Luna.
Get out of here.
What do you mean?
If you stay with me,
You'll end up dead.
You want me on my own again?
Don't leave me!
I'm to be alone again.
Don't leave me!
Luna, listen.
You saw it too, right?
What humans do to others.
I don't care what form you take.
You're still human.
You're still kind.
I'm no longer human.
But...
You're all I've got.
Tetsuya.
Luna?
You mustn't die.
Dear countrymen. I have sad news.
Several days ago, my beloved father,
was injured in a terrorist attack.
Thankfully his life isn't in danger
but he can't fulfill his normal duties.
Yesterday, the cabinet appointed me
to continue to work in his place.
His name's Flender.
Doesn't normally like strangers.
It's contamination.
I can only do basic treatment.
Sit down.
It's not much but take it all.
We must build the ideal,
the most humane society the world has ever seen.
I hope we get it right this time.
What were you doing out there?
The pollution's so bad no-one risks it.
Unless they're on the run.
What's your name?
It's Tetsuya.
Tetsuya, huh?
I had a son your age.
You saw the ruins?
There was a lot of killing...
And a lot of people are taken away and never returned.
Practically nothing left.
Doctor...
What now?
Don't trust outsiders!
It's dangerous.
What is?
He may be a spy.
That nonsense, again...
Tetsuya, once upon a time,
we believed in "Casshern", a guardian spirit.
Maybe that's why we lived in peace
and prospered for many years.
But one day that all changed.
A border disputes with our neighbors.
Some senseless fighting.
Suspicion ruled our every move.
We forgot how to trust people.
Invaded our neighbors for 'self-defense'.
I guess Casshern gave up on us.
Then we were invaded.
Humans?
Humans again?
Let's go.
Stop!
Why attack these people?
Deserter... why do you care?
The war should be over now.
There are terrorists everywhere.
These people aren't terrorists.
I don't give a damn.
I just follow orders.
As you heard, I was once one of them.
We robbed you of everything.
Can you save my people?
Is that him?
You're mine...
Who are you?
Luna!
Think you can escape?
Luna!
Open up!
Now...
I kill...
every single one of you.
Flight 18 request permission to dock.
Permission granted.
Promise me one thing.
If you win...
you'll help these people.
Fair enough.
My name is Barashin.
And mine is...
Casshern!
Our strong nation forged through pain
inspires and protects. Long shall she remain.
Then will come wisdom
and deep, silent faith.
May the dreams of our fathers
flourish by our glad sacrifice.
Rejoice in our duty. 'Tis all that need suffice.
My dear countrymen,
We are facing a great challenge...
That's correct.
Get ready as soon as you can.
We fight Neo-Sapiens,
we fight terrorists.
Professor's bringing new samples.
Are my neo-cells ready, yet?
General...
You sacrifice sons, brothers...
your pain is beyond measure.
Or maybe these things don't even exist?
But I too, understand your pain.
Many years ago...
My own mother was another victim.
Taken by Zone Seven terrorists.
She was tortured
and then killed.
I hated my father for not saving her.
You've no right to be alive!
Because of your kind...
My own family is dead.
The tide of history brings pain.
But it returns with wisdom.
Murderer.
Feel my...
...pain.
I didn't fight it.
I gave myself up to the pain.
I became a better soldier, a better person.
In the cause of honor and justice,
for our great nation.
Let us reconsider
our true enemy
and focus on victory.
I see it now...
At last, I see it too.
That's what she meant.
We must prepare for the struggle
against this incredible evil and
remember the dream of our new nation.
It's okay, now.
Forget it.
All forgiven.
I hope...
you're at peace now.
Didn't we win the war?
Why are our soldiers still dying?
Amid the rubble and the funerals...
the seeds have been sown
of our final victory.
Where might you be going?
It's all over.
I'll decide that.
Experiment on the Neo-Sapiens,
you're nearly there.
Study the lightning...
Don't forget our dream.
What's going on?
What are you doing?
A nice girl like you wouldn't understand
but for us commoners
this is the only way we can be.
Right, Professor?
There's no going back.
This is the place of my birth.
I should call you 'Father'.
But my hatred is as deep as a child's love.
Even though it consumes me
I can never set it free.
Raised in hatred.
Just like a human.
And your other son...
Tetsuya, born of the gentle Midori.
Today he's reborn
as my brother.
Let's hear the truth.
If I can just...
get in here...
What a farce.
Commander...
I didn't know...
...it was a trick.
Let me just...
get in here...
If we get a second chance at life
why live it to the full?
I'll deal with you in a minute.
Thank you.
Tetsuya.
Want to see your mother?
Mother...
She's sleeping.
What did you do to her?
What?
She's just asleep...
In a place beyond pain.
Beyond pain?
Yes.
With no war,
only harmony for all.
My promise to her.
Man's never content with what he has.
His existence results in countless deaths.
Striving for the basics of life
he condemns thousands to death.
He fights in pursuit of peace.
That's the world man has built.
I'll destroy it and make a new one.
A paradise.
You kill others with the same dream.
Did a single one of them
Listen to us?
Did anyone think to help us?
To listen to our plea for life?
Only Midori.
The only one.
You kidnapped her.
No!
She helped us.
I don't believe you.
What are you fighting for?
If you kill us, will it be over?
Will that bring peace and simplicity?
Can man live like that?
You, a freak yourself...
...stop dreaming.
If man doesn't change, there'll be no end.
History and religion prove it.
Can you tell between good and evil?
Join with me.
Let's make a new world.
You're my only ally.
Don't forget,
you're not human either.
Commander.
Son.
You know why I'm calling...
Up to your old tricks...
The coup d'etat is over.
It's on the news.
I'm blaming you for the Neo-Sapiens.
You and that professor.
It's over.
There's no going back.
I don't intend to go back.
Certainly not to you.
Mother...
Was I wrong.
I fought for good reasons.
Just like he said...
I don't know right from wrong.
If you embrace hatred,
your enemy does too.
In this way...
nothing changes.
Tetsuya...
Nobody is always right,
and nobody is always wrong.
The answer is co-existence.
Don't give up.
End the fighting.
I still don't see it.
What you say you saw.
So I must still be alive...
If this is living...
What have you done?
What on earth?
We did nothing.
I understand.
But hatred just brings more hatred.
My son, Tetsuya also lost his life in the war.
I'd be lying if I said it doesn't hurt.
But holding on to my hatred will not bring back my son.
You can, too.
Midori...
Forgive me...
Luna...
It's the last time I leave you.
Do what you must.
Where's my wife?
Target their H. Q!
- But your son's inside. - I don't care. Fire!
Son,
I too, did what I thought best for our nation.
Prepare to fire again.
Isn't that enough?
They may be a new breed to you.
But inside they're human.
I'll tell you something.
She's not wrong. You are human.
Eurasia, Zone Seven.
Remnants of ethnic-cleansing.
Azuma is not your 'father'.
His neo-cell research failed.
We did discover though
your people are our ancestors...
the "original humans".
That's right.
Hate to admit but Zone Seven is where civilization began.
Naito brought you in
to extract the neo-cells.
But the research failed. Not enough bodies.
Then we had the idea
to make national policy fit medical needs.
In other words
you were carved up to help my father live longer.
It's like a bad joke.
A crazy policy driven by the greed for long life.
Your lofty theory is wrong.
Destined to hate us because you are us.
Without even knowing!
Silence.
Don't you dare compare us!
You vermin are our ancestors.
Mutant trash I'll tidy myself!
Murderer.
Feel my pain.
I don't see anything.
I don't see it at all.
Forgive me.
Father!
Where are you going?
I'm going home.
To our house.
Don't worry, I won't ask you to come.
But your mother needs treatment.
She's dead.
But you came back.
Have you been blind
to the suffering caused by my return?
Are you blaming me?
That's not it!
It's not about one person's happiness.
You don't care if she dies.
If you'd ever loved someone
then you'd understand.
Don't get in the way of our happiness.
What are you doing?
Give her to me.
Now!
I won't.
Do you know what it is to love?
I'll soon bring her back.
Mother...
What the hell...
was the point of my life?
What the hell...
was the point of my rebirth.
Mother...
Tetsuya...
Run...
This isn't really me...
I can't help what I'm doing...
I don't want to hurt you...
I want to run away...
from the pain...
Forget everything...
Start all over...
I know.
Let's end the hatred here.
I didn't want to cause more pain
but it came to this.
You won't be alone again.
I'll be with you always.
Just us two from now on.
At last I understand.
We hurt others by our very existence.
That's just the way we live.
We need to learn to forgive.
Need to realize that existence
is to be shared.
We're not just here to exist;
but to find the strength to co-exist.
It may start from something small,
it may even seem impossible.
But we must start from somewhere.
Hope...
...our legacy.
Yusuke Iseya Kumiko Aso
Akira Terao
Kanako Higuchi
Fumiyo Kohinata
Hiroyuki Miyasako
Mayumi Sada Jun Kaname
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Susumu Terajima Mayu Tsuruta
Ryo Tetsuji Tamayama Yoko Moriguchi
Hideji Otaki
Tatsuya Mihashi
Toshiaki Karasawa
Director / Cinematography /Editing Kazuaki Kiriya
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