A Jap?
I'm speechless!
A Chinese?
- Words fail me! - The Jap first!
Collect the corpses!
- You've worked hard! - It was nothing!
He's still alive! Grab him!
- They're not dead! - Impossible!
They're jumping around!
Headless chickens jump around too!
Stop!
But their heads are still on their shoulders!
Let me go!!
- Got him? - Grab him!
- What's going on? - They're not dead!
Try again!
I'm not called "One Strike Liu" for nothing!
They're just not fated to die!
My brilliant reputation has been destroyed in an instant!
I never imagined that because of you I'd lose my honor!
Especially this late in life!
Heaven help me!
Old Uncle! The slate is clean between us!
All of you take care! We'll meet again!
But... But...
Teach me to curse my emperor. They'd love that.
They don't know who he is.
Teach me to say nice things. I'll do anything not to be killed.
Hanaya, you've said all the nice things there are to say.
What?
"Happy New Year, brother and sister-in-law!
You're my granddad, I'm your son!"
- I won't say that again. - Remember?
I'll never curse them again.
You never did curse them.
"Happy New Year, brother and sister-in-law.
You're my granddad, I'm your son.'"
That's what it meant.
You tricked me!!
Educated people are so evil.
I hate you educated people!!
- What sort of shitty samurai are you? - I'm no samurai!! I'm a peasant!!
My family raises silkworms!! Not samurai!!
If a warrior dies with no witnesses, he's no warrior!!
You're no fucking actor either, just a sergeant.
I hate stupid Japanese people like you!!
Lowlife peasant!!
No fucking dignity at all!!
You're the lowlife!!
- Worse than the peasants!! - Bastard.
The people here gave up
their own rations
to keep us alive these six months.
That woman even dressed my wounds.
She's got feelings for me.
Happy New Year, brother and sister-in-law!
She'd do the same for me if I was wounded.
- You're so pathetic!! - Bastard!!
Stop it! Stop it!
- Shut up! - Shut up!
It's not going to save your fucking life.
I've got an idea.
Hanaya says
if we take them back home, we'll get two carts of grain!
It'll be New Year's Day every day!
Lives for grain!
- You go! - You go!
- You first! - You first!
Speak!
I say no deal!
- I agree! No deal! - No deal!
- Why not? - Don't know! Doesn't feel right!
- I say let's do it! - Why?
Why not?
I already said why! It doesn't feel right!
That's not enough! What'll we gain by not doing it?
If you say no, take 'em home yourselves and look after 'em like a wife!
What'll we gain?
You tell us what the disadvantages are?
What if that guy comes back for 'em?
He said he'd be here on New Year's Eve! Half a year has passed!
What if he never comes? We gonna keep 'em our whole lives?
Does a deal count as collaboration?
Collaboration? You always throw that word around!
You help Japs kill Chinese, you're a collaborator!
But asking them for some grain?
If you return the Jap but don't ask for grain, that's collaboration!
Who grew it anyway? We Chinese did!
We've got our backs to the sun! Our sweat flows, irrigating the soil!
Why should the Japs get it for free?
I'll take the grain from their mouths and put it in ours!
And not just ours! All our relatives will get their share!
That's collaborating? You'd call me a collaborator for that?
Well, no!
If everyone was like us
and took the Japs and traded 'em in,
what would the world be like then?
The Japs would be the collaborators!
Say we agree!
- I say no! - Explain yourself!
You're in with sensei, but I slapped Hanaya!
True! And what about One Strike Liu?
- Say we disagree! - What do you mean?
I was gonna say,
Liu Wang, the fact you hit Hanaya hardly counts!
How often have the Japs hit you?
One Strike Liu is a more serious matter!
What do we do then?
I've been thinking about it!
We'll say the guy who captured 'em came back
to kill them!
We talked ourselves blue in the face, but got rid of him,
saving their lives! That's believable!
- I believe it! - And why not? They're not dead!
We saved 'em, didn't we? And for that, they're gonna punish you?
They've got to reward you!
It still doesn't feel right!
Why not?
I found One Strike Liu, and I'm not worried!
You won't eat food that's put in your mouth? Are you a coward?
I give you men! You give us grain! I've done you no wrong!
Would you treat me badly? Aren't our hearts made of flesh?
I'll throttle 'em both
- and twist their necks like fried dough! - Forget the fried dough!
No flour, no fried dough!
Liu Wang is right! No flour, no fried dough!
If we don't go, we can't get the grain!
Grain! There'll be enough grain
to feed the whole village for a year!
Auntie, I said I'd pay you back eightfold!
It'll be eighty-fold!
- You said it, not me! - I sure did!
Forget the two carts of grain!
If it was two carts of shit, I'd still do it!
I'd do it for nothing!
I don't want them another day!
If you're scared, don't come! Fine! I'll go myself!
I'll take those two carts of grain bag by bag!
I'll bring it back to you myself! I'll deliver it
and put it in your mouths if I have to! You'll eat it and be grateful!
And you'll feel remorse in your gut!
Calm down! No one said they weren't going!
- No! - No!
So, we're going? What an effort!
Give me some water!
Why do you have to make him cry?
Yes! I'll make the decision for us!
Hanaya wants to see you!
Yes!
Hanaya! I want to ask you three things!
Answer truthfully!
How will you guarantee our safety,
and how will you raise the question of the grain?
I'll tell you how.
We all come from the same county.
Captain Inokichi Sakatsuka is from my village.
We grew up together. We're friends. Translate.
He says:
"We all come from the same village! I know Captain Sakatsuka!
We grew up together!"
No wonder! The same village!
- So he's a peasant too! Just like us! - A son of the soil!
Yes, that's it.
I'm a son of the soil.
But I'm a sergeant too, in charge of food supplies.
The Imperial Army has a policy of rewarding those who help it.
So I can promise you will get your grain.
He says...
And I also want to say that I've been well treated here.
You saved my life. You'll be perfectly safe. Translate!!
"I'm a sergeant in charge of foodstuffs!
The Imperial Army rewards those who help it! You'll get your grain!
You've looked after me well!
You saved my life! Your safety is guaranteed!"
I thought he was a cook! Now he's a sergeant?
Brother, I was afraid you were going to kill us! So I made that up!
Made it up?
Maybe you've made up all this too!
At a time like this, would I dare?
What?
They're afraid I'm making this up.
You better not be, Dong!! It's a matter of life and death!!
Stop lying.
If I was playing games now,
I'd be the loser.
- What are you talking about? - He's afraid I'm lying!
If I was, I'd only be hurting myself!
Sit back down!
Sit down.
Listen! I don't care what rank you hold!
Since you've been in our village, we've fed you,
looked after your wounds, cut your hair and beard!
In your heart, you know we've treated you well!
- Very well! What else is there? - Ask him!
He says they've fed you, healed you,
cut your hair and treated you well, right?
Like members of their own family.
Especially Dasan and his pregnant wife. They've been great.
You've treated us like family, especially Dasan and his wife!
Look, let's not talk about that!
Don't talk about that.
What's the second question?
And the second question?
You answered it
before I even asked!
Well,
is there anything else?
You've answered everything.
He finally looks happy!
The swordsman wasn't one of you!
I could tell from his accent he was one of those who captured us!
You persuaded him to leave and saved our lives!
I've told him this! We thank you!
It was nothing!
We were talking about the swordsman.
- Nothing to do with you people. - That's right!
So long as you know that!
That's fine!
Sit back down!
Since that's the case, I'll read this back to you!
If you've no problem with it, you can sign it!
They've got an agreement to sign.
"The Japanese Kosaburo Hanaya arrived in our village at year's end!
It was cold! He was frightened,
disheveled, and wounded by a bullet!
Who brought him here, we do not know!
Six months passed! Winter turned to summer!
The villagers were kind and righteous!
They did all they could to help...
clothing, sheltering and feeding him despite the hardship!
We've all been through this turmoil! We'll never forget this experience!
Hanaya in gratitude promised us
two carts of grain as a reward!
We happily accepted this offer!
Now Hanaya and his translator return to you!
And hereafter, both sides will live in peace!
Signed by the Chinese and the Japanese!"
Captain!!
Hanaya is back!!
Captain!!
Hanaya is back!!
- What's happening? - Hanaya is back!!
Captain!!
Hanaya is back?
Yes. Hanaya is back.
I'm back.
I'm really back!!
I'm back!!
- How come he's still alive? - What happened to his uniform?
Did he get taller?
Attention!!
Captain, sir!! Kosaburo Hanaya
has returned to the ranks!!
Dasan! Look! What a mess!
Oh, no!
This is terrible! Get off! Off! Give me a hand!
Pull 'em apart.
- Push! - He won't budge!
We didn't plan this!
"We didn't plan this.'"
We didn't tell him to do that!
"We didn't tell him to do that.'"
Fucking hell!
Captain-san! We're so sorry!
Turn around!!
- Attention. - Yes, sir.
- Know why we're beating you? - No.
What? Stupid pig.
- Now you understand? - Yes, sir.
Say it. Why are we beating you?
I shouldn't have come back alive.
You think dying would've solved it?
Yes, but...
Your name's inscribed in the Yasukuni Shrine.
I've already informed your father.
You're the goddamn hero of the village. And now you're back, alive.
You have lost face for the village and the Imperial Army.
Worse, you've returned with a herd of Chinese swine.
Bastard.
They weren't the ones who captured me. They saved me.
First they captured you, then the pigs saved you.
You know how many died in that battle? If they didn't ambush us, who did?
I was taken to them only after I was shot.
I never meant to surrender. I...
What are you saying? Swine.
Tell us, were you a prisoner or not?
Speak.
Yes.
I passed out, and when I awoke
I was tied up in a sack.
Because you passed out, you think it's all right?
Couldn't you have committed suicide?
I had no opportunity!!
Bastard!! You need an opportunity to commit suicide?
But...
- You think you deserve to live? - Move!!
You bastard. Why aren't you helping?
Feel sorry for him, do you?
You want to forgive him?
Hanaya wants to say something.
- Bastard!! - I'm sorry.
Truly sorry. So truly sorry.
And that makes everything all right?
Let him speak! Soon they'll have you on the rack
with chili water up your nose! Scared?
Get a grip on yourself!
What are you scared of? Everyone's here!
A chopped-off head leaves a big scar! Blame it all on me!
You can say I captured the Jap!
If we were scared, would we be here?
We're just hanging around! Why can't we talk?
I thought everything was fine
until your donkey started acting up! He's got no sense of timing!
He could have chosen another horse besides the Jap's!
Please forgive me.
Please forgive me. I'm so sorry.
Hanaya, let me read this letter to you.
Yes, sir.
"The son of the Hanayas is a great hero.
Each time I pass by their door, I lower my head in shame.
Hanaya is the pride of our village.
Son. Kill more Chinese pigs for your father.
Serve the emperor well. Solemnly yours...'"
San! You kept Hanaya locked up for six months!
Couldn't they do the same to us?
Why do you always think the worst?
You call that locked up? I call it looking after them!
Besides, we didn't capture him! He wasn't our prisoner!
But now we're locked up here
with nothing to eat or drink! So aren't we the prisoners now?
Prisoners?
Don't you have two legs? You came here yourself!
If you're a prisoner, you're your own prisoner!
Dad! How can you sleep?
- This is no good! Move! - San!
I've got something to say to your captain-san!
Get back!!
- I've got something to say... - Get back!!
- I've got... - Get back!!
- But I must talk to him! - Get back!!
Move again and I'll kill you.
Then...
Kosaburo Hanaya!
"On August 15, 1945,
Zixuan Zhao, Dasan Ma,
Kosaburo Hanaya, Hanchen Dong, solemnly agreed to these terms.'"
- Hanaya. - Yes, sir.
You groveled enough. Why not mention this as well?
I was about to.
- Bastard. - Shut up.
Captain, you don't have to honor the agreement.
Shut up!! Fool!!
Hanaya left his fingerprint.
Unlike the Chinese, the Japanese are honorable people.
Get out!!
Yes, sir.
- I humbly take my leave. - Get out.
- Hanaya. - Yes, sir.
You've signed an agreement.
The Imperial Army honors its pledges.
I have no choice but to carry this through.
Hold on. In my experience, the Chinese are unreliable mongrels.
If they say east, think west.
I'm sure it's not as simple as it seems. There must be someone behind this.
Shut up. Bastard.
Hanaya. Stand up.
This matter...
I'll do this for you.
All right?
Yes, sir.
Attention!!
Who signed this agreement?
What, afraid to admit you signed?
I signed!
Good. Come here.
Dasan Ma.
Good. Here, come!
San!
.'Fifty years.'
.'Passes.'
.'Like clouds.'
.'In the sky.'
.'An illusion.'
Lieutenant Nonomura.
What is it, Inoue?
Phone call.
Urgent phone call.
From Western Fortress Town.
They haven't called in over a month.
They must have a mission for us.
Charge!!
- Follow me!! - Onwards!!
Is that Old Uncle?
Old Uncle here!
It's me, Dasan!
- Is that San? - Yeah!
What's up?
The grain will be there tonight!
It'll arrive by dusk!
- What? - Get everyone together!
Everyone must be there!
Do you understand me?
- What? - Can you hear me?
Huh? What?
I said, do you understand me?
I hear you!
Gather everyone together!
- Right? - Right!
San!
- Have a safe journey! - I will!
Take care!
Yeah!
I'm finished!
Yes, we know.
Captain. Lieutenant Nonomura would like a word.
Hello?
Yes, organize a celebration with the navy and infantry.
He's so far away! But he sounded like he was in the next room!
Wasn't that amazing? It's no wonder...
What are you talking about?
He says the captain is the kindest of men
and the Imperial Army has the finest of things.
Hanaya stayed with you for six months.
He consumed much food and put you out.
So,
I will give you the two carts of grain
and add four carts as a reward. Six in all. How's that? Translate.
The captain said, because of the grain eaten by Hanaya,
he will add four carts as a reward! Six in all! How's that?
- Six carts of grain? - Thank the captain-san!
I'm speechless!
What's he saying?
His gratitude knows no bounds. He wishes to kowtow before you.
All right. Load the carts. Get their people together. Hurry up.
Quickly, load the carts, before the Japs change their mind!
- Load the carts? Great! - Come back!
- You've got to bow to the captain-san! - Captain-san!
- Well, San? - What happened?
You're going on the rack with chili water up your nose!
They've given us the two carts plus four more! Six in all!
That's wonderful!
Let's load 'em up!
You can slap me if you like!
Go right, Captain.
Can you take this for me?
I want to pick up Yu'er and collect a few others as well!
Won't the old man get angry?
Don't tell him! Let him brood! Forget him!
Okay!
Long live the emperor!!
Company, attention.
- Nonomura at your service. - Sakatsuka at yours.
Old Uncle!
We're back!
Right turn!!
We've got the grain!
Happy New Year, brother and sister-in-law!
You're my granddad, I'm your son!
Where's my stool? Rabbit-fucker!
Eat up!
We walk the straight and narrow path!
A healthy foot doesn't fear a twisted shoe!
Eat, drink and be merry!
Lieutenant Nonomura, strike up the band.
I want to say a few words. Can they play the army theme?
Oh, dear. I'm sorry. The naval tune is the only one we know.
We’re just navy reserves, you see.
Music is our little hobby.
Then play your navy song.
You don't mind?
Attention!!
Straighten up, Horie.
- Well? - Excellent.
Thank you.
How is it? Good?
Woman!
Woman.
- Man! - Man.
- Woman plus man equals good! - Good.
Good wine!
Good!!
The army and the navy together
have invited the village to this feast. We've prepared lots of good food.
We hope everyone has a great time.
The army and the navy together...
Don't talk with your mouth full.
Have invited all of you here! It's a free meal!
So enjoy yourselves!
One, two, three.
'Leaving home, we bravely swore to return triumphant.'
'How can I die before victory.'
'The bugles play The flags float like a sea.'
'The earth, grass and trees are on fire The fields stretch out before the eye.'
'The Rising Sun flags and helmets advance.'
'I pat my horse's mane Who knows one's fate.'
'Thinking of today's battle of my comrade covered in blood.'
'Dying with a smile.'
'Long live the emperor.'
'His last, unforgettable cry.'
A happy occasion lifts the spirits!
Just now, the Imperial Army has played music
and sung a song!
What shall we do in turn?
I am an old man, willing to make a fool of myself!
I'll sing for you!
The flowers and willows
Love the spring sunshine
The moon and wind
Love the autumn chill
The young maid
Loves the talented man
The hero
Loves valor
I forget the rest!
He said he forgot the rest of the lyrics.
'You and I, we are an egg.'
'I'm the white and you're the yolk.'
'The white surrounds the yolk.'
'Just as I embrace you.'
'Into the wee hours.'
'We dance, enthralled.'
'Bathed in moonlight.'
'We are ecstatic.'
There's an old saying!
People fear meeting, trees fear stripping!
Tonight I'll also risk embarrassing myself and sing a song!
I slipped in to sneak a look at the young man
With my fingertip I poked a hole in the window
- You know, the paper window? - Yes, I know!
Happy New Year, brother and sister-in-law!
Drink! Drink!
He was as handsome as a prince
Dark brows, big eyes A very special face
My heart thrilled to the sight
Back home I told my mother
She wasn't pleased
I made a face and lowered my head
I pouted, I turned away
I stiffened my neck and threw a fit
I said, don't try and marry me to another
The captain praises your singing!
Your mother's a real tease!
If there are more songs like this, there'll be trouble!
Pity they're all sung in chorus!
We sing ours individually!
Why don't you sing one yourself, to entertain us?
All right.
Kosaburo Hanaya, give these people a song.
Hanaya, stand up.
Were you speaking Chinese just now? Let's hear it.
Happy New Year, brother and sister-in-law!
And?
You're my granddad, I'm your son!
Translate, Dong.
Happy New Year, brother and sister-in-law.
You're my granddad, I'm your son.
Give me a gun.
Kosaburo Hanaya is the scum of the Imperial Army.
I invite you to shoot him
with this gun
for our drinking entertainment.
Well? Who'll do it?
Hanaya represents the scum of the army! The captain invites you to shoot him!
For our drinking entertainment! Any takers?
How can he be scum?
For six months you lived under Nonomura's blockhouse.
Is that true?
It's no small amount of time.
Why didn't you contact Nonomura?
If he was on the hill, don't tell me he couldn't see you.
We had no opportunity.
What do you mean?
- We were locked up in the cellar. - I didn't ask you.
Hanchen Dong spoke the truth.
What?
You didn't do too badly.
So,
besides learning some Chinese, what else did you do?
It's only on account of your promise that I'm feeding these mongrels.
So that explains it.
So, asking them to kill you now
is rather appropriate, isn't it?
Come on. Execute him, why don't you?
Come on, everyone, shoot him!
If you don't,
then I take it you forgive him?
If you don't, that means you forgive him!
Turtle-fucker!
Nonomura. A favor.
Can we hear the whole tune from the top?
Yes, sir.
This is our first visit here.
We'd never heard of Rack-Armor Terrace. It means "put down weapons."
The story goes, a long time ago,
a famous general retired from battle and came here to live an ordinary life.
The Chinese say to "rack one's armor"
and return to the fields
is an extreme form of virtue.
I wish to express my deep respect.
Although the Japanese Army is fighting in China,
this won't go on forever.
One day I too will rack my armor.
And yet,
in a place that so dislikes warfare,
a Japanese soldier of the likes of Hanaya
was kidnapped and held captive.
It appears Rack-Armor Terrace
doesn't deserve its name.
And you are not as wise as your forefathers.
I've given you your grain.
I've fulfilled my end of the bargain.
But I have a question for you.
Who was it who brought this scum here?
I don't know! You have to ask Hanaya!
- Hanaya, answer the question. - I really don't know.
Look! Even he doesn't know! How could I answer?
Why not drop it?
He's been returned! Isn't that the end of it?
Well, where's Dasan Ma gone?
To fetch Yu'er!
Yu'er? How many men is she bringing?
How many guns?
She's pregnant! She's staying at her mother's!
As for people, probably two or three! But no guns!
They'll be back soon! We're waiting for him to divide the grain!
Divide the grain? Surely not.
He's gone to get the men
who captured Hanaya.
It looks like he's scared you! Don't be afraid!
He'll be back soon! You'll see!
You think I'm afraid?
Course you are! You've got your guns out!
If that's not fear, what is it?
Look at me! I'm eating and drinking!
I'm not worried about anything! Just relax!
Bastard!!
Why all the cursing? I understand bakayaro.
How can you say that?
You fucking...
Liu Wang!
Don't let anyone get away.
Don't stop. Keep playing.
Bastards!! Surround them!!
Don't! Don't go!
Mongrel! We should've killed you long ago!
You've got the heart of a wolf!
- Translate. - We should've killed you long ago.
New soldiers.
- A rare opportunity. - Yes, sir.
Pull it out yourself.
Harder. Twist it.
Who was it who brought this scum here?
Where's Dasan Ma?
The baby's nearly due! We'll get another share of the grain,
and I'll marry you!
Turtle-fucker! I'll kill you, Jap turtle-fucker!
Ma!
Get up. Stand up.
Japanese inside the Great Wall.
Let go. Go away.
Nonomura. You've been with them for too long.
You're getting too close to them...
like an auntie to these brats.
- Brat!! - Japanese inside the Great Wall.
Grab him!!
You bastard!!
Drag the old bastard over!!
I'll throttle you, turtle-fucker!
Let go, you old swine!!
You'd dare strangle an Imperial Army soldier?
Hold him!!
How come it's not cutting through? Let me try.
Stop dicking around!! Bastard!!
Let me do it. Move.
Throw him on the fire.
Die, you old mongrel!!
Ma!
Swine. You wanna die? I'll help you.
Hurry!! Come on!!
Throw him in!! Hurry!! You haven't seen me rest, have you?
Let's burn the grain and the village!!
Charge!! Advance!!
Long live the emperor!!
No need for you to die.
The emperor has made a proclamation.
The Imperial Army
has racked its armor.
But we weren't defeated on the battlefield.
Such a pity. On account of this imperial order,
we have to stop fighting.
The war situation is no longer
to Japan’s advantage.
The enemy has employed a new, cruel bomb
which has taken a toll of many innocent lives
and has an incalculable destructive power.
Should we continue to fight,
not only would the Japanese nation be obliterated,
but human civilization would be extinguished.
Such being the case,
how are we to save our subjects
and atone before the spirits of our ancestors?
This is why we accepted
the joint declaration of the powers.
Very good!
Go away or I kill you!
The smoke of war has desisted
For eight years China resisted
I have no money! Will you take this?
All right.
We've got the Japs holding their sorry asses
You buy! Very good!
I'm not buying this!
Fucking Jap! Go blow up your mother with it!
Bastard. I'll kill you.
- China, UK, US, USSR! - Together no one beats us!
Quick, move this garbage!
I don't understand.
I'm sorry, sir. I don't understand you.
Do you want to buy something?
I'm ordering you back to the barracks!
In Tokyo, in Japan, these are very valuable.
I'm ordering you to stand still!
I'll throw in the hat for nothing.
And so the invasion has come to an inglorious end
We welcome this day of victory
And the recovery
Of our beautiful land
Move it!
But we were singing for them! Do we deserve this?
Fucking bastards!
- Company, attention. - One, two, three, four.
Right.
Attention!
At ease!
Reporting to the major::
All 46 Japanese POWs are here.
Reporting to the major: All 46 Japanese POWs
are gathered here!
Good! Back to your ranks!
Back to ranks.
As for those scum who aided the Japanese
to slaughter their own compatriots,
we will not treat them lightly!
Bring Hanchen Dong here!
You have aided tyranny
and avoided arrest! Your crimes are great!
Your hands are stained with Chinese blood!
Only execution will quell the masses' anger!
Do you have anything to say?
Is there anything you can say?
Reporting to the major: He's laughing!
Laughing? Sure he's not crying?
Reporting to the major: He's definitely laughing!
Well, he can go laugh in the netherworld!
Compatriots, if you know of other such scum,
report them immediately! There will be a reward!
I now order
the immediate execution of the collaborator, Hanchen Dong!
Cigarettes for sale!
Cigarettes!
Brother! Wife!
Understand?
You're Japanese?
Yes! Japanese.
Woman.
Work!!! girl!
My!!! your!!! work!!! wife!
Her!!! your!!! little sister!!! work!
Don't you understand? Can we come home with you?
No, we don't want to buy cigarettes.
- Go away! - Look. Someone's coming.
I wanna buy cigarettes! Smokes!
It's going to rain! Be quick!
I'll have a pack of cigarettes.
Cigarettes!
Good man.
Can I have two for free?
Give me a light.
A light?
Good man.
Turtle-fucker!
Murder!!
Commander Liu!
There's trouble!
Commander Liu, trouble!
Help!!
What the hell's going on?
What are you doing? Grab him!!
Stop it!!
Help!!
Dasan Ma!!
What are you doing?
Turtle-fucker!
Chinese Army, help!!
Stop!
Thank you, Chinese Army. Thank you.
The Japanese have surrendered! The war is over!
Peace has come at last!
Yet in the last few days,
one man has violated the agreement which Generalissimo Chiang,
President Truman, Prime Minister Churchill and Stalin,
in the interest of world peace, signed at Potsdam,
thus disturbing the social order and terrorizing people!
That person is Dasan Ma, who you see before you!
Perhaps some will say Dasan Ma only killed "Jap devils"
and call it "resistance!" But what is "resistance"?
Battles fought with Japanese troops, the struggle against invasion!
Those are acts of resistance!
But Dasan Ma's wanton slaughter of POWs who had lost the will to resist
was a false resistance!
Perhaps some will argue that such profound hatred
was the result of Japanese atrocities!
Who of our 400 million compatriots doesn't hate the Japanese?
My own parents were killed by Japanese bombs!
My left leg
was shattered in the final battle!
Who could be more motivated to kill former Japanese soldiers?
Who has the best reason for revenge?
Me! Major Gao!
And who is most constrained from such action?
Me! Major Gao!
Because I am a soldier, I must follow orders!
I take this opportunity
to reissue this warning: Only Nationalist soldiers
can legally accept the surrender of Japanese troops!
War hasn't only brought catastrophe to China,
but to the people of Japan as well!
Are they not human too?
I ask you! Who among you
would tolerate to see your husband's head chopped off?
Anyone?
No one!
I ask you too! Who among you
would wish to see your wife, on her way to buy a bolt of cloth,
have her hand cut off? Anyone?
No one!
Dasan Ma! Do you have anything to say for yourself?
Is there anything you can say?
Gag him!
Listen, everyone!
Ever heard a "cry to heaven"?
- He is braying like a mule! - That's a "cry to heaven!"
What distinguishes man from a beast?
You don't deserve to be called Chinese!
You don't even deserve to be called human!
How can a Chinese soldier sully his hands with the blood of such scum?
Inokichi Sakatsuka!
Inokichi Sakatsuka.
Attention!!
Inokichi Sakatsuka!
I order you to execute Dasan Ma!
Shoot him!
He orders you to carry out the execution.
Really?
That's what he said.
What? Do you dare disobey my command?
We've put down our weapons. We cannot use firearms.
I could obey your order, using a Japanese sword.
It's our customary weapon.
Translate that bit about the sword accurately.
Reporting to Major Gao: We've already handed in our firearms!
We're not permitted to use them anyway!
However, we must obey your order!
The Japanese warrior always carries a sword!
Could he use a sword?
What a pain! Okay, give him a sword!
- What a good story this is! - Indeed!
We'll write a great skit about this!
Kosaburo Hanaya.
Hanaya.
Reporting to Major Gao::
The preparations are complete.
Please issue the go-ahead.
The preparations are complete!
Please issue the go-ahead!
- Do it! - Yes, sir!!