It seems Captain Asakura likes you.
I can count on your help, right?
There are 70 of my men on this ship.
You won't get far.
All stations, report.
Gunnery Chief, here.
It's no use, sir.
Gunnery Chief.
We're under Lieutenant Takasu's command.
You're a lieutenant?
You're not in it, too!
Please don't make it difficult.
We share an inseparable bond.
What bond?
We fought in the southern islands.
A meaningless campaign...
Stinking jungle...
Malaria...
Nothing's worse than knowing your death is meaningless.
We waited in vain for supplies.
Starving to death,
with only one option left...
Captain Asakura was our savior.
He went against orders and pulled us out of hell.
He implored us...
"Do not die. Live at all costs".
Now I ask you, as our leaders, to take responsibility.
That's why we're trying to end this war...
My estimable Chancellor...
You mean "unconditional surrender"?
Then after Japan's collapse
what do you intend to do?
Live on as if nothing happened?
You're one of us. This war took your wife.
Join with us.
Sadly, you refuse to see it.
Send the coded reply to the Americans.
We're surfacing.
Bring Lorelei to the bridge.
Move.
Thanks for the ice-cream.
Surfacing?
You've no need to worry, as long as you do what we say.
The Allies have guaranteed your safety after capture.
Surfacing presently.
All stations, report.
Lorelei is secure.
The B-29, loaded with its atom bomb
will shortly depart Tinian base.
It'll end everything so we can start anew.
Not much longer.
I'm disappointed.
Not one of you will open your belly.
This is Asakura in Naval Command.
Owada Relay Station - Outside Tokyo
Owada Relay Station - Outside Tokyo Signal corps. Put me through.
Signal corps. Put me through.
This is signal corps.
Connecting to the I-507.
Do it!
Quick!
Asakura at Naval Command. What's going on?
The US destroyer is approaching.
It'll arrive shortly.
Captain Asakura!
Lt. Commander, sorry about all this.
A little dramatic, perhaps
but all part of a wider plan.
Do try to understand, Lt. Commander.
Our country has lost its way.
Now's the time to correct the error.
But what's gained by torching Tokyo?
Tokyo is the corrupt core.
We burn out the root and allow re-growth.
It makes perfect sense.
And what about the innocent lives lost?
Not worth the worry.
All worthy people have been lost in the war.
Only the cowardly dregs remain.
What good can come of a world left to them?
Cowards, huh?
I suppose that would include us?
But Captain...
It takes courage to recover after being blamed and ridiculed.
Maybe our country was mistaken.
But we must all survive...
to do our best to build a new Japan.
All hands, listen!
We've come this far to save our nation from atomic terror.
Your families and friends...
can you sit by and watch them killed?
Don't give up like this!
A message from the USS Fleischer:
"We accept your surrender. "
"Welcome to the United States"
Okay, let's go.
Come.
Paula, don't...
Don't worry.
They wouldn't shoot me.
Is that right?
Hatred can't undo the past.
Don't fool yourself. Think.
Shut up!
What's going on?
You idiot, what are you doing?
Let go!
Close the valves.
Stop!
I won't let you take her!
Paula!
Don't!
Let's call it quits...
She's just a child.
Shame on us all...
Gunnery Chief, here.
Put down your weapons.
L-507, what's going on?
This is your Captain.
Listen, everyone.
We're back in control.
We'll surface, head north and get out of here.
We're going back to Japan.
Captain Asakura, it's Masami.
The deal is off. Things are not going to work out for you.
We have Lorelei.
I won't allow them to bomb Tokyo.
Try to imagine Japan 100 years from now.
Adults with no responsibility nor initiative.
Children with no national pride nor hope.
Japan, just a nation enslaved by the US.
Where's the worth in such a country?
I believe in her.
Even if burned to the ground...
Our people will rediscover hope.
Trading this girl...
Sacrificing tens of thousands of lives...
What kind of revival is that?
I could never allow it!
Noble words... but empty.
A waste of my time.
I never expected the plan to go perfectly.
What do you mean?
I have it all figured out.
As long as we don't surrender, a 3rd bomb is bound to drop on Tokyo.
A third bomb?
I'm indebted to you and it hurts to know you'll die.
Mr. Tsuchiya...
We'll meet again.
Masami, noble words won't get you very far, now.
You'll have to deploy the suicide tactics you so despise.
It's inevitable.
I'm sorry I won't get to see it.
You don't mean...
Captain!
Beat this, you cowards.
This marks the start of a new Japan.
Captain Asakura!
What's going on there?
Both engines stop.
Head for the airfield!
Someone's trying to stop Nishimiya making peace. Hurry!
Ambassador Nishimiya?
We were too late.
For what?
Tokyo will be wiped out by an atom bomb.
When will the bomb depart?
Can you take his word?
When will the B-29 take off?
It's no use.
Don't dream you can defeat...
...the US Pacific fleet.
Tell me!
06:30...
Tinian Base, North Field...
How dare you, you witch...
6:30am...
Only 15 more hours...
It's too far-fetched to believe without proof.
The mission might not even go ahead.
The Mariana Islands - Tinian
USAF 509th Composite Group
Tinian Base - North Field
With Japan's rejection
of unconditional surrender,
a third attack is planned.
Among the designated targets,
top priority is...
Tokyo.
May I come in?
17:30...
13 more hours...
Asakura defied high command so his orders are invalid.
We've lost contact with base.
Returning home would not be unreasonable.
That may be right.
However...
We bought this on the Ginza...
Tokyo's full of memories of her.
She's no longer with me
but what we shared sustains me even now.
I'll defend it with my very life.
I feel the same.
It's a personal matter. You don't have to get involved.
We've shared destiny since Pearl Harbor.
Let's go out with a bang.
This is your Captain.
We're going to break through the US defensive cordon
and attack Tinian.
We'll shell the airfield
and stop the atom bomb in its tracks.
However...
Stay still.
We're not operating under orders from H.Q.
It's a voluntary mission.
This war is nearly over.
I don't know if Asakura's prediction will come true or not.
All I know,
is that we can't stand by while an atom bomb is dropped on Tokyo.
I won't force this mission on you.
Come forward if you wish to opt out.
Rebuilding our nation is also a worthy mission.
Survival brings its own duties.
Each man must think.
Decide for himself.
That's all.
Engine room, here. I'll go.
I'm the only one who's seen Tinian.
I remember the layout, the undersea topography, too.
Good man...
Medical room, too.
Stern launch crew will go.
Torpedo loaders, count us in.
Maintenance, too.
Generator room, we'll go.
Me, too.
What the hell... as you wish.
Heck. Me too, I guess.
What have you been fighting for?
I never gave it any thought.
Never? Isn't there something?
You?
For my country.
Me...
I just like singing...
As long as I'm alive, I can sing.
That's it.
What is it?
Please take me, too.
One thing...
About Paula...
She's different. We should let her off.
Plot this course.
Captain?
We need Lorelei for this mission to succeed.
But it breaks down...
Don't give up on her.
Paula...
You're taking me to Japan?
That's if we survive...
Don't give up on me.
You're leaving, too?
Sorry.
I'm just so scared.
Take this.
I want someone to appreciate it.
Make your future with it.
Salute.
I didn't think so many would leave.
They're our hope for the future.
The 25 men who departed
headed for a Japanese-held island
and made it safely back to Japan.
And made it safely back to Japan.
August 11th
Tokyo
2 hours, 30 minutes to target plane's departure.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
A car's ready to take you.
Maybe we're already too late...
The Mariana Islands - Tinian
Take her down!
44 seconds. Everyone's calm.
All hands, battle stations!
We're heading straight for their perimeter
We have to be fast. Give it all you've got.
Via the shallows is quickest.
We can't maintain any depth. Safer to go through the trench.
I know that.
It'd take too long.
Plot the shortest course.
1 hour, 20 minutes to target plane's departure
Entering the shallows.
Hug the sea bed.
Many destroyers passing overhead.
It's strangely quiet.
They want the Lorelei intact.
It could be easily salvaged here.
Another fleet ahead!
Rear fleet closing...
Forward fleet turning to us.
A pincer move...
Multiple charges from the fleet ahead.
The new patterned charge... One hits and triggers the rest.
Defensive positions.
Evasive action, full speed.
Dive planes, full ahead.
Fractures to ballast pipes!
All stations, damage report.
Flooding in no. 4 ballast.
Aft launch area, fighting leaks!
Nothing wrong, here.
All clear.
Let's check the mini-sub.
Ship's stores flooding.
Seal it and get pumping.
Broken pipe in bow quarters.
What's going on topside?
Vibrations aren't subsiding.
The sonar's useless here.
Are you going?
Sure.
I can't let her go.
Mini-sub to bridge.
Superficial damage. Okay for launch.
Forget it. The mini-sub's no use on its own.
I...
will go...
Paula, stay there.
I'll go.
Can you?
Deploy Lorelei, to evade the depth charges.
Paula, board the mini-sub.
Origasa, how is it?
All systems normal.
Flood the access tube.
Origasa!
Kiyonaga?
What the hell are you doing?
Goddamn.
My arm's stuck!
Stop the flooding.
I'm going to help.
Origasa. Don't leave your post.
I've got to help him.
Enemy ahead.
Distance 40 and closing.
We won't be able to get away.
We must continue in order to deploy the mini-sub.
20 meters, 10... enemy overhead.
They've dropped charges.
Origasa, go back.
What about Kiyonaga?
I said go back.
But Captain!
Are you trying to sink us?
Origasa...
Go.
Get out!
Flood it.
Resume flooding.
Detach the mini-sub.
Keep your mind on the job.
Repay our debt to him.
Captain...
Engage Lorelei.
Full left rudder!
We dodged the first salvo.
Enemy ahead, line abreast.
How many are they?
25 minutes to target plane's departure
We must counter attack.
Ready tubes 1 through 4.
Target the lead fleet.
Wait a minute. It might kill Paula, too.
We have a plan.
Flood tubes 1 and 2.
Fire!
You removed the fuses...
Disabling, not sinking them...
Minimizing Paula's agony.
But she suffers anyway.
Is Paula alright?
I don't know...
I can still go on.
Be strong, my dear...
Engine, give us full power.
It won't be enough!
Full revs!
Full revs in a dive? Insanity.
Chief.
What?
We can do it.
Really?
20 seconds only.
Well done.
Cap'n, we can do it!
Owada Relay Station
Signals from the Marianas...
Radio traffic around Tinian
increasing this past hour.
Something to do with Asakura?
Maybe it's code?
I keep hearing the word "Lorelei"...
15 minutes to target plane's departure
No. 5 and 7, direct hit.
No. 8, on target, too.
That's all our torpedoes gone.
All ships in our path taken care of.
Keep your guard up. 15 minutes before take-off.
Torpedoes off port bow!
What?
Hard to port!
All stations, report.
Main circuits, no power.
Switch to auxiliary power.
We're in bad shape, Cap'n.
Battery room hydrogen level is soaring.
Damaged batteries, huh? Blow main ballast.
No good.
Start the engines.
It's impossible... without reconnecting main power.
Switch out the bad battery by hand?
If we could access the battery room.
Forget it. You'd never survive.
Captain...
They've stopped.
We're sitting ducks.
I hear 1, 2, 3, 4 charges dropping!
Power restored.
Kizaki!
4 torpedoes incoming!
Blow main ballast!
Into reverse!
Listen up, both of you.
It's our last chance.
We'll use your torpedoes.
They're armed.
What'll happen to Paula?
I'll be okay.
If you're by my side.
4 more incoming.
Mini-sub, prepare to fire.
180 meters.
Origasa... Paula...
We're counting on you.
30 meters.
20 meters.
Dive planes up.
10 meters.
Fire!
We did it.
They think we're sunk.
6 minutes 'til we strike.
Let's go save Tokyo!
I'm okay.
Request permission to dock for Paula's sake.
Captain?
Can you hear me?
Prepare to discard mini-sub.
We will not dock.
What's going on?
Mini-sub crew, leave the combat zone.
Find your own way home and to the future. Out.
Please take us with you.
It's not fair. Don't abandon us.
It's our responsibility from here.
We older generation started this war.
Yet we relied on you youngsters to do the fighting.
I apologize.
We left things up to chance.
Didn't know how else to live.
But you're different.
Decide for yourselves what's truly important.
Then cherish it with all your heart.
Truly important?
Think.
You'll know it when you find it.
Yukito...
Look.
Look after her, Origasa.
Captain!
Release.
Those are my final orders.
Captain!
Cut the umbilical.
Full speed ahead!
Paula's singing.
She was a lovely kid.
Live, Paula...
2 minutes before take-off
Here we are at last. It's all in your hands.
When this is over drinks are on me.
I know a great girl with a nice bar in Ginza.
Surfacing into position.
Time remaining...
15 seconds... 13...
11 seconds... 10... 9... 8
Open fire!
This is your Captain.
We're setting course for home.
Let's go, boys.
No-one knows what happened to them.
One thing is certain, though...
They sacrificed everything to protect what they cherished.
English subtitles by Kennedy Taylor & Cellin Gluck
Ripped by: SkyFury