"Japan Coast Guard"
UMIZARU
Since joining the Coast Guard, I've witnessed 9 maritime accidents.
Each one, however, from the deck of a boat.
Each time, I wished I could be in the water.
The 14 of you have come recommended by your regional headquarters...
to undergo special training as search and rescue divers.
Only 1% of all Japan Coast Guard officers earn such a distinction.
It is my earnest hope that all of you will have what it takes to endure...
the most rigorous training of your lives.
Attention!
Salute!
At ease!
Your Chief Training Instructor!
Trainees, salute!
At ease!
My name is Taro Minamoto.
For the next 50 days...
I will supervise your training.
But first let me say...
my job is not to turn you into divers...
but to sift out the unworthy.
You. What's your name?
Eiji Nomura, 2nd Region, Sir!
Why are you here?
To rescue those lost at sea, Sir!
And you?
Makoto Tsuchiya, 4th Region, Sir!
Your reason?
Rescue divers are expert lifesavers, Sir!
You.
Atsushi Kawaguchi, 8th Region, Sir.
To save lives as a rescue diver, Sir.
And you?
Yuji Mishima, 3rd Region. To save human life, Sir.
Next?
Hajime Kudo, 1st Region. The same, to save lives.
You?
Daisuke Senzaki, 7th Region, Sir. Save lives, of course.
You all sound very noble.
And full of shit!
Nomura!
Tell me the real reason!
Divers...
get the ladies, Sir.
Tsuchiya!
The divers' bonus, Sir.
Kawaguchi!
Priority bath rights, Sir.
Yaegashi!
My superior's orders, Sir.
Mishima!
To make Special Rescue Corps, Sir.
What for?
For the status, right?
Kudo!
To save lives, Sir!
The real reason!
To save lives, Sir.
And you?
Boredom on deck, Sir.
Boredom?
I want to work on the front lines, Sir.
You think that's a lot of fun, do you?
Senzaki, they tell me you have a master diver's license.
Yes.
Jerk.
Friendly drill sergeant.
50 days with Hitler.
I hate him already.
What's a "master diver's license?"
It means he's semi-pro.
I've been diving since high school.
No way!
You're not the only one with one of those.
10 minutes elapsed!
Remember, you're trainees!
You're nothing special!
I've reached my limit, Sir!
You have?
Kudo...
if you had, you'd be dead now.
You're still alive.
Add 2 kilos!
Come on. Sink or swim!
Keep those hands dry!
Ready... go!
If you can't save your own ass...
how can you save others?
Lives are at stake here!
Not bad.
Senzaki and... Mishima.
This is heaven!
I thought I'd die out there.
I hope it's easier tomorrow.
Food!
I haven't the strength to eat.
Look at those two.
They didn't break a sweat.
Diving masters.
I told you so.
I wanna go home!
Sakai, Nakahara... Muto, Tadokoro...
Kudo, Senzaki...
Gunji, Watanabe...
Tsuchiya, Nomura...
Hayashi, Yaegashi...
Mishima, Kawaguchi...
Meet your "buddy" for the next 50 days.
"Buddy?"
We always work in pairs underwater.
The "buddy" relationships are founded upon trust.
Understood?
Pleasure.
Same here.
One minute and 30 seconds.
One minute remaining.
Water clear!
Ready...
Dive!
Commence gear exchange.
Don't waste time!
Check your residual pressure.
The slowest pair does 100 push-ups.
72...
73...
I'm sorry.
74!
500-meter dolphin relay! Go!
The slowest team cleans latrines.
Hurry up!
Sorry.
What's that stench?
Latrines.
Now I reek, too.
Poor Senzaki.
Don't get in my way.
I know.
Finished already?
I'm not hungry.
Eat up! You need your strength.
That's right.
Why'd you pair those two?
They're too different. It's not fair to Senzaki.
You can't pamper a guy like that.
I see your point.
On repeated dives...
you must know how much time you need to depressurize.
Your body builds up nitrogen underwater.
Once out of the water, you must stay there...
until the nitrogen in your system returns to safe levels.
After a 20-minute dive, for example...
you need to stay out of the water for at least an hour.
Otherwise, you're at risk of getting the bends.
Why don't you tutor him?
This is where your dive time chart is important.
Say you and your "buddy" are left alone at a depth of 40 meters.
You have one tank and 30 bar.
Enough for a return trip... for one.
What do you do?
What?
Time's up. You're all dead.
Let me explain the time for reducing pressure after a dive.
What's with that guy?
Got your manuscript.
Good.
Sorry for cutting out on you.
No sweat. Take care of your mom.
It's about ready to print, anyway.
Just proof it and email it back to me.
Not bad for your first article.
Really?
Got to go. Bye.
Goodbye.
You get used to training after a week.
But barracks life gets harder.
No matter what happens, remember you're in training.
The locals call you "sea monkeys."
Because of the way some before you have acted in town.
Practice discretion. Understood?
You're free tonight.
"Abstinence"
Hey! What did I just say?!
Give me your number!
Get away from me.
I haven't got time for a boyfriend.
I'm building work skills.
No interest in men at all?
If the opportunity arises.
Wow, Tokyo's changed you.
I've hit on a guy, like, once.
You, Erika? How?
I said, "I bet you'd like to kiss me."
I read in a magazine it works every time.
Then what?
Then I slept with him.
I was piss drunk.
I went out with him for about a year, I think.
Really.
Coast what?
Coast Guard.
"Sea monkeys."
14 of the nicest boys you'll meet!
Care for a drink?
Nomura reporting back: Pride shattered.
We're getting nowhere!
Nobody likes us.
Kudo, were you the best your region had to offer?
Excuse me?
Chief called you the worst recruit ever.
Don't make us look bad, okay?
We don't want to fail 'cause of you.
- Pick it up, okay? - Get with it.
Sorry.
Hold it... He's doing his best.
Give him a break.
He pisses you off more than anyone else.
So don't act cool.
Likewise.
Chill out, guys.
Sarge will eat us alive if we start fighting.
You don't wanna fight.
Neither do you.
Coast Guard?
Every year, they get local girlfriends...
and dump them once training's over.
Same old "sea monkeys." I hate 'em.
Two minutes elapsed.
And the winner is Mishima! Let's get an interview!
Aw come on! Here's the culprit!
Nothing's changed around here.
I told you.
I wish I could go to Tokyo like you.
You're on call tomorrow, right? Get some rest.
I hate the early shift.
See ya.
Good night.
Watch it! I'm packing a lot of stress.
Get over here.
Two guys pestering one girl? That's pitiful.
Okay, knock it off.
Go home!
Chill out.
Listen to me.
What did you expect? A girl like you drinking alone.
Wait a second.
Is that a compliment?
Are you saying I'm attractive?
You're wasted.
Right now... I bet you'd like to kiss me.
Get a load of this classy room!
Are you new to this?
Yeah, my boyfriends have always had apartments.
This feels wonderful!
Bright... It's too bright.
Thirsty?
I still don't know your name.
Does that matter?
Guess not.
Water... Check.
"Buddy"...Check.
Dive!
Hey.
Hey!
You've got to be kidding.
What is this place?
Who is this person?
Who're you?
"Who?" is right.
Well... who?
Shit!
You're the worst!
I absolutely despise guys that do this kind of thing.
You brought me here.
Me?
I don't sleep with guys I don't know.
What?
Don't tell me you're with...
I'm with the Coast Guard.
I'm late for training. Gotta go.
I just screwed a "sea monkey."
Attention!
All trainees present and accounted for, Sir!
I will explain pool exercise No.10:
Entering an overturned vessel.
A fishing boat has capsized...
full of fishing nets and other obstacles.
One of you is blindfolded, and you share one tank.
Work stops at 50 bar.
Under 50 bar, you must surface.
Nomura OK.
Tsuchiya OK.
Elapsed time: 6 minutes, 30 seconds.
Bar remaining?
30.
You missed the cutoff.
You've both died in action.
Next! Senzaki and Kudo.
Your "buddy" needs air.
Senzaki's down!
He's blacked out!
We've got him!
What's your problem, Kudo!
You've got to stay calm.
You almost killed me.
How're you doing, Mr. Senzaki?
Fine.
The doctor will be here shortly to check up on you.
Roger... Latrine?
Go out, turn right.
But I emailed you my corrections.
You didn't get them? Wait, I'll try again.
How about now?
Got it? Great.
No... it's nothing.
What? Yes, I can do that.
"Femme?"
Don't touch that.
No, I'm fine.
I can work from here.
I won't cause any... damn!
I can't use my cell phone here.
At any rate, I'll be back as soon as...
You work for a magazine! I thought you were a local.
May I have that, please?
Why're you working from a hospital?
And who are you?
You remember.
I do not.
I took her to a seaside hotel.
What're you doing? Stop that!
Jog your memory?
Why are you following me around?
Like I said...
it was you who hit on me.
Something I live to regret.
And a dorky "sea monkey" at that.
Sorry if I fail your high standards.
Look, I was drunk.
Did I...
really, you know...
"do it" with you?
Like a monkey, Babe.
Creep. Who's he calling a monkey?
Couldn't send your article?
Don't worry, Mom.
You rushed back on my account.
Of course I'm worried.
I got it. Don't move.
You all right?
Hajime Kudo, Japan Coast Guard.
We're both in the business of saving lives.
We're kindred spirits.
Kobayashi's stool sample!
Gotta go.
See ya later.
Ow!
Snap out of it. What're you looking at?
At ease! 10 minutes!
Senzaki...
your belt's twisted in back.
Blame your "buddy."
What say you, Kudo?
I thought I checked him thoroughly, Sir.
You've done this repeatedly.
Give me 50 push-ups. You too, Senzaki.
Do it with your regulators on!
You can do it, Kudo.
You can do it!
Together!
This is a circular search: Standard operational procedure.
If you can't do it on land...
you'll fail in the water.
Keep up, Kudo.
Sorry.
He's not rescue diver material. He lacks strength and concentration.
Encourage him to quit, or pay for it later.
You know that, don't you?
Excuse me!
There're some people on the rocks.
What rocks?
Out there. It doesn't look safe.
What the hell are they doing?
Excuse me. We're the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard?
When the tide rises, you'll be trapped.
Please evacuate immediately.
If it gets dangerous, we'll leave.
You've been drinking. Your judgment is...
Buzz off.
Who gives you the right to order us around?
And look dorky, too.
That's a cute little life jacket. Orange suits you.
- Seriously. It's dangerous. - We hear you. Now leave.
Go away! Go away!
Hey Mishima!
Wait!
If they want to die, let them.
Say that again?
I said don't be stupid.
My taxes pay your salary, you runt!
Kudo!
This is a first. Coast Guard officers in a brawl with local civilians!
Our apologies, Sir.
They were violating public safety rules, Sir.
That's right.
That's not the point.
You are public servants. So get that into your thick skulls!
Look what happened to you!
I hear Kudo was the first to snap.
Mishima didn't lay a hand on them.
That's professionalism.
He's an adult. Kudo's a child.
I'm sorry. My fault again.
Tell me...
just what is our job?
We went to help...
and they spat in our faces.
We got them to leave, didn't we?
You should be pissed off.
Back home, my father and brother...
are fishermen.
When they're out at sea in a storm, my mom just sits there and prays.
"Bring them home safely," she says.
Ever since I was a kid...
I vowed to rescue them if they were ever in danger.
So you joined the Coast Guard.
Yeah.
I'm glad we helped those people.
Mishima...
I was thinking...
let's graduate top of our class.
I'll work hard.
All right, "buddy?"
Why didn't you join the rest?
Sir?
You let your "buddy" get beat up.
You advocating fighting, Sir?
Keep pumping.
You need this to pass pool training.
I'm spent.
Shift the weight to your pelvis!
Come on!
It's no use. I can't hack it.
Sure you can.
It's pointless.
No, it's not.
You're a basket case, Kudo!
Time for a skinny-dip!
Enough of peeing in my wetsuit.
What're you doing?
No fair practicing on the side.
We're in this together.
Think of us as...
your trusty "clutch."
You mean "crutch."
Disperse!
Water clear!
Check!
Take positions!
Dive!
Weirdos.
Lower your chin, Kudo!
So you swallow water, big deal.
Raise those hips, Man!
You're too vertical.
10 meters to go!
9... 8... 7... 6... 5...
Finish, Kudo!
All trainees present and accounted for, Sir!
Next week, we start training at sea.
And you're not ready.
You faint during training.
You fight off duty.
You think with your peckers.
You're not ready for the sea.
So we're conducting this final pool test.
If you fail any of the tasks today...
you're out!
2 minutes, 30 seconds.
14 minutes elapsed.
One minute left!
Paddle! Paddle! Come on!
25 meters to go, Kudo!
5... 4... 3... 2... 1!
This is your final task.
Anyone who can't lift 20 kilos, fails!
Almost there. Try again.
I can't. I can't do it!
It's too heavy.
You're almost there.
I know you can do it.
Now go!
You can do it!
Keep coming! Keep coming!
Don't give up on me, damn it!
Keep it coming! Keep it coming!
You did it, Kudo!
Bottoms up!
Nurses! We've got nurses!
I must be dreaming!
I love you, Kudo!
Who'd have thought you'd have a hotline to a nurse station?
He was like a raging bull!
Went straight for Nurse Erika.
I wish he'd use that energy in training.
A guy's looks are important.
That's Marine Self-Defense.
We're Japan Coast Guard.
Our boats are white.
Hey Senzaki.
Thanks.
I owe you one.
Save it. We're only halfway there.
True.
We'll make it, though.
I'm glad you're my "buddy."
I won't let you down.
I promise.
I hate blind dates.
She's a friend of Erika's.
I think I'll pass.
But you're my "buddy!"
Within limits.
No, "buddies" are inseparable.
What a great day for a dive!
The sea looks beautiful!
Water everywhere!
Hey, isn't that Senzaki and Kudo?
Good afternoon, Gents!
What're you doing here?
What a coincidence!
This is a good spot.
Mishima's here too?
You knew we were diving here.
Leave us alone.
Why should we?
Look!
Hi boys!
Now just hold on!
You brought a friend?
This is Kanna.
Move closer!
Gloves on?
Your hand, please.
I thought you hated "sea monkeys."
I was bored.
What's a city girl doing here anyway?
None of your business.
In the water, you stay close, you hear?
I hear you.
That was incredible! It's so beautiful!
Told you so.
Hey!
Keep your hands to yourself.
Don't flatter yourself.
My mom's in the hospital.
What?
She broke her leg falling down some stairs.
I see.
So you came back here.
My father died when I was little.
It's just the two of us.
The dutiful daughter.
Stop it.
Truth is...
I'm panicked.
This is a critical time at work.
They gave me my first full page at the magazine.
I can't be wasting time here.
So that's why.
What?
Why you seem so stressed out.
I must be to sleep with someone I just met.
I'd better go.
Hey, where'd everyone go?
Still diving, maybe.
Let's continue diving, then.
We can't.