SureNdrA - ETRG
This film is based on the history of Taiwan's aboriginal people
Mouna! Take it easy!
A good hunter waits patiently
Out of the way! Let me do it!
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Move!
Mouna! Mouna!
Mouna, be careful!
Mouna!
Mouna, here come the Bununs from Kntabang Clan!
Let's go! Come on!
Come on, let's go! Leave the boar!
There he is!
Mouna, get down!
Over there!
Mouna is over there! -Shoot him!
Come on! Hurry!
Listen to me! My name is Mouna Rudo!
Be alert when you hear this name again!
It's your Mouna! He's back!
It's Mouna!
Mouna is a true man now
Mouna is back!
Well done, Mouna!
The hero is back!
Mouna...
you've offered blood sacrifice to our ancestors' spirits
I hereby tattoo the marks of manhood on your face
From now on...
you shall abide by our ancestral spirit
to guard our clan and our hunting grounds
On the rainbow bridge
our ancestors' spirits await the reunion with your valiant soul
(ln 1 895)
(the island of Taiwan was ceded to Japan)
(under the Treaty of Shimonoseki between Japan and China)
The island of Taiwan is the new territory of our empire
yet to receive our Mikado's grace
The islanders are warlike innately
It's said that they're armed to fight us
but they're a scattered bunch, nothing to be afraid of
Wait! Hold on!
Hold on!
Charge!
Hold on!
Charge!
Once disembarked at Keelung Port
we must sweep the entire island with force
We must prevent any disrespect from the people
so as to gain their wholehearted allegiance to our empire of the sun
Especially the heartland of Taiwan occupied by the tribal savages
There are ample resources of lumber and mines in the mountains
Endless treasures...
Father, last night I dreamt of a deer with white spots around its eyes...
Sisin babblers are singing an auspicious song
Go ahead and hunt the deer in your dream
...for your own wedding
Listen to me!
Dance! Let's dance!
Everyone Dance!
Come and dance, my in-law!
Come on, everyone! Let's dance!
This is my son Mouna Rudo
The bravest and strongest warrior in Mehebu Clan
He'll be an unparalleled chief
You're wise to marry your daughter to him
Dance! Let's dance!
Let's cheer for them!
Be joyful, everyone!
Hey, my old friend!
Oh no! lt's him again
My old friend!
Hey, boss!
Must you wear such a big head on that small head of yours?
My old friend!
Mouna?
Seediqs from Toda -You from Tnbarah Clan, over here!
Hey, young man, don't you make trouble here
The tallest one is Mouna Rudo of Mehebu Clan from Tgdaya
You've come all the way here with so little meat for exchange?
Those of you from Toda are so shameless
Why don't you offer your hunting grounds to us for free?
Mouna Rudo, don't be too proud I'm not afraid of you
Mouna Rudo, l'm Temu Walis
I'll cut your head off when I grow up
Temu Walis?
You won't have the chance to grow up
Is that Temu Cire?
No, it's Temu Walis
I mean that grown-up man
I don't know. Not someone famous, I guess
Gather up, young men!
Come on! Bring your weapons!
Come with us! Quick!
Put these away!
Quick! All young men come with us!
Run!
Temu!
Mouna!
Mouna, he's one of our own
No one can ever run ahead of me, you hear?
Come on, Labay!
Are you alright?
Back off!
Put down your weapons! Go up there!
Hurry up!
Come on!
It's an ambush! Watch out!
Hide there! Quick!
They're up there!
Uwe! Uwe!
These intruders are out of their minds
How dare they show up at my doorstep
Retreat!
Throw them down!
Get out of here! Quick!
Hurry up!
Follow me!
I see. l see
I see
(A Short Account of Taiwan)
To find another route of attack
Come out, guys!
Bring your weapons!
All the human beings on this land
The gods bestow upon us a mortal life
But we are true men indeed
A true man dies in the battlefield
Stop it! lt'll never be ignited
And he strides to the heavenly home of our ancestors
There lies a fertile hunting ground
Be careful! -Over there!
That can only be guarded by a qualified true man
When he arrives at the heavenly home of our ancestors
he'll come across a beautiful rainbow bridge
The ancestors' spirits guarding it say...
"Let's take a look at your hands"
When the man opens his hands
we see bloodstains that can never be wiped clean
"Now you're a true man indeed!" says our ancestors' spirits
Stop!
"Go! Go ahead! My hero!"
"Your soul may now enter the heavenly home of our ancestors"
A man who's never decapitated an enemy or a woman who's not good at weaving
is not qualified to have their faces tattooed
the ancestors' spirits guarding it would see their clean faces and ask...
"You're not true Seediqs"
"You're not qualified to enter the heavenly home of our ancestors"
Run, Mouna!
Just go!
Rudo, are you alright?
Father!
Mouna...
you must keep the intruders away from our clan
Mouna, do you understand?
Abide by our ancestral dictations
and be a Seediq Bale (a true man)
These are all yours?
I will never!
Mouna!
Stop it!
Mouna!
(Wushe, twenty-five years later)
Schools, clinics, grocery stores
post offices, hotels, boardinghouses...
We've managed to civilize all the Wushe savages
It's not an easy task
Hard to imagine that this was once the most uncivilized heartrland here
Carrying logs...
and walking from the lumberyard uphill to here takes them a whole day, doesn't it?
Don't worry. These savages are strong
And they're more than happy to earn some money for millet wine
No more wine for us please. We can't afford it
It's alright
This one's on me
You're indeed a beautiful serpent
Hey! It's going to rain
Stop drinking and go home! -Good morning, sir!
Good morning, Mr. Policeman
You've worked all day long for such a mean wage
and you waste it on wine?
What else can we do with so little money?
Yeah, right! We're savages, aren't we?
We aren't supposed to know anything about saving money
Yeah, Mr. Policeman. You're Japanese, sir
You don't know how hard our lives are
Only Mr. Wu here understands us
Excuse me -Hello
I'd like some salt, please -No problem
Oh no! lt's raining! Hurry up and go home, sir
Or your glorious uniform will be soaking wet
Go ahead!
Go on!
Run, sir! Your Japanese fur is too precious to spoil
Good morning
This is our policeman Hanaoka Jiro
This is our new police minister Ekawa Hakudo
Jiro is a savage too
Older sister -Older sister
Younger brother -Younger brother
Younger sister -Younger sister
Okay, one more time
Father -Father
Mother -Mother
Older brother -Older brother
Older sister...
Hurry! She's in labor!
Two savages can never give birth to a Japanese child
Are you alright, Hanako?
This job is for women only. What are you doing?
Dakis, get out of here! Get out!
(Mehebu Police Station)
Chief!
Pawan, why aren't you in school?
I'm sick
Sick? But you don't look like sick
Did your teacher beat you?
Chief, I hate the Japanese
Chief Mouna?
My grandpa said you were a hero when you were younger
Your grandpa said l was a hero when l was younger?
I'm still a hero. Does he know that?
Chief Mouna, will you take me along next time you go hunting?
Pawan, where is your hunting ground?
Chief Mouna!
Timber!
Hanako!
Awi!
What's wrong?
Are you alright?
What's wrong?
Are you alright?
Look what you have done!
How many times do l have to tell you that you cannot drag these logs along?
You destroyed the logs -Only the bark is scratched
The inside is still intact
You savages! How many times do I have to tell you?
What? You wanna fight?
The paths are slippery because of rain
He nearly lost his life slipping down a slope
Where is your log?
Slipped into the ravine
Do you know how expensive it is?
Pihu!
Yoshimura!
Chief Mouna...
Sir Yoshimura?
You're looking at me at such a disrespectful angle Aren't you afraid of being stabbed blind?
Who do you think you are?
You're not the boss here in Mehebu
I am!
You will not get paid today
The precious logs are destroyed
Do it again and you'll have to pay for the loss
Keep working! -With what?
We get nothing from working for you
What do you want us to pay with? -Pihu!
Chief Mouna, he... -l saw it
Go home!
Yoshimura, stop picking on them
You don't know nothing
I was educating them
These damn savages!
I'll have you pay for this some day
Good morning
What? Checking out guns?
Watan Robo is getting married We've got some preparations to do
Tado? Baso?
I heard your father Mouna Rudo
has mobilized lots of men for this hunt?
Yeah, but what can we hunt in those disappearing forests?
You've about hacked down all the trees on our hunting grounds
If we don't go hunting now
we'll have nothing left once the trees are all gone
Tado Mouna!
You'd better watch your mouth!
Savages will always be savages
They have no manners at all
Wait!
Pawan?
What is the kid doing there?
Pawan!
Chief Mouna! My hunting ground is right here!
Temu Walis?
You red-foot pheasant!
Don't you know this is the Mehebu hunting ground?
Mouna! lt's just a misunderstanding
This is the first time my eldest son goes hunting
I asked Temu to bring me here
Mouna, l asked Temu to teach him
Even so, you cannot trespass into our Mehebu hunting ground
This used to be our Toda hunting ground
You Mehebu clansmen robbed it from us
Rob it back if you can -Enough!
Mouna, can you do me this favor?
Kojima...
if you lived in Mehebu now, I'd do you this favor
But you live in Tnbarah Clan
Take these red-foot pheasants and get out of my hunting ground
I don't care if it's your hunting ground or theirs
because everything here belongs to us Japanese now
Temu, you just wait and see
Some day I'll destroy your Tnbarah Clan
Let's see who's killed first
I don't care if you're Mouna Rudo
Chief, the matches you wanted
Mouna! Mouna!
Bakan, why does Mouna need so many matches?
Who knows?
I've cut off the head of the Japanese Governor-general
Wow! What a party!
Sir Yoshimura
Whose wedding day is it?
It's Watan and Lubi's
Come! Have a drink with us, sir
No
No -Come on, have a drink
No way
I don't drink the wine with your nasty saliva in it
Come on, have a drink -l told you that l don't want to
Your hand is all dirty with blood
I invited you with good will -You son-of-a-bitch!
You've soiled me with blood!
Stop! -l don't need to reason with a savage
What is it? Let's go look!
Hurry up!
I know what you said just now with a boar's head in your hand
Out of my way! Say it again in Japanese if you dare
Say it again!
Get out of my way! -I dare you!
Tado!
Baso, kill him!
I'm holding down his feet! Beat him up!
I'm holding down his feet again!
Stop! All of you!
What is it? What the hell?
Stop! Stop! Yoshi...
Yoshimura
You're in big trouble
You have the nerve to beat me up -Let's kill him!
Shut your mouth!
Excuse us! Let us through!
I'll kill all you Mehebu clansmen
I'll kill you all
Let's do it, Father, before the Japanese kill us all
Why the hell did you provoke him when you knew he'd kill us all?
You're nothing but a bunch of hounds
that can only chase and hunt and know nothing of self-restraint
How much longer do I have to put up with you?
Out of my way!
Now you're here to bribe me with wine?
It's too late
I've filed the report on the case of you beating up a police officer
This time I'll destroy your clan
Yoshimura...
I, Mouna Rudo, come here to apologize to you personally
Stop being so arrogant
Who do you think you are?
You think you're still a chief?
You can't even control your own sons
I don't think you're qualified to be a chief anymore
Get out!
Who the hell let you in?
Get the hell out!
I don't want to see your faces again
Go home and rot!
Hey! Why did you do that to him? -Shut up!
Yoshimura has reported Tado's case to the substation
I can't believe this Yoshimura
Chief Mouna apologized to him personally
Why did he insist on filing the case?
Yoshimura and Sugiura are not the same as Kojima after all
They will never try to understand our people
If Kojima were living in Mehebu there wouldn't be so much trouble
Since l was very little
I've always been scared of Chief Mouna
It looks as if underneath his mantle he's always gripping his machete
ready to draw it to kill anytime
He's no ordinary man
He's impossible to be tamed
It must be difficult for him to torn between the expectations of his fellow tribesmen
and the intimidation of the Japanese
Aren't we living like that as well?
We don't want to be savages
but however hard we try to dress up like the Japanese
we'll always be seen as uncivilized people
We've lived like this for 20 years
Another 20 years won't be impossible
By the time our children grow up
maybe we will have changed forever the savage image of ours
Do we still have the chance?
Mehebu Clan may be wiped out soon
Chief Mouna!
What?
Chief Mouna, can you tell me something about Japan?
I know you've been there before
They have armies, cannons, machineguns
airplanes and large steamers in Japan
I know why you're asking me this
You don't really want to know Japan
All you want is to remind me how powerful the Japanese are
Don't worry. I'll never forget
Humph! You Japanese policemen
always provoke us so much that l want to hunt your heads
Chief Mouna, I'm still a Seediq
Although I'm now a Japanese policeman
I never forget that the same blood runs in our veins
Dakis, when you die are you entering a Japanese shrine?
Or the heavenly home of our ancestors?
I heard that...
in the school for savage children you beat up our kids like the Japanese do
I beat them up because I don't want the Japanese to look down on them
You graduated from Normal School
You're more highly-educated than any other Japanese policemen
But how come you get the lowest salary?
Don't the Japanese look down on you already?
Beating up your own people makes them look down on you even more
During our stay in Japan
the Japanese knew all of us chiefs from different clans hated one another
but they made us sit together at the dining table deliberately
We were glaring at one another all the time while we were eating
intending to draw our machetes and kill
Humph! The Japanese are good at these things
Chief, is it so bad to be ruled by the Japanese?
At least we're leading a civilized life
Is it so bad to be ruled by the Japanese?
Is it so good to be ruled by them?
Our men are forced to bend over to carry logs on our backs
and our women have to kneel down to serve and pour wine
I'm a chief
but all I can do is get drunk and pretend I see nothing and hear nothing
What else can l do?
Post offices? Stores? Schools?
Do any of those things make our lives easier and better?
Instead, we're made to see how impoverished we are
Chief, can't we bear it for another 20 years?
In 20 years, there will be no Seediq and there will be no hunting ground
All our children will have turned Japanese
Chief Mouna?
About Yoshimura... -I'm old
Don't worry
The Japanese are far too powerful
I won't go against them
Go home
This is the hunting ground that belongs to me only
Get lost
Chief... -Get lost!
Mouna!
Father?
Mouna, the tattoos on your face are still so dark and clear
You're indeed a Seediq Bale
You're a true hero
Mouna? Look at the lines on that rock
It split into half when struck by the lightening, didn't it?
In the dim light at dusk the lightening splits a rock into half
What a beautiful sight!
Father?
I can't keep the intruders away
Ah, it's for real
Here I am
I used to guard these mountains and forests bravely
Oh yes, it's for real
Mouna, let's sing
We haven't sung together for long
Reminisce the people from the past
Here I am
I used to guard these mountains and forests bravely
These are our mountains
These are our creeks
We're the true Seediq Bale
We go hunting in the mountains
We share food in our clan
We fetch water from the creeks
I'm willing to give my life for these
Oh, creek! Be quiet
Sisin babblers are singing
Sing us a beautiful song please
Sing for our people
a song of our ancestral spirit
I'm willing to give my life too
When the lightening rifts the rock
a rainbow appears
and a proud man emerges
Who is this man so proud?
It's your offspring
A Seediq Bale
Those Japanese are outrageous
I can't believe they beat up someone who offers them a drink
three girls from Boarung Clan were asked to serve them drinks
and they were raped
Why not to kill Yoshimura right on the spot?
Don't you remember how my family died?
My father killed only one Japanese man
and they burned my whole family alive
I was hiding in the woods watching
without even blinking my eyes
So...
that's why we can't kill only one Japanese man
We have to kill all of them to make a difference
Are you kidding me?
We wouldn't still be sitting here if we could kill them all
Now the Mehebu chief Mouna Rudo is driven to bay by that policeman from the lumberyard
and the day after tomorrow on October 27th is the big sports day
By then, all the Japanese in Wushe are going to gather in one place
Is it time already?
Father, there won't be a better chance
And we have no other choice
We can't have the Japanese look down on us anymore
We need to show them what we're made of
Let's fight them, Chief
Yeah! Let's fight them
Young men...
I hate the Japanese no less than you do
But do you realize that
we're going to die after all this and all our people will be wiped out?
Our ancestors shed their blood in exchange for our lives
Now we're taking our children along to the battlefield to shed blood
We're Seediq Bale, aren't we?
Temu, does your father know you're here?
My father told me that I should ask Chief Mouna
to help us youngsters get our faces tattooed
Father?
If we want revenge, it'd be the business of Mehebu Clan alone
But if we're offering a blood sacrifice to our ancestors
it will be the business of all the 1 2 clans in Wushe
Keep it a secret before action
We must tell none of the elders, children or women in all these clans
When did you...
I'm speaking here. Are you listening?
Keep it a secret before action
I knew Chief Mouna had a plan already
What do you know? It's your idea and your responsibility
Inform the chiefs of all the 12 clans
Tomorrow morning...
we're going to gather in Wushe
and offer a blood sacrifice
Our ancestors' spirits...
We're here for the guns. Sorry to disturb you
That old drunkard Mouna Rudo really can't take it anymore?
I'll ask the young men to get ready before they all get dead drunk
Young man, how dare you tell me these
in front of the police station!
No, I won't do it -Won't do it?
Chief Dahdo...
the chiefs of the other clans have all agreed to join us
and everything is ready now
Fighting the Japanese will lead us to death only
We've had three chiefs in our family that died of fighting the Japanese
Now we've stooped to bring you kids up
to carry on the lifeline of our people not to get killed on the battlefield
Chief... -We're not afraid of death
Even Chief Mouna agreed to do it
Chief Dahdo, they'll laugh at us if you don't do it
They can laugh at me for all I care
I'll never allow our Gungu Clan to join the battle. Period
But Chief... -Chief!
Are you going to be a hunter forever without guns or hunting grounds?
You have no tattoo on your face Don't forget whom you're talking to
What do we do now?
Tado, look! Only the gun barrel is left
No way
I won't allow our young clansmen to sacrifice themselves in vain with you maniacs
But... -I won't let out this secret of yours
Bring your women and children here to our Paran Clan
to keep the bloodline of your clan
What are you doing?
Hello, sir!
Come closer
Stop fooling around! Go home and clean your places up
Yes, sir
Go on!
Sorry
Okay, ready
One, two, three
I'm not going in
Make me proud in tomorrow's games
Can you stay with us, Father?
No, I can't. I have to go back before dark
You're spending the night here Be a good boy, you hear?
See you then
Bye -Take care
Let's go!
Why did you get all our hounds to bark like crazy?
Chief Mouna, didn't you say that you wouldn't do it?
Dakis, you're nothing but a police dog wearing a collar
Did your master send you here as a persuader? -Tado!
Dakis, you haven't answered my question from last time
When you die, are you entering a Japanese shrine or the heavenly home of our ancestors?
Are you Dakis? Or Hanaoka lchiro?
I'm a true Seediq tribesman. l am!
But... -lf you are, take off your uniform
and offer blood sacrifice to our ancestors with us tomorrow
You know well how many soldiers the Japanese have
You're going to get killed for nothing
There are more Japanese people than the tree leaves in the forest
than the pebbles in Jhuoshuei River
But my determination to fight them is more adamant than Mt. Chilai
If your civilization wants us to cringe
I'll show you the pride of savages
The true Seediq tribesmen
Listen carefully, Dakis
A Seediq Bale can lose his body
but he fights to keep his soul at all cost
A Seediq who loses his soul
will be forsaken by our ancestors' spirits
Do you understand...
...my child?
There are over 130 guns in the Wushe substation
and many boxes of ammunition too
On the sports day tomorrow
Jiro...Dakis Nawi will be on duty
I'll tell him everything beforehand
Father, will he betray us?
No, he won't
Can't believe all the gunpowder I spent years collecting will go to waste
What is it, Pihu? -They're all cowards!
Chief, only six clans are willing to join us
A little more than 300 men in all -300 men?
I tried so hard to persuade them
I was so incensed that I nearly drew my machete
But they... -Take it easy
Chief...
It's quite enough to have 300. Go home quietly
Don't get caught before action -Chief...
Get out of here. All of you
Get out!
The sun...
You don't think I know what you men are up to, do you?
I'm the chief's daughter
Wherever you're going the children and l will follow
Your job is to guard this firepan and keep the fire burning
When it's time to leave I'll take you along with me
Yamada!
(Do you know who I am?)
(I'm Tado Mouna, a true warrior)
He'll be an unparalleled chief
(I'm Tado Mouna, a true warrior)
Come on, coward -Who is it? What's going on?
Baso, what the hell?
What the hell are you doing? Are you out of your mind?
Shut up!
(I'm a true warrior)
(I'm a Seediq Bale, a true warrior)
(Your soul is welcome to dwell with me)
(I'll feed you with millet wine and foods)
(There's no longer hatred between us)
(When you bleed, the animosity between you and me no longer exists)
(You'll be with our ancestors' spirits)
(to watch over my people)
Women! Children! Why aren't you singing?
Sing!
Mouna!
My old friend!
Mouna! Chief Mouna!
Shut up!
Not you
Tanah, split your men into two teams
You lead one team along Bkasan River to annihilate all the police stations
and cut off the communication of the Japanese to the east
The other team follows me to Gungu Clan to meet up with other clans
What do we do after those police stations are annihilated?
After that? Come to Mehebu Clan for a drink
Chief Mouna!
Where are they? Aren't they here yet?
They're all here
but Chief Dahdo doesn't allow our Gungu Clan to join in the battle
Everyone's trying to convince him
Have all the police stations been annihilated?
We've burned down every one of them
I said no
Our clan is big. We must join in
Chief Dahdo...
even a boar fights back when driven to bay Why don't you understand?
I'd rather be punished by the Japanese than have our whole clan wiped out
My children, don't you remember how your fathers died?
No one from our Gungu Clan is allowed to go
Are you frightened to death by the Japanese? Or are you spoiled by them?
Chief! Chief Mouna!
You know well that we're bound to lose this battle
Why do you insist on fighting it?
Because of our ancestral spirit that's soon to be forgotten
Look at these young men
Their faces are clean without the Seediq tattoos
Do you want to see their souls forsaken by our ancestors' spirits?
Or don't you think they're qualified to be Seediq Bale with hands stained with blood?
Ancestral spirit?
Ancestral spirit!
You want to sacrifice their lives in exchange for these tattoos
but what does it take to get these young lives back?
Pride!
Let's go!
Here comes your brother. Good luck!
Good luck!
What a thick mist!
Yeah, it's often misty around here
Come on, have more hot tea. It's chilly
Thank you
We still have time for a rest
Be careful! -I'm sorry
Are you alright? -Yeah, thank you
Let's do it. There's no turning back
My children.. .
at the other end of the rainbow in the heavenly home of our ancestors
lies a fertile hunting ground
Our ancestors are all there
Only brave souls are allowed to enter
It's the one hunting ground we cannot afford to lose
Fellow tribesmen!
My fellow tribesmen! Let's hunt the heads of our enemies
We can no longer keep the hunting ground in the Wushe mountains
Let's wash our souls clean with blood
Stride over the rainbow to our eternal hunting ground
We're offering a blood sacrifice to our ancestors
Young men, let our ancestors' spirits be possessed in your blades
Entrust your hatred to the clouds and mists
Let's do it
Be still! How many times do l have to tell you?
Go to the back of the line!
No, it's not what you think
Hello?
Really?
How fair-spoken you are! -No, you're too kind
Hatsuko!
What the hell! Lower you voice
Hanaoka? It's your shift at the ammunition storage
Hello
It's Ichiro!
This way please -Thank you
It's spectacular
All rise!
Be quiet!
Sing the national anthem
Our Mikado rules the world
For generations to come
Like sands accumulating to rocks
Get him!
Stop!
What's going on?
Keep playing! Come on!
Sing! Keep singing!
Keep singing!
Play it!
Keep singing!
Like sands accumulating to rocks
Get him!
Here comes the blood sacrifice!
Come on!
Run! Come on!
Hatsuko! Hatsuko!
Hatsuko!
Come on! Unlock the storage The savages are hunting heads
Hanaoka!
Unlock that one too!
Chief Mouna, my wife Obing is still dressed in kimono
Shut up! Open the door!
Run for your lives!
I'm a descendant from a samurai as well
Mr. Satsuka! -Come on!
Mr. Satsuka!
Hide in there! Be quiet!
Hush! Be quiet!
Aren't you a savage too? Why are you hiding with us?
We're offering blood sacrifice What are you daydreaming for?
Follow me!
Pawan!
Damned Japanese! l'll make you weep!
Come with me!
(Oh, my children, I know)
(In those passionate days)
(You've learned a song)
(To sing for the soon-be-forgotten ancestral spirit)
What on earth are you doing, my children?
(But my children!)
(Your hatred darkens the heaven and the earth)
Go to the school right now to save your daughter Obing
(Oh, see how the stars are dimming)
Didn't we agree not to kill the Hans?
You'd better stay sober today!
(The sound drifting down from the forest)
(Is it the sigh of our ancestors' spirits?)
(Or is it the sigh of the wind?)
(Oh, my children!)
(Look! The world keeps shivering)
(Look! The reddened earth is silent)
(Look! The bark of Pusu Qhuni is peeling off)
Get up!
This way!
I really can't run anymore!
(Touch your bloodstained hands)
I don't want to die here!
Tado, don't shoot!
Temu, you'd do anything to become a hero, huh?
(Can they still hold the sand from our hunting grounds?)
Where's the other one?
(Oh, my children! Do you know?)
(Time is light as a flame)
(Time is light as a f¤ame)
(Time is light as a flame)
Obing! -Jiro!
Obing! -l'm in here!
Obing! -Help me!
Father!
Why must you hunt heads?
(Oh, my children! Do you know?)
(How much pain do you swallow to sing the song of our ancestral spirit?)
(How much shame do you swallow to speak what you want to say?)
(How much regret do you swallow to fulfill your dreams?)
(Oh, children! What's wrong with you?) (Oh, my children! What exactly is wrong with you?)
Make a phone call!
The Wushe savages are massacring the Japanese
Make a phone call! -What happened?
Hurry! -How did it come to this?
Hurry up and call! -What happened?
What the hell? -The Wushe savages have revolted
The Wushe savages have revolted
Hurry up and call!
Yes?
What?
The Wushe savages are massacring the Japanese?
The Japanese knew already
The savages are likely to charge all the way into Puli
We're afraid even the plainsmen might seize the opportunity to join in the revolt
This is an emergency
All county governments please send in their armies and police forces
to lay siege to Wushe from Hualien and Tunghih
And I want to know if the Governor-general can dispatch the troops
Takun, what are you doing?
Takun!
You've got blood all over your body
Takun!
What's wrong with you?
Chief, today Mouna Rudo from Mehebu Clan
led the Seediqs from Tgdaya to offer a blood sacrifice to our ancestors
They've occupied the whole Wushe region
We Seediqs from Toda should join them as well
Let's kill this Japanese man!
No way!
Kojima is our friend He's a good Japanese, not a bad one
Go away!
Temu!
You're the chief of all the Seediqs from Toda
Why don't you drive the Japanese away and lead your own people?
Why should you expect the good Japanese to rule us?
He's right! We don't have any Japanese friends
Don't come any closer!
Have I been bad to you?
Kojima...
Is this how you repay me?
I can't fight back if you want me dead
But the Japanese government will do anything to punish you
We might as well die together
Kojima!
We have airplanes, but do you?
We have machineguns and cannons, but do you?
Think about how Mouna Rudo used to insult you
Last time when we're out hunting they threatened to kill you all
Don't you remember?
Are you willing to die with them in the battlefield?
Take it easy! There's more!
Hurry up!
Father, why did you give up Hakaw Supeitei?
Come on, let's go back to our clan
Back to our clan? You're giving up here as well?
Tado, you can't think like the Japanese when fighting them
You have to think like the wind
The wind?
The wind is invisible
Baso, give up everything, everyone and come back to the clan with me
Japanese airplanes!
Over there! -Fire!
Shoot it! Come on!
Are you so scared?
Are you really so scared?
I went head hunting for the first time when I was 15
I was so nervous that my arms and legs were trembling
But my eyes were sharp as arrows
As soon as l cut the enemy's head off
I forgot what it was like to be scared
because l knew I'd go back to my clan
to feast and celebrate, being treated as a hero
They would respect me for my bravery
However, it's different this time
We successfully offered a blood sacrifice to our ancestors today
and are now qualified to stride over the rainbow bridge
but what awaits us now is not a festive feast
but to choose how we die
Run the electricity!
Before we initiated the revolt
you knew it'd turn out like this, didn't you?
My children...
You've been very brave today
Our ancestors' spirits have seen it all
But the battle to come is the real one
It's a battle that will terrify the invaders
My children...
...don't be afraid
Every one of you is a Seediq Bale
Our ancestors' spirits know we're good warriors guarding our hunting grounds
The blood stains on your hands can prove it
Remember. . .
let's cross the rainbow bridge together
Attack!
Officer Goto!
What the hell are these savages up to?
The women and children from Boarung Clan are all here
Come on, let's go!
Have you packed up enough clothes, Mahung?
Yes, l have
Pawan, you kids know how to get there
Take the Boarung women and children along with those of us that are ready
Baso, l'm no longer a child
Don't let the dogs follow us. We don't have enough food
Jiro, let me stay with you
Jiro!
Let go of me! -All pregnant women go to Paran Clan
Auntie, I'm the wife of a policeman
but l'm the daughter of the Gungu Chief as well
Auntie, let go of me!
Give birth to your child in Paran Clan -Jiro! l want to stay with you!
I don't want to go there, Auntie!
I don't want to go there! I want to stay with you!
They're all pregnant
The Japanese won't harm them
This is Officer Kabasoa, sir
He's a local policeman and he knows the Wushe savages very well
Then why are you still alive?
He was not there when the incident happened
General, according to our investigation
there are six clans involved in the revolt over 300 warriors in all
Warriors?
You call them "warriors"
Each of these clans took actions separately at dawn and annihilated the local police stations
Then they got together to besiege Wushe
That's why we don't think it incidental
They had been planning it carefully from the beginning
Planning it carefully?
Mr. Kabasoa?
Don't you think you're overestimating these savages?
General, all our reinforcements were under fatal attacks yesterday
This is nothing but animal-like savagery
Once the rain stops, we'll besiege them immediately
Yes, sir!
Pawan!
What is it?
The cavern is right up ahead You can carry these over by yourselves
We have to go now
But where to?
No, Mother! -Grandmother!
Mother! -Grandmother!
No, Mother! -Grandmother!
What are you doing?
Mother, don't!
Grandmother! -What are you doing?
Chief Mouna and others will be here soon
Grandmother! -Mother!
You'll have to fight the Japanese for a long time
There's not enough food for all of us
What are you talking about?
Chief Mouna told us we're going to fight our decisive battle soon
Grandmother!
Pawan!
I'm so glad that you're a warrior now guarding our hunting grounds
We'll be waiting for you at the other end of the rainbow bridge
You'll be meeting us after you finish your glorious battles
Stop following us!
Fight for your hunting grounds -Mother!
Grandmother, don't you want me anymore?
Mother!
Pawan, please tell my husband Watan
that l'll have the wine ready for him at the other end of the rainbow bridge
Watan is building up huts in the cavern You can go tell him yourself
Lubi! Lubi!
Stop following us! -Mother!
Don't follow us! -Mother, don't!
Please... -Mother!
Don't cry -Grandmother!
Listen to me...
you're a grownup man now
Go on!
Grandmother! -To the battlefield!
Fight for your hunting grounds! -Grandmother!
To the battlefield!
Grandmother!
Mother! -Grandmother!
Mother!
Don't go, Mother! -Grandmother!
Mother...
With tears in my eyes
I'm walking along a wide road
I beseech you
Tell me if your hearts are at peace
Oh, poor innocent children
What's the matter with you?
We're really exhausted
Hanako?
You look just as pretty as you were on our wedding day
Good boy! Close your eyes!
My child, let's go together
Jiro?
Are we the subjects of Japan's Mikado?
Or the descendants of the Seediq ancestors?
Do it
Cut it up and end your conflicts right here and now
We don't have to go anywhere once we're dead
Let's both be free wandering spirits
Thank you
Chief, are we going for the decisive battle tomorrow?
Ah, it hurtrs!
Chief, the wounds are still fresh
Pawan, you're not a child anymore
Chief, can we fight the decisive battle now?
What's happening?
Give me the gun!
Let's go!
Stop! The savages!
Over there!
What the hell?
Fire!
Retreat!All retreat!
Seek covers! -Down there!
Quite slippery here
Are you alright?
Halt, everyone!
Jump!
Retreat downhill! Hide!
Out of the way!
Machine gun!
Step back! -Take aim!
You're aiming too high! Hold on to your guns!
Come on, fire it, Sapu! What are you waiting for?
I can't fire it
Move over! l'll do it!
Come on! Hurry up!
What the hell? Fell asleep or something?
Over there! Come on!
He's gone!
If I aim at the rock deliberately
will the bullet bounce off and hit the officer over there?
Why don't you give it a try?
No, it won't
Have you two got too many bullets?
No, but that is a military officer with a katana sword
Chief, Tado robbed a couple of machineguns
Chief Mouna asked us to bring you one and...
here's the ammunition and...
and this bag of sweet potatoes
Kids nowadays are so weak
Look how they pant with so little running
Do you know how to use it?
I don't think this machinegun works
Why did you give me one that doesn't work?
That damned Mouna!
Chief Dahdo...
My Paran relatives told me...
that your entire family committed suicide
Chief Dahdo, a bigger and more powerful army is coming our way
They have lots of cannons
Pawan, when l was young
I was no less strong or brave than your Mehebu Chief Mouna Rudo
you understand?
Awi, lead the group and retreat to Rkudaya
Chief!
Chief! Chief!
Fire!
Retreat! To Rkudaya!
Give it to me! Let's go!
Retreat to Rkudaya! Our chief's dead!
Come on!
Pihu, come on!
Retreat to Rkudaya!
Come on! To Rkudaya!
Come on! Let's go!
Come on!
Run in separate ways! Let's meet up in Rkudaya!
Hurry up! Come on!
Awi, come on!
Here comes the airplane again!
Why is Pihu still there?
Come on!
Hurry up, Pihu!
The bridge is collapsing!
Come on, the bridge is collapsing!
With thousands of soldiers and all kinds of powerful weapons
and you ended up being toyed with by 300 savages?
And you call yourselves military officers?
Those savages played hit and run
They're like ghosts
They ran easily over the ragged mountain paths that we barely walked properly on
We never knew where they came from or where they disappeared to
They were so unpredictable
For example, a kid named Pawan Nawi...
We saw him here the day before yesterday but we found him here yesterday
Then he was here today
These are three different places far away from one another
No one knows how he managed to do so
Pawan, have you fought any battle?
Pawan! -Chief Mouna!
Chief Dahdo Nokan from Gungu Clan was killed in a battle
Has anyone seen Mouna Rudo yet?
Answer me! -No, sir
That old bastard!
He had the guts to revolt but he dares not confront me personally
What kind of warrior is he? What kind of chief is he?
Be quiet!
They've got lines and lines of defense and endless reinforcement
I can't believe those savages would have battle plans so well-knit
Ask the high command to provide us with gas bombs
Gas bombs?
I wanted you to be civilized
but you forced me to be savage
You're Mouna Rudo
but l'm Kamada Yahiko
From now on...
you're part of the Japanese military and police forces
You'll have to follow our wartime decrees
Those of you who fight bravely will be rewarded accordingly
But those of you
who fail to take orders from the Japanese police or run away
will be punished harshly by law
Do you understand?
Mouna Rudo!
Gas bombs?
But sir, gas bombs are still being experimented on
We don't know the effects yet
Yes, sir
But currently it's not ready for use
Yes, sir
Come on!
Watan, you go that way!
Out of the way!
Don't stop! Run!
Shoot! Shoot him!
A Seediq from Tgdaya! -Where?
He's over there!
Burn it down!
Temu!
Come on! Run!
Let me help you, Awi
I'm ready
Let go, my brother
Pihu Walis...
Don't go! -Let go!
I'm in great pain
Don't go
Chief Mouna! It's me, Pawan
Chief Mouna! It's me, Pawan Nawi
Chief Mouna, we heard what Baso told you
We know that a large number of Japanese soldiers have gathered in Suku Clan
Time for the decisive battle, isn't it?
Chief Mouna, we have no family now Why don't you let us fight?
Like everyone else, none of us can sleep or eat
and we don't want to be killed by gas bombs
Chief Mouna, look at the tattoos on our faces We're not children anymore
Please let us fight the Japanese like everybody else
Then l can have a good, long rest
We're so tired
We're really exhausted
I'm not fighting anymore! No more!
You son of a bitch!
What do you mean by not fighting? -Kojima!
What do you mean by that? -Ko¤ima!
Pick it up! Pick up your gun!
Out of my way! -Temu!
We fight to offer blood sacrifice to our ancestors
not to revenge the death of your family
Temu, l know what you saw
but Mouna Rudo has spread the word asking for your head
This is not the time to make trouble
Is that our man?
Get him! He's a savage! Come on!
Stop!
What's wrong?
A savage ran over the suspension bridge into the woods
Gather up!
Gather up, First Team!
Gather up!
Good
Come closer...
Good
Stop, you little bastard
Aoki!
Okubo! -Aoki!
Where are you? -Aoki!
Okubo! -Aoki!
Aoki! Okubo!
Let's split up and search!
Aoki!
Stop!
Everybody, stop!
Where are you?
Okubo!
Someone's there!
Where? -ln that tree!
Get down!
Get down! -Hide!
Machineguns?
Get the mortars!
Signalman! Signalman!
Here come the savages!
It's you then
Chief, Baso is hit!
Baso! Baso!
Baso!
We're in the Mehebu Forest
Baso! Baso!
Baso, are you alright?
Baso, be still!
Retreat!
Come on, retreat!
Get out!
Get out! Hurry!
Get in! Come on!
Inside the hut! Come on!
Get in! Come on!
Out of here!
Don't come in! Get out!
Come on! Run!
Yes, sir
Is it Mehebu Clan?
Yes, sir
Aim all cannons at the Mehebu Forest
End this battle before the sun's out
Tado! Kill me!
Come on!
It hurts so badly!
Out of the way!
Cut my head off! You hear me?
Get off him!
It's beautiful
So beautiful
Stop firing please
They ran away
Fight till you drop! Seediq Bale!
Fire the cannons! Fire!
We're under attack!
You damned Japanese! Get out of our territory!
That's one favor I did you Mehebus today helping you drive our the intruders
Out of my way! Let me kill them!
Temu, give me the bullets!
Climb up there!
Sine! Sine!
Sine!
Sine! Sine!
Stop!
Come back here!
You take care of him!
Load the guns! Come on!
Pawan?
You Japanese are finished!
Quick! - Catch him!
Off with his head!
Stop!
Don't let him slip away!
Mouna Rudo!
Stop running!
Kill until our blood runs out!
The heavenly home of our ancestors, here we come!
I'm a chief, not your little brother
Iyung! lyung!
Don't touch it, lyung
Iyung!
What are you doing? Move!
Look out! lt's falling down!
Pawan! Get out of there!
Pawan, get out now!
Pawan!
Iyung! lyung!
Are you alright?
Pawan, l've got a good gun
What's wrong?
Batu! -Dakis!
Move!
Ubus!
Come on! The Japanese are out!
Watch out over there!
There's one behind him!
Don't go there!
Stop!
Bomb!
So you're Mouna Rudo
Now l see you clearly
Tado, how do we dodge those cannons?
Chief, let this ghost lead the way
Fire!
Look!
Cherry blossoms everywhere!
Once upon a time on Mt. White Stone there was a big tree called Pusu Qhuni
The tree trunk was half wood, half stone
One day, a boy and a girl were born from the tree trunk
Then the couple gave birth to lots of children
and here we are, the Seediq Bale
300 warriors against thousands of soldiers
Those survived the battle killed themselves eventually
Why did l see in such a remote mountain area in Taiwan
the bushido of samurais that died over a century ago in Japan?
Is it because the cherry blossoms here are far too red?
No, these flowers have bloomed early this year
It isn't the season of cherry blossoms yet
(On October 27, 1930)
(The Seediq tribe of Taiwan's mountain region burst into large-scale revolt)
(Of the 1,236 people of the six tribes that took up arms)
(less than 300 survived after 50 days of battle)
(The few surviving tribesmen were forced) (to relocate to a compound along Peikang River)
(where the Japanese could monitor them easily)
(As of today, they have never returned to their homeland)
Behold! The beautiful rainbow over the hilltop!
My wife and children, have you brewed the wine?
Drink it! The wine we offer to our ancestors' spirits
Behold! What beautiful rainbow! My ancestors are calling me!
My wife and children! Are you on your way to meet our ancestors spirits?
We should get going too
Stand still, our people who keep the bloodline going
We will be proud like a true Seediq
Our bodiless spirits will be watching over you f¤om the rainbow bridge
Behold! What beautiful rainbow! My ancestors are calling me!
My wife and children! Are you on your way to meet our ancestors spirits?
We should be on our way too
Tell every child to live on forever
To live on like a true Seediq
Our bodiless spirits will keep you company in the woods
Look! -Drink! Drink!
What a beautiful sky! -We should be on our way
Look! -Drink! Drink!
What a beautiful sky! -We should be on our way
Children!
Did you see that? We see the rainbow
Children!
Did you see that? We see the rainbow
Children!
Did you see that? We see the rainbow
Children!
Did you see that? We see the rainbow
Children!
Did you see that? We see the rainbow
Children!
Did you see that? We see the rainbow
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