35,323 --> 02:38:37,074 It's a scandal! 2318 02:38:37,074 --> 02:38:40,745 He went to Tank Rock too. So don't worry. 2319 02:38:41,162 --> 02:38:44,624 If I learned to live in the real world 2320 02:38:44,624 --> 02:38:47,293 would you marry me, Noriko? 2321 02:38:47,960 --> 02:38:48,961 OK! 2322 02:38:49,796 --> 02:38:51,964 Mario, together we'll live. 2323 02:38:53,633 --> 02:38:57,720 - I won't forget you! - Thank you. 2324 02:38:58,304 --> 02:39:00,181 - Noriko. - Mario. 2325 02:39:00,181 --> 02:39:06,145 "A boy plays a drum and flute on a tatami mat on Sunday." 2326 02:39:06,145 --> 02:39:10,525 "It starts to rain outside on the lattice wall." 2327 02:39:10,525 --> 02:39:12,860 "June Rain" by Chuya Nakahara 2328 02:39:13,152 --> 02:39:20,660 As he plays it starts to rain 2329 02:39:21,160 --> 02:39:23,955 There was a blinding flash of light 2330 02:39:23,955 --> 02:39:28,334 then it turns dark before it rains. 2331 02:39:28,751 --> 02:39:30,586 Black rain. 2332 02:39:30,586 --> 02:39:35,675 If I have a memory of the war I didn't experience 2333 02:39:35,675 --> 02:39:39,929 I guess it's remembered by the Atomic Bomb Dome. 2334 02:39:41,013 --> 02:39:42,849 It's so hot... 2335 02:39:50,189 --> 02:39:54,068 - Pressed flowers... - A memento of our time together. 2336 02:39:54,694 --> 02:39:56,195 "THE FIANCÉE" 2337 02:40:10,585 --> 02:40:15,548 The Sakura Troupe members died with the flash 2338 02:40:15,548 --> 02:40:18,718 before they realized. 2339 02:40:18,718 --> 02:40:22,388 Kyoko Habara, died at age 22. 2340 02:40:22,388 --> 02:40:26,601 Ayako Morishita, died at 23. 2341 02:40:26,601 --> 02:40:30,771 Ayako Ryu, died at 41. 2342 02:40:30,771 --> 02:40:34,609 Tsuyako Shimaki, died at 22. 2343 02:40:34,609 --> 02:40:38,404 Kayo Komuro, died at 30. 2344 02:40:38,404 --> 02:40:41,240 Those who heard the boom died 2345 02:40:41,240 --> 02:40:44,410 days later from radioactive exposure. 2346 02:40:44,410 --> 02:40:49,123 Sadao Maruyama, died on August 16 at 44. 2347 02:40:49,123 --> 02:40:53,419 Shozo Takayama, died on August 20 at 21. 2348 02:40:53,419 --> 02:40:57,924 Keiko Sonoi, died on August 21 at 32. 2349 02:40:57,924 --> 02:41:02,428 Midori Naka, died on August 24 at 36. 2350 02:41:02,428 --> 02:41:04,430 I was also burned to death... 2351 02:41:05,431 --> 02:41:07,934 Mario. 2352 02:41:14,774 --> 02:41:17,443 I'm left with nothing but one thing. 2353 02:41:17,443 --> 02:41:20,947 With the name of my fictional lover. 2354 02:41:20,947 --> 02:41:23,950 I lost everything I had. 2355 02:41:28,287 --> 02:41:32,375 People from any period of time should be free 2356 02:41:32,375 --> 02:41:35,503 to live his future, her present. 2357 02:41:49,642 --> 02:41:51,560 I won't forget... 2358 02:41:59,568 --> 02:42:01,529 About Noriko and the others... 2359 02:42:02,530 --> 02:42:05,992 I'll never forget them. 2360 02:42:12,707 --> 02:42:16,585 I'm sure young Noriko wanted to burn 2361 02:42:16,794 --> 02:42:21,841 in a passionate romance instead of the A-Bomb inferno. 2362 02:42:22,508 --> 02:42:25,011 Mario. 2363 02:42:26,512 --> 02:42:28,180 I love you. 2364 02:42:28,180 --> 02:42:31,183 So do I, Sadao... 2365 02:42:32,184 --> 02:42:34,061 "THE FIANCÉE" 2366 02:42:46,574 --> 02:42:51,287 AND THE WAR IS OVER... 2367 02:42:51,537 --> 02:43:01,536 So quiet is autumn in the village 2368 02:43:02,590 --> 02:43:12,391 Falling fruit out the back is the only sound tonight 2369 02:43:13,726 --> 02:43:23,725 Reminding me that I'm alone with Mother 2370 02:43:23,903 --> 02:43:26,906 And autumn comes again to this country 2371 02:43:26,906 --> 02:43:28,574 as usual. 2372 02:43:29,450 --> 02:43:33,079 Many Japanese fondly recall this song. 2373 02:43:33,079 --> 02:43:37,583 It gave hope to those waiting for the soldiers to return but... 2374 02:43:38,334 --> 02:43:43,464 Some didn't and if they did, their loved ones may have died. 2375 02:43:44,090 --> 02:43:46,759 All the lies to the end... 2376 02:43:47,134 --> 02:43:51,680 Palm trees on the island... 2377 02:43:52,348 --> 02:43:56,477 Before, during and after the war 2378 02:43:56,477 --> 02:43:59,105 the country deceived its people. 2379 02:43:59,814 --> 02:44:05,528 Dad, I can't go in your spaceship so I looked in the real world but 2380 02:44:06,278 --> 02:44:09,448 I couldn't find a "happy ending" anywhere. 2381 02:44:11,617 --> 02:44:14,620 I've lived much longer than you and 2382 02:44:15,496 --> 02:44:18,624 I've seen a lot of unhappiness in my life. 2383 02:44:19,208 --> 02:44:22,128 But I want you to learn from movies 2384 02:44:22,128 --> 02:44:25,923 and make your future happier. 2385 02:44:26,715 --> 02:44:30,511 After all, movies and you are fiction to me. 2386 02:44:30,511 --> 02:44:35,474 Right. You're so clever and beautiful. 2387 02:44:35,474 --> 02:44:37,351 That's from you. 2388 02:44:39,687 --> 02:44:44,066 "THE MAGIC BOX OF CINEMA. FINAL ALL-NIGHTER!" 2389 02:44:44,483 --> 02:44:50,656 Chuya wrote the following poem a few days after the Mukden Incident. 2390 02:44:50,656 --> 02:44:57,371 Which is what sparked Japan's invasion of China 2391 02:44:57,371 --> 02:45:02,710 and the World War which ended with Japan's defeat. 2392 02:45:02,710 --> 02:45:04,712 It was one trigger. 2393 02:45:04,712 --> 02:45:09,842 And Chuya Nakahara's century-old concern is true today... 2394 02:45:10,885 --> 02:45:15,556 "Dark clouds gather behind humanity." 2395 02:45:15,973 --> 02:45:19,018 "Hardly anyone notices it." 2396 02:45:19,727 --> 02:45:24,356 "If you saw it, you'd feel as sick as I do." 2397 02:45:25,065 --> 02:45:28,194 "Therefore I believe that" 2398 02:45:28,194 --> 02:45:31,906 "those who feel sick know what's happening." 2399 02:45:32,698 --> 02:45:35,868 "One Autumn Night" by Chuya Nakahara 2400 02:45:41,874 --> 02:45:45,544 All humans on Earth wanted to go to war. 2401 02:45:45,544 --> 02:45:48,547 It's a past that can't be reversed. 2402 02:45:48,547 --> 02:45:52,927 But each of us has the power to make a future 2403 02:45:52,927 --> 02:45:57,139 where war has no place in our everyday lives. 2404 02:45:57,139 --> 02:46:01,101 Remember the Chuya poem at the opening. 2405 02:46:01,101 --> 02:46:03,771 A century later things seem worse. 2406 02:46:03,771 --> 02:46:07,399 But there are things our hands can turn to. 2407 02:46:12,738 --> 02:46:17,743 All of you in the audience sing along! You ain't heard nothin' yet! 2408 02:46:17,743 --> 02:46:19,245 OK? 2409 02:46:25,751 --> 02:46:26,752 OK! 2410 02:46:26,919 --> 02:46:29,922 Happily ever after! 2411 02:46:29,922 --> 02:46:32,091 Make it cheerful and fun! 2412 02:46:33,759 --> 02:46:36,262 So the audience gets to live? 2413 02:46:36,262 --> 02:46:41,100 It's as if movies demand that I do something with my life. 2414 02:46:41,100 --> 02:46:46,438 I was asked to protect Noriko. A yakuza keeps promises. 2415 02:46:46,438 --> 02:46:52,361 I'm also obliged to learn and change my thinking. 2416 02:46:52,361 --> 02:46:54,613 I have a promise, too. 2417 02:46:54,613 --> 02:46:57,324 I have to make it up to Noriko. 2418 02:46:57,324 --> 02:46:58,450 It went well. 2419 02:46:58,450 --> 02:47:01,954 It was fun, a night of film and music. 2420 02:47:03,706 --> 02:47:06,292 Thank you for coming. 2421 02:47:06,292 --> 02:47:09,295 It was a long night! How was it? 2422 02:47:09,295 --> 02:47:12,131 I failed to make it up to Noriko... 2423 02:47:12,131 --> 02:47:16,302 - It's almost impossible. - Because she's dead! 2424 02:47:16,302 --> 02:47:19,638 Thanks for every day of your 30 years here. 2425 02:47:23,309 --> 02:47:24,685 Noriko...? 2426 02:47:27,479 --> 02:47:29,481 It's a promise. 2427 02:47:33,193 --> 02:47:34,320 Mario... 2428 02:47:35,654 --> 02:47:40,659 If we ever meet again in the far future 2429 02:47:43,996 --> 02:47:47,499 will you marry me on a rainy day? 2430 02:47:49,793 --> 02:47:53,172 If it rained on the day I marry... 2431 02:47:53,172 --> 02:47:54,340 Mario. 2432 02:47:55,341 --> 02:47:56,508 A rainy day... 2433 02:48:00,679 --> 02:48:03,682 Promise me, for everyone. 2434 02:48:03,682 --> 02:48:06,518 You can see her! 2435 02:48:07,686 --> 02:48:13,192 That's wonderful! You know I can see things. 2436 02:48:13,192 --> 02:48:16,695 Of course I can see things. 2437 02:48:16,695 --> 02:48:22,034 It's raining! Maybe I'll imitate Dad and chant. 2438 02:48:22,034 --> 02:48:25,371 - Rather than fight? - I must get tougher then! 2439 02:48:26,872 --> 02:48:29,583 I want to be kind to people. 2440 02:48:29,583 --> 02:48:31,293 Thank you, sir. 2441 02:48:32,044 --> 02:48:34,630 Oh, from last night... 2442 02:48:34,630 --> 02:48:37,383 Let's stroll in the spring rain. 2443 02:48:37,383 --> 02:48:39,134 You're gallant. 2444 02:48:40,386 --> 02:48:42,721 Come in out of the rain. 2445 02:48:42,721 --> 02:48:46,392 Auntie, Boss, thanks for the experience. 2446 02:48:49,228 --> 02:48:52,648 I feel awakened thanks to you. 2447 02:48:54,566 --> 02:48:57,319 "Stay righteous through Buddha." 2448 02:48:57,319 --> 02:49:02,574 Dad lost his father in the war and he told me so. 2449 02:49:04,451 --> 02:49:06,745 I'll be truly gallant. 2450 02:49:09,873 --> 02:49:15,629 Are you, by any chance, our Noriko...? 2451 02:49:15,629 --> 02:49:19,091 I heard the boom. 2452 02:49:19,091 --> 02:49:24,763 I am here to share my frightening experience. 2453 02:49:26,432 --> 02:49:29,435 - Noriko! - Yes, older me. 2454 02:49:29,435 --> 02:49:32,938 You were killed in the war. 2455 02:49:32,938 --> 02:49:34,606 Yes, I know. 2456 02:49:34,606 --> 02:49:39,611 But as long as I remember you 2457 02:49:40,446 --> 02:49:43,949 you'll live, Noriko. 2458 02:49:43,949 --> 02:49:47,119 That's why I have to be here. 2459 02:49:47,119 --> 02:49:48,620 Thank you, Noriko. 2460 02:49:49,621 --> 02:49:52,958 I love it when I'm embraced by 2461 02:49:52,958 --> 02:49:56,795 the warm and gentle Setouchi rain. 2462 02:49:56,795 --> 02:50:00,299 I lost my vision to pika. 2463 02:50:00,299 --> 02:50:04,720 I managed to hang on and heard the boom. 2464 02:50:05,304 --> 02:50:08,682 Two Norikos in one body. 2465 02:50:09,808 --> 02:50:12,644 Both will always be here. 2466 02:50:13,312 --> 02:50:17,149 The two Norikos in one body will never go away. 2467 02:50:18,025 --> 02:50:19,151 Mario. 2468 02:50:21,320 --> 02:50:24,656 I'll never forget Noriko. 2469 02:50:24,990 --> 02:50:27,326 Mario... 2470 02:50:31,330 --> 02:50:35,042 - It's time we depart. - Onto another journey. 2471 02:50:35,042 --> 02:50:36,877 It's dawn on a new day. 2472 02:50:39,505 --> 02:50:43,634 This was your last day at 2473 02:50:45,511 --> 02:50:47,179 Setouchi Kinema. 2474 02:50:50,015 --> 02:50:52,351 Your job as the owner 2475 02:50:53,560 --> 02:50:55,604 ends now. 2476 02:50:59,024 --> 02:51:00,359 Thank you. 2477 02:51:04,363 --> 02:51:06,198 My blind eyes. 2478 02:51:15,541 --> 02:51:17,543 We're closing. 2479 02:51:24,550 --> 02:51:26,593 Thanks for coming. 2480 02:51:26,593 --> 02:51:30,722 The officer continues to keep an eye on us. 2481 02:51:30,722 --> 02:51:33,225 Their presence is foreboding. 2482 02:51:33,225 --> 02:51:37,354 Your mom died during the last trip. 2483 02:51:38,564 --> 02:51:41,024 You've been flying for 40 years. 2484 02:51:42,067 --> 02:51:47,948 It's been 22 years and 18 days since I said goodbye. 2485 02:51:47,948 --> 02:51:54,329 Since that fateful day at 2:46 P.M. on March 11, 2011. 2486 02:51:56,415 --> 02:51:59,793 I'm all alone in the peaceful universe. 2487 02:51:59,793 --> 02:52:04,298 We're apart but together. That's universal love. 2488 02:52:15,100 --> 02:52:17,603 So love is big like the universe? 2489 02:52:21,773 --> 02:52:27,195 Our lovely Earth is embraced by the universe, we're family. 2490 02:52:48,717 --> 02:52:51,219 Universe is like Mom. 2491 02:52:59,895 --> 02:53:04,274 It would be nice if everyone in the universe was family. 2492 02:53:17,954 --> 02:53:21,833 To young people who want a future 2493 02:53:21,833 --> 02:53:24,878 where no one knows wars, 2494 02:53:24,878 --> 02:53:29,383 we dedicate this movie with blessing and envy. 2495 02:54:05,377 --> 02:54:08,964 In order for us to achieve world peace 2496 02:54:08,964 --> 02:54:12,384 there are many things our hands can turn to. 2497 02:54:12,384 --> 02:54:14,553 Mario... 2498 02:54:19,558 --> 02:54:25,605 Before "The End" let me interrupt the movie with a song. 2499 02:54:25,605 --> 02:54:28,483 I hope you enjoy it. 2500 02:54:29,067 --> 02:54:31,069 Peace to the world! 2501 02:54:38,410 --> 02:54:44,916 Throw out your arms and dance to the boogie 2502 02:54:44,916 --> 02:54:51,590 Give up your swords Give them up now 2503 02:54:51,590 --> 02:54:58,263 Enter Warrior, Muchabo Benkei, on the Gojo Bridge 2504 02:54:58,263 --> 02:55:04,936 Give up your swords Give them up now 2505 02:55:04,936 --> 02:55:11,443 Knives and slingshots are tame but they can get you in trouble 2506 02:55:11,443 --> 02:55:17,783 So throw away your arms, any arms and let's boogie-woogie 2507 02:55:17,783 --> 02:55:24,289 You built a battleship only to have it sink in the sea 2508 02:55:24,289 --> 02:55:31,129 Build me a house so I can take my sweetheart on a honeymoon 2509 02:55:31,129 --> 02:55:37,636 You build A-bombs and H-bombs only to see humankind in peril 2510 02:55:37,636 --> 02:55:44,643 Build me a freeway so I can take my sweetheart for a drive 2511 02:55:44,643 --> 02:55:51,316 Throw out your arms and dance to the boogie 2512 02:55:51,316 --> 02:56:01,159 Give up your swords Give up your swords now! 2513 02:56:04,496 --> 02:56:09,501 There was an actor who was also a comedian 2514 02:56:09,501 --> 02:56:13,839 who was respected by young actors like Sadao Maruyama. 2515 02:56:13,839 --> 02:56:16,341 He was Japan's King of Comedy. 2516 02:56:16,341 --> 02:56:20,846 Kenichi Enomoto was fondly known as Enoken. 2517 02:56:20,846 --> 02:56:24,516 He sang this song straight after the war. 2518 02:56:24,516 --> 02:56:30,355 It was written and composed by Toriro Miki who was influential 2519 02:56:30,355 --> 02:56:34,860 in post-war Japan for his journalistic style. 2520 02:56:34,860 --> 02:56:41,199 The military industry helped Japan's post-war economy grow 2521 02:56:41,199 --> 02:56:47,372 with new houses, honeymoons and cars for young couples. 2522 02:56:47,372 --> 02:56:52,043 But have we achieved peace for future generations of 2523 02:56:52,043 --> 02:56:54,045 Japanese or otherwise? 2524 02:56:54,045 --> 02:56:59,718 The children's world is full of the seeds of brutality. 2525 02:56:59,718 --> 02:57:03,221 It turned out just the way Chuya Nakahara 2526 02:57:03,221 --> 02:57:07,058 prophesied at the start of modern times. 2527 02:57:07,058 --> 02:57:12,397 "They call it modernization. I call it barbarization." 2528 02:57:12,564 --> 02:57:14,733 "The Brutal Age" 2529 02:57:14,733 --> 02:57:18,904 Things are just how he foresaw them. 2530 02:57:18,904 --> 02:57:20,572 It's time to go. 2531 02:57:20,572 --> 02:57:26,244 I hope you enjoyed the song sung by our friend Tetsuya Takeda. 2532 02:58:28,306 --> 02:58:34,646 See you all. We'll get together again and have fun 2533 02:58:35,480 --> 02:58:40,151 singing "Happily ever after" when there's no war in the world. 2534 02:58:53,790 --> 02:59:03,789 DIRECTED BY NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI 2535 02:59:08,972 --> 02:59:11,975 SUBTITLES BY DEAN SHIMAUCHI 174873

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