Original subtitles

Is that really you, Kaieda?

Can't you see it's madness to...

declare a submarine an independent nation?

Opinions, Mr. Amatsu?

I believe Mr. Kaieda is quite sane.

I think we've no choice but to accept the reality...

that this very sane man has declared his independence...

from both the United States and Japan.

And accept that people will now know that...

this government hid that sub's construction from its citizens?

The Sea Bat... No, the Yamato...

is a reality which can be hidden no longer.

Screw noise from the northeast. It's a JSDF diesel.

Captain, this is nuts!

Driving straight into the middle of the 7th fleet!

Quiet! 10 degrees up trim! Make depth 50!

It's gonna hit us!

Because of the threat of nukes...

headquarters ordered the Carl Vinson to stop.

But I have the right to handle this at my discretion.

Don't underestimate me, Jap!

I figured Fukamachi would take the shortest course.

Down periscope. Prepare to greet them.

Attention, Tatsunami! Leave the area at once!

Repeat, leave the area at once!

Forget 'em! Go!

Looks like Japan's going to negotiate with the Sea Bat.

Or they might be plotting an escape.

Then...

We'll give 'em five minutes.

Welcome to my country, Captain Fukamachi.

Your country, huh?

Well, don't plan on keeping your cramped country for long!

I'm taking this boat!

I'll admit we're the smallest nation in the world.

But how exactly do you plan to seize this country?

Drop the act!

Stick close to the Tatsunami and we'll get out of here!

They can't attack you if you're under escort.

Now, while we've still got the security treaty with America!

You gonna do it or not?

Fukamachi, we have a duty.

A duty as a military nation not bound by a superpower.

What do you mean, "a nation?"

What'll you do for food? Or for ammo resupply?

We expect to be helped by our allies.

In return, our country will provide them with protection.

Damn you... You have a wife! A child!

Your mother's still alive in Kamakura!

You're just going to abandon them? Abandon Japan?

Well? Are you?

We're not abandoning anyone.

We're going to make the world one nation.

Fukamachi, I plan to establish...

an alliance with the Japanese government.

An alliance with Japan?

Sir, you could breach the reactor! Please, cease fire!

Move it!

Captain, did you see it?

Their hull's titanium alloy with echo-suppression tiles!

Even active sonar would have trouble detecting it!

It has eight forward torpedo bays!

It can do 40 knots and dive down to 1000 meters!

There's no way we could catch it!

Shit! It really is the world's greatest attack sub!

Crash dive!

Forget the launch!

Seal the hatch! Crash dive!

The Sea Bat's submerging! It's headed under us!

If the Tatsunami takes the same course, they're in on this!

Ahead full! All ships, open fire!

Depth charges above us!

Pop up to 50 meters!

Captain!

They're probably set for 100 meters to protect their own ships!

Pop us up!

The Tatsunami's doing a high-speed rise!

Just what I'd do.

Captain!

The Tatsunami's right on top of us!

Hold depth!

Depth charge, 30 meters above!

Left full rudder!

Right full rudder!

If they nail the Tatsunami above us, then we're...!

Fukamachi's turning.

That had to do it.

A fitting punishment.

Get this flooding stopped now! Damage control, move it!

Firing a damned arsenal when we didn't fire one shot!

Doesn't sinking an SDF ship mean anything to them?

If you've broken the treaty...

I should have the right to fire back at you!

But, even after I get hit by your badly-aimed torpedoes...

I'm not supposed to complain about it!

You secretly built a nuclear submarine...

and then crewed it with Japanese citizens?

That's a severe violation of the constitution!

Article 3 allows for the joint development of weapons...

with the U.S. Department of Defense...

Under civilian control!

You know that perfectly well!

Under international law, the Yamato is part of America.

However, without formal government recognition...

the only way we can proceed is for our citizens to...

And debate rages on in the Diet about the "Yamato Question".

The sub, which declared its independence in the Pacific...

If the public isn't behind the Yamato...

then say it's a new opportunity for Japan.

Public opinion will shift in our favor.

What about Prime Minister Takegami?

He has zero international support...

and, since he's a Liberal, this must be tough for him.

The opposition's already calling for a no-confidence vote.

If we're going to survive this...

we're going to have to put a positive spin on the Yamato.

I never thought I'd hear the Chief Secretary say that.

You handle the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

I'll try and persuade the Prime Minister.

An emergency security conference?

I'm going to move that we recognize the Yamato.

Fool! You can't fulfill your role as Chief Secretary...

if you let yourself be tricked by Kaieda's words!

We'll use the Yamato to our advantage...

and then bill the Americans for the trouble.

And show the U.S. How weak we are?

We're to build up our military strength under America's umbrella.

That's the national hundred-year plan!

Wasn't the Yamato built under that sort of old thinking?

Maybe it's time you left the stage, Father.

What did you say?

You think you can do this on your own?

I won't let you manipulate Japan for your own plans!

You're going to miss that meeting.

Keep my father company, won't you?

The Yamato has clearly shown us America's true intentions.

It's shown the world how it'd trample the security treaty...

and attack Japan rather than defend it!

Amatsu! Control your personal opinions!

Minister, this is common talk among our shocked citizens!

Before this, Japan would abandon the Yamato without hesitation.

But now that we know America's true face...

our citizens won't stand for it!

We have to commit the SDF to defending the Yamato!

We'd just inflame international opinion against us!

Once we deploy the SDF, there's no going back.

Isn't that what you wanted?

Amatsu, you bureaucrat! Back off!

Then what do you suggest we do?

Our citizens won't stand for our old positions anymore!

Sir, you've said that we should reconsider the security treaty.

Time to make your decision!

My thoughts on that are drastically different from yours.

We can't let ourselves get carried away in this situation!

And indulging the Defense Ministry...

is something I'd expect from nationalists like your father!

To me it isn't new thinking or old thinking!

It's all the same!

After you already approved use of the SDF...

do you think that attitude will get us through this crisis?

No, I don't.

But I have to draw the line somewhere.

Creating a secret project to build a nuclear sub without...

the knowledge of the Prime Minister is a national offense!

I expect resignations from the Defense Minister...

and everyone else connected to this project!

However, the consequences of the Yamato are a different matter.

I must recognize what it's proven about U.S. -Japan relations.

I therefore authorize the MSDF to move out and defend it!

The real problem is the Americans.

The Japanese government's close to collapse.

It's a matter of time before they try to pin the blame on us.

What if we called an immediate summit meeting?

The Japanese tend to favor sneak attacks when cornered.

Of course, the summit is part of the projected program.

Get it okayed at once.

But hold it somewhere that inspires American patriotism.

Pearl Harbor, maybe... What do you think of that?

Excellent idea, sir.

And what about that tougher program if Japan balks?

That's in the red file, sir.

Yeah... This should stir 'em up.

The definition of defensive support?

You'd be surprised how few people can say it clearly.

A battle which begins with aggressive action by an enemy.

Good, but how do you recognize aggression?

That's tricky. When you recognize aggression...

you're already in a potentially fatal situation.

Does my heart good to see the MSDF scramble.

- We'll show 'em! - You bet!

Maybe the public will change its opinion about us.

Yeah.

Gentlemen!

Don't forget, we're here for defensive support only!

Sir!

Easier said than done.

This is the Japanese government's position.

Tensions in the Pacific are rising.

Easing pressure by holding back the 3rd fleet...

from attacking the Yamato is absolutely vital!

If you don't take our advice...

the Japanese government is prepared to take action...

and reexamine U.S. -Japan relations!

The Sea Bat, which both of us built with the understanding...

that it would be part of the 7th fleet...

unilaterally broke that trust.

We incurred a tremendous loss as a result.

Japan has incurred similar losses.

In a military action which violated our security treaty!

You gave us no prior warning about it!

Oh, you're going to wave the treaty around?

Then what about the 7th fleet's actions?

What about the casualties suffered by our submarine?

An unavoidable accident caused by reckless Japanese actions!

An accident?

Looks like the Hawaiian summit's started.

How far do you think Japan will go?

The summit's stretched between young nationalists...

and optimists who've never known war.

The talks are probably breaking down.

If they're not careful, this could turn ugly.

America isn't a country known for compromise.

You're right.

American righteousness has meant never having to surrender.

Captain, we're almost to the scheduled area.

No doubt about it. It's the Japanese escort fleet.

What're those paper tigers doing here?

Looking for the Sea Bat, I'd say.

Hmpf! Here to help kill the boredom, eh?

We should thank them.

Captain, it's a morse code signal.

Read it.

"We, the 2nd escort fleet, stand ready to see you to Japan."

The SDF is escorting us?

Japan's on our side!

There's more. "Situation extremely delicate."

"Can only promise defensive support."

Defensive support...

Laying your cards on the table, Numata?

3rd fleet is closing rapidly. If your calculations are right...

we're already in the Yamato's arrival sector.

I think the 3rd fleet has the same idea.

To all ships: Block the 3rd fleet!

The Vincennes is closing fast!

Is he going to block us with real force?

Speed: 30 knots! On a collision course!

Captain, give the order to turn away!

In any case, the Sea Bat is the U.S. Navy's problem.

We demand you recall your escort fleet immediately!

You're going to attack the Yamato... Attack the Sea Bat?

The 3rd fleet, no matter what resistance it encounters...

will dispose of the Sea Bat by 16:00 hours our time.

What? Are you trying to force it to use its nukes?

I'd like to ask Prime Minister Takegami about that.

May we conclude that your government...

admits to arming the Sea Bat with nuclear weapons?

No, not at all.

You've been making noise about reexamining...

the U.S. -Japan security treaty for a while now.

Wasn't that just a setup to justify a Japanese nuclear weapons program?

That's outrageous!

Captain, heave to!

No! If we stop and get hit dead-on, we'll go down!

But...!

Turn parallel and force him off!

Brace for more! That's a 9600-tonner!

You hear it?

It's faint, but we're sure it's the Sea Bat's screw.

It's definitely shadowing the escort fleet.

All right, recall the Vincennes.

The Vincennes is backing off!

They may be prepping for a close-range attack!

Stay alert!

Open fire!

They're firing! Antisub missiles approaching the Yamato!

Splash them all!

Torpedoes approaching! Two of them!

This torpedo attack is a clear act of aggression on our nation!

Engines stop! #1 decoy: Fire!

The Yamato, sir?

A decoy explosion... I hope.

The Kurama's been hit! Her underside's damaged, many wounded!

Captain, they're aiming for the Yamato...

but we're taking the damage! If we don't do something...

Defensive support, remember?

Signal from the Enterprise!

"If you do not pull away from the Yamato in 5 minutes..."

"we will fire antiship missiles at you."

"This is not a bluff."

Signal that we've no intention of returning fire.

Kaieda, you said a defensive action was a battle...

which begins with an enemy's aggression.

You were right. But, in reality, Japan's situation demands...

that it never recognize that aggression!

The 3rd fleet has apparently begun engaging the Sea Bat.

However, the SDF escort fleet there is interfering with them.

- Amatsu! - I'll confirm it!

I'm sorry, Mr. Takegami.

This honeymoon our two nations have shared in the Pacific is over.

As long as the Sea Bat exists and the SDF escort fleet remains...

we cannot step down these hostilities!

I must declare that the U.S. And Japan are in a state of war!

Mr. President, wait!

I won't recall the escort fleet...

but we will not engage you in a war!

You think saying that will keep us from attacking?

Prime Minister! Are you just leaving the fleet under fire?

If you order that, they won't be able to hold out!

Japan cannot afford another war!

President Bennett, our fleet is there to protect human lives.

Please, call off this attack!

Order them to cease fire!

Right, we're not to engage. Those are the PM's orders.

Any word from the President?

None. This is our call.

Remove the Sea Bat's escort.

Fire antiship missiles!

Harpoon missile approaching from eight o'clock!

Ship #8, Kurama, struck by antiship missile!

Sir, we have to return fire!

Get a damage report! All ships may use...

maximum fire power to defend themselves!

Asagiri engine room, missile strike!

Sir, we're coming into their cannon range!

We'll just be a big target for them!

Turn to protect the Kurama! Right full rudder!

Sir! Return fire!

We can't!

But, if we don't...!

10 missiles, incoming!

Never mind the missiles, if we enter cannon range...

we can't protect ourselves!

Defensive support means giving up the right to shoot back!

The escort ships aren't moving.

They have the guns, but won't use them...

A fine country. We have to ally ourselves with them.

Captain, at this rate, they'll be destroyed.

At this moment, that's their chosen course.

All we can do is respectfully accept their choice.

Open the #2 tube!

Can you spot the Sea Bat?

They're still under the escort ships. Can't confirm.

Okay, let's take care of that fleet.

We're gonna give 'em some cannon. Pull out!

Roger!

A Harpoon!

Numata, the autonomous nation of Yamato...

recoginizes this aggression.

This will be a defensive support action.

Incoming Harpoon!

DEG 2, defensive fire!

Could it be a nuke?

Fire!

Got it!

All torpedoes, fire!

Sir, that's aluminum chaff!

Radar's been blinded! Total loss of fire control!

Shit! When can we get it back?

- In 10 minutes! - Son of a...

Torpedoes to port!

Run! Run!

Fire in the hangar deck!

Fire in the engine room!

The Enterprise has been hit! At least four shots!

They aimed two each for the hangar and the engine room.

It's going down.

An indestructable carrier, so long the symbol of...

the Pacific fleet's rule, is going down.

The Long Beach!

Morse code from the Haruna:

"We're staying to save lives. Proceed at best speed to Japan."

"Safe voyage to you."

Max sub-surface speed! Make depth 300!

Enterprise is going down! The Long Beach is burning!

Remaining vessels providing assistance!

Sea Bat is escaping!

Sir, it's a total rout.

We never should have sent an aging carrier in the first place!

The thing that's sure to win is one of our latest Aegis cruisers!

All right, Yamato. You'll see your victory is short-lived!

America will never accept this sort of loss.

The treaty's broken!

If America withdraws, Russia may start giving us trouble...

in the Sea of Japan!

We have to form an alliance with the Yamato!

But, if we do, Japan will be isolated.

Sir, what do you want Japan to do?

The way we've acted till now...

drove the Yamato to declare independence!

We can't erase our history.

If we ally with the Yamato...

the world will accuse us of returning to militarism!

Then you're saying we should continue...

with these policies of indecisiveness?

The Yamato is headed for Japan as we speak!

Well? Have you located the Sea Bat's torpedo launch point?

Aye, sir. According to the DAG squadron's data analysis...

it's to the northeast.

At 10 to 15 knots and headed for Japan...

we should see it here in a few minutes.

The 3rd fleet's taking a...

more scattered formation as they search for us.

We're lucky we escaped from the center of them.

We're almost clear.

No, there's still one danger left.

Their most advanced sub hunter.

Sound match!

- The Sea Bat? - It has to be!

It's damned quiet! If we were moving, we'd have missed them!

- Heading? - North-northeast.

Excellent! 2000 meters ahead is a subsea volcano range!

Even if that monster can dive to 1000 meters...

the ocean floor isn't that deep!

We can torpedo them at will.

Okay! Input data into the forward Mark-41 VLS ASROC!

Aye!

ASROC target programming, complete!

Drive 'em into the burning sea floor!

Fire!

Launch detected! Aft, surface!

Give 'em a ping!

Three enemy ships! All moving line abreast!

Torpedoes in the water!

Ahead full! Active scan the sea floor!

Take us down as close as possible!

You can't escape!

The explosive power's double a normal load!

Reading a subsea volcano ahead! Range: 800!

Torpedoes behind us! Range: 600!

Take us to the sea floor at 20! Flood all tanks!

Down trim 7 degrees!

Reverse screw! Stir up the sea floor!

All shots have detonated. We've sunk it!

Captain, no sub could survive that barrage.

Unless they used their screw to stir up the sea floor...

to spoof the torpedoes' sensors.

Swallow, report!

No wreckage sighted.

We've still got a lot of noise in the explosion area.

I think we stirred up a ton of sand from the sea floor.

Sonar, any problems?

None, but the sand's still masking us. It's hard to hear.

The stern's completely flooded. The reactor's in trouble!

Switch over to battery power.

Check torpedo tubes for usability.

Captain, if we don't escape now, we may never surface.

If we surface, we'll be easy pickings for their torpedoes.

Don't worry. The sand will protect us.

But...!

Torpedo tubes, operational.

Captain! More torpedoes!

20 degrees to starboard! Number: 8! Range: 3000!

Torpedo chief, prepare to fire! Load tubes 1 through 8!

First, fire 1 through 4!

Now fire 5 through 8!

Start engines when you hear the first explosions!

When we stir up the sand again, take us up!

Blow all tanks! Screw, on!

An explosion! That had to have gotten them!

Enemy torpedoes?

Unable to hear due to masking.

This is Swallow! Torpedoes closing on the Lake Erie!

Lake Erie, hit! Cape St. John, also hit!

Why didn't our sensors pick them up?

Because they didn't use active homing.

They predicted our movements and input the data.

We made it!

Head for the enemy ship.

It's tough, but if we beat it...

we take the fight out of the 3rd fleet.

Torpedo chief, confirm remaining shots.

Four remaining!

Give 'em one ping.

Once you confirm their position, fire the ASROCs.

Aye, sir.

Directly under us and rising!

Directly under us?

250!

Depth: 200!

Are they going to ram us?

Prep ASROCs! Target directly below us!

They'll drop vertically and strike the Sea Bat.

Once we fire them, we'll reverse at full speed and escape.

All hands, reverse angle! Up trim: 90 degrees!

The reading just got a lot smaller!

- They're moving off? - No, it's the same range...

Up trim: 90 degrees?

They're prepping to fire torpedoes!

No, they can't!

They know they'll kill themselves if they fire at this range!

Exactly! Fire ASROCs!

Set them to blow at 200! Move it!

Engines full! Left full rudder!

Fire 1 and 2! Flood all tanks and reverse screw!

- Torpedoes! - Torpedoes?

They're disarmed! No explosions!

This is the engine room! Screw shafts destroyed!

Thrust: Zero!

You mean we can't move?

The ASROCs are coming down!

We have to get out of here, sir!

Shoot any that look like they'll hit us.

Let any that might get them fall into the water!

But...!

Sir, the next two shots take us to 48.

The Americans have been counting down very carefully...

how many torpedoes we've fired.

If we use the rest, America will conclude one thing:

That the Yamato has no conventional torpedoes left.

That the rest are nuclear.

I've been waiting for this moment.

Depth: 450!

Prepare to fire torpedoes! Cripple their ability to fight!

Fish in the water, 70 degrees to starboard!

Fish in the water, 20 degrees to port!

All right! Send the Sea Bat to hell!

But, sir, they're set to blow at 200 meters!

Sea Bat has fired torpedoes!

What?

Torpedoes! Disarmed torpedoes!

Engine room, flooding!

All hands, evacuate!

An Aegis cruiser with the world's best data system...

Utterly defeated.

No matter what the world's navies send against it...

is the Yamato impossible to sink?

Captain, evacuate! Captain!

The Yamato fired disarmed torpedoes because they knew...

we were counting how many conventional ones they'd used.

Is that their admission that the rest are nuclear?

Our mighty Pacific fleet... Shattered by one nuclear sub.

The panic that fact will cause in the world is incalculable.

The Sea Bat, as the autonomous nation of Yamato...

is headed for Tokyo, on schedule.

What Captain Kaieda's demands will be...

and how the Japanese government will react...

is beyond anyone's guess.

But, if we show fear, U.S. Credibility will be destroyed...

and more will copy what the Sea Bat's done.

That's even more terrifying!

But we still have an ace.

Enough nukes to kill them ten thousand times over!

We are still very much the rulers of the world!

My fellow citizens. As your Prime Minister...

I have a vital announcement to make.

I have just come to a decision in an emergency security meeting.

What you are about to hear may shock a great many of you.

Please listen to it calmly.

As you know, the nuclear submarine Yamato...

is en route to Japan to form an alliance with us.

I intend to accept them.

The reason is that they may be armed with nuclear weapons...

and we fear any attack on them may provoke a nuclear response.

What Japan's role will be from now on is unclear.

But one thing is certain!

We must do all we can to ensure that...

the Yamato is not our enemy!

Yamato?

Kaieda?

KAIEDA!

How far will you take this?

To Japan? To America?

To the entire world?

How far will you go?