Although I study in a school which trains
great soldiers. But I did that
for protect my country
Not to take their country
I think we are same
at this point
So can I think that
we can begin to be friends
from now on?
As a friend, I should help you
What about this?
I’ll teach you Japanese from now on
Why you want to do this?
Didn’t you say I am your enemy?
If my enemy get stronger
I’ll not be lonely
Please
This is my friend Mr. Zhou
Today I took him here
to see my dojo here
Weiguo don’t speak when we were there
Follow me, I’ll tell you later
This’s my classmate and friend Weiguo Zhou
Today he came to visit our dojo
Just pay a visit, please go on
Who’re you. Dare to came to my place
Go and apologize to the girl
on your knees
Come on
It’s lucky to see Mr. Takeshita here
Since you came,please teach them something
If you say so, I will do that
Mr. Takeshita is a real
Beichen Sword samurai
I learned a lot today
No, you’ve been too polite
Mr. Watanabe is widely known for your kung fu
My teacher told me a lot
when I was in Tokyo
And he said
After I got Berlin
I should learn from you
Not at all. I’m flattered
Weiguo, what’s on your mind?
I got some questions
please just ask
What the hell is that little Chiba dojo
Taht little Chiba dojo is a kendo hall
Is a branch dojo of our Japan
Beichen Sword dojo in Germany
Beichen Sword
What is this Beichen Sword anyway
Beichen Sword
Is the biggest Kendo genro in Japan
It was built in Edo period
by our ancestor
Narimasa Endo Chiba
He mixed Beichen dream sword
And Sword together
My teacher Masao Chiba
is already the 7th generation
I saw the man there in the little Chiba dojo
were quite respectful to you
Who are you?
Do you have anything to do with Beichen Sword?
This dojo is a branch from Edo,
built by a senior of Beichen Sword,
Sadayoshi Chiba
Later, his successor left Japan
came to Berlin
and brought little Chiba dojo to Berlin
It is also an important branch
of our Beichen Sword
Now I am the only successor of
their leader
So they respect me
I don’t think so
I saw their respect,
is not like a courtesy
Should be something more than that
I know I can’t keep this from you
I forgot to mention that
Because I am kendo eight grade
Eight?
You’re so young,and you’re an eight?
How can the other survive from this
Weiguo, I’m glad that I met you in Germany
I hope we can friends forever
And I hope China and Japan can be friends
I’m glad we are friends
But see it from now
There can be no peace between our countries
However
We are still friends now
This is a good thing
Right
Mr. Takeshita, since we are friends
I want to ask you for a favor
I don't know if it is OK
If it is Weiguo asked
I’ll do anything if I am capable of
Can you teach me Kendo?
What? You won’t do it?
I will, just got surprised
Why you want to learn this all of sudden?
I don’t know either
Just thought I should try some
OK. Let’s start tomorrow
OK
Weiguo, it’s enough for today
No, you beat me
and tell me we were done? Come on
Weiguo, stop
You are not so good these days.
I can see you have something on mind
If it’s not in a good mood, you can’t
learn kendo - All right
Thank you for teaching me
There’s no need between us friends
Weiguo, what happened?
Nothing
Just some past when I was in China
It should be something very important
Right. If it’s not that,
I won’t came to Germany
with an identity like this
Weiguo, you must had something very different
Mr. Takeshita, we are friends
One day, I’ll tell you my past
Thank you
I’m sorry
Now that thoughts
have been bought to Japanese in Berlin
Weiguo
I’m afraid
You can’t go to Japanese residence
with your Chinese identity any more
The gale is raging and the storm is about to burst
Hope we can still be good friends
Of course we are
Learn from your accent
You are also from Tokyo?
I’m a Chinese
Your Japanese is much better
this countryman here
Please enjoy yourself
I had to admit, I appreciate your courage
to tell them you’re Chinese here.
Do you know
If you said you’re from Tokyo just now
She will be yours
Mr. Takeshita, I have a fiancee
I came to learn things can protect my country
and my wife from the danger outside
I can tell, you love her very much
Where’s she now?
Nanjing
What are you thinking
Miss home?
Miss my father
My wife
My country
I have homesick too, I miss the sakura in Tokyo
Miss my teacher
Here, cheers
Takeshita
I always have a question
in my heart
I want to know the answer
Please say it
Why did you help me?
You want the truth?
I hope we loose the war
Why
Because China is just like a sleeping lion
It’s just a dream
That say Japan can beat China
It’s too childish to choose China as our enemy
Why is that?
Cause the result we will get
can only be beaten by five thousand years
Chinese civilization
So I can tell you
China can not be beaten by any country
You are a Japanese
Why you think like that?
Just because I am a Japanese
So I don’t want to see my country perish
But there will be a war between us
At least, we are still friends tonight
Right. Weiguo
How wonderful it would be if there’s no war
Cheers
July,7 1937, Japan lauched
"July,7th Incident". Raise the curtain
for all-out war of aggression against China
Weiguo, it’s the first time you beat me
You are getting confuse
It finally begins
Although we both know it will happen
I got an order this morning
We’ll be send back tomorrow night
and waiting for further order
I got a same order from my country
Safe journey
I’m so sorry about it, but we are both soldiers
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier
We can’t decide it ourselves
But we are still friends
Whatever the situation goes with our country
I will try not to meet you in a combat
You’re wrong, once the war begins
We’ll meet in the battlefield any minute
My ancestors used to break off friendship
by cutting their close into two pieces
Today our friendship end as the land before
Remember
The second you come to our land with your weapon
You become an invader an enemy
If we meet one day in the combat
Weiguo Zhou will do whatever I can
and show you no mercy
But if you didn’t come to China
as a Japanese soldier
Never hurt a Chinese
You can visit me
as a friend of mine
At ease! Attention!
All the 9th term General Military School
students study in Berlin milirary school
Everyone. Saute to our country!
Weiguo Zhou, Xinpu Sun, have been named
major of the National Revolutionary Army
Weiguo Zhou as battalion of National Revolutionary
Army 3rd battalion, 522 regiment,87division
Xinpu Sun as National Revolutionary Army
2nd batallion，706 regiment,87 division
Report yourself at Mount Hou base in 2 days
It’s time for us to do something
Come on, let’s have a drink in old Zhengxing
I can’t go today
I need to see Xiao Ya
Miss your fiancee?
Get married
Right. See you tomorrow night at old Zhengxing
Who’s that?
Who’s there?
Am I dreaming?
You’re back for real?
Why didn’t you tell me?
How are you?
I’m fine. I miss you
I miss you too
It’s really my Tu back
Xiao Ya. You lost some weight
You did
Did you have dinner?
Let me cook you something
Brother Sun, look at you
Didn't stop smiling since you met my bro,right?
Sit
Xinpu, look who is there
Who’s that?
- Liu Yuan - Xinpu
Nice to meet you. Sit
Liu Yuan, I’m always wandering
How did you escape from the police office
under these guards there
It’s you!Weiguo Zhou
I know only you in our military school
can do such a thing
I like that
Brother Liu Yuan, I always thought
you’re the best in our term
How can you became a communist
What’s wrong with the communist?
I think there’s nothing wrong
with the communist’s concept
Xiao Ya,let’s put these politics behind
Forget the past
Let’s have a drink.
Now our country is in danger
Forget what nationalist or communist
We are all brothers
Tomorrow we’ll face the enemy together
- Cheers! - Cheers!
August,14,1937 General Zhizhong Zhang
With 87tn,88th division
Hit the Japanese inYangshu Pu, Hongkou District
of Shanghai in force
Battle of Shanghai between China and Japan begins
1st company commander, their artilleryman is too
close.There will be some serious consequence
Give me some man
Dressed on Japan uniform, I’ll take them strike
- Yes,sir. – Follow me
2nd, take cover and stay ready
1st,feign attack, map!
Commander!
Password!
Good luck holds
Commander
Three big gun, no trial fire
Six-shoot quick shoot
- Towards the Japanese field now – yes,sir
Right. Take two bid guns in pieces
Others left with trap mines now – yes sir
Sir, it’s totally addictive fighting with you
These Japs are pretty fucked up
the minute they meet you
You have my life sir
Stop bullshitting, you own your life
Keep it well and kill more japs. Let’s go
Report! The commander of 2nd battalion
got one in the head
when he was listen to the report
and dead right way
Orderly
Inform the superior, they have snipers
- Yes,sir – Orders
First
No one shall not show their body
out of the trench
Second
All the officers shall not wear their rank signals
Third
All the soldiers shall not salute to the superiors
Fourth
Soldiers shall not be around their superiors
Fifth
No fire or smoking in the field
aroud the artillery defense
Yes, sir
Dude, you hear that
They said the commander of 522 regiment
Got killed by a sniper
Is that real?
Yeah, lucky we got a smarter commander
Of course, move inside a little
It’s OK. I’m not some officer
Always right to be careful
Right
Stand down
Right, brother, I owe you one
You’re Weiguo Zhou
Education Director
Acting commander Weiguo Zhou of
522regiment,261bridge,87division report
We can save this
Tell me, how do you know that
The Japs are gonna shoot me?
They got snipers
Aimed at our officers and artillery surveyor
We are already suffer looses because
of our lack of preparation
Now you showed up in your uniform
Of course get you a target
You are saying I’m too loud?
No, I dare not
I wasn’t blame you
Right. Good
Education Director
The Jpas will find out they failed
They will call the big gun
Please follow us to the bomb shelter
You’re right. Go
I express my condolences to you all
in the name of Befehlshaber
Hope you can live with our Huangpu spirit
No fear for death and kill them more
We’ll protect our field until death
No D word
Keep your life
and kill them more
Understood!
The Japs are still there in our land
Not the time for death
Right. You’re a good man
Weiguo came from Huangpu
I will not be the shame of Huangpu
You’re the acting regiment commander?
What about the original commander?
He and the deputy got all killed
So the brigadier named me as an acting one
Take charge of the 522regiment
Now I officially named you
as colonel regimental commander of
522regiment,261 bridge, 87division
And now you need more men
I’ll give you one company
Give him my guard company
Yes, sir
Education Director, this can’t be it
The safety of Beijing and Shanghai are on your
shoulders, if anything happen to you
It will be my fault
The General should have no fear of death,
So would their soldiers be
Only in this way, we can win, it’s settled
Take my guard company
And you will hold this ground
I’ll die with it. – No D word
I need you hold it, not die with it
You said the Japs have their snipers
I didn’t notice that before
- And they got us a lot. – What about now?
I had report about this
Our regiment had made some protection about this
It went better now
But the others seems didn’t take it seriously
One regiment commander got shoot
this morning right in the front by the sniper
Fools
What’s your protections?
Report, Education Director
First
No one shall not show their body
out of the trench
Second
All the officers shall not wear their rank signals
Third
All the soldiers shall not salute to the superiors
Fourth
Soldiers shall not be around their superiors
Fifth
No fire or smoking in the field
Good.Very good
- Strategy adviser – yes,sir
Take these down and inform all
- the forces when we back – Yes, sir
The Japs got snipers
So should we
We must kick their asses badly
Yes, sir
But we got no sniper rifle and
no soldier either
Sniper rifle is a problem
Our whole Shanghai theater got four
divisions with whole set Germay equipment
I think it’s easy
to find sniper rifles there
As for the sniper soldiers
Get them trained in front
Yes, sir
Report
We had all pulled out
- move out – Yes, sir
November 9, 1937,Chinese army yield all the
position of south Suzhou River except city Nan Shi
and transfer to line Ping pu and Bai he crane.
November 12,mayor of Shanghai,Hongjun Yu
published "to all the citizens", Announced
Shanghai fell. At that day, the rest 522 regiment
became independent regiment, as the rearguard
force of the 9th Army, cover the whole army
to pull out
Xiao Ya
Brother Liu Yuan
Come with me
Xiao Ya, pack your things, go with me now
Go? Why? Where’re we going?
The Japs have already in Shanghai
Next one will be Nanjing
Our liaison office of the Eight Route Army
will move on to Wehan with the national government
I’ll escort the people involved to Yan`an
I have arranged it
You can go the Wuhan or Nanjing with me
I thought the government said
They will die with Nanjing
Right, but this gonna turn to a battle field here
Thanks for your kindness, brother Liu Yuan
I appreciate it
But I can’t leave with you
Weiguo is still in front
I can’t just leave
Just because Weiguo is in front
So you should come with me
But I promised him I will wait him here
Brother Liu Yuan, thanks
Xiao Ya, listen to me
You must go with me
No, I’m not going anywhere, I’ll wait him here
This is pull out? It’s just routed
Report! The Japs behind
is just half an hour away
How much are they?
Over a hundred
And they are behind our thousands of men here?
- 1st commander – Yes,sir
- Get your men and held them here – Yes,sir
Show you how we central army fight
Quick, let’s move
Fire
Kill them, guns, fire
And you dare to fight back?
Annihilate them
Report, we got them all
And we had less than 17men injured here
Each and everyone in the independent battalion
has proved his mettle.
Today we will fight until the last minute.
kill them all - kill them all
Medic
I can’t take it.- The medical kit, kit
We will take a short rest at Mount Kun
- Searching for the 9th Army Group – Yes, sir
Commander, water
Brother,
Which division?
We’re from the 81th division
The platoon leader talks like a Jap
What?
See them looks like back from the front?
They are Japs infiltrated in
- Go and take them – Yes,sir
Be quick
Stop there
Or I will shoot
Stop there
Take them
Freeze
Let’s move,go go go
Move
Be quick, move, behave
Brothers, you have to say something
We pulled out and got here
They just take us down
and killed some men of us
Just because they are central army
and we are native army here
Brothers, listen to me
We're the independent battalion of 81th division
They are Japs infiltrated in us
Take some men ,and get their clothes off
Brothers, they push it too far
You
- Report, they are Japanese.- Report, them too
See? They are Japanese
They all wear things like this
A big man with a diaper thing on
What else can they be?
What about that?
Should I take off your clothes?
On your knees
Right. I admit I’m a Japanese
- Kill him – Put down your weapon
According to the Geneva conventions
We are prisoner of war now
We should be treated in a humane way
No discriminate based on any reason and standards
No killing, slaughter, abuse nor torture
No taken custody in dangerous areas
No hostage
No offend or reduce our dignity
Including being threaten or bothered by the masses
And especially
No assault and
No revenge actions on us
No punishment from individual actions
And should be released right away after the war
All right, you got it all in mind
Relax
We will obey
The Geneva convention about the prisoner in war