1945, BeiPing.
Japan surrenders. Thus ends the Sino-Japanese War.
Peace! Victory!
Down with the Japs!
Extra... Traitor on public trial!
"The traitor Kawashima Yoshiko is
arrested and will be on trail tomorrow"
Punish the traitors...
I, on behalf of the Chinese people
charge Kam Bik Fai, Kawashima Yoshiko with being a traitor,
with spying on behalf of key Japanese military personnel,
with collecting our country's intelligence in Shanghai
during the Dec 8th incident,
and the September 18th incident,
with joining and re-organizing the Kwantung Army,
and establishing the Anguo army,
With plotting subversion;
and helping Pu Yi to establish the false Manchukuo.
The penalties stipulated for traitors
require that the sentence should be life imprisonment or death.
Good! Death by firing squad! Down with the traitor!
Silence!
Kam Bik Fai, how do you plead?
Your honour. I, on behalf of the accused, appeal for an adjournment.
Your honour, do you have a cigarette?
A cigarette?
I'd ask the accused to conduct herself in a appropriate manner.
During the occupation, you asked me to arrange passage
for your concubine to reach safety in Kweilin. Do you remember?
How "appropriate" should my manner be?
Kam Bik Fai, all you have to do is plead guilty or not guilty.
Ridiculous!
Even if I were guilty, my crimes would be simply crimes of war.
I don't qualify as a traitor.
I'm not Chinese. I'm Japanese.
1913, BeiPing.
Two years after the Manchu dynasty was overthrown.
I'm not Japanese. I'm Chinese.
I don't want to go to Japan...
Hin-Tsee, the Emperor's been under house arrest in the Forbidden City
for two years now.
The so-called Republic of China is a fiasco.
Just a bunch of traitors and rebels
betraying the Emperor and the country. They should all be beheaded.
Let me give you a new name. Eastern Jewel.
In the hope that one day you'll become a precious jewel of the East.
To support the China dynasty they'll have to ask for help from Japan.
Kawashima Naniwa and I are as close as blood brothers.
He'll take care of you.
In Japan, you'll adopt your foster father's name,
Kawashima, and be named Yoshiko.
Take this to him.
You can go now.
Dear brother Ninwa. I'm making you a gift of this small toy.
I hope you will treasure it.
1924, Matsumoto.
I won't talk to you!
I can't invite you in.
But I don't want you to leave either.
We have nowhere else to go.
But I want to see more of you.
I have to go in now. What shall I do?
See you tomorrow.
Don't go.
You're going?
I thought you have guests in the house.
I can do what I want.
Here. Taste the cake I made.
It has red-bean filling again!
I love it.
It's too sweet. I told you I like to eat...
And I told you I don't like chestnut.
But if you like I'll make it for you next time,
maybe for the rest of my life.
To prove that I'm a good woman.
Miss Yoshiko, is the good woman of Mr. Amakasu,
a lieutenant in the 50th Infantry of Matsumoto.
No. I'm the good woman of GENERAL Amakasu.
Finish it when you get back.
Or I'll give you the 3rd degree tomorrow.
Dismiss!
See you tomorrow.
Miss Yoshiko.
Miss Yoshiko, Mr. Kawashima is waiting for you.
You've met these gentleman before.
Captain Shimade. Major Hashimoto.
Mr. Yumazu is a representative of the Black Dragon Society.
Do you recognize him?
This is the son of Mongolian General Babao Zabu,
Genzui Zabu.
We haven't met for ages.
I recently graduated from Army Officers' School.
- You return to your studies now. - Yes.
Concerning the idea of independence for Manchuria and Mongolia
and the practical possibilities.
I wish to offer the following views.
In our meeting today we agreed unanimously
to give your hand in marriage to the Mongolian Prince Genzui Zabu,
thus joining the military forces of Mongolia and Manchuria,
to cross the Hsing An range
and take the city of Beijing.
That we'll set up an independent kingdom to revive the Ching dynasty.
I don't want to get married so early
It's not early. For this country it's already quite late.
It's not!
This country means China! I'm talking about China!
I think of myself as Japanese.
You want to marry a Japanese?
Amakasu Masahiko?
Yes.
He's only a lieutenant.
A lieutenant can become a captain, a major, a colonel.
Even if all goes well you'll have to wait forty years for that.
- I'll wait. - No. You're the 14th Princess of Ching.
You have a great mission to fulfil.
You can't indulge in these childish games.
Marriage is important to a woman.
Yoshiko, have you forgotten your father's dying wish?
Let me go.
This is just a political marriage.
In politics, marriage is dispensable.
I'm a woman. Marriage is important!
Even a woman's virginity means nothing.
Yoshiko, I don't want to marry you off.
Don't...!
Yoshiko, you are royalty, and I'm a valiant man.
When our blood mingles
we shall give birth to a Prince among men.
The valiant have no fear. It will be the greatest of men,
the embodiment of the highest intelligence,
the ruler of a united world, the supreme commander.
The one true Emperor!
You...
I did it by accident.
You scare me to death sometimes.
We have to break up.
Before engaging in the battle you should at least sound an advance.
I'm getting married.
The fourteenth Princess of the great Ching dynasty
is to marry a Mongolian Prince.
Long live the independence of Mongolia and Manchuria!
Come away with me.
I was born to play this part in the game.
You are just a woman.
Can't women do anything of consequence?
I will wait for the day you're my good woman.
- I will change. - I will never change.
We are confronting a momentous era.
No-one can force me!
I have no intention of being anyone's woman.
Thank of it as a life-debt I owe you.
Debts have to be repaid.
I've paid in full!
Yoshiko!
1927, Lushun.
1930, Matsumoto.
I'm not going back to Mongolia.
Are you getting a divorce?
No need. I can leave a man like whenever I feel like it.
You care only about your own personal concerns.
I care about independence for Mongolia and Manchuria.
There's more than you at stake.
This concerns Japanese, Manchurians, Mongolians,
their time, money, and energy.
I've sacrificed three years!
And I've sacrificed thirty years!
I order you, on behalf of your father, the Prince to go back immediately.
Enough! This is so-called Mongolian Prince
is weak, powerless, and has no real status.
The Kwangtung Army occupied the three provinces of the North-East.
While you bunch of scholars and wastrels
are still meeting and studying.
You've wasted three years of my life. Three years!
Do you understand? Three years!
You're old.
I still have time, but I will not lend it to you.
I want to save it for my own grand plans.
You have no money. What grand plan can you achieve?
What about my father's legacy?
We've used it to keep our cause alive.
You have no money, you have no honour, and you have no position.
You've no connections and no patron with influence. What do you have?
Mr. Amakasu, there's a young lady looking for you.
Hey, someone's looking for you!
I've sold my life story to a Japanese novelist.
I got two thousand yen for it.
Now I'll let you have half to settle your debts.
I hope you will put yourself together.
A man of substance, finding himself in a period of instability
should grasp the opportunity
to pursue a brilliant career.
I'm returning to China.
I want to be a woman of consequence.
1930, Shanghai.
"Man's beauty apparel is a best-seller. A legendary wowan in Shanghai. "
Coming!
How are you? God bless you.
Where to, Sir?
- Ha Fei Road. - You want Ha Fei Road?
- Hurry! - Okay.
"Love your country, love your God. "
Stop! Thief!
Don't you want to pick it up?
I'll pick it up for you. Movie aside please.
A Japanese broad.
Sayonara.
Thank you.
For your help.
Our meeting was an accident. I've done nothing to merit this.
Are you on the stage?
Miss, you're new here. You should be very careful.
What's your name?
I... I'll be off now.
I'll take my leave.
Ah Fook! You scoundrel.
Haven't you ever seen a woman before?
Coming.
Ah Fook!
I'm stuck with that name.
- Which theatre are you at? - Ah Fook.
- Ah Fook, we're waiting. - Coming.
I don't know. I'm new here too.
Thank you.
Miss! "When the clouds fall apart, the moon will appear".
1931, North-East China Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Miss Yoshiko, do you want tea or wine?
I want you Mr. Tanaka.
I want you to be my protector.
You are the fourteenth Princess. Has anyone been giving you trouble?
No, but I don't want any of those wastrels
and big-headed men taking up my time.
You know how precious time is, especially for women.
Yes, you're right.
But I too am something of a wastrel
and a even bigger-headed man among men.
I'd like you to act as my godfather.
China is in turmoil, and I'm a woman on my own.
How could I refuse?
But between father and daughter,
one step too far would be considered incest.
I've watched you for a long time.
I don't see the difference between a Manchurian Princess
and an ordinary woman.
No difference! We all have two breasts and one mouth.
1931, North-East China. The September 18th Incident.
While the Kuomintang army's forces besieging the Red Army at Kiangsi.
The Kwantung army invade the North East of China in less than 100 days.
1931, North-East China, Ying-Hau Harbour.
You've had an arduous journey your Highness.
Please take a rest at Tangkangtsu hot springs.
We'll go on to Lushun in a couple of days.
In Tientsin, even gifts of fruit concealed bombs.
Your Highness need have no fears.
We'll give you full support
in your great task of establishing Manchukuo.
God bless the Emperor!
The fourteenth daughter of Prince Su, Hin-Tsee,
pledges her loyalty to the Emperor.
Thank you. I believe your position in the family makes us cousins.
Lam is here!
The Empress Wan Jung refuses to leave Tientsin.
We didn't set the stage for just one actor
to do a one-man show
with no leading lady...
How can you talk about the establishment of the Manchukuo
as if it were a play?
You're right.
Maybe the Emperor don't have faith in our Kwangtung Army?
According to our sources the Empress refused to come.
Why?
All I know is that
she and the Emperor have not slept in the same bed for a long time.
You want to tell me you are thinking?
You're thinking about who to send
to the Quiet Garden in Tientsin to smuggle the Empress here.
Without you I'd be a warrior without a sword.
Isn't that the purpose of a woman's existence
to please a man as much as possible?
In case you need it.
I'll need your help.
Welcome.
I left some presents in the trunk.
Alright, I'll go and get them for you.
Health to the Empress!
Oh, it's you.
Yoshiko has brought the Empress her favourite present.
The balm of fortune and longevity.
The Emperor asked me to bring you a message. He miss you.
Tell him to drop dead!
Why won't he divorce me?
Why did he divorce Wen Hsiu and not me?
Why does he want me to be stuck with
the label of Empress for the rest of my life?
He doesn't even like woman.
Why does he want to imprison me?
I hardly even dare open my eyes when I wake up in the morning.
I feel as if everyone's watching me.
I just want to be an ordinary person.
Men. They're all self-centered.
They'll easily sacrifice a woman just to save face.
Are you cold?
I'll take you away from here.
Shanghai... Japan... America.
Be careful.
Let me do it.
How is he?
Doctor Law has studied in Edinburgh...
My husband has always had stomach trouble.
Maybe it's the change of water.
Hail the Empress!
Why has no-one sent for an ambulance?
We'll do it now.
Hail the Empress!
Miss Yoshiko, you leave with the Empress first.
I'll climb out the window.
I'm afraid.
Nothing to be afraid of.
It's ok. I'll wait for you at the pier.
A pity. Such a handsome guy.
Be careful.
Take it slowly!
When we reach Shanghai you can share my room.
Where shall we go?
The French concession is not bad.
Manchuria!
We're going to Manchuria.
The Emperor is ascending the throne in Changchun.
Naturally you'll be beside him.
Don't make fun of me.
Empress, you'll be the China dynasty's most regal Empress
for the rest of your life.
Please pull yourself together.
If you don't behave.
I'll have to reveal the details of our love-making last night.
What you made me do, like...
I love you. I don't want to hurt you. Be good.
1932, Mukden
Kwantung Army declare the independence of N.E, China, Manchukuo is a state.
Pu Yi becomes Chief Executive of the state, which is marked Taitung Era.
Manchukuo is now officially established.
Changchun has been renamed Singking.
Congratulations to the Emperor on ascending the Supreme throne.
Long live the Emperor...!
The Emperor's edict appoints Kawashima Yoshiko, Kam Bik Fai
as Chief Commander of the Anguo army of Manchukuo.
Hey, don't go!
Why don't you leave for now? See you tomorrow.
Commander Kam, you have no right to enter my house without permission.
You have all kinds of women throwing themselves at you don't you?
Do you teach the actresses how to act... in bed?
That's my affair.
But everyone of them is a Chinese woman.
Why don't you go for Japanese women?
Is it because I'm a Chinese Women?
It's because this is Manchuria.
Here I can have as many Chinese women as I like.
You didn't by any chance come to Manchuria because of me?
Wherever there's wine and women there'll be me.
Are they as good as I am?
Why won't you forgive me?
Commander Kam, if you want to be a woman of consequence
that's your business.
If I'm a good-for-nothing womaniser it's my business.
I warn you.
It's the Japanese who made you a commander, and I'm Japanese.
I'm not working for the Japanese.
I'm working for myself.
Yoshiko.
Let go! I'll return your thousand yen.
Then we can wipe the slate clean, start afresh.
I am Commander Kam Bik Fai.
Although Manchukuo is successfully established,
the League of Nations subjects us to continual pressure.
Yoshiko should go to Shanghai to divert their attention.
Miss Yoshiko.
Shanghai? No problem.
Please, Commander Kam.
Commander Kam.
1932, Shanghai.
Commander Kam, please have some tea. It's of the finest quality.
Commander Tanaka is very pleased
with the way Commander Kam masterminded the Shanghai Incident.
He's asked me to give you ten thousand yen.
I've two pieces of information. The national government's bank...
in Shanghai will go bankrupt at any time.
They have no money to fight the Japanese.
They want to negotiate for peace.
Tell Tanaka not to give an inch.
Secondly, England will never recognize Manchukuo.
They will vote against it in the League of Nations.
For the sake of our Manchukuo
Japan should break away from this squalid international alliance.
His name's Cloud. He's Shanghai's best known Monkey-king.
Monkey's brain is very fortifying.
Come in.
Who is your mistress?
Cloud.
I am he, but I wish to make it clear
that I do not under any circumstances accept wine or gifts from my fans.
My master insisted that I come,
so I had no choice. I'll take my leave.
Ah Fook, haven't you ever seen a woman before?
"When the clouds fall apart, the moon will appear".
Oh, you're the Japanese broad! I've looked for you for a long time.
Whenever I had time
I'd go back to the same road to look for you.
But I could never find you.
I guessed you were living in the French concession.
Why were you looking for me?
Let's drink to our reunion! Cheers!
Oh yes, what's your name?
I'm called Moon.
Moon?
I like watching you was the Monkey-king.
It makes me happy.
I've been an orphan since I was a child.
I was apprenticed to a master.
My master had a little monkey.
Whenever I felt unhappy
or was bullied, I'd go and play with the little monkey.
Maybe being with it so much even made me walk a little like it.
You must be wealthy.
How did you pressurize my master to make me come here?
I grew up in Beiping.
When I was six my father sent me to Japan.
My parents both passed away when I was in my teens.
Must have been miserable, alone in Japan!
My Japanese name is Kawashima-Yoshiko.
My father was Prince Su.
I am a descendant of Manchu royalty.
You don't believe me?
You really don't believe me?
My foster father raped me and
forced me to marry a Mongolian Prince.
For a woman who's lost her virtue,
there's no way to face her lover.
I married the Mongolian Prince,
but I refused to bear a child.
My dream is to rebuild the Manchu dynasty.
If it weren't for the revolutionaries,
I wouldn't have had to leave my homeland,
my parents wouldn't have died in a foreign country,
China would not be in such poverty or chaos.
I came back to assume power, to rebuild.
Sit down. Let's drink another toast.
No. Commander Kam's wine is clouded with blood.
I'm human too.
Kawashima Yoshiko is a traitor.
But I'm only doing it for the good of China.
The Kwantung Army has torn ordinary men from their parents,
their wives, their children.
I want you to play the Monkey-king for me again.
I'll take my leave.
I order you to stay.
Your orders aren't as important as making it to the show!
I can't miss the performance. Goodbye.
I'll pay you. Stay.
Commander Kam, even if it was me making a whore of you
rather than you making one of me
we're in the midst of fighting, and untold human suffering.
I'd rather pledge myself to save my country. Goodbye.
Mr. Cloud.
Where's my wardrobe?
Monkey-king, I'm your only audience tonight.
You have to make me happy.
Why don't you go and prepare yourself?
- Stop! - Don't move.
Don't hit him!
Why are you willing to make so many others happy and not me?
Bravo...
Since you're performing away from the theatre I'll pay you double.
Never let it be said that I,
Commander Kam, took advantage of you. I'm doubling your fees.
Miss Yoshiko.
Get out of my way. Ah Fook! Get out of my way.
1933, Jehol.
Manchukuo extends its territory by invading Jehol.
Where produces abundant supplies of opium.
Kwantung Army publicises the role played in the battle by the Manchu Princess.
Soldiers of the Anguo army,
Welcome to this sacred battle!
Jehol is in fact part of Manchukuo's territory.
It should be under Manchukuo's rule.
Our soldiers are at the front not to conqueror,
but in the service of the scattered and homeless Chinese
to give them a sense of belonging, to create a piece of earth
on which the Japanese and Manchurians can live in harmony.
Commander Tanaka sent me to enquire after your health.
Commander Tanaka asked me to bring this present.
Please accept it.
Miss Yoshiko thanks Commander Tanaka for his generous gift.
Commander Tanaka asks Commander Kam to convalesce thoroughly.
The Anguo army does not need to go to the front.
For Miss Yoshiko's safety,
it's best if she convalesces in Tientsin.
There's no need for here to worry about events in the North-East.
I'm sorry. Miss Yoshiko needs her rest.
Why did you try to kill me?
Didn't I give you food?
Who put you up to it?
The Kuomintang?
The Communists?
The Kwantung Army?
Tanaka?
It's China that wants you dead!
Running dog! Traitor! Collaborator! Whore!
You lie!
Running dog, traitor!
1935, Tientsin.
How come as a Commander she's actually opening a restaurant in Tientsin?
Commander? What Commander? Commander in bed?
This is the underground headquarters of the Anguo army.
Are you sure?
Where's Tanaka?
No news yet, but I've sent someone to wait at the street corner.
This silver shield's too small.
I already made it bigger according to your order.
Please help yourselves.
Miss Yoshiko was wounded by a shot in battle
She's suffering from spinal inflammation caused by trauma.
She needs morphine for the pain.
It must be difficult for Commander Kam.
A real patriotic hero of East Asia!
Princess Hin-Tsee, may you be both beautiful and handsome forever.
Cheers!
I've just had an injection. I cannot drink.
Help yourselves.
Fine.
Cheers.
Miss Yoshiko, Happy Birthday.
Thank you.
Commander Tanaka is busy today.
He cannot come to your birthday celebration.
Please forgive him.
Is Godfather very busy lately?
Yes he is.
He has asked me to wish Miss Yoshiko
all the best in her business ventures.
May she soon find a good match
and become a loyal wife.
A woman like me? Who'd have me?
Who are you looking for sir?
Down with the Japs! Down with the invaders!
Down with the traitors! Down with Japan!
Kill me...
Please.
They didn't want to let him go.
I told them that Commander Kam wanted to interrogate him herself.
If they object, I'll go and talk to Tanaka.
Yes.
I think we'll have to return him in a couple of days.
It's alright.
Ah Fook!
What's wrong?
Don't!
Ah Fook! Hold on...
He insists on seeing you.
You've lost weight.
Worrying about my country and my people but having nothing to do!
It's a rare opportunity to get some rest.
Tientsin is so much warmer than the North-East.
Aren't you inviting me to your room?
Don't you want to ask me to hand someone over?
Who?
The whole city knows
I've been harboring an anti-Japanese revolutionary.
For Commander Kam to conduct her own interrogation of a rebel
is nothing unusual.
But don't over-exert yourself or my heart will ache.
What do you want me for?
Commander Tanaka, please.
As a belated birthday gift,
and to express my tanks to my warrior's sword,
who even during convalescence
has taken it upon herself to give her heard and effort
for the great East Asia Prosperity Zone.
I sent someone especially to get a puffer fish.
Puffer fish are poisonous. Eating it could kill you,
but if you don't eat it
you'll miss out on one of the greatest delicacies.
Do you dare?
I find that warriors these days prefer to use guns and tanks.
Their swords are just for decoration.
Let's drink!
I have to leave.
When are you going to send me into battle, Commander Tanaka?
The Communists are ineffectual,
the Kuomintang turns a blind eye
to the economic incursions of the Western Imperialists.
The whole of China needs a savior now.
But it's not you.
You're drunk!
I've been drunk for a long time.
I said long ago that women are like cats. They like the stink of fish.
Tanaka, the cats in China can become very vicious
in order to protect their young.
They'd rather devour their own young than let someone else take them away.
Go!
Are you ok?
You could have killed him.
I had no bullets.
You're going?
Goodbye.
Did I say I'd let you go?
Tanaka's men are waiting at the door for you.
What's the date today? Where are my friends?
We have the same yellow skin.
I've never forgotten I'm Chinese.
Why do you treat me like this?
You kill Chinese!
Didn't Sun Yat Sen ill Chinese?
We have no money, no knowledge,
no guns or ammunition, and no science
but we do have people.
Sacrificing a few may bring strength and stability.
Don't say anymore!
I don't understand...
Call me a traitor I won't mind
because at least then you'll admitting I'm Chinese.
But I have not been used by the Japanese.
Isn't our Emperor now the head of Manchuria?
No...
He's just a puppet.
How do you know? Have you seen him?
Today Manchuria is the most developed and wealthy part of China
as well as being the most sophisticated and stable area.
The Nationalist Government & the Communists are fighting day & night
while people suffer.
What for? The Japanese are not so terrible.
No. I'm a man. I've pledged loyalty to my country.
Right! Use the Japanese to create order from chaos.
Once we're united we can recuperate
until we have the strength to drive out the Japanese.
No!
No man can be loyal to two masters.
Do we still have the strength left to fight a war?
We've been fighting ourselves for over a decade.
Now we have to fight the Japanese.
Do you know how many more will have to die?
Why are you so brutal? Why so cold-blooded?
I don't know.
But this is not what the University students says.
Never mind them.
The Japanese firing squads have killed them all.
You're the only survivor.
If you must kill,
why not kill me first?
They're knowledgeable, they're learned, they're...
They're just a mob. They were stirring things up.
- They're too naive & inexperienced. - Shut up!
- No right to meddle in state's affair. - Shut up!
Cloud.
Cloud. Do you know why I saved you?
My life is yours.
You want it, you take it.
Thank you.
1937, the 7/7 event.
Japan officially launches a full-scale invasion of China.
1940, Matsumoto.
Our army has achieved an overwhelming victory.
We no longer need public relations to disguise our intentions.
Kawashima Yoshiko has become unpredictable.
She can only damage our army's supreme reputation.
Kill her!
Chizuko let me it.
A lot of people want to kill me.
Secret agents, the nationalist army, the red army,
the anti-Japanese radicals. And you?
I've come to see you.
Since when did you start caring for your first love?
I'm getting old, getting nostalgic.
Old?
I'm beginning to lose my hair.
Sit for a while. I'll bathe and change.
Ah Fook.
If I have to die,
it would be so romantic to die in the arms of my first love.
Do I still count? How long have you had this?
I have a feeling time is running out.
I want to ask the gods to grant a request. Can I?
It's so strange. Life is like that.
So cheap before we die, so precious afterwards.
Aren't you going to offer incense?
What about you?
I don't believe in this.
You seem to have a lot on your mind. Do you want to consult the dead?
What do you want to know?
How old I'll be before naked women no longer excite me.
Priest, I want to ask if I can successfully complete my mission.
My name is Wong.
Born in the Year of the Water Dog.
Under the auspices of five lords.
Due to a woman's death.
Will take own life.
The body will lie in the wilderness,
Devoured by wild wild dogs.
Only if this Karma is overcome,
The destiny will change
And he shall prosper.
This is true only for those who believe.
Why not do what you came here for?
Return to Japan immediately. I'll arrange it.
Your travelling expenses, not quite a thousand yen.
Still a little short-changed.
Thanks. How long have you been working for Tanaka?
I want already in Changchun
when you first went to the North-East to find him.
I thought I was above it all,
but I've killed a lot of people.
Take care. Messages from the dead sometimes come true.
Not if you don't believe them. Take care.
1948, BeiPing.
Do you know who I am?
Go ask your Commander!
When I threw a party, what a scale it would be!
What guests used to come!
How many of the leaders of this government have worked under me?
You small fry!
What right do you have to even open your mouths before me?
Submit the evidence.
Miss Yoshiko. Don't make them angry.
Do you recognize these people?
I don't.
Lying!
The accused accepted the commission from Tanaka Takayoshi
to be the chief commander of the Anguo army of the fake Manchukuo,
and ordered the forces to kill anti-Japanese patriots.
What year?
The 20th year of the republic, the beginning of 1931.
I was born in Japan in the 10th year of the Republic.
In the 20th year of the Republic, I was just ten
an endearing little Japanese student.
How could I betray my country?
Nonsense! The accused has give a false age to confuse us.
Sir. Can you prove my present age?
Your Honour,
The accused has already contacted her father Kawashima Naniwa.
Her identification papers will be sent by mail as soon as possible.
I'm Japanese. You have no right to try me.
Once the evidence arrives, you'll have to repatriate me to Japan.
This is a letter from Mr. Kawashima.
I heard that Mr. Kawashima was under surveillance.
Because he was dealings with the Black Dragon Society.
He could be arrested as a war criminal.
I am Japanese. I was born in 1921.
I am Japanese.
He didn't dare fake your age and nationality.
He has his own problems.
This document of his will be very damaging for you.
a man who has lied all his life
why does he suddenly decide to be truthful in his old age?
Kam Bik Fai, original name Aijin Guoro Hin-tsee,
also known as Eastern Jewel, Japanese name Kawashima Yoshiko
is found guilty of collaborating with the enemy and thus of treason.
Her civil rights will be removed and her property confiscated.
She is sentenced to death.
Good! Down with the traitor. Good! Down with the collaborator.
The investigating committee wants you.
I'll wait for you in the interview room.
Who do you want with me?
Can you identify this bracelet? Is it yours?
If it is, we'll add it to the property to be confiscated.
It it's to be confiscated then it's not mine.
Look carefully.
Don't look at my face?
Sit properly!
It's mine.
I heard that now you have to use eleven million Chinese dollars
to buy one U.S. dollar. Is it true?
How do you manage to survive?
Chinese don't know how to manage their own country.
But if I was in charge
maybe you couldn't even buy one U.S. dollar with that amount.
Am I very ugly? Dare you not look at me?
You're not.
It seems they are going to execute you soon.
Don't feel sympathy for me.
At the execution
the bullets will be blanks. There will be no gunpowder.
When the time comes you'll have to fall as if you're shot.
I've arranged everything.
There are lots of things I don't understand.
I only feel...
I don't want you to die.
Ah Fook, it does not matter whether I die or not.
Maybe China would better after my death.
"When the clouds fall apart, the moon will appear".
Kawashima Yoshiko, fourteenth Princess of Prince Su of the Manchus,
original name Hin-tsee, alias Easter Jewel,
also known as Kam Bik Fai, aged 41,
is found guilty of treason. Appeal having been rejected
She is sentenced to death.