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President Webb, Justice Cramer,
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Judge Advocate General
and our man to replace Higgins.
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-Justice Cramer.
-Justice Webb.
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I, uh, read your dossier.
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You studied at Harvard.
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Yes. Yes, I did.
Did you?
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Uh, no. Queensland.
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Sir William has a very tough job of it.
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But I assure you,
he has both hands on the reins.
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[theme music playing]
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[narrator] July 1946.
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The prosecution's argumentshifts its focus onto atrocities
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committed by the Japanese militaryon the Chinese mainland.
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December 1937.
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The ever-advancing Japanese militaryoccupied Nanking.
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The prosecutionbegins examining witnesses,
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and argues that many prisonersand non-combatants
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were killed at that time.
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For the first time,the judges will hear testimony
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from Chinese witnesses on this incident.
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Witness Hsu Chuan-Yingtestifies about what he saw
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three days after the occupationof Nanking began.
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"On Main Street,I even started trying to count
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the number of corpseslying on both sides of the street.
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And I started to countmore than 500 myself.
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I say it was no use counting them."
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In cross-examination,the defense tries to suggest
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that there might have beenso-called plainclothed troops
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who hid in private homes and stagedsurprise attacks on the Japanese.
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Hsu Chuan-Ying answers with,"That might be.
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But still, you see,we consider them non-combatants
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before they gather themselvestogether again
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to engage in the hostile activities."
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On the same day,Shang Teh-Yi takes the witness stand.
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As he does not speak English,
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the prosecutor readshis previously recorded testimony.
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"I was taken to the bankof the Yangtze River
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to find more than 1,000male civilians there.
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At about 4:00 p.m.,a Japanese officer came by
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and ordered the Japanese soldiersto start machine-gunning us.
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I slumped to the groundjust before the firing started,
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and immediately I was coveredwith corpses and fainted.
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At about 9:00 p.m.,I climbed out from the piles of corpses
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and ran to my house."
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Well, um...
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I cannot forgive, um, such atrocities.
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However, I think...
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we should adjudicate them
as conventional war crimes.
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There is no need to categorize them
as, uh, crimes against humanity.
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Like the Nazis
with the exterminations of the Jews.
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Either way,
the accused who are responsible
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cannot escape such terrible crimes.
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Well--
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[Webb] Let's just leave it there
for today, shall we?
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President Webb,
if you'd please excuse me,
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I would rather we deliberate
on the crimes of aggression.
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I must assert there's still
a motion on the table to rule out...
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waging of aggressive war as a crime.
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I'm drafting a denial to the motion.
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That is completely out of order.
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You can't be serious.
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I'm quite serious.
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[speaking Russian]
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[takes deep breath]
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[in English] It is absolutely clear
from the testimony
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that the accused plotted to prepare
and wage an aggressive war.
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With respect to the General,
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the crimes of aggression
did not exist at that time.
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Nor did they exist at any time
throughout the conflict in the Pacific.
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Nuremberg did put the Nazis on trial
for crimes of aggression.
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That was in my mind...
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also a questionable act.
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These terrible things exceed by far
anything in conventional jurisprudence.
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Are you really saying, after everything
we've all seen today...
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that you think the Japanese leadership
should be exempt?
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No.
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I do not condone the atrocities.
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But I want to avoid
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applying a law that did not exist
at the time these men took actions...
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-and for which they now stand at trial.
-[McDougall] No, no.
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This is senseless.
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We've all agreed.
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The charges stand as per the charter.
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Agreed.
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We also agreed that any dissenting opinion
remain in the room.
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But we did not agree.
I wasn't here when you decided.
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[Northcroft muttering]
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Gentlemen, our nerves are raw enough.
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Given the arduous testimony today,
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I'm adjourning any further discussion.
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[clears throat]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Röling] I read that almost 100,000 people
were killed in one night in Tokyo.
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Napalm bombs dropped by the Americans.
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You were a pilot in the first war?
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Yes, fighter pilot...
not bombers.
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What was it like?
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Dirty, cold... and loud.
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The Germans shot my plane
and legs full of holes.
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I was in a prisoner of war camp
for the rest of the war.
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[Patrick] What do you make of Justice Pal?
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And what's your view of his argument?
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To reject the charges
of waging aggressive war?
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For me, it's complicated.
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How complicated can it be?
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Before we began,
we all signed the charter.
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Justice Jaranilla
wishes to start us off today.
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Thank you.
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Uh, before going any further, um...
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I wish to say to Justice Pal that,
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though I respect your opinion concerning
the charge of crimes against peace...
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which we are calling
crimes of aggression...
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I find it rather improper.
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Many atrocities have been committed
by the Japanese army during this war...
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in places like China, Indonesia, Burma...
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and in my country, the Philippines.
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And these atrocities happened
precisely because the Japanese leaders
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engaged in lawless acts of aggression.
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So I want to make it clear that I believe
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charges against all defendants
are justified.
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Justice Pal, as I am writing our response
concerning the defense motion
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to dismiss the charge
of crimes of aggression,
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do you have anything more
you wish to say?
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[Pal] Yes.
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I believe what the Japanese
did throughout Asia
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was, uh, devilish and horrid.
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And they committed
conventional war crimes.
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And the Japanese officers
who committed these atrocities
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have been tried in local courts
where they took place
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and have been given sentences.
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However, I implore each of you...
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to consider more seriously my position
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that there is no legal ground
for the charge of crimes of aggression.
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Japan signed the Pact of Paris in 1928.
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Now, it clearly states
that all the signatories
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agreed to condemn war as a means
of settling international disputes.
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They agreed...
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to condemn war as an...
as an instrument of national policy.
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But it does not provide legal ground
for criminalizing war.
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And it doesn't suggest any penalties.
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And it certainly doesn't say anything
about the responsibility
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of the officer or the politicians
as an individual perpetrators.
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Given the way countries and societies
continue to act against each other...
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this Pact of Paris
is an idealistic pledge.
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Charging the accused
for crimes of aggression
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is allowed in our charter.
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The charter is wrong.
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It was a precondition
to our appointment on this tribunal.
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We cannot and we should not debate
whether the charter is right or wrong.
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[speaking Russian]
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[in English] The General supports
what Justice McDougall says,
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and you all should support that.
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Yes.
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But not by making up laws at will.
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I agree. But...
why are we here, Justice Pal?
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We are here because
we should be able to discuss...
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what is the right step
for humanity to take.
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And...
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based on the outcome
of that discussion...
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we'll make the best decisions for the law.
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Respected gentlemen,
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I certainly believe
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law has the power to guide mankind.
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So its principles must be upheld.
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That is why we must acquit
all the defendants
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on the charge of crimes of aggression.
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For this is a law
that does not truly exist yet.
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[scoffs]
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If you cannot follow the Tokyo Charter,
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you should return to Calcutta.
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I did not come from a country
that struggles to gain its independence
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in order to have my arguments discarded...
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or to be told to go home.
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Let's adjourn it there for today.
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[chuckles softly]
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[McDougall] Pal is unbelievably stubborn.
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[Northcroft] Oh, we can all agree
about that.
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However, he's right when he argues
that, in domestic law,
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people can't be tried for actions
that were not crimes
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at the time those actions were committed.
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But international law evolves
under extreme circumstances.
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If the Tokyo tribunal
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does not strictly adhere
to Nuremberg principles...
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it would mean passing judgment
on the Nazis was a mistake.
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We cannot let that happen.
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I agree.
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Someone on MacArthur's staff
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thought my skin color
deserved a lesser hotel.
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But Webb fixed it.
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That's good. It should have been
like that from the beginning.
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Why don't you join me for some tea?
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[Röling] Mahatma Gandhi.
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By leading India toward independence
in a unique way,
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he's an inspiration to the whole world.
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What do you think?
Will independence ever truly happen?
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Oh, yes.
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By next year.
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Then the British can pack
their suitcases. [chuckles]
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[sighs]
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Just what the doctor ordered.
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The arguing is getting to you?
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No. It's more the heat.
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Hmm.
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It's cooler outside.
Why don't we take a walk in the garden?
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-That's a good idea.
-Mmm-hmm.
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[takes deep breath]
You gave Patrick quite a shock.
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Yes. He must have thought,
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"What is this silly Indian
going to suggest?
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The accused be set free?"
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I know.
That's what I was thinking.
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[Pal chuckles]
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Tell me, did you read
the book I left for you
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on the Pact of Paris?
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Yes.
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And I found it in many ways inspiring.
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Mmm, good.
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But that deals with the past,
not the present.
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Here in Tokyo, we are talking about...
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the justice in the modern world.
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And yet a large part of Asia
is still colonized by the West.
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These areas were conquered with violence.
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The indigenous people were exploited.
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Even our tea...
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The British take our best leaves from us,
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and we are left to drink with second-grade
or third-grade tea.
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But I don't see how that
has anything to do with the court case.
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Inequality and racism still exist.
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Look at your own country,
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how it suppresses Indonesians
in the so-called Dutch East Indies.
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Well, we have tried
to bring them prosperity.
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We prepared them for independence.
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Just recently, you have sent
100,000 soldiers there.
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[sighs] With all the chaos,
we had no choice.
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Röling... your colonialist spirit
is alive and well. [chuckles]
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Do you ever stop banging the same drum?
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[chuckles]
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There again, you see?
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We bang drums while you send troops
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to fight so-called terrorists.
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In reality, they're freedom fighters
who want to reclaim their country.
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So what gives the Dutch, the English,
the French, the Americans
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the right to judge the Japanese
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for their claim
that they wanted to free Asia?
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[stammers] It didn't sound like they
were freeing the people of Nanking,
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or the rest of Asia.
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I like your fighting spirit, Röling.
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[chuckles]
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It gives me a reason to keep drumming.
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-[piano playing]
-[indistinct chatter]
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What do you think?
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Well, gentlemen...
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that's my argument for the existence
of the charge of crimes of aggression.
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I believe it comprehensibly
refutes the defense motion
254
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and puts an end to our closed debates.
255
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It does not change my opinion.
256
00:19:24,750 --> 00:19:30,297
Well, there are some very,
very interesting, uh...
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historical references. And--
258
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[Mei] I don't want to sound rude,
but, um...
259
00:19:37,138 --> 00:19:40,516
the content seems written
by first year law students.
260
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[Webb] My assistants drafted it.
261
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Under my direction, of course.
262
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I believe it's erudite,
concise and effective.
263
00:19:49,065 --> 00:19:53,237
On the contrary, it rambles when you quote
Aristotle and the Dutch scholar Grotius.
264
00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,823
-[scoffs] Why not also include Confucius?
-[all chuckle]
265
00:19:58,159 --> 00:20:00,661
Grotius is the father
of international law,
266
00:20:00,744 --> 00:20:03,079
as relevant now as he was then.
267
00:20:03,164 --> 00:20:06,917
You should have made clear that this court
is completely in line with Nuremberg.
268
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Short and simple.
269
00:20:08,335 --> 00:20:11,922
Well, as I said, it's only a draft.
270
00:20:13,006 --> 00:20:15,091
Then we'll wait for the next one.
271
00:20:23,099 --> 00:20:25,644
Sir, you once said the trial
would be over in six months.
272
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Can you tell us why you're
so far behind schedule?
273
00:20:28,021 --> 00:20:29,523
There's a lot of evidence to consider.
274
00:20:29,606 --> 00:20:32,568
Sir, I heard some judges aren't
getting along.
275
00:20:33,569 --> 00:20:35,028
We're all working together
276
00:20:35,111 --> 00:20:38,114
to get through this
as quickly as we possibly can.
277
00:21:00,637 --> 00:21:02,514
-Please wait here.
-Yes.
278
00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:06,227
Okay.
279
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Arigato.
280
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[footsteps approaching]
281
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HerrRöling.
282
00:21:25,412 --> 00:21:26,497
Good evening.
283
00:21:27,373 --> 00:21:30,041
I'm glad you accepted my invitation.
284
00:21:31,042 --> 00:21:33,795
Well, I'm very thrilled
that we're going to play together.
285
00:21:34,546 --> 00:21:36,423
Well, that remains to be seen.
286
00:21:37,048 --> 00:21:40,093
The list of violinists I would play with,
in public or private...
287
00:21:41,011 --> 00:21:42,429
is very short.
288
00:21:43,389 --> 00:21:46,141
Mein lieber Gott,do you think me rude?
289
00:21:46,225 --> 00:21:48,184
I think you're very German.
290
00:21:48,269 --> 00:21:50,646
Good, you have a sense of humor.
291
00:21:50,729 --> 00:21:51,938
[chuckles]
292
00:21:52,022 --> 00:21:55,609
I wonder what else
I might get to know about you.
293
00:21:57,152 --> 00:21:58,362
Well...
294
00:22:00,906 --> 00:22:01,907
ask away.
295
00:22:01,990 --> 00:22:03,450
Are you married?
296
00:22:04,326 --> 00:22:07,871
Yes, and we have five children.
297
00:22:07,954 --> 00:22:09,290
How impressive.
298
00:22:10,416 --> 00:22:12,334
And yet you leave them all behind
299
00:22:12,418 --> 00:22:15,211
to sit in that horrible courtroom
and accomplish what?
300
00:22:17,130 --> 00:22:18,214
Justice.
301
00:22:19,132 --> 00:22:20,259
Justice.
302
00:22:24,346 --> 00:22:26,473
Let's see how well you play...
303
00:22:26,557 --> 00:22:28,309
if you can make my short list.
304
00:22:35,065 --> 00:22:38,276
[Webb] I'm bending over backwards
to accommodate your opinion here.
305
00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:40,654
[McDougall] That's what gives us
our structure, our framework.
306
00:22:40,737 --> 00:22:42,531
[Webb] But we must move forward,
307
00:22:42,614 --> 00:22:45,033
or the whole blinking thing
will grind to a halt.
308
00:22:45,116 --> 00:22:48,495
[McDougall] And we'll be left
wandering around in the dark.
309
00:22:48,579 --> 00:22:50,288
We'll be lost.
310
00:22:51,373 --> 00:22:53,834
Gentlemen.
May I?
311
00:22:53,917 --> 00:22:55,293
Please, please.
312
00:22:58,547 --> 00:23:00,424
Oh, just a glass of water, please.
313
00:23:02,884 --> 00:23:06,763
The prosecution will soon start
focusing on the Philippines.
314
00:23:07,514 --> 00:23:09,766
I was witness to the Bataan Death March.
315
00:23:10,476 --> 00:23:15,271
Tens of thousands of Filipino
and American POWs walked for days
316
00:23:15,356 --> 00:23:16,398
under the scorching sun,
317
00:23:16,482 --> 00:23:19,735
only to find themselves
in dreaded prison camps.
318
00:23:20,361 --> 00:23:24,823
In the Battle of Manila, I saw
Japanese soldiers kill civilians.
319
00:23:24,906 --> 00:23:28,535
I was forced to flee as my own home
was burned to the ground.
320
00:23:30,161 --> 00:23:32,581
This experience remains emotional for me.
321
00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:39,087
Thus I have reached a decision not to sit
during the testimony on the Philippines.
322
00:23:40,088 --> 00:23:42,883
But the testimony is about your country.
323
00:23:42,966 --> 00:23:45,677
You must help lead
the discussion afterwards.
324
00:23:46,803 --> 00:23:52,643
Well, I can help, uh, lead the discussion
without hearing the testimony.
325
00:23:52,726 --> 00:23:55,353
[stammers] It's a memory
I live with every day.
326
00:23:55,437 --> 00:23:57,939
I do not want to jeopardize my authority
327
00:23:58,023 --> 00:24:01,485
if I am seen betraying
my emotions in court.
328
00:24:02,778 --> 00:24:05,947
You are an honest man, and you have made
the right decision, I believe.
329
00:24:09,242 --> 00:24:12,287
[violin and piano playing]
330
00:24:30,639 --> 00:24:32,348
Your phrasing is still wrong.
Go again.
331
00:24:32,433 --> 00:24:33,517
Uh, right away?
332
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,477
No, tomorrow.
Of course. Try it again.
333
00:24:35,561 --> 00:24:36,562
Ja?
334
00:24:40,065 --> 00:24:42,693
-[Röling sighs] I give up.
-[both stop playing]
335
00:25:21,815 --> 00:25:22,858
So...
336
00:25:24,317 --> 00:25:26,695
now it's my turn to ask questions.
337
00:25:26,778 --> 00:25:27,779
Bitte.
338
00:25:29,781 --> 00:25:35,954
How did a German woman end up
in the middle of the war in Japan?
339
00:25:38,624 --> 00:25:42,002
The translation to your question:
am I a Nazi?
340
00:25:44,212 --> 00:25:46,798
Ever heard of Paul Hindemith?
341
00:25:46,882 --> 00:25:47,924
Yes.
342
00:25:48,592 --> 00:25:51,177
He's a brilliant German composer.
343
00:25:51,261 --> 00:25:53,013
The Nazis thought his music was decadent,
344
00:25:53,096 --> 00:25:55,431
so they fired him
from the Academy of Berlin.
345
00:25:56,224 --> 00:25:58,018
I protested.
346
00:25:58,101 --> 00:26:01,437
Because I was rein arisch and famous,
the Nazis had a problem.
347
00:26:02,773 --> 00:26:04,190
I love Asian music,
348
00:26:04,274 --> 00:26:07,068
so the Ministry of Public Enlightenment
and Propaganda
349
00:26:07,152 --> 00:26:09,946
strongly suggested a study trip to Japan.
350
00:26:12,115 --> 00:26:15,451
And when the Nazis attacked
the Soviet Union in '41,
351
00:26:15,536 --> 00:26:17,037
I was not able to return
352
00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:19,665
because I could not take
the Trans-Siberian Railway.
353
00:26:23,877 --> 00:26:24,920
Sorry.
354
00:26:26,588 --> 00:26:31,509
You were very brave,
and I was, um... rude to ask.
355
00:26:32,761 --> 00:26:35,847
Well, you must also have experienced
such nonsense.
356
00:26:36,472 --> 00:26:38,725
[sniffles] What do you mean?
357
00:26:39,893 --> 00:26:42,437
Well, your country
was occupied by the Nazis.
358
00:26:44,147 --> 00:26:48,735
I imagine, as a judge,
they find ways to make you miserable.
359
00:26:54,115 --> 00:26:55,659
Personally, I, uh...
360
00:26:56,993 --> 00:26:59,705
I didn't suffer too much,
compared to others.
361
00:27:03,541 --> 00:27:05,586
[narrator] In December 1946,
362
00:27:05,669 --> 00:27:07,671
the prosecution directs its arguments
363
00:27:07,754 --> 00:27:11,174
towards actions by the Japanese militaryin the Philippines.
364
00:27:11,967 --> 00:27:13,969
Along with the Battle of Manila,
365
00:27:14,052 --> 00:27:16,972
the Bataan Death Marchwas considered a typical example
366
00:27:17,055 --> 00:27:19,683
of Japanese military atrocities.
367
00:27:19,766 --> 00:27:26,564
Donald Ingle. Age is 27, and mypermanent address is Laura, Illinois.
368
00:27:26,648 --> 00:27:28,316
[narrator] In answer to the prosecutor,
369
00:27:28,399 --> 00:27:32,654
Ingle testifies that, "Even the lackof food could've been stood,
370
00:27:32,738 --> 00:27:36,324
and I suppose that going without watercould've been taken...
371
00:27:36,908 --> 00:27:40,328
but the continued marching for hoursin the burning sun was too much.
372
00:27:40,912 --> 00:27:43,874
Men were continuously takenout of the column and shot
373
00:27:43,957 --> 00:27:46,459
or bayonetted for no reason."
374
00:27:50,631 --> 00:27:54,635
[Röling] "Dear Lies,the trial is well past six months now.
375
00:27:54,718 --> 00:27:57,804
And it does not look like itwill come to an end any time soon.
376
00:27:58,722 --> 00:28:01,349
The views I started with are changing,
377
00:28:01,432 --> 00:28:06,312
and so I have decided to present a paperto my colleagues that reflects my opinion.
378
00:28:07,230 --> 00:28:09,107
It's all very exhausting.
379
00:28:09,190 --> 00:28:10,859
Aside from playing my violin,
380
00:28:10,942 --> 00:28:14,445
I have taken to visiting the seasidein order to clear my head.
381
00:28:15,363 --> 00:28:16,698
On one of my excursions,
382
00:28:16,782 --> 00:28:20,243
I had the good fortuneto meet a writer of some renown.
383
00:28:20,326 --> 00:28:22,578
His name is Michio Takeyama.
384
00:28:22,663 --> 00:28:25,791
His latest book is calledHarp of Burma.
385
00:28:25,874 --> 00:28:27,834
I look forward to meeting him again,
386
00:28:27,918 --> 00:28:30,754
as he is considered one of Japan'sleading intellectuals...
387
00:28:31,546 --> 00:28:34,632
and the trips to the oceanremind me so much of home."
388
00:28:37,886 --> 00:28:41,139
So... how long have you been writing?
389
00:28:42,473 --> 00:28:43,558
Many years.
390
00:28:44,475 --> 00:28:47,979
My real profession
is the study of German literature.
391
00:28:48,063 --> 00:28:49,480
-Ah!
-[both speaking German]
392
00:28:49,564 --> 00:28:51,524
Do you speak German?
393
00:28:51,607 --> 00:28:53,568
A little...
394
00:28:53,652 --> 00:28:55,904
I read it better.
395
00:28:55,987 --> 00:28:57,280
[in English] I understand.
396
00:28:58,824 --> 00:29:01,617
And have you spent time in Germany?
397
00:29:01,702 --> 00:29:04,245
Yes. Three years.
398
00:29:06,456 --> 00:29:08,709
And were you able to visit
my country as well?
399
00:29:10,251 --> 00:29:11,294
No.
400
00:29:12,212 --> 00:29:15,381
But I did fall in love
with many Dutch painters.
401
00:29:16,424 --> 00:29:18,384
Masters of light and color.
402
00:29:20,553 --> 00:29:23,473
You know that Vincent van Gogh...
403
00:29:23,556 --> 00:29:26,893
was fascinated by Japanese art.
404
00:29:26,977 --> 00:29:31,022
He was influenced
by the ukiyo-e woodblock prints.
405
00:29:31,106 --> 00:29:33,108
Especially the work of Hiroshige.
406
00:29:34,109 --> 00:29:35,401
Yes.
407
00:29:35,485 --> 00:29:38,571
He based two of his paintings
on Hiroshige's work.
408
00:29:40,281 --> 00:29:43,326
If I had the chance,
I would love to see more of his prints.
409
00:29:45,036 --> 00:29:46,537
[Takeyama] I will see that you do.
410
00:29:47,706 --> 00:29:49,207
[Röling] That would be very nice.
411
00:29:56,798 --> 00:30:00,135
Is the trial proceeding as you expected?
412
00:30:03,221 --> 00:30:04,305
Well... [grunts]
413
00:30:05,681 --> 00:30:08,226
...in many ways, yes, and in others, no.
414
00:30:14,065 --> 00:30:15,275
Can I ask you something?
415
00:30:16,359 --> 00:30:19,988
What do the Japanese people
think of the tribunal?
416
00:30:21,948 --> 00:30:26,411
[sighs] There are some
who have doubts about the trial.
417
00:30:27,871 --> 00:30:29,705
And why do they have doubts?
418
00:30:31,374 --> 00:30:34,169
The militarist should not be tolerated.
419
00:30:35,295 --> 00:30:38,757
But some Japanese believe
a few of the accused
420
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,926
have been made into scapegoats.
421
00:30:52,062 --> 00:30:55,481
[Webb] Justice Röling
has prepared a paper for us.
422
00:30:55,565 --> 00:30:56,649
It's entitled...
423
00:30:57,483 --> 00:31:01,696
"No Legal Basis for the Charge
of Crimes of Aggression."
424
00:31:10,121 --> 00:31:15,335
So... you were with us
right up until Justice Pal arrived.
425
00:31:16,669 --> 00:31:17,796
Now you jump ship.
426
00:31:18,964 --> 00:31:22,175
I assure you that I arrived
at this opinion on my own.
427
00:31:24,635 --> 00:31:27,263
I wrote this paper
428
00:31:27,347 --> 00:31:32,143
so that we might properly
consider the legal gaps,
429
00:31:32,227 --> 00:31:36,647
which go as far back as the Pact of Paris,
right through to our own charter.
430
00:31:36,731 --> 00:31:39,943
Surely we've argued
that particular point exhaustively.
431
00:31:41,194 --> 00:31:43,779
-The Paris Convention is quite clear.
-[Röling] Yes.
432
00:31:43,864 --> 00:31:46,282
[Northcroft] Waging aggressive war
is illegal.
433
00:31:46,366 --> 00:31:48,576
[Röling] But there is no agreement
in the Pact of Paris
434
00:31:48,659 --> 00:31:51,746
that individuals
should be held responsible.
435
00:31:51,830 --> 00:31:56,960
And if we do not examine this problem
in our own deliberations,
436
00:31:57,043 --> 00:32:00,755
future legal scholars
will question our decisions.
437
00:32:00,839 --> 00:32:03,091
[Mei] I applaud
your concern for scholarship,
438
00:32:03,174 --> 00:32:06,802
but, um, future legal minds
will always raise questions.
439
00:32:06,887 --> 00:32:08,429
It is their responsibility.
440
00:32:09,014 --> 00:32:10,015
Exactly.
441
00:32:10,974 --> 00:32:16,062
War is a policy
executed by a sovereign state.
442
00:32:17,022 --> 00:32:18,064
And if so,
443
00:32:18,648 --> 00:32:21,526
then how can we legally determine
444
00:32:21,609 --> 00:32:26,322
the level of guilt or punishment
for each individual in that state?
445
00:32:26,406 --> 00:32:30,160
We have the charter.
It allows us to apply the rule of law.
446
00:32:30,243 --> 00:32:31,452
[Pal] No, it does not.
447
00:32:32,578 --> 00:32:34,247
It does not.
448
00:32:34,330 --> 00:32:35,623
It would be possible,
449
00:32:35,706 --> 00:32:38,501
if the international community matured
450
00:32:38,584 --> 00:32:42,713
to the stage where it has the authority
to criminalize aggressive war,
451
00:32:42,797 --> 00:32:46,259
or punish individuals
who waged such a war.
452
00:32:46,342 --> 00:32:49,930
But, unfortunately, we are not there yet.
453
00:32:50,013 --> 00:32:52,182
People who thought as you do...
454
00:32:52,265 --> 00:32:54,809
failed to create strong laws
after World War I.
455
00:32:54,893 --> 00:32:56,102
And now, here we are,
456
00:32:56,186 --> 00:32:59,230
trying to pick up the pieces
and prevent future war.
457
00:32:59,814 --> 00:33:01,232
Let me repeat.
458
00:33:01,316 --> 00:33:05,403
According to the Pact of Paris,
each country can judge for itself
459
00:33:05,486 --> 00:33:09,699
whether its action constitutes
self-defense or aggression.
460
00:33:09,782 --> 00:33:12,368
It was described as a sovereign right.
461
00:33:12,452 --> 00:33:16,081
That interpretation... is mistaken.
462
00:33:17,373 --> 00:33:18,624
Are you trying to tell us
463
00:33:19,292 --> 00:33:23,546
that it allowed the Germans
to take whatever they wanted?
464
00:33:23,629 --> 00:33:26,299
To murder whomever they chose?
465
00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:32,305
That it allowed the Japanese
to march into China unchecked?
466
00:33:33,932 --> 00:33:35,141
And now are you trying to tell us
467
00:33:35,225 --> 00:33:42,148
it, uh, allowed the Japanese
to claim it was a war of self-defense?
468
00:33:42,232 --> 00:33:45,318
After what they did,
you want to let them off the hook?
469
00:33:45,401 --> 00:33:47,237
-[Pal] I admit...
-[liquid pouring]
470
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,905
...it is not an ideal position.
471
00:33:49,990 --> 00:33:54,369
It is a harsh reality,
given the world as we know it.
472
00:33:54,452 --> 00:33:56,371
So we must dismiss the charges.
473
00:33:57,413 --> 00:33:58,831
[Cramer] It's pretty damn hard...
474
00:33:59,415 --> 00:34:01,876
to ignore a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.
475
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:03,628
That's not the point.
476
00:34:03,711 --> 00:34:05,421
Nobody wants to ignore Pearl Harbor
477
00:34:05,505 --> 00:34:08,383
or all the horrible things
you are talking about,
478
00:34:08,466 --> 00:34:11,011
but please, gentlemen, once again...
479
00:34:12,012 --> 00:34:15,640
we must be careful
not to be moved by, um...
480
00:34:16,724 --> 00:34:18,601
a feeling of revenge.
481
00:34:19,185 --> 00:34:20,270
Look...
482
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,400
I support the need for war
483
00:34:25,483 --> 00:34:29,445
when the rights and borders
of independent nations are threatened.
484
00:34:29,529 --> 00:34:34,575
And I also believe that war criminals
should be severely punished.
485
00:34:35,493 --> 00:34:40,665
I first endorsed the charter
on political and ethical grounds,
486
00:34:40,748 --> 00:34:43,501
and not as an objective jurist.
487
00:34:43,584 --> 00:34:44,669
But...
488
00:34:45,586 --> 00:34:48,798
after more research
and a great deal of thought...
489
00:34:50,216 --> 00:34:52,302
I now agree with Justice Pal.
490
00:34:53,136 --> 00:34:55,305
[Mei] With so many victims,
491
00:34:55,388 --> 00:35:00,435
you are willing to overlook
the crime of waging such a dreadful war?
492
00:35:01,936 --> 00:35:03,229
[Zaryanov speaking Russian]
493
00:35:06,191 --> 00:35:09,319
[in English] The General asks if your
views are supported by your country.
494
00:35:10,028 --> 00:35:11,321
-No.
-[interpreter] Nyet.
495
00:35:11,404 --> 00:35:13,448
I don't have to ask my government.
496
00:35:13,531 --> 00:35:14,949
[speaking softly in Russian]
497
00:35:18,328 --> 00:35:20,413
[Zaryanov speaking Russian]
498
00:35:21,706 --> 00:35:25,710
[in English] General Zaryanov
calls for you to withdraw the memorandum.
499
00:35:27,002 --> 00:35:28,003
I will not.
500
00:35:28,838 --> 00:35:30,423
[Patrick] All right, enough of this.
501
00:35:31,006 --> 00:35:33,801
Sir William, as president of the tribunal,
502
00:35:33,884 --> 00:35:38,348
do you at least agree that the charter
is the foundation for this tribunal?
503
00:35:38,431 --> 00:35:41,351
And that we are legally
and morally bound to honor it?
504
00:35:41,434 --> 00:35:42,768
Yes, of course I do.
505
00:35:42,852 --> 00:35:44,229
-Thank you.
-[knocking on door]
506
00:35:44,312 --> 00:35:45,313
Yes?
507
00:35:46,856 --> 00:35:49,817
-Gentlemen, five minutes.
-Thank you.
508
00:35:53,363 --> 00:35:57,117
But we must allow
all opinions to be heard.
509
00:36:04,332 --> 00:36:06,292
So our focus was on Pal,
510
00:36:06,376 --> 00:36:09,462
-then Röling slipped off into the woods.
-[Patrick] Mmm.
511
00:36:10,755 --> 00:36:15,843
I can easily see... [clears throat]
one or two others following.
512
00:36:15,926 --> 00:36:21,224
You know, if we're not careful...
we are going to find ourselves outflanked.
513
00:36:22,725 --> 00:36:25,270
-The main problem is Webb.
-[Northcroft] Mmm.
514
00:36:25,353 --> 00:36:26,396
In trying to be neutral,
515
00:36:26,479 --> 00:36:29,023
he allows too many
dissenting points of view to arise.
516
00:36:29,107 --> 00:36:30,941
[coughing]
517
00:36:34,028 --> 00:36:36,239
I'm going to offer my resignation.
518
00:36:37,907 --> 00:36:39,700
You can't be serious.
519
00:36:39,784 --> 00:36:42,828
-The whole tribunal would collapse.
-Precisely.
520
00:36:42,912 --> 00:36:46,166
Even quicker,
if all three of us offer our resignations.
521
00:36:47,542 --> 00:36:49,710
Well... [clears throat]
522
00:36:49,794 --> 00:36:52,255
with Higgins already gone...
523
00:36:52,338 --> 00:36:55,007
three of us go,
that'll be quite a scandal.
524
00:36:57,385 --> 00:36:59,804
Our governments won't go for it.
525
00:36:59,887 --> 00:37:01,096
No, they won't,
526
00:37:01,181 --> 00:37:03,724
but they'll do whatever it takes
to keep us here.
527
00:37:03,808 --> 00:37:05,976
That's quite a risky bet.
528
00:37:06,060 --> 00:37:08,771
We risk more by doing nothing.
529
00:37:08,854 --> 00:37:12,817
When asked what we need to stay on,
each of us ask for Webb to be removed.
530
00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:16,612
No. [clears throat]
They'll never remove the president.
531
00:37:16,696 --> 00:37:20,575
They will if it prevents
the total collapse of the Tokyo tribunal.
532
00:37:21,659 --> 00:37:25,371
Otherwise, the validity of Nuremberg
will be tossed out of the window, too.
533
00:37:26,497 --> 00:37:30,793
If all three of us make the same request,
we can force the issue.
534
00:37:36,716 --> 00:37:39,510
[man] His precise words are,
535
00:37:39,594 --> 00:37:44,056
"To withdraw the United Kingdom,
Canadian and New Zealand judges."
536
00:37:45,391 --> 00:37:49,061
Judges McDougall of Canada
and Northcroft of New Zealand
537
00:37:49,144 --> 00:37:51,731
have also sent resignations
to their governments.
538
00:37:51,814 --> 00:37:53,858
MacArthur has to resolve this.
539
00:37:54,984 --> 00:37:57,403
Our man in Tokyo spoke with him already.
540
00:37:57,487 --> 00:38:00,615
He showed no interest
in mediating between the judges.
541
00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:06,704
Is Lord Patrick sufficiently aware
of the scandal he's about to create?
542
00:38:07,622 --> 00:38:10,416
If these three justices
abandon their duties,
543
00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:14,962
the world will accuse the Commonwealth
of sabotaging the trial.
544
00:38:15,045 --> 00:38:17,215
With great respect, Prime Minister...
545
00:38:18,466 --> 00:38:21,636
Patrick was an RAF captain
during the first war.
546
00:38:22,220 --> 00:38:25,973
Despite acute complications
with his health, he still went to Tokyo.
547
00:38:26,641 --> 00:38:30,102
He doesn't act without forethought,
so we would be wise to assume
548
00:38:30,185 --> 00:38:32,980
he is determined to leave
if he feels it necessary.
549
00:38:38,444 --> 00:38:40,070
What, then, is our way out?
550
00:38:41,364 --> 00:38:44,950
The letter states the problem
is with Justice Pal, the Indian,
551
00:38:45,034 --> 00:38:47,662
and Justice Röling, from the Netherlands.
552
00:38:47,745 --> 00:38:51,582
But mainly Webb...
the presiding judge from Australia.
553
00:38:54,335 --> 00:38:56,504
Let me see it. [sighs]
554
00:39:08,933 --> 00:39:12,603
I've asked for you here
because I'd like a progress report.
555
00:39:12,687 --> 00:39:14,355
[Webb] Well...
556
00:39:14,439 --> 00:39:16,941
the defense have requested
a summer recess,
557
00:39:17,024 --> 00:39:18,693
but I'm inclined not to grant it.
558
00:39:18,776 --> 00:39:21,487
Better we continue
to work our way through it.
559
00:39:21,571 --> 00:39:23,823
[MacArthur] And no dissension
in the ranks?
560
00:39:23,906 --> 00:39:26,867
Oh, one or two judges
are stubborn in their views,
561
00:39:26,951 --> 00:39:30,079
-but it's nothing I can't handle.
-Ah.
562
00:39:30,162 --> 00:39:32,832
[grunts] That is not what I've heard.
563
00:39:32,915 --> 00:39:34,124
From whom?
564
00:39:35,876 --> 00:39:40,005
The United Kingdom's
Liaison Mission to Tokyo, for one.
565
00:39:40,089 --> 00:39:42,425
And if what I've heard is correct...
566
00:39:42,508 --> 00:39:46,304
you best move on, and quickly,
before it festers.
567
00:39:46,387 --> 00:39:50,099
Well... judges are naturally disputatious,
568
00:39:50,182 --> 00:39:52,017
always inclined to debate.
569
00:39:52,101 --> 00:39:54,437
[MacArthur] Yes,
but towards a common goal. Correct?
570
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,689
That's where I'm steering it.
571
00:39:56,772 --> 00:39:59,442
You know, I've lead men on missions
572
00:39:59,525 --> 00:40:03,028
and into battle in Mexico,
Europe, the Philippines,
573
00:40:03,112 --> 00:40:04,572
and all across the Pacific.
574
00:40:04,655 --> 00:40:07,533
[takes deep breath]
And if I've learned one thing,
575
00:40:07,617 --> 00:40:11,036
it's that... even with
reconnaissance, preplanning,
576
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,163
and the good opinion
of the men closest to you,
577
00:40:13,247 --> 00:40:15,375
victory always comes down...
578
00:40:16,626 --> 00:40:18,628
to a will to win.
579
00:40:19,337 --> 00:40:22,673
And that will to win
has to start at the very top.
580
00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:29,680
THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEFEAT
581
00:40:29,764 --> 00:40:34,352
PRAYING FOR PEACE
582
00:40:35,561 --> 00:40:38,356
[man in Japanese] Exactly two yearsafter the end of the war,
583
00:40:38,439 --> 00:40:40,941
at 11:05 on August 9th in Nagasaki City,
584
00:40:41,025 --> 00:40:44,362
where an atomic bomb was dropped,
585
00:40:44,445 --> 00:40:47,322
all citizens prayed for peace.
586
00:40:58,167 --> 00:41:02,171
TRAIL OF WAR CRIMINALS REACHES A CLIMAX
587
00:41:03,047 --> 00:41:05,215
[man in Japanese] The trialof the people who caused this war
588
00:41:05,299 --> 00:41:08,553
has continued for a yearand four months now.
589
00:41:08,636 --> 00:41:13,307
Former minister of finance Ishibashitook the stand on the 11th.
590
00:41:13,391 --> 00:41:17,437
What are the defendantsthinking about now?
591
00:41:22,442 --> 00:41:24,193
[narrator in English]
The prosecution ends its case
592
00:41:24,276 --> 00:41:26,987
and the defense team begins its rebuttal.
593
00:41:28,155 --> 00:41:30,658
The American lawyer Blakeneytries to establish
594
00:41:30,741 --> 00:41:34,328
that key United States officialsalready foresaw the Japanese attack
595
00:41:34,412 --> 00:41:36,622
just before Pearl Harbor.
596
00:41:36,706 --> 00:41:39,333
He calls an American army officerto the stand
597
00:41:39,417 --> 00:41:41,919
who had been taskedwith decoding a telegram
598
00:41:42,002 --> 00:41:45,255
from the Japanese governmentto its embassy in Washington
599
00:41:45,339 --> 00:41:47,425
before Pearl Harbor was bombed.
600
00:41:48,342 --> 00:41:52,555
The telegram was an ultimatumto be conveyed to the US government.
601
00:41:52,638 --> 00:41:54,348
The witness states that the message
602
00:41:54,432 --> 00:41:57,267
was decoded and sentto President Roosevelt.
603
00:41:57,351 --> 00:41:58,686
Defense lawyer Blakeney
604
00:41:58,769 --> 00:42:03,107
argues that while America did not knowthat Pearl Harbor would be targeted,
605
00:42:03,190 --> 00:42:05,485
it did know that war was imminent.
606
00:42:06,193 --> 00:42:10,615
He insists that the attack on Pearl Harborwas, therefore, not a surprise.
607
00:42:13,493 --> 00:42:16,120
I'm not convinced by Blakeney's argument.
608
00:42:16,203 --> 00:42:18,873
America knowing about Japan's intention
to launch an attack
609
00:42:18,956 --> 00:42:22,710
is not the same as receiving
a formal declaration of war.
610
00:42:22,793 --> 00:42:25,796
And even if Roosevelt
saw the decoded message...
611
00:42:26,714 --> 00:42:28,591
and therefore knew an attack was coming,
612
00:42:28,674 --> 00:42:33,763
he still had no idea of, uh, when
and where exactly it could take place.
613
00:42:35,515 --> 00:42:38,476
In order for them to attack Hawaii by air,
614
00:42:38,559 --> 00:42:43,188
the Japanese fleet had to leave Japan
more than a week before Pearl Harbor.
615
00:42:43,272 --> 00:42:45,149
But... but as Blakeney pointed out,
616
00:42:45,232 --> 00:42:49,194
the time required between the warning
and the commencement of hostilities
617
00:42:49,278 --> 00:42:52,698
is not specified
in any international law agreement.
618
00:42:52,782 --> 00:42:56,160
It means it could be just a minute
between the two.
619
00:42:56,243 --> 00:42:58,287
It's still a cold-blooded attack.
620
00:43:10,508 --> 00:43:12,635
-[McDougall] Morning.
-Morning.
621
00:43:15,054 --> 00:43:16,055
[McDougall] Morning.
622
00:43:16,138 --> 00:43:17,723
-Morning.
-Morning.
623
00:43:17,807 --> 00:43:19,725
Well... [clears throat]
624
00:43:19,809 --> 00:43:23,896
my foreign minister got the message
loud and clear.
625
00:43:23,979 --> 00:43:25,147
As did mine.
626
00:43:28,108 --> 00:43:29,443
Do you think he knows?
627
00:43:29,527 --> 00:43:34,448
[Patrick] Hmm. It isn't my finest maneuver
to broadside a decent man,
628
00:43:34,532 --> 00:43:36,408
but Webb should go home...
629
00:43:36,491 --> 00:43:39,036
whilst we lead this trial
to the right conclusion.
630
00:43:39,954 --> 00:43:41,956
[bellboy] Sir Webb, a letter for you.
631
00:43:42,039 --> 00:43:43,373
[Webb] Thank you.
632
00:43:58,806 --> 00:43:59,932
General.
633
00:44:00,015 --> 00:44:02,476
Sir William, I'm late for a meeting.
634
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:03,561
Here.
635
00:44:09,650 --> 00:44:11,902
-They want you back in Australia?
-Yes.
636
00:44:13,863 --> 00:44:16,406
"To adjudicate an important trial."
637
00:44:16,490 --> 00:44:19,493
Oh, it came completely out of the blue.
I have no desire to leave Tokyo.
638
00:44:20,786 --> 00:44:23,330
What the hell is going on?
You said everything was just fine.
639
00:44:23,413 --> 00:44:26,458
Well, as supreme commander,
you could overrule their request.
640
00:44:26,541 --> 00:44:28,043
No, no, no.
It would create more of a circus.
641
00:44:28,127 --> 00:44:30,504
This is already gonna feed
the papers for months.
642
00:44:31,421 --> 00:44:33,173
[takes deep breath]
643
00:44:33,257 --> 00:44:34,967
No. [sighs]
644
00:44:35,050 --> 00:44:37,637
Sir William, you're gonna
have to keep a lid on this
645
00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:39,722
and return to Australia.
646
00:44:43,183 --> 00:44:46,436
-Very well. Thank you.
-[grunts]
647
00:44:56,781 --> 00:44:58,532
[indistinct chatter]
648
00:45:04,204 --> 00:45:05,414
Gentlemen...
649
00:45:06,874 --> 00:45:10,878
I apologize for calling you in
at such short notice.
650
00:45:10,961 --> 00:45:14,089
My government
has called me back to Australia.
651
00:45:15,090 --> 00:45:17,176
I'm required to take my place
at the High Court
652
00:45:17,259 --> 00:45:21,596
for an important sitting on
the nationalization of Australian banks.
653
00:45:21,681 --> 00:45:25,559
The banks? But...
but the banks are not so important.
654
00:45:25,642 --> 00:45:28,979
I do not have a choice.
I am at the behest of my country.
655
00:45:29,897 --> 00:45:32,607
Uh, MacArthur will appoint a replacement.
656
00:45:52,712 --> 00:45:54,629
[solemn music playing]
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