Isn't the air nice, Tatsuo?
You'll get used to it here soon
I'm sure you'll make good friends here
It's Jun-shik!
I'm faster than a car!
Grandpa!
You show the signs of a great imperial soldier already
Welcome, my boy
How've you been, Father?
Greet them
He's the new, young master
Jun-shik Kim, sir
I'm Eun-soo Kim, sir
Great, Tatsuo
You have a new friend your age
Tatsuo runs well. Like you
My brother's the best runner in Kyung-sung, sir
I'm the best in Tokyo
No match for a country boy
Wanna race me?
Ready
Go!
Hasegawa beat Korea's Jun-shik Kim in the 4th high school marathons!
Korea's son, Jun-shik Kim, beat Hasegawa Tatsuo and won!
"HASEGAWA TATSUO WINS NATIONAL MARATHONS AGAIN!"
"KIM JUN-SHIK WINS!"
Congratulations
Jun-shik Kim, the light of Korean marathon
Hasegawa Tatsuo, the star of Japanese marathon wins again
Good job chasing behind me
Must be your damn lucky day
Let's applaud Hasegawa Tatsuo
who won the national high school marathon
and brought great honor to Imperial Japan
Long live our Emperor!
Long live Imperial Japan!
Long live...
This is my grandson, Tatsuo
You must be very proud
I expect a lot from you
Thank you
It's a gift from the Japanese Minister of Defense
Open it
Yes, sir
Give me that!
Get away!
Grandfather! Grandfather!
- Father! - Grandfather! Grandfather!
Do something! Father, please! Do something!
You're a doctor who saves lives!
Why aren't you doing anything?
- You killed him! - No
You killed him!
No
Bring my grandfather back!
Let go!
He didn't kill anyone!
You bastards killed him!
Jun-shik!
Bring my grandfather back!
No!
- Daddy! - No! I didn't do it!
Daddy!
- Jun-shik! - Daddy!
Father!
Bring my grandfather back!
Father!
Jun-shik
Bring my grandfather back!
Let go!
- Father! Father -Daddy... Daddy
Don't show your face around here again
Or I might kill you
Korea's hero, Ki-jung Sohn won an Olympic gold medal! Rejoice!
MAY, 1938, KYUNG-SUNG, KOREA
Why do you have sandbags strapped on?
Are you a marathon runner?
Korea's luck in the marathon stops with Ki-jung Sohn
A Korean man will never be an Olympic victor again
Koreans are banned from Olympics
'cause Sohn covered the Japanese flag?
If you were a bomb,
I'd run straight into the Athletics Association
Marathon running is a science demanding concentration and fighting spirit
I'll prove it once and for all at the Olympic tryouts
Can you go any faster?
You might regret it
I'll pay double if you get there in 30 minutes
Triple for 20 minutes
Hold on tight
Your victory in the tryouts is a given
What is your goal in the Olympics?
I'll win the gold and set a new record
- What a laugh? - In honor of our great empire!
Look out!
Let's go! Coming through!
Move! Out of the way!
To a marathon gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics!
- Cheers! - Cheers!
You're quite the runner
Here you are
Double would've been fine
Opportunities come to those who don't give up
Jun-shik Kim
Jun-shik!
Are you okay?
Isn't that...
Are you all so happy over half of a race?
I'm Ki-jung Sohn
Ki-jung Sohn's in Japan
Wanna bet? If I win, I get to marry your sister
Hurry
You say Japan and Korea are one yet you ban Koreans from tryouts?
Are you claiming the Athletics Association is unjust?
Your comment, Mr. Chairman?
The board has decided
If a Japanese runner will win anyways, what's the problem?
It'll be boring for Hasegawa without Jun-shik Kim
I think Jun-shik Kim shouldn't be in the discussion
See!
Jun-shik Kim?
Jun-shik
Jun-shik Kim, what have you been up to?
What are your thoughts on the ban on Korean runners?
Are you still training?
How much do you train each day? Your comments, please
Mr. Hasegawa?
Are you confident you'll win even if Jun-shik Kim enters?
You think he stands a chance against me?
But aren't Jun-shik Kim's records better than yours?
That was in the past
You think a mere rickshaw driver can beat a well-trained marathoner?
If you could enter,
are you confident you can beat Hasegawa?
How good can a mere rickshaw driver be?
I'd be grateful just to enter the race
Here is your acceptance letter from Berlin Medical University
Sign it
The marathon is more important to me than my studies
This is the most important period in your life
Focus on your studies
Our men are sacrificing their lives to build a Greater East Asia
I don't want to be a coward who runs away from war
War is futile
You are insulting Grandfather
Tatsuo, watch what you say
Think of the people before your country
That's the way of a doctor
Then I must treat the Korean people who killed my grandfather?
Even if it kills me, I'll never do that
The picture is missing from the frame in my room
Jong-dae! Why you
Why would someone steal a picture of all things?
It should be around somewhere
Anyway, I hope you can enter the tryouts
Father will be so happy
Don't get your hopes up
Can't trust the Japs
Get more firewood. The fire's dying
Please?
It's so pretty
How do I look?
Eun-soo
I think you're the prettiest girl in all of Asia
"OLYMPIC TRYOUTS ENTRY FORM"
Please win and bring hope to Korea again
I can really enter the race?
Show them how scary a mere rickshaw driver can be!
Jun-shik
Listen carefully
The man in front of Jun-shik is Ki-jung Sohn
Then, you must be holding the Olympic tryouts entry form
If I'm right, hold it up high!
Yes!
Let me see!
Yes!
Sir! Sir!
Jun-shik!
Min-woo! Everyone!
Korea's best marathoner, Jun-shik Kim,
will run the marathon again!
Hurray for Jun-shik Kim! Hurray!
Jun-shik Kim! Jun-shik Kim!
Get the rice cake kings ate! Rice cakes here!
Here you are
Father picked it out himself
The best pair there is
Promise you'll win the race today?
Tatsuo
Your father will be here soon!
Look
Let's relieve all our Korean folks' heartaches today!
Jun-shik Kim! Jun-shik Kim!
Act according to the plans.
Runners to the starting line!
You can do it!
And they're off!
Tatsuo!
Go, Jun-shik
Tatsuo, go get 'em!
Hasegawa! Faster! Faster!
Jun-shik, you're half way there!
Don't mind Jun-shik Kim
Hasegawa! Spurt ahead!
Spurt ahead!
Hasegawa!
The runners will come into the stadium any minute!
Why are you so late?
A surgery took long
What a tense moment!
There! The runners can be finally seen!
Who is the first runner coming in? Who will it be?
As expected, it's Hasegawa with Kimura behind him!
What? There's another runner! It's Jun-shik Kim!
You can do it
Jun-shik
Jun-shik Kim!
Go, Jun-shik!
Kimura! Kimura!
Hey! What's that bastard doing!
Jun-shik!
Tatsuo!
Jun-shik!
Jun-shik! The rickshaw won!
Jun-shik Kim! Hurray!
Jun-shik Kim!
The last runner is coming in!
It's a dream come true!
The medals will be awarded soon
I knew you could do it!
Ladies and gentlemen, the results will now be announced
The winner of All Japan Olympic Marathon Tryouts is
Hasegawa Tatsuo!
Second is number 13, Ando!
Third is number 18, Kimura!
Will the three runners come up to the victory stand?
Hasegawa, Ando, and Kimura
Please come to the victory stand
- Jun-shik Kim was first! - What's he saying?
Jun-shik Kim!
Spectators, please calm down and be seated
Jun-shik Kim has been disqualified for blocking Kimura's way
Disqualified? How!
Jun-shik
Is this why you let me enter?
Go back. Didn't you hear you've been disqualified?
You should've run fair and square
Fair and square?
Crazy bastards
Try saying it again!
Jun-shik!
Damn bastards!
Jong-dae!
Hasegawa! Please come up to the victory stand,
immediately!
The winner of the Olympic tryouts is Jun-shik Kim!
Hasegawa, Ando, and Kimura!
Please come up, immediately!
You bastards cheated first!
Tatsuo!
This court has decided on the following sentence
Based on section 4 of the legal code,
all accomplices of the riot
will become Imperial soldiers
and swear allegiance to the Emperor
Mother!
I didn't do anything!
Jun-shik!
Eun-soo!
Jun-shik!
Father!
Jun-shik!
Soldiers must behave with decorum
Stop mumbling!
Soldiers must always improve their battle skills
I don't believe this
Soldiers must always improve their battle skills
Soldiers must serve with utmost loyalty
Soldiers must always be frugal
Frugal...
"JULY, 1939, NOMONHAN, MONGOLIAN BORDERLAND"
Retreat!
Everyone retreat!
That way!
Concentrate!
Get up there!
Retreat!
Min-woo!
You okay? It's me, Jun-shik
Wake up!
Shit. I should've fought for independence instead
Who would've guessed we'd end up fighting for the Japs here?
Our damn fortunes
I'm starving to death
You're hungry 24 hours a day
Grow up will you?
Hey! Hurry up!
Lazy Korean fools!
Yes, sir
Let's hurry
Hope you get shot down dead
He's really dead?
- Choon-bok! Your butt! - What?
Where's it coming from?
I almost got my head blown off
The broken wall at 1 o'clock
I heard the 1st regiment got attacked, too. It's him
Just our damn luck
Jong-dae! Cover me
No! Stay back, Jun-shik!
Cover him!
Choon-bok! Cover him!
Are you okay Jun-shik?
It's great you shot down just Japs, but Noda's gonna kill us
She killed so many
Hey! Don't hog all the food! Give me some
Don't slobber over it!
Give me some!
This is you?
You keep eating. I'll look at this
Fine, I'll show you. Let me see first
Not that sexy
She's crying
Cuz you took her picture
No, it's cuz you ate all her beef jerky
Fools. Why'd you make her cry?
The bullets happened to swerve and hit only Japanese soldiers?
Did the bitch smell
your Kimchi breath? Talk, you fools!
Speak, you bastards!
Who sent you here! Say it!
I'm Shirai from Hailaer
You raped my mother before my father, and raped me, too
Listen!
There are many like me in China
China will never lose to you!
I will never forgive! Never!
Tell me! Why did the bullets fly past you Korean rubbish!
Speak, you bastards!
Damn it! Stop it!
I said no speaking Korean!
Enough
That won't bring back the dead!
Go back to your work places
What's all this? Who's coming?
Colonel
I'm Colonel Takakura
Company, halt!
Attention!
What? Why's that bastard here?
Colonel Hasegawa, what brings you here?
Private Takakura ever drive past honorable Imperial soldiers' corpses?
Mukai!
Yes, sir
First!
For shamefully ordering a retreat,
you're demoted to private as of today
Second
Private Takakura will prove loyalty to our Emperor and commit hara-kiri!
Be thankful our Emperor granted you an honorable death!
Long live our Emperor!
Handle the deceased with due respect
Yes, sir
Remember, after feeding off corpses,
crows can come and gouge out your eyes
I'm Hasegawa Tatsuo
I came here to demolish
Soviet tanks!
I'll show them true power of the Imperial army!
When out of bullets, Imperial soldiers must charge with bayonets!
If bayonets are broken, we must fight with bare hands!
Imperial soldiers do not leave the battlefield till death!
Understood!
Yes, sir
We either win or die
First!
We'll build a pontoon bridge over Khalkhin River within 48 hours
Second!
We'll form a special suicide unit of 50 men to demolish tanks
All officers will stand with me at the vanguard of the special unit!
Mukai!
Yes, sir!
Write up the list and have it on my desk by tomorrow
Dismissed!
I'm sorry about your picture
I glued it together
Take it
I have a sister like you back home
My name is Jun-shik Kim
Thank you
"Shei-shei ni"?
The sun's going down! Hurry up, you bastards!
Stop dawdling!
Hurry up! Work harder!
When the sun goes down, it's over!
Squad 9!
Damn slow Korean dogs!
Build this in 2 days? He's insane!
They worked us from dawn! Where's the food!
Stop talking about food!
You're making me hungry
Choon-bok? What's "Shei-shei ni"?
Learning Chinese?
Why do you keep asking?
Just tell me
It means thank you
Stop working!
Attention!
At ease
I heard Tatsuo was your marathon rival
He didn't stand a chance
Jun-shik's way better!
Come out!
Keep that in your mouth and come out!
Choon-bok Hwang!
Come out faster than a bullet, or you'll drink all the water here!
Repeat after me
I'm a barbarian
I'm a Korean
Repeat that, keep the fish in, and do squats till sundown!
Begin!
Catching fish on duty or running during bedtime!
You think this is a playground?
Make sure everything gets incinerated
Yes, sir!
No!
How dare you!
Not my running shoes!
Oh, is that so?
If you wanna run, do it barefoot
Where are you going, fool!
Damn bastards!
How many more beatings you need! Korean dog!
No!
Gwang-choon? This side's sinking
What? There's a screw lose
Who unscrewed this?
It was there before
Squad 9! Step forward
If we went on like this tomorrow,
what would've happened?
From now on, the engineering unit will fix up Squad 9's area
Squad 9 will hold the faulty plank on their heads
And return to the base before sundown
The best marathoner will be leading you
The plank must be leveled! Keep it leveled!
Noda, the bastard!
Save your breath
Just walk, Jun-shik We'll hold up the plank
Don't worry
If you hurt your knee, it's over! Listen!
Keep it leveled!
One! Two!
How is it? Cool enough for you
Squad 9 sluggards!
John Yushe.
Yes sir.
Yueh Sanchin.
Yes sir.
Jong-dae Lee!
Yes, sir
Jun-shik Kim!
Yes, sir
Why're they calling us this time?
Attention!
The 50 soldiers called will fight in tomorrow's attack
On a special suicide mission with me
What did he say? Suicide? Us?
We will carry bombs and demolish enemy tanks at dawn
Fight like Imperial soldiers and die with honor
I'll kill anyone. Who dares retreat
Koreans should be honored to be included in this heroic mission
I'm not taking part in this operation
Oh, really?
For what reason?
The Korean soldiers and I didn't volunteer
we cannot consent to a mission that demands death
Your permission to shoot, sir!
Dare disobey me?
All Koreans here, including our squad,
think the same
I'll ask again
Are you disobeying me?
This is insane
Execute him with the other POWs!
Before we march out tomorrow
Have fun on your last night
Stupid bastards!
Are you okay?
I'll be executed at dawn
Like this
The Japanese are evil
Korea and China are foolish
I'm not afraid to die
I'm just mad I couldn't kill more Japanese fools
If I could, I'd get more revenge
I'd kill them all!
What are you doing?
If we're gonna die like dogs, might as well save Jun-shik!
Hurry up
Hurry!
Shirai
Why her?
Pull her out!
Why? At a time like this
It's coming!
Run!
Get down!
Jun-shik!
Let's head to the bridge and go south
on Khalkin River to cross the border
Where's Min-woo? We're the only ones going?
He's out on a job with Noda
We can't take all 100 Koreans with us
Let's hurry
We don't have time. Come on.
Jun-shik!
Get on
Jun-shik! Jun-shik!
Jun-shik!
What's that?
It's an attack!
We could've gotten killed, too
Damn Japs! Good for them!
Let's go! Come on,
Jun-shik! Hurry up!
What's going on?
Soviet tanks are coming! Grab the oar!
Tanks?
Get on!
Jun-shik!
The tanks are coming!
Get on!
Go ahead without me
What did you say?
What the hell are you doing!
Crazy?
Get on, Jun-shik! Come on!
What the hell are you doing!
Come with us!
Let's all survive and meet again!
Jun-shik! Are you crazy?
Are you crazy?
Just get on!
If you go back, you're dead, too!
Come back! Jun-shik!
Jun-shik!
Jun-shik Kim!
Jun-shik!
Shirai!
Watch out!
Shirai is an ace shooter
Shirai!
Hurry.
Go save your friends
Thank you.
Stop!
Don't come!
Stop!
It's an attack!
Don't come!
It's an attack, sir!
Get ready for battle!
Block off the front with trucks!
Move the trucks up front!
The rest to the first line of defense!
To the first line of defense!
Defend the first line of defense!
To the first line of defense!
Charge!
Scatter!
Long live our Emperor!
Die bravely like a special suicide unit member!
You son of a bitch!
Min-woo! It's okay
You go and die bravely!
Min-woo!
Help me
Min-woo
Fools!
Imperial soldier don't retreat!
How dare you run away!
Charge!
Don't show your back to the enemy!
Don't back away!
Charge!
Don't back down!
Don't run! Fight! Charge!
Want to get everyone killed?
If you want to die, do it alone!
We're not dying like dogs!
Order the retreat!
Imperial soldiers must charge ahead even as ghosts!
Enough with the Imperial soldiers!
Order the retreat!
Colonel!
Here's your chance to die honorably as an Imperial soldier!
Long live our Emperor!
Long live Imperial Japan!
Where are we going?
Can we make it back home?
Hurry up!
Move it! You bastards!
"CHITA"
"OMSK"
"PERM"
"FEBRUARY, 1940, KUNGURSK, SOVIET UNION PRISONER OF WAR CAMP"
We are not prisoners of war, but criminals who started war
We'll repay our debts to Soviet Union with dedicated labor and reform
As proof you'll carry out the oath
The leader of you Japanese dogs,
Hasegawa Tatsuo, must step on your national flag
We're not labors or criminals,
but proud Imperial soldiers!
You have no right to force us to reform!
Imperial Japan will not abandon you!
Keep your dignity till the day
you return and fight with honor!
Long live our Emperor!
Long live Imperial Japan!
Hurry up! Move it!
Walk in a line!
Colonel! Don't fall asleep, sir!
Shut up, fool! Keep moving!
Hurry up! You yellow bastards!
You slow sluggards!
Newcomers to the left!
Old maggots to the right!
Hurry!
Line up, you bastards!
Newcomers to the left!
Old maggots to the right!
Choon-bok!
Gwang-choon!
- Jun-shik! - Jun-shik!
I thought you were dead!
What a relief you're all alive
Where's Jong-dae?
Jong-dae's here, but
Attention!
This is Anton, your supervisor
I'm Anton
If Area 3 doesn't shape up, it'll be hard to stay alive here