WAPC, move into position
MHD battery connected.
AH1 cleared for landing
Roger. Starting descent.
GROUND SELF-DEFENSE FORCES HIGASHITOMI TRAINING GROUND
All units in position.
Roger, Control
Initiating sequence. Activating shield
Emergency! The plasma volume is exceeding shield endurance levels.
Lieutenant Kanzaki. Just let it go.
No, I'm proceeding. Full output.
What the...
This is Control. Activate the backup lines!
All units, stay in position! Do not leave the area!
Roger, RCV. Standing by.
- All systems except radio down! - Nothing from HQ.
- Keep on trying. - Yes, sir!
- Kurebayashi, reboot the system, now! - Yes, sir!
This is AH, all electrical equipment blacked out.
This is Nine-O. System error confirmed.
MLRS, system out. Proceeding with system restart.
Man, where are we?
What the hell's going on?
Hey, Sergeant! Sergeant Morita!
- Hostiles! - What?
Attack!
Hold up! What's that?
Have no fear!
Attack!
WARRING STATES PERIOD 1549
According to the observation post at Mt. Fuji,
the cap clouds that appeared this summer show no signs of dissipating,
setting a record of 90 days. Today, the Japanese islands are...
Good night.
- See ya tomorrow. - OK.
Hey, boss.
With these sales, the head office will put us in the warehouse.
I'd consider that a promotion.
We're gonna have to cut costs.
Tell the part-timers we have to let 'em go.
Me?
You're the manager. Who else would do it?
I'm not good at confrontation.
Well, I gotta go. Good night.
See ya tomorrow.
I'm sorry we're closed.
We're from the Health Department.
- Hey, boss! - Hmm?
- Can we speak to you? - Yeah.
That's right. Kashima.
Someone who's eaten here recently has signs of food poisoning.
It's all right. I'll handle it. Go home.
OK, boss.
Government bureaucrats, huh?
Former-Lieutenant Kashima, isn't it?
I'm with the Ground Self-Defense Force, Major Mori.
Ground Force Research, Lieutenant Kanzaki
So you are bureaucrats. And?
Do you remember Colonel Matoba?
He died during a training exercise.
That was two years ago.
Officially, yes
What's that mean?
Are you familiar with the solar maximum?
What's that?
Every 11 years, there is a peak in solar activity
that emits plasma which interferes with electronic equipment.
This can cost lives if it were to occur during battle.
That's why we're developing a system
in which we can create an artificial magnetic field
that would change the direction of the plasma in order to avoid interference.
Special Unit 3, led by Colonel Matoba,
was participating in the experiment.
- What is that? - It's what it looks like.
But Matoba and his soldiers are... alive.
I don't get it.
They were... transported.
Transported?
The vegetation and the soil dated back about 500 years.
That can't be.
Three days later...
It changed back?
Take a closer look.
Our investigation revealed that this individual was from the past.
He's what?
From 1547.
It was the Age of Civil War.
And that's... where the others are now.
Operation Romeo?
It's a Special Unit rescue mission.
And just how do you intend to rescue them?
Using... another time slip.
Time slip?
Abnormal solar activity was registered three days ago.
In a week,
we will be at exactly the same plasma levels as the day of the accident.
We will use that to send ourselves back in time.
We want you... to act as an observer during the undertaking.
Well, don't you think this whole thing is a little sudden?
We filed the request right away...
But there was some concern... about a civilian.
We just got the go-ahead.
Look.
What is it?
Some people call it an "imaginary space",
but we simply refer to it as the "hole", to keep it simple.
Hole?
A hole that can absorb anything that exists. Even light and matter.
When we first discovered it, it was about the size of an egg.
We sealed off this area, so word doesn't leak to the public.
And this isn't the only one.
It's like, giant insect holes... all over the country.
It began when... Matoba and his unit first disappeared.
The past is attacking us.
Attacking us? How?
Matoba's existence and his actions in the past
are affecting everything in the world as we know it today.
Like killing your parents before you were born
just to make sure that you never exist.
I believe that history has the power to repair itself
if the damage is small enough.
If not, I'm afraid Matoba's existence in history
certainly would have caused the instant destruction of our world.
However, it's taken this long for the threat to appear...
We must assume then that the colonel is currently interfering with history.
If we don't do something, Japan...
No, the entire world... will end up in there... and vanish.
Our only hope then is to succeed with this rescue.
So which is it?
Are you going there to save Colonel Matoba...
or is this really about saving the world from the Colonel?
So, which one is it?
I knew there was something strange about this.
I came because you said that it was a rescue.
Now you say he's attacking us. Get your story straight.
The entire world is on the verge of destruction. Don't you even care?
Matter of fact...
It can... disappear for all I care.
Gotta go... It's a work day.
Here, boss. OK, what'll ya have?
- I'll have the beef teriyaki. - OK, that's my favorite too.
Who had the chicken skewers?
- Just put it here. - And the sake?
Right here.
Pardon.
I am Shichibei linuma, serving Lord Saito Dosan,
retainer of the state of Mino.
Talk normal, will ya?
I'm no warrior,
that whole warrior thing doesn't exist in this day and age.
They say it would not trouble you if this world were to end.
Why is it you... continue on then?
As long as man has life, he protects.
To protect my lord, I will kill, without hesitation.
Mine is the Age of War.
But what of this Age of Peace?
You are free to live as you please, without classes or lords.
You are bound to no one.
Now, that this world of yours has been threatened...
you find no purpose in defending it.
If that is the integrity on which you live...
Then you should be the one...
then it's clear you should be the one who is to vanish.
This is where they disappeared. That was two years ago.
I've been waiting for any chance at rescue.
We cannot let this chance go by.
Even if we do find them, how do we return?
The field was here 74 hours and 27 minutes.
If you stand in the place you arrived, you should, in theory, be returned.
Yeah, but that's just a theory.
You know... I had the power to stop that experiment that day.
If I had stopped it... nothing of this would've occurred.
I sent Colonel Matoba to the past.
I've got to make it right.
But why are you dragging me into this?
Because the Colonel created a warfare program called "D-3".
You're still the only one who has defeated it.
You see, if we're going to rescue Matoba and his men...
then we're going to need your assistance. Please help us.
The objective of Operation Romeo is to rescue and restore.
In other words, we're going to rescue Unit 3...
and restore history to its original state.
We'll be traveling back in time four hundred and fifty-six years.
We estimate that we will arrive in the year 1549.
That's two years after Special Unit 3 arrived there.
Avoid all contact with the locals.
We will be armed with low-impact ammunition.
Cartridges and bullets are made of biodegradable cellulose
in order to leave no evidence of our presence during that time.
That's all. Now, I'd like to introduce this man.
He’ll join us as an observer on this detail.
Kashima Yusuke, former Lieutenant.
Kashima.
Major, the real ammo? Will we have any?
Absolutely. But... it's only for use in an emergency.
Just emergencies?
Do you have a problem with that?
No.
You're an observer here. You'll watch your mouth, got it?
Extending shield generator arm.
Units 1 and 2, operations normal.
All systems normal.
Roger, control.
All units mount up!
All units, final preparations for mobilization.
Squire Kashima. We meet again.
Yeah.
Ground crew... clear.
Romeo Units, we're go.
Roger.
This is control. Commence Operation Romeo
Activating magnetic shield generator.
Shield activated.
The plasma volume is exceeding shield endurance levels.
Full output.
126... 132... 145... 157...
The fog is confirmed.
Initiate anti-flash measures. Prepare for impact.
This is Lead Unit. All units report.
This is LAV. WAPC systems down!
Status?
All systems except for radio are down.
All ground and air units report the same.
Synchronize watches at 1400 hours.
Currently, 1359.
5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
Mark. 1400.
We have exactly 74 hours 26 minutes.
All units, check equipment.
Unit 3 set up command post. Air units set up land markers.
- Land marker set. - Good. Let's go.
Yes, sir.
Once that sensor is set... Get back to base.
OK.
Sergeant Mikuni, look!
We're not supposed to interact with locals!
Power lines to command post connected and operational.
Connection is good. Roger.
He's OK. He'll wake up soon.
Who approved this?
Contact with the locals is not allowed!
- Well, uh... - The kid was dying.
Kashima, it's not our era and you know it.
You telling me you woulda let him die?
You were an officer once. You must've followed orders then.
Security surveillance system operational.
What's the chopper for?
To survey the area. The radar system is back.
But it's too dangerous in daylight!
We're proceeding according to plan.
I'm the one in charge here.
Omega 1's status?
Omega 1 is at bearing 3-2-0.
This is Omega 1. Holding altitude of 1500 meters.
- Survey the area completely. - Roger.
I see something at 1.00, distance 2500 meters.
Mt. Anmo. It's not that far.
Yeah, but what's there?
Anmo Castle!
Hey...
Why aren't you resting?
Anmo Castle? It's not on the map.
You're with the others. Isn't that so?
You've seen others dressed like me then?
Don't be hasty. They are not the enemy.
Oda's army came to Suruga and attacked us.
My family was killed on that day!
Oda?
You mean... Nobunaga?
That's right.
Yamase, can you get closer?
This is Omega 1. Approaching.
What's that?
Lieutenant, they're attacking!
A missile?
Omega 1 return at once!
Roger. Leaving area and returning to base.
I don't get it.
Second wave, incoming!
We've lost Omega 1 on the radar.
Omega 1, do you read? Do you read?!
Stop... or I'll shoot!
We've lost contact with Area 3!
Intruders in Areas 1 and 2! They've breached Area 7!
We're surrounded to the southwest!
What's going on?
Intruders in Area 6!
This is Taniguchi, helicopters are under attack...
Major, get everyone in the tanks!
Right! All units... into the vehicles!
- Yes, sir! - Hurry!
Into the vehicles!
Evacuate! Hurry!
- Retreat to Mt. Takaza! - Yes, sir.
You can't. The enemy's fortress is at Takaza!
What?
You know the area well?
Like my own village.
Major!
Right!
All units follow us!
- Lead the way, kid. - My name's not kid. It's Tosuke!
- Hurry! Move it! - Yes, sir!
- WAPC, follow RCV units. - This is WAPC. Roger.
All units, accelerate! Clear the line!
RCV. Roger that.
- We're surrounded, Commander! - Break through!
But!
That's oil!
- Get out now! - Right!
How goes the battle?
It appears that we have defeated many of their warriors.
And our men?
Several were shot with rifles, but not one of them is dead.
Shot, but not dead?
That is unusual.
There is no need to fear then.
Princess! Please stop!
Kagamino, you should try it. The world looks quite different.
Oh, Princess... what will milord say if he sees you?
He will not mention it.
He doesn't look at me. Not even a glance when we pass in the hall.
I wish to go outside. I want to chase a deer in the woods.
Princess.
You are too much like your father, I fear.
The sensors are already in place.
Good.
18 soldiers remaining, including the wounded.
Major... Let's use live ammo.
We are not to engage or harm any of the locals. Orders from HQ.
How many of us have been killed?
We are only authorized to use live ammo...
to carry out the Unit 3 elimination!
Elimination? That's what you meant by "emergency"?
That was the plan from the start.
It was theoretical...
that Special Unit 3 was intentionally changing history.
But, even so, it doesn't justify killing any locals.
Well, at this rate, we'll be wiped out soon!
- We must tell the men that they can... - Why are you so anxious to kill?
Besides, any order to kill... will be given by me. Obey your orders.
It is dangerous for you to stay with us. You should return home come morning.
No! I smell the power of the heavens.
My father always says that when power shifts... there is a mysterious scent.
Shifting of power, eh?
He's not my real father, he just took me in.
Your father says very interesting things!
Then do you know why Oda is here in Suruga?
Because Heaven's Guides joined him.
You mean the men from the Age of Peace?
That's right. The men who guide the heavens. That's what they call them.
Even Saito of Mino has allied with them.
His Lordship?
Also, the "Serpent" gave Lord Oda his daughter in marriage.
DAY TWO, 06.48 57 HOURS AND 38 MINUTES REMAINING
Intruders! Take cover!
What now, Major?
Yoda!
Kashima...
Throw down your weapons, your lives will be spared!
Yoda!
Yoda, why are you attacking us?
Yoda, listen, we were sent here to save you!
Do as he says.
Shichibei!
Shichibei, what about the child?
You may leave.
You are a disgrace!
DAY TWO, 12.17 52 HOURS AND 09 MINUTES REMAINING
This is the castle?
It's not from this time.
What is that?
It looks like an oil refinery.
They need fuel so they make it.
He is waiting in the drawing room.
I have been gone long. For so long.
Linuma Shichibei... has returned home, milord.
Is it true you had journeyed to the land of Heaven’s Guides, Shichibei?
- Yes, sir. - And...
there are new Guides who have arrived. Who are they?
They are the comrades of those who are serving Lord Oda.
They say they have come to return them to their own land.
I believe there is a man by the name of Matoba in Lord Oda's ranks?
Matoba?
No... there is no such Guide.
He is the leader of the Guides.
You speak of... Lord Oda himself.
Well, at last... Kashima.
I admit... I thought it'd be you.
What's going on here?
Colonel Matoba, this is a rescue mission. What are you doing?
Two years ago, we found ourselves in the heart of a battlefield.
- Permission to engage! - That's negative! Denied.
All units, retreat!
Colonel!
My men were dying, one after another.
I even thought of destroying everything and taking my own life.
But what would come of our death? Were we sent here merely to die?
No!
I resign as Colonel... immediately.
But, sir!
History, this era... challenges us...
We will fight!
This era is a time where power... can overthrow all.
We shall... we shall live here!
Milord!
The young warrior I had killed was Oda Nobunaga.
Oda made peace by welcoming the Guides in as his men.
After that, his strength grew tenfold.
I was naive and underestimated him,
but after one battle, I knew I was no match.
Thus... I gave him Nou as his wife.
I took Dosan Saito's daughter in marriage... as history relates.
I became... Oda Nobunaga.
History has the ability to restore itself.
It absorbed the anomaly that we were and seeks to return to its course.
But what kind of future actually awaits?
The Tokugawa Shogunate closed its doors in order to protect its own power.
Overconfidence leads Japan into World War II...
only to suffer a cruel defeat.
Well, I will change all that.
I will build a nation that 21st century citizens can be truly proud of.
I do not intend on dying for a people who have long forgotten...
how to defend themselves!
- Kurebayashi, show them. - Yes, sir!
Kurebayashi!
Stand.
Kanzaki... what is that?
A battery from the satellite we used in the experiment... the MHD.
If you take the core of the unit out and then discharge it all at once...
it's as powerful as... a nuclear weapon.
I've already removed the protection lock.
We'll use this to induce an eruption... it will blow Mt. Fuji apart.
Far stronger than the one in 1707, which turned the Kanto Plain into wasteland.
And that's when I... will reconstruct this country.
I want you to join us, Kashima.
If we change history like that,
every living soul in our era will disappear!
To be replaced by new souls... in a world that's better.
You think this shows responsibility to the future?
That's right.
Where's your responsibility to the people in our time?
Please, Colonel. This is just... it's just a massacre!
You haven't changed at all.
Kanzaki...
You were the one who sent us here.
Then you should decide.
Why didn't you shoot?
Are you saying you could've done it?
Kashima...
...you should join us. Your lives will depend on what you decide.
Yoda!
Could this be the perfect future we dreamed about with Matoba?
I was treated with courtesy and honor during my stay in their land.
I am in their debt.
I only ask that you spare their lives.
That is not a decision for me to render.
Milord!
Hurry! Sun's going down!
Sir!
Shichibei.
I'm so happy you've returned.
Shichibei...
You're looking worried.
Is it, by chance, the men you returned with?
Perhaps you are being thoughtful of my father and me.
But are you sure...
you want to forget the long days you spent with them?
I have no choice.
You were the one who told me about...
looking up at the heavens, and being able to see the countless animals
chasing each other across the sky.
To them, looking down from the sky, all matters on the Earth seem so small.
That heart of yours,
I remember how tender it is.
I am a star.
I am looking down on you.
You can relax, Shichibei.
I am the daughter of the Serpent. Live your life as you wish.
You come down.
You are the lord's wife?
And if I were her?
I owe a debt to the new Guides who arrived. I thought I could repay it.
You mean... alone?
I need no one to assist me.
You see I have learned, without the Guides' tricks to help,
Lord Oda is only a half-wit.
You have quite a tongue for a little rodent.
- Shichibei. - Yes.
Follow the path you believe in, Shichibei.
No one is allowed beyond this point.
Stand aside. The food seized when the new guides were arrested...
Princess Nou demands it be dispersed!
Yes.
DAY THREE, 07.59 32 HOURS AND 27 MINUTES REMAINING
Kashima, I await your answer.
This new country of yours can go to hell.
In this warring era,
only the strong ones are allowed to survive.
- Katsuie! - Yes, sir!
If you win, I will allow you all to return to your own era.
Shichibei...
show your loyalty to Lord Oda... and to me.
Sir!
Kashima... I'm sorry.
- Use this too. - Yes, ma'am.
Begin!
No, Kanzaki! Get out of the way!
What are you afraid of, Shichibei!
My Lord, please open your eyes!
What did you say?
I, Shichibei, traveled to the land of peace and learned...
the meaning of the word "future".
Milord.
Please listen. The future is a world of hope.
I know it. I saw it! I beg you to reconsider.
Lord Saito, this man seems willing to give his life to open your eyes.
What do you say?
- Doku, bring the bow. - Yes, sir.
Father!
Watch out!
What's going on?
- Get your weapons! We're leaving! - Yes, sir!
- Pass these out! - Hurry!
Mikuni! Retrieve the other vehicles! Hurry!
Yes, sir!
Major, the order!
Everyone is to use live rounds!
Yes, sir!
Engage!
Colonel?
Stand your ground! To arms! Attack!
The fool! Nou!
- Takanashi, get the chopper! - Yes, sir!
Hurry!
You and Matoba are insane! We're all soldiers!
I'll cover for you. Go!
Major!
Major, no!
- Let's go. - No.
But we have to follow his orders.
- Oh, man. I'm out. - Me, too.
Hurry!
- Let's go! - OK!
Shoot!
Kanzaki! Kanzaki!
Send Dosan's men after them. Assemble all of our men and vehicles here!
Sir!
We have 21 hours until the time slip.
And I am... the senior officer remaining.
Romeo Unit is now under my command. So, here it is.
We're at less than half the strength than we began with.
Which means... we cannot complete the mission.
We should withdraw to our time and regroup.
However, the world we knew may no longer exist.
We need to return to the castle. And rescue Kanzaki from there.
Even with a minimal chance for success, I think we should try.
Is anyone with me?
All right!
Proceed to stations for equipment check! Standby for orders! Dismissed!
Yes, sir!
They have something to defend.
Just the same as you.
It's just... there's no way we could win a battle.
So, now what?
Why do you waver? You should do as she says.
You be silent.
Did your father teach you how to dodge like that too? Who is he?
My father?
His name is Hachisuka Koroku Masakatsu.
Hachisuka?
Hey!
Your father’s Hachisuka, really?
I just said so.
I see.
History has given us a second chance.
OK.
We just have to change the rules.
LAST DAY, 02.34 13 HOURS AND 52 MINUTES REMAINING
Have you come here to die?
I shall accept that resolve.
Milord, if I could speak to you once again.
I swear upon the words bestowed unto me by Princess Nou...
that I do not speak lies.
LAST DAY, 13.23 3 HOURS AND 03 MINUTES REMAINING
Linuma Shichibei's severed head.
He was quite brave to come back and I dealt with him right there.
Kashima?
Do not be so anxious.
I bring some interesting news.
Kashima, is going to the capital.
I see. Kyoto?
He's going to threaten the court with their trickery.
Force them into issuing a warrant that calls for your arrest at once...
which will incite the other warlords to attack this castle!
At this moment, they're making ready to attack you.
They can have this castle.
I should start thinking of my own welfare...
Send the Cobras to Kyoto. Kill the Emperor and Kashima, too.
Send the strike force to Kyoto as well.
Yes, sir.
LAST DAY, 14.25 2 HOURS AND 01 MINUTES REMAINING
Sir Kashima...
...wear this.
Here.
- I'm counting on you. - Yes, sir.
Let's go.
Move out.
This alone has the power to kill hundreds of thousands,
spoil the earth, and completely flatten Mt. Fuji.
Man can be... a terrifying beast.
Is there no end to the slaughter?
LAST DAY, 14.56 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES REMAINING
OK, it's time.
Forgive me.
They hit the refinery.
The strike force is under attack!
What?
To arms!
Sir Mikuni! Go!
Sir Mikuni!
Mikuni!
I'm OK. Look, we'll hold our position. No one will get through.
Kashima, go!
Intruders... inside the castle!
To think that a man who can't even make Nou happy...
wants to change the course of history?
Don't make me laugh!
You've switched sides.
You will disarm.
Freeze!
Hold it!
History is trying to right itself.
You have no right to change it.
Then you must defend it!
- No, don't! - No!
Sir Mikuni!
Fire!
Forward!
Everybody!
Silence!
I hold here a warrant for Lord Oda!
The end has come for the master of this castle!
What?
By order of the Mikado, we're here...
to collect and bring back the head of Lord Oda!
Mikuni!
Kashima... he's in there.
Go!
I will.
Mikuni!
Where's Nou?
Milord!
My life has been saved again.
What's wrong? Want to quit?
Kashima, you must witness...
a new era being born.
In less than 20 minutes the whole world will change.
Colonel Matoba!
Matoba!
Colonel, why?
The Cobra is back.
Retreat!
Time slips in 18 minutes! We could make it!
It's no use! I can't unlock the timer! What are you doing?
Bringing it with us! Remember when we first got here
electrical systems went down.
This thing might stop too!
The main cable is right in front of you. Disconnect it!
Princess!
Go! Go on!
Yoda! Yoda! Let's all go!
Kashima! Just stay alive!
Yoda!
Sir Kashima! Quickly!
We need to hurry!
She's alive!
Will you be all right?
We don't know yet. Don't worry.
Shichibei needs to know we'll be waiting for him.
Roger!
So, will the Age of Peace be all right?
You do not have to worry about it.
The future is merely the hopes of people.
The answer may be up to us.
Beacon in range. Descending rapidly.
Stopped it!
16TH OCTOBER 2005, 16.31
Kashima!