Wake up, Lawrence.
What is it? Why so early, Sergeant Ηara?
Ηurry up!
What?
What did he say?
Let's go, Sergeant.
You don't understand. Only Lawrence understands.
Attention!
Face forward!
Present arms!
Order arms.
As you were!
Step aside.
Lawrence, there's been an unprecedented scandal.
l didn't report it to the captain. l'll deal With it myself.
lf it's so secret, why are you showing me?
For you to be a witness, just in case.
You know what he did?
Τhis Dutch soldier?
No, he was just locked up for a week for stealing bananas.
- Τhe Korean guard, then? - Of course.
Kanemoto, tell him what you did.
Τell this British officer what you did!
Kanemoto...
can't bring yourself to say it?
Τoo ashamed?
Τell him, you son of a bitch!
Get it now, Lawrence?
Last night during rounds,
he snuck into that Dutch soldier's cell.
Kanemoto, show us what you did to his white ass.
What did you do With your pistol or cannon or whatever you call it?
Since you're not much of a talker, show us!
Untie him.
Kanemoto, do it.
Do it!
Oh, l see.
lt's shrunk and useless now, is that it?
All right.
lf you show us,
l'll let you commit proper seppuku.
Sergeant Ηara, have you lost your mind?
Lawrence...
don't you want to see seppuku?
You don't know the Japanese until you've seen seppuku.
l don't want to see it.
Do you want to make me hate the Japanese?
l'll do it!
Lawrence, out of the way!
Why do you have to add to his shame?
Shame?
He didn't even resist being buggered! He has no shame!
Let go of him!
Get back!
Very well, Kanemoto. l'll be your second.
Stop it!
Shut up!
- Sergeant Hara! - Watch carefully!
Sergeant Hara!
May your soul --
The captain!
Attention!
Present arms!
Order arms.
What's going on here?
Lawrence, this is a matter for the lmperial Army.
Τhen why did you bring me here?
Who ordered this execution?
Allow me to explain. Τhis is not an execution.
Sergeant Kanemoto is trying to commit suicide for his crime.
And you're just looking on?
lf he's guilty, why didn't you report it?
- Out of compassion. - Compassion?
lf his death is ruled accidental,
his family will receive a pension.
No doubt they're starving right now.
What crime has he committed?
l can brief you on that later.
Sergeant Hara, l don't have time now.
l'm due at a military trial in Batavia.
Brief me when l get back, including why Lawrence was called.
Τhis way, sir.
Captain Yonoi, sir.
- Show him in. - Entering!
Captain Yonoi, reporting for today's trial.
Τhank you for coming.
This is Captain Yonoi, one of our rising stars.
This is Colonel Fujimura, He'll preside at today's trial.
Honored to serve with you.
Good to have you with us.
1 st Lieutenant lwata.
Τhe military situation here is very grim.
Your service is invaluable, Captain Yonoi.
Please be diligent.
Gentlemen, the defendant is a difficult man.
Please be prepared.
All rise for the judges.
Before the court is the case of British Major Jack Celliers.
Omit recitation of the evidence. Prosecutor, present your argument.
The defendant is Jack Celliers,
a major in the British army.
The incident took place around August 1 0, 1 942,
after Allied Forces surrendered in the Dutch sector of lndonesia.
Τhe defendant parachuted into the Bandung valley of Java
and waged guerrilla warfare along With four of his men.
Specifically, on October 1 6,
they ambushed a Japanese transport unit in the jungle
on its way from the airstrip.
Τhey seized food, supplies and ammunition,
killed PFC Τakeshi Τazaki and one other,
and wounded Corporal Sawafuji and four others.
Pursuant to Section 1 , Chapter 5, of the military code,
we hereby recommend
the death penalty.
Erase all remarks by the defendant from the court record.
Sir, may l question him?
Sir...
if he fought in lndia under orders from his supreme commander,
then we must treat him as a prisoner of war.
Τhere's no proof of that.
l believe he's telling the truth.
We will confer as to our decision.
Get up!
Τhe prisoner, sir!
He's put up a fight to the end.
Prepare him.
Let him go.
Firing positions!
ldiot!
What are you saying?
Very well. Let him be.
Commence!
Prepare to fire!
Aim!
Fire!
Sergeant Hara.
Lawrence...
don't interrupt my nap.
l'm sorry.
l dreamed l was in Manchuria,
settling in on top of Marlene Dietrich.
What is it?
l need to talk to you in private.
What's he doing here?
Can you keep him at HQ? l'd like you to protect him.
Why?
Τhe other men heard about what happened.
l told you not to say anything.
l didn't.
But there were Japanese soldiers and Korean guards there.
Are you saying Japanese soldiers talked?
lt was probably the guards.
Soon everyone will know. Don't you get it?
Yeah, l get it.
You think they'll all want to bugger him.
So it's true:
All Englishmen are queer.
Don't be stupid.
Listen, l need your help.
A Japanese soldier never asks for help from the enemy.
You there...
are you queer?
He says he's not.
You're all afraid of queers, aren't you?
Samurai aren't afraid of queers.
War strengthens bonds of friendship between men,
but that doesn't mean
all soldiers turn queer.
You're not genuine soldiers. You're lowly POWs.
Τhat's why you lack discipline
and beg me for favors.
You should be ashamed.
Sergeant Hara...
l have nothing...
to be ashamed of.
- What is it? - Τhe MPs have brought a new prisoner.
Another queer for your ranks.
Sir, a prisoner has arrived from military police HQ.
Please acknowledge transfer.
l, Sergeant Gengo Hara,
hereby acknowledge transfer of the prisoner.
Son of a bitch!
-- Sergeant! - Attention!
Attention!
Hara, take him to the infirmary.
- Sergeant Hara reporting! - Enter!
- What did the doctor say? - l didn't speak to --
Fool!
Hara, send for the medic.
-- Yajima reporting! - Enter!
- Sir, the POW commander is here. - Show him in.
- Where is the officer who arrived today? - Sergeant Hara.
Where is he?
- He must be sleeping. - Take me to him.
lf he's such an excellent officer, why was he captured?
He wasn't captured. He surrendered.
But the captain --
Why does the captain Want to make him POW commander?
Do you know? - No, l don't.
Yes, you do. Τell me.
Maybe because he's a born leader.
Lawrence, why are you still alive?
l'd admire you more if you killed yourself.
How can a fine officer like you stand such shame?
Why don't you commit suicide?
We don't consider it shameful.
Being taken prisoner is a matter of chance.
Of course...
we don't enjoy being prisoners.
We want to escape.
We want to go on fighting you.
Don't lie. Τhose are just excuses.
lt's true! We want to win the war.
For us, this camp isn't the end.
We won't kill ourselves. That's coWardly.
You're just scared of dying. l'm not.
You'll wake the patients.
l enlisted when l was 1 7.
Τhe night before l left, l went to the village shrine
and offered up my life to the emperor.
Yes, but...
you're not dead, are you?
What?
What did he say?
l'm sorry l failed to follow your sword.
Are you all right?
What is it?
Forgive me for interrupting.
Ueki is worried that these training sessions are becoming violent.
Furthermore, your shouting makes the prisoners uneasy.
Lawrence asked me to talk to you.
- ls Lawrence here? - He's outside.
Hara!
We'll make Kanemoto commit seppuku at 9:00 a.m.
Order Hicksley and his senior officers to attend. Τhe victim as well.
Attention!
Salute the captain!
Present arms!
At ease!
Ready?
Lift your head up!
Lift your head up, you son of a bitch!
Stop it!
Hara, prepare the rifle salute.
Ready for firing! Load rifles!
Stop them!
Τhank you.
Celliers?
Τhat's right.
You're not eating, are you?
Τhey've all got the same thing!
What the hell are these flowers?
He ate it!
You think you can resist, you bastard?
Stand up!
He was eating manju cakes and floWers!
Stop it!
Shut up!
Lawrence, what were they singing?
Τhey're practicing for Christmas. Τhere's only a week left.
Liar. lt's for a funeral!
Τake him away.
He's not an evil spirit.
He's a human being.
Forget your superstitions.
Τhis radio was found in the infirmary.
- Who is it? - Give me the key.
l can't, but l'll go with you.
- Captain's orders. - lsn't he coming tonight?
- He comes here? - Every night.
- What for? - Patrol, of course.
- Give me the key! - Stop it!
You bastard!
l'll shoot him.
Τake them back to their cells.
Please forgive me, Captain.
l intended from the beginning to pay for this unauthorized act with my life.
Can you commit seppuku With just your left hand?
Why did you try to kill him?
Captain, that man is a devil who's trying to destroy your spirit.
Sit down!
Should l have lied, Sergeant Hara?
Should l have said l brought the radio into the camp?
Sergeant Hara!
Enough!
Τake him back to his cell!
lnside!
- Τhe prisoners, sir. - Enter.
What?
Sergeant Hara, you're human after all.
Lawrence-san, do you know Father Christmas?
Yes, Hara-san.
Father Christmas
means Santa Claus.
Τonight l'm Father Christmas.
l'm Father Christmas!
Entering!
You can go back with him.
Τhank you.
Sergeant Hara with the POW representatives.
All representatives present, sir.
- l released him last night. - What?
Further investigation revealed that the radio was smuggled in
by Zhang in Block Seven, who confessed under interrogation.
l had him executed immediately.
l was mistaken to accuse Lawrence.
Why didn't you report it?
l also released Jack Celliers.
Celliers? Without my permission?
Sir, l was a little drunk.
But actually l don't believe either of them is useful to us.
Giving them special treatment is not in our best interest.
l'll accept the consequences of my actions.
Hara...
l'm sending half the prisoners to Haruku to build an airstrip.
They leave in three days. Do you want to be in charge?
As punishment for today,
you're confined to quarters until your departure
without sake.
ldiot!
You bastards aren't sick!
You're faking! All you bastards are faking!
You're not sick!
You're faking! You're not sick!
l'll kill you!
Stop!