Eyes Of Dawn
- 6/11/1944 - Saito Coast Guard, Saipan
Affirmative! Saito platoon copy.
Affirmative! Battle readiness complete. Saito platoon, over.
Orders to assemble!
- Episode 8 - Originally Aired on 10/24/1991
- 6/11/1944 - US Troops Launch Offensive on Saipan
- 43rd Division Hospital, Saipan -
Help!
- Marpi Point, Saipan -
Matsuda, wake up! Matsuda...
Looks like the raid is over.
It just got started.
They'll only land after getting the better of us.
And once they do, all this will finally be over.
For the both of us.
- Has all the bacteria been injected? - We're reaching 80 percent completion.
Very well. You and I will personally release the rats when the time comes.
But aren't we evacuating the wounded first?
Evacuating?!
Where to, on an island like this?
They will be the second in line to be sacrificed.
The first would be us.
It's a true shame that our feats won't be recorded.
There might be another major enemy raid in the morning.
With the intent of destroying our last line of defense.
Meaning that they might land as early as tomorrow night,
or the morning after at worst.
- Harimoto. - Sir.
Everyone dies sooner or later.
You might come from Chosen, but I'll grant you the privilege of dying like an imperial solder.
Thank you, Sir.
That should do it.
Surviving can be much more painful than death itself.
The moment you realize that, you will gain courage.
What happens after one dies?
I was sold to a geisha house by my father at the age of twelve.
I started getting old, a man took off with everything I had saved...
I wonder if Kenzo is still alive...
Debts kept mounting, with no solution in sight.
So there I was,
finding my way to Manchuria.
I always thought to myself that I would be better off dying.
If we make it out of here, what will be next?
Will we get to go home?
I'm sure I'd live to regret the day we left this place,
saying to myself that dying here would have been better.
If you survive this, raise that kid well.
Meet that student-soldier who deployed for Burma.
Dying might not be that big a deal, but the same goes for living.
Be it the child in your womb, men, or money...
Just hold onto one of those.
Worship it for the rest of your days.
That's all it will take.
Are you cold? Why is it so damn cold in here?!
I'll be damned... What's with all this cold?
Hang in there.
You'll soon be home.
Think about home. And your mother.
Think of your mother and hang in there.
You'll only see her if you survive.
Relax. You must calm down.
Hang in there.
You must remain calm.
Medic!
Over there!
Come here and take a look at him.
What are you waiting for?
Here, try to stop the bleeding.
Don't move.
Don't... Don't go!
Don't go!!
Help me...
Medic, please...
Don't!
Help me.
Medic...
Don't go!!
Where are you going, Medic? Come here!
Give me some help.
What are you doing here?
Come here.
What's your affiliation?
You little... Have you lost your tongue? And what are you hiding?
This... It's nothing, Sir.
- Let me see. - What?
What... Isn't this dynamite?
You little...
You prick.
Take him!
Dynamite?!
Yes, Sir. It's a Chosen private from the explosives division named Kanemoto.
We're checking for possible collaborators.
- Bacteria Cultivation Lab - 43rd Div. Hospital, Saipan
Harimoto!
Are you crazy?
Look...
Harimoto.
Put that down.
Will I survive if I do? Captain Mita.
I'll only stop you from committing more atrocities!
Wait, Harimoto!
Let's talk.
You raised them yourself, remember?
I didn't!
You forced me to, Mita.
We're writing a page of history here, Harimoto.
- This is not something anyone could do. - Enough with those lies!
You're just as scared as I am!
And feel just as guilty.
How can people do something like this as if it was an everyday job?
Answer me, Mita.
You hate all this, don't you?
Isn't it?
Chosen scum!
What's going on here?
Rats!
- Walawbum - (Jambubum Range, Burma)
Keep your eyes open.
The enemy could be hiding anywhere.
But there's nothing to worry about.
There are almost no friendly forces left, so only death awaits us if we turn back.
All we need is the will to advance and fight until the end.
And if we meet the enemy, all the better.
We'll gain more accolades on our way to rejoining our forces.
Keep your eyes open... Stay alert and be ready to shoot.
Chosen student-soldier, do you finally understand?
This is what an imperial soldier's spirit is all about.
You really think I don't know what you're thinking?
You're dying to run away.
So you can be held prisoner by the British, right?
Listen... If you want to survive, follow me.
I'm not going to die. I'm an imperial soldier!
Our army's fighting spirit survives with me.
Told you, didn't I? He's possessed.
And by the worst demon of them all.
Son of a bitch.
Nothing to eat here, either.
Not a damn thing! There's nothing to eat!
Not even a single crop. Goddamn!
They're all dead! All of them!
And we'll be next.
We'll be next...
We're all dead...
When we get home, I'll open an udon stall.
Told you, right?
My family has this secret recipe for udon soup.
You'll always be welcome there.
You can come anytime and eat on the house.
Udon... Rice...
So why did you do that?
Remember you gave me those hardtacks?
It was all you had to eat...
Why did you give it to me?
Hardtack...
I shouldn't even have accepted it.
If I hadn't, I'd be running away on my own already.
Sakai... What's that supposed to mean?
There was a Joseon woman I met back in Nanjing.
But you promised me... You said you wouldn't abandon me.
She told me she's pregnant with my child.
Hoping she'll make it alive, I find it even harder to kill now.
Because I keep thinking there must be someone hoping they'll survive as well.
I should have never met her to begin with.
Because I would have slaughtered you all by now.
When I was still armed, and had the strength to do it.
Goddamn... War is not that big of a deal, after all.
You kill before someone else kills you.
I should have realized it earlier.
Junko...
Sakai...
Sakai?
Sakai!
Sakai...
Sakai. Sakai...
Sakai!
Sakai...
- Marpi Point, Saipan -
Where are the comfort women?
Bring them out!
Why are you asking me that?
- Just find them! - Yeook, wake up.
Wear this.
Where are the women from the comfort station?
Get up, all of you!
Koga!
- Koga! - Yes!
You can leave the Japanese here, just choose the Chosen ones.
You.
Get up.
You.
You. You.
You.
Are you done? Sure you didn't miss any?
You're a comfort woman, too. Shouldn't you join them?
Get up.
Go.
What's going on?
With an American victory increasingly becoming reality,
the imperial army was ordered to wipe everything out.
And just like they destroyed their secret files, they also had to kill their comfort women,
because their existence itself would have brought shame to their legacy.
- Starring - CHOI Jaesung (Choi Daechi) CHAE Sira (Yoon Yeook) PARK Sangwon (Jang Harim)
JANG Hangseon (Oe) PARK Inhwan (Kubota) KIM Heunggi (Mita)
YOON Munshik (Koga) LEE Migyeong (Hanako) JUNG Myeonghwan (Kang Gyun)
- Written By - SONG Jina
- Based Upon the Novel By - KIM Seongjong
- Produced By - KIM Jonghak