Original subtitles

Sonoko, I Love you?

You all right, Sankichi? With all these air raids?

The war is Lost. We're all going to die.

I paid you. You could make an effort.

Someone's coming.

No big deal. It's Doctor Akagi.

House-call?

Probably hepatitis.

Why?

They call Akagi "Dr. Liver."

All his patients have hepatitis.

Is he a quack?

EMOTO Akira

ASO Kumiko

Directed by IMAMURA Shohei

KANZO SENSEl

Company, halt!

Transfer to your custody:

95 prisoners. No special observations.

Confirm receipt of 95 prisoners!

Move it up! Inside!

Major Nosaka.

Could there be a spy among them?

Don't talk nonsense.

The neighboring shipyards get bombed, but we don't.

The planes must be getting tipped off.

No, the reconnaissance planes spotted the prisoners.

The 2nd Lieut, agrees with me.

No one's getting promoted around here.

As for him, he drinks too much.

By the way, the officers' club is closed.

- The Shiunkaku? - They say someone got typhus.

ALL TOGETHER FOR THE FINAL BATTLE

SHIUNKAKU CLUB

CLOSED FOR TYPHUS - ARMY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

The army says it looks like Satsuki has typhus.

And last night, Momoyo complained of stomach pains.

No fever...

Look up. Stick out your belly.

Let me see your stomach.

Doctor, is it really typhus?

What nasty business.

Bend your knees.

Deep breath.

Exhale.

It's hepatitis.

The army must've misdiagnosed.

Anyway, we'll do a blood work-up.

Being a family doctor is all legs.'

'One leg broken, he'll run on the other.'

'Both legs broken, he'll run on his hands.'

'Exhausted, he runs. Asleep, he runs.'

'Even averse to running, he'll run his life away.'

Masuyo, what's up?

Only sardines.

Sardines. What a treat.

Doctor, it's horrible.

- It's my son. - Is he sick?

- That burn has fallen in love. - Loosen your top.

The daughter of Gen, the fisherman.

Name is Sonoko, she's a whore.

No harm in that.

She's a looker, really built.

She's no genius. But for Sankichi she's just right.

Please! I don't care for whores.

After all, Sankichi is an accountant at City Hall.

So what's bothering you?

She's not our kind of people.

I don't see the difference.

I want that slut away from him!

Stick out your tongue.

Doctor, he'll listen to you.

Give him a talking-to. Please.

I heal sick people. Promiscuity's not my line.

Go see the bonze. Umemoto of the Raiko temple.

He's an experienced man.

That slut...

That Dr. Liver, what a quack!

'One month after Hitler and Eva Braun'

'were found dead together,'

'a defeated Germany cannot face its miserable state.'

'Steps taken by the occupying armies.'

'have spread disorder and chaos throughout the country.'

Cut it out, Eva Braun! It stinks of poverty.

All we have is whole grain rice.

It has to be husked.

Are we out of sake?

All gone. You drank it.

Don't resist.

Air-raid!

- I have a favor to ask you. - Masuyo?

It's my son, Sankichi, He's stuck on that whore.

So what? No harm in selling yourself.

Look at her. Come here.

She's a genuine Shimotsui whore.

Is she your new wife?

- Yes, my third. - I'm not the fourth?

Fermented cucumber?

If Sankichi breaks it off with Sonoko, I'll bring you cucumbers.

Give him a sermon. Talk him out of marrying Sonoko.

He'll listen to you.

If you bring me sake, I'll do anything you ask.

I'll bring you cucumbers.

I beg you... Blessed be the name of Buddha!

Hey! No disinfectant in the well!

If someone in the army is sick,

that doesn't mean we were the cause.

As we can't be sure, we've requested a temporary closing.

But we fear one of your employees has typhus.

Out of love for my country, I slave to provide quality service.

If I close one day, my eight employees will starve.

I know.

It's all up to you.

It's regulation; they all must be examined.

How long will that take?

I'm a busy man.

It's not easy being Chief Health Officer.

But it's all up to you...

Tomiko, you understand?

Right. Nothing. There's no virus.

Great!

You can't trust that military doctor.

Sankichi...

how many times have you had relations with Sonoko?

Up to now, five or six times.

She says she wants to stop.

True it's expensive.

Cost me a good 10,000 yen.

How much do you earn a month at City Hall?

80 yen.

So where do you get hold of 10,000 yen?

Well...

Just between us...

I dipped in the till a little bit.

I'm an accountant.

You idiot!

A statue of Kannon that washed up on the beach.

Pray to it as if it were Sonoko.

What good sardines, nice and plump!

The sake's good, too.

The army really lives it up.

The Imperial Army has connections.

Meanwhile, people have nothing to ear or drink.

How long ago did your wife die?

Almost 5 years ago. And your husband?

It's been thirteen years already.

That military doctor, who is he?

Lieut.-Col. Ikeda, Chief Health Officer, 47 years old.

He wants me, it makes me sick.

At your age, being wanted by a younger man

must be enjoyable.

You jealous? I wouldn't mind!

Come on.

Isn't this cozy?

I'm all mixed up in this Sonoko and Sankichi affair.

Thanks for sending me Masuyo!

Well, I'm not very good with that kind of case.

Sure. You know plenty about the subject.

This guy used to be a real ladies' man.

As a student in Tokyo, he knocked up his housekeeper's daughter.

Then, in Europe, he corrupted the German girls.

With all that inflation?

I fell for him, too.

I'd have married him in a second.

With his mother...

By the way, how's your son, Ichiro?

He's a doctor in Manchuria, in Harbin.

Lieutenant-colonel.

Unlike his father, he's earnest. And good-looking, too!

Takes after his mother.

Doctor!

- It's Dad! - What's wrong?

It's the asthma. He can't breathe and he's white as a sheet.

He's suffocating. Lay him down.

Sonoko, take his feet.

How did it happen?

He was spanking me.

Why did he hit you so hard?

He said she was a whore.

Sankichi's mother says you sell yourself. That true?

Yes, it's true.

Did you promise to marry Sankichi?

No! I don't love him, and, anyway, I have a husband.

It's over.

He's dead.

OK, I'll take it from here.

Daddy!

Doctor, I have a favor to ask of you.

Yes?

Sonoko... could you put her to work?

Left on her own, she'll sell herself.

The community group's reputation is at stake.

If you would hire her...

I can't spend my time watching over her.

I can't pay her much.

If need be, I'll give her temp work.

I'll pay her by the day.

I... beg... of you.

Don't worry, die in peace.

Blessed be the name of Buddha...

He had a wonderful doctor.

Hepatitis all day long. He's Dr. Liver.

Look at Sonoko, the spit and image of her mother.

Got whoring in the blood. Like mother, like daughter.

Guess so.

Sonoko, what are you doing here?

I'm a nurse now, it's been a week.

- Come see me. - You could replace the doctor.

Impossible!

All you do is say it's a liver problem.

Mizushima bombed...

'Yesterday at 8:30 a.m. a B-29 squadron attacked Mizushima.'

'For over an hour, firebombs were dropped.'

'But out planes and anti-aircraft...'

No rice today.

Have to make do with pumpkin.

Listen.

Now that you work here,

stop selling yourself.

Of course! Hardly ever.

No, never.

After lunch, I'm going to the medical center.

Apparently, I administer too much glucose.

Tamano City Medical Center Hibi Office

Doctor, how are you?

Your father was the school principal?

You cared for him up to the end.

What'll it be?

Apparently I administer too much glucose.

What honor, what embarrassment! Welcome!

Almost all my sick patients have epidemic hepatitis.

It seems you doubt this...

No, I wouldn't say doubt.

But glucose it in short supply,

and the army wants us to keen tabs.

Then convey my answer quite precisely!

For 5 years, epidemic hepatitis has spread wildly.

If we don't deal effectively with this problem,

I worry for my patient, for my nation,

and, very sincerely, for His Majesty, the Emperor.

just as with smallpox, cholera, malaria and tuberculosis

hepatitis must be battled vigorously.

You're absolutely right.

Well, pass that along to the army.

One moment, please...

We'll have to account to them.

- Like little children? - Well, in a way...

How old are you?

Going on fifty.

Mentally, you're a small child, and physically...

you have hepatitis!

10 sen?

Akagi!

Toriumi!

What are you doing here?

Cut off my morphine supply. Army orders.

They tell me I use too much glucose.

A surgeon can't be short of morphine.

Sure, but personal use must be cut down.

Don't worry, I hardly use it anymore.

You know everyone calls you "Doctor Liver?"

You too? You think I waste glucose?

Course not.

My patients have hepatitis, too.

We're in a real crisis.

In Europe, it's known as a contagious disease,

but in Japan, people are unaware.

They say hepatitis proliferates in wartime,

but where's the guilty party?

Still on the loose.

Must be a filterable virus.

Think so? A minuscule pathogenic agent?

Toriumi,

for your country,

join me in the anti-hepatitis crusade.

At our age, I couldn't be as naive as you.

Ten years ago, when I was a military doctor in Manchuria,

I was truly devoted to my country.

Then there was "the Nomonhan Incident"

The modern Soviet Army decimated us.

Twenty thousand dead in 4 months.

Now it's the same thing.

To hell with Japan's future!

For me, morphine will suffice.

I'm disgusted by the army's attitude, too.

But what about white tyranny?

China, India, the Philippines, Indonesia...

all soaked dry.

And the war is to liberate them?

Of course it is.

The emancipation of Asia is one of the main goals.

Japan wound up going to war.

I'm Japanese.

I'll fight all the way.

As a small-town doctor.

The war is lost.

My only son is on the battlefield.

Even if we know we'll lose, we must keep the faith.

'Rice rations will be cut 100/0'

'effective the 11th of next month.'

'Two measures per person per day will be allowed.'

'So let's try mixing it with potatoes, peas, or cereal.'

Doctor Akagi,

thank you for treating my mother.

You have an icterus, too.

It must be hepatitis.

Come see me in my office.

A Tokyo Medical School reunion. Should I go?

I miss Tokyo a bit.

Ah, the sea...

The tide is in. Just right for bass and sea bream.

You going? A real fisherman's daughter!

In his time, my father was the best fisherman around.

My late mother said so.

She said, he killed a whale by himself!

A whale?

HIBI RED LIGHT DISTRICT

See you again.

Come on, Sonoko, sing!

Mommy, I want to go home.

Your daddy is sick in bed,

I have to stay to make money.

You're 4 years old now, you can understand that.

I'm happy, you know.

Once, your father killed a whale. All by himself! I tasted it.

Was it good?

The best!

Whale meat from the tail

is much better than sea dream or tuna.

You're going to be pretty.

Lots of men will want you.

But Sonoko, no freebie lays.

What's a freebie lay?

Never give freebie lays.

Except for your one true love.

Don't forget!

What lovely bass! And sea bream!

I've got more.

That's plenty.

Sonoko, one second...

I'm short a geisha for tonight.

A volunteer at the factory. She's working tonight.

Could you fill in for her?

I've got the kimono and you can sing.

Aren't you closed? Anyway...

Don't worry. They're officers and big shots from the refinery.

Let's go. Quickly.

Good evening!

Kohacho, that woman last night, did she score?

Scored, scored, and scored again!

On your way!

Gee whizz!

Excuse me!

Gee whizz! Excuse me!

So hot!

I can't breathe!

Sonoko, please,

spend the night with the prison camp commander.

The pervert?

He's weird, but he's harmless.

Come on. He says he'll pay well.

Can't Sanae do it?

No, he wants you.

He was very specific.

We won't tell the doctor.

But...

'The enemy is now poised'

'to establish bases in the Mariannas, Iwojima and Okinawa.'

'In June, air-raids will intensify.'

'And so Kure, Kochi, Akashi, Gifu...'

Don't you like eggs anymore?

What's the matter?

You look tired.

I went fishing last night.

Toki, hand me the flag!

Hello, doctor!

You have a cold.

Better go to bed, or watch out for your liver.

I'll write you a prescription. Take care.

Where are you going, doctor?

To town. Okayama.

You're back.

'Dear Sis, we're starving. Go back to whoring. Please.'

'- Kenta. - Taeko.'

That you, Sonoko?

- Yeah, it's me. - What luck.

Here. It isn't much...

Mantis shrimp.

Thanks.

But why?

My son. He leaves tomorrow for the front.

Manabu?

- He got his orders? - Two days ago.

He's a straight arrow, and so awkward.

At 22, he's never known a woman.

So. Look.

I hate to ask. Couldn't you teach him?

You're childhood friends.

Well, I stopped doing that.

Don't say that. I'm begging you.

I'm down on my knees.

They say virgins attract enemy bullets.

That's why, Sonoko. Please!

Please, make a man of him.

I beg of you.

They say you prescribe

bed-rest and good food. Is that true?

That's right.

You know there's a war going on?

Treatment of hepatitis requires rest and proper diet.

It's just common sense.

We military doctors work day and night.

Bed-rest and big meals are waste!

My son is an army doctor. In Manchuria.

I know.

In any case, you better abide by limitations on glucose.

I can't say yes, but if that's an order, so be it.

But I'd like to submit a request.

What?

About typhus at the Club.

I've done blood work-ups on all the employees, several times.

No germ has been found.

Here are the test results.

Since there is no typhus,

I request the sanctions be lifted.

What is your relationship with the Club?

The owner is an old friend and a patient.

I'll think it over.

In my opinion, there is no germ.

Must be a mistake.

Two employees are sick in bed.

Right. They have hepatitis!

If we allow hepatitis to spread,

the nation will be on its knees.

When the enemy lands, we'll be wiped out.

Now...

are you going to launch an anti-hepatitis crusade?

In any case, I shall dedicate my life to it.

Stick to the subject.

The Army Health Department still has doubts.

The investigation must continue.

Take this back.

We'll keep the Club advised.

You may go now.

Next week, I'm going to Tokyo.

I shall see General Sakurai, Surgeons General of the Army.

I'll tell him about you,

what a devoted officer you are.

Enough.

Please send my regards to General Sakurai.

Bring my car around!

That Okayama over there?

I think so. Looks awful!

Manabu went to look around.

He's unstoppable.

I feel better.

Thank you, sincerely.

Manabu is finally a man.

Thanks to you, Sonoko.

More than a man. He fucks like a god!

I'm limp!

Here, it isn't much. But thank you very much.

No, we're childhood friends.

Take it anyway.

I've decided, I won't take it.

Thank you.

You mind? A good-luck charm for him.

What are you doing?

Luck in battle and long life...

HIBI CITY HALL Accounting Department

Boy it's hot.

Come with me.

Can I get clothing rations here?

Yes, one second.

Sit down.

I have some doubts about the books.

Doubts?

You know why.

We're going to be audited. You'll be caught.

Can you imagine? In wartime?

I say one word, you'll be shot.

Shot?

But I don't want to lose my little underling.

Look, don't say a word to anymore.

We'll work something out, the two of us.

Thank you, doctor.

I'll write you a prescription.

Beriberi. Nutritional deficiency especially vitamin B.

And you have hepatitis.

Follow the prescription.

If you don't eat better, you're playing with fire.

I have seven children.

With the rationing, we can't get by.

He's here!

No doubt about it. Hepatitis.

I'm giving you some glucose.

He has a little fever. Not serious.

I'll examine him later.

Sorry for my superior's rudeness the other day.

Forget it. Nowadays, we're nothing against the army.

No, I'm just fine.

Actually, I got my orders.

I see.

In view of the situation,

I'm ready to die for my country.

My father died of hepatitis.

You, doctor, battle it night and day.

I came to give you this.

Great.

A microscope.

Oblique angle.

Light it from the side,

the corpuscles sparkle.

I'd be happy if you can use it.

Thank you.

I'll be able to approach the pathogenic agent of hepatitis

With a higher definition lens,

and stronger light,

you can enlarge up to 2,000 times!

2,000 times?

- Doctor, time to eat. - Later!

Sonoko, come and look.

You haven't eaten since yesterday.

Don't worry.

How beautiful!

Yes, beautiful.

It's a species of bacteria.

That microcosm is full of life.

In the eyes of God, perhaps we are that small.

Are there men and women bacteria?

Neither male nor female,

just perpetual reproductive motion.

No prostitution?

That doesn't exist in nature.

Everyone copulates freely.

Only humans value chastity.

Still, prostitution is bad,

since you were born among humans.

Better off being bacteria. More fun.

You are truly incorrigible.

So are you.

You stop eating to watch bacteria!

I want to see the hepatitis agent.

If I can do that, perhaps I can fight it.

For an ordinary microscope, it's to small.

But, with an oblique angle...

Beautiful!

...we might glimpse the enemy's shadow.

Damn! Sonoko, air-raid.

Doctor, hurry!

Up there, bombs. Down here, hepatitis.

Dangers keep menacing Japan.

I understand now.

You're not a quack.

- You're a great man. - Hardly.

I'm just a small-town doctor.

You think only of your patients,

and at night, of bacteria.

I'm going to get a lens, in Tokyo.

Will they have one?

Since the war started, it's take care of number one.

All except for you.

I learned nothing in school.

I'm too stupid, I'm no good to you!

What's wrong? Sonoko, calm down.

I've fallen in love with you!

Wait a second.

I'm serious. Make love to me!

You go overboard.

Tomorrow, you'll change your mind.

Never!

Calm down. Your husband's at the front!

I won't sell myself anymore. I won't give in,

even if they must die in the war.

My mother told me, "no freebie lays."

What?

Except for my one true love.

And now I know that's you!

You...you work it all out your way. Wait!

One day, I'll kill a whale for you.

Welcome home.

Did you get my ticket to Tokyo?

You'll have to leave from Saidaiji.

The ticket's on your desk.

You can go to bed.

There's letter and a telegram.

What is it?

The laundry.

'Mr. Akagi Ichiro died from illness'

'near Harbin, with honors.'

What does it say?

Ichiro...

They say my son is dead.

Would you leave me alone?

'Dear Father, I hope you are well.'

'In answer to your question, hepatitis is transmitted'

'through oral, blood or sexual contact.'

'We are more or less sure of these results.'

'As it is a military secret,'

'we shall discuss it the next time I get leave.'

'Harbin, June 1st, 1945.'

'Akagi Ichiro.'

'Ichiro...'

'I solemnly vow'

'to dedicate the rest of my life...'

'whatever's left of it, to wiping out hepatitis.'

Tokyo University House

Mr. Sakurai!

Oh, Akagi, it's been a long time!

Ten years. Sorry for my silence.

Still a widower?

- Really? - Yes.

By the way I got a letter from Ikeda, of the Okayama Health Dept.

He had only praise for your work.

Everyone's here. Let's go in.

You'll say a few words, I hope?

Dr. Akagi Fuu has just arrived from Okayama.

It is our great pleasure to welcome him.

I practice in the country, in the middle of nowhere.

I'm sorry to miss your meetings.

Seeing Professor Mikawa today, looking so fit,

I suddenly feel much younger.

Now,

I'd like to make a request.

Following the "Manchuria Incident," in 1931,

a few cases of jaundice were noted, with hypertrophy of the liver.

Five years later, the number of these cases rose sharply.

Most patients suffering from the flu

also had hypertrophy of the liver.

So, after 4 or 5 years of the same diagnosis over and over,

it's a liver disorder, "it's your liver,"

I became known as "Dr. Liver."

Many of my patients left me, tired of my repetitive diagnoses.

Currently, 9000 of pneumonia

flu and digestive disorder cases are accompanied

by hypertrophy of the liver.

I've compiled case histories.

I have 1,500 of them so far.

But I do not intend to keep them to myself.

They are at your disposal, eminent researchers.

I only hope they will be of service to you.

Professor Sumio, if you please.

I am at the University of Nagasaki.

The words Dr. Akagi has just spoken

have moved me deeply, and inspired great respect.

Since the war started, liver infections have suddenly multiplied.

This is indisputable fact.

It can be said that liver disease is becoming the national illness.

Professor Hamamura, please.

I'm at Kanazawa University.

I agree entirely with Professor Sumio.

Fighting this affliction is a top priority for our Society.

Dr. Akagi has taught us a lesson

in competence and dedication which should be duly applauded.

Osumi, Asoka Hospital.

Everything Dr. Akagi said

confirms what I see daily at the hospital.

Practically every case of the flu

is accompanied by liver disease.

There are no words to express how hard it is

to practice in a removed area.

When I was young, I practiced way out in Tohoku,

and I know how hard it is to stay motivated

amid routines and superstitions.

You've continued fighting with courage and clear thinking,

compiling the considerable sum of 1,500 case histories.

Your words have moved me deeply.

I just wanted to tell you that, and to applaud you once again.

I was obviously not tonight's guest of honor.

That was unarguably Dr. Akagi Fuu. Right?

Did something happen?

Escaped prisoner, they say.

It's frightening.

Welcome home.

The curtains.

Does it fit?

Whew, it fits!

- Doctor? - What?

- A prisoner... - Escaped, I know.

Lock all the doors.

Last night, after Dr. Toriumi left, I went for a walk.

He was lying there, wounded.

Dokutoroo, dokutoroohe said. Means "doctor,"right?

What are you telling me?

The prisoner. I put him upstairs.

Upstairs here?

He was on the ground, badly hurt.

He doesn't have a health card.

Did you tell anymore?

He was spitting blood. I gave him potatoes.

Hello, Akagi Clinic.

It's Mr. Hakamada, from the movie theater.

Say I'll come tomorrow.

The doctor will come tomorrow.

Have a good rest.

The prisoner likes potatoes, not carrots.

You speak German?

What country are you from?

The Netherlands.

I am a soldier. I was captured in Sumatra.

What is your name?

Piet.

Alcohol.

Call Dr. Toriumi.

Tell him to come right away.

How were you injured?

I was accused of espionage.

They tortured me.

But I'm not guilty.

I said I knew nothing.

I waited for my chance,

I knocked the soldier out cold, and I escaped.

Please...

let me rest a while.

Of course. I'm a doctor.

Have no fear.

You OK, Toriumi?

I'm sick. Give me a shot.

Really! At a time like this?

- You'll be all right? - Yeah, I'm used to it.

There, all done.

I've got to talk to you. Come for a walk.

I can't. There's an emergency.

Come die with me. I beg you!

No, I don't want to die with you.

You nuts or what?

They caught me, at City Hall.

And I haven't got my orders. I'm done for.

For what you paid me.

Forget it, but I want to die with you!

I said no!

Get off me!

OFFICE CLOSED TODAY

Dr. Toriumi told me. This is for him.

You shouldn't. It's dangerous.

A Dutchman is big, needs a lot of food.

This one's not all that big.

But he's got a big thing!

Of course. He's a Dutchman.

The heart of a US soldier. Stick it!

Forward! Put a hole in it!

Mrs. Takahashi. How many times must tell you?

You keep forgetting! How will you protect the rear?

Get moving now! Two laps!

Double-time!

Doctor Akagi!

That's what I thought. It's you, the laundry man.

I didn't know you were a lieutenant.

I borrowed the uniform from work.

It's good for morale.

The army provides our strength.

How can such a nice man behave so brutally?

Got to live with the times.

Mrs. Takahashi has a bad heart.

Don't run her too much.

All right.

Is he upstairs?

Thanks to you, the old are happy.

They have to eat well and sleep.

I see he knows how to make the best of a situation.

You're over the flu,

but you have liver trouble.

Really?

It's swollen.

Does it hurt when I press here?

If we don't act, your belly will swell with water.

You need rest, and a shot of glucose.

Grandpa!

What now? Isn't Tetsu here?

He's in training. The customers are restless.

I'm a sick man...

but we need a projectionist.

The motor is blown.

Big trouble.

What's that?

It's an arc light.

How many 100-watt bulbs does it equal?

I'd say, several hundred.

Quick.

Wonderful!

Doctor, is that all right?

Thank you.

Don't mention it. We weren't using it.

A new weapon in the battle to wipe out hepatitis.

Can't see a thing.

You can't get up yet.

I feel better, doctor.

Hey, it's a microscope.

Can I see it? You set it up yourself?

I'm trying to improve it.

But I'm getting no place.

The condenser angle is off.

You have to adjust everything to the correct distance.

You know something about these things?

In Holland, I was a camera engineer, before I went in the army.

And would you be willing to help me out?

Doctor, you saved my life.

I'd be happy to help you.

A stroke of luck.

I study liver disease.

I know nothing about disease.

As long as you know about microscopes!

When the war is over, I'll tell my son about you.

How old is your son?

Six years old.

'Following the signing by Truman, Churchill'

'and Chiang Kai-shek of the Potsdam Declaration,'

'Japan has refused to surrender and will fight to the last man,'

'according to the Prime Minister's statement to the press.'

What an enormous machine!

That's good.

Now you just look into it.

You have a liver sample?

That's the problem.

I'd like a fresh one,

even living, if possible.

That's pretty tall order.

I'll go.

Piet, hide!

This doctor isn't in?

My father-in-law is dying!

He was so happy to drink sake.

He got sudden stomach pains, and he's not well.

Be right there.

Get my things.

Doctor, this way! Quick!

I can feel it. It's the end.

Hold on.

I want to go to the sea...

Acute hepatitis.

Hopeless?

Nothing to do. He won't last the night.

It hurts...

Sonoko, prepare the slot.

He needs peace and quiet. Could you leave us alone?

Thank you for your good care.

I'm done for...

Forget about the shot.

I have a favor to ask of you.

It's for your country and for science.

Would you agree to help me?

My wife revered you to her death.

I'll do anything you ask.

Actually...

There was nothing I could do.

I'm sorry.

Strange he asked for an immediate funeral,

with no wake.

Was it to join his late wife more quickly?

And why did he want us to cool down his belly?

It's so got. Probably out of courtesy.

Your family does bury their dead?

I'll open it.

He looks alive!

He's still yellow.

He's ice cold. He's really dead.

He's so heavy.

Well, it's for science.

I'll guard the grave.

Hurry up and operate.

We'll be right back.

This liver shall not go to waste.

It will serve medical science and ultimately our country.

Sure is heavy for an old man!

He had big bones.

I need a glass of water.

Rest, this is my domain.

First dissection since med school.

If only Ichiro were still here.

He was an excellent surgeon.

I had a nightmare.

Ichiro!

Stop, Ichiro.

You're a doctor.

The army

has a branch that dissects live subjects, they say.

I heard it in Manchuria.

Is it true?

They also say

they're researching germ warfare.

Really?

What's the matter?

They're only rumors.

Sonoko?

You tired?

I'm OK.

Sonoko, thank you.

Japanese women are sweet and courageous.

They're not like what I heard.

I don't understand.

That's good.

Got it.

It's Absolute!

No freebie lays! Got me?

'Freebie lays.'

Time to go!

The sample is ready.

It it a real liver? Grandpa Hakamada's?

I'm ready.

He pissing again?

Just like dogs!

What's the matter?

What is it?

A ray of light coming from in there.

The door is this way.

In principle, it should work.

This is an historic moment.

Is that...

the cause of hepatitis?

There he is!

We got him. We found the spy!

What is this? Take off your shoes at least!

- Stop! - Out of the way!

He's wounded!

Stop!

Stop it!

He has a broken arm!

Spare him. He's a good person.

- Idiots! - What?

Take them in.

Which one's Liver?

No one here. I am Akagi Fuu.

I am responsible.

Take him away!

This war will soon be over.

I'll never forget you.

This fucking war's going to end.

There are no miracles.

God or Buddha!

Forgive these asshole soldiers!

You helped the prisoner to escape.

Not at all.

I treated an escaped prisoner.

I'm a doctor.

Don't split hairs. You didn't turn him in.

In one week, he'd have been cured.

I'd have brought him in then.

He couldn't work anyway.

We have doctors here!

Didn't think of that? Quack!

Go ask the Army Surgeons General

if I'm a quack!

That wasn't necessary, really.

To what do I owe the honor?

Colonel, I need your help.

You can ask me anything.

I'm so glad!

Stubborn ass!

Lieutenant Sakashita...

The Major wants to see you.

It's for transmitting signals to airplanes.

Let's keep our wits.

That is a rather bulky microscope.

And that, is a movie projector lamp.

Where's the signal transmitter?

On close examination...

An escaped prisoner at the doctor's

The doctor treated his wounds. End of story.

Akagi is covered by the Chief Health Officer.

The other doctor's a morphine addict.

He'll be barred from practice.

The bonze and the girl, who cares?

But I mean...

Weren't you the one who let the prisoner escape?

This keeps up...

This keeps up, my job and yours will both be on the line.

We confiscate this.

After a stern warning, we release them all.

If need be, we can have them summoned.

That clear?

Assholes!

Bastards! They used my head as a punching bag!

Will Piet be all right?

I wouldn't count on it.

Actually, I wonder why they released us.

Me, too. I find that strange.

You didn't ask for this mess.

I love you, I don't care.

I'd even get beaten for you.

You just don't give up.

Telephone. Must be the call requested.

Watch where you step!

Mr. Yoshioka's residence?

Dr. Toriumi gave me your number. My name is Akagi.

I believe you have a microscope...

You still have it?

I'll be right there.

Sonoko, I'm going to Kurashiki.

Akagi Clinic.

Doctor, Mrs. Takahashi isn't well.

I can't go now. I'll go tomorrow, when I get back.

Ichiro,

I'm back to where I started,

but I won't give up.

Fusako, you're back?

Finally, you are home.

What are you doing here?

With my stole on!

Because of a girl, I wanted to die, but I couldn't.

So I've decided to become a bonze.

Give me a break! And the money you took?

Buddha... He gave me 30,000 yen!

He's gone crazy.

Doctor, this guy's got hepatitis of the brain!

Filthy animal!

Japan shall not lose!

Welcome home. Did you get it?

How much did it cost?

200 yen.

Too expensive, isn't it?

Sure is. But I had no choice.

It's to wipe out hepatitis.

I won't give up.

What about Mrs. Takahashi?

I have to set up.

I'll go tomorrow.

But...

If he resists, shoot to kill!

Treasure! It's the treasure trove!

Shoot the bolt off.

The pharmacy!

Tsubota is dead!

The syringes!

What good is living in such a world?

Akagi... life is just a long good-bye.

Me, too. I got hepatitis!

'Perhaps...'

'I went too far.'

What is this guy? Take him away!

Finally,

you are mine.

Colonel, how young you are!

Yes?

Mrs. Takahashi is dead.

Who's there?

Doctor! What are you doing here at this hour?

You are the military liaison officer?

A stroke of luck!

I want to be inducted, as a military doctor.

I want to go to the front

to serve His Majesty the Emperor

in the practice of medicine.

Doctor, what's the matter?

At your age, you're better off educating the young.

Please!

In the final battle, doctors will be in short supply!

Get hold of yourself, please.

Send me to the front!

Submit my request to Army Headquarters.

You've lost your mind! You'd be a burden!

Come back when you can think straight.

Ichiro...

I'm lost.

I no longer know

what I must do.

One second. I'm coming.

- What is it? - Doctor Akagi?

Help me. My father's dying.

He can't eat, his belly is swollen. He's in pain.

- Where is he? - On Kozushi Island.

Where's that?

I go fishing there often.

Why are you soaking wet?

An American plane was circling.

Each time it came, I dove in, to hide.

OK, don't worry.

Sonoko, give her some hot tea.

We'll go right away. Get my things together.

'Being a family doctor is all legs.'

'One leg broken, he'll run on the other.'

'Both legs broken, he'll run on his hands.'

'Exhausted, he runs. Asleep, he runs.'

'Even averse to running, he'll run his life away.'

Dad, Doctor Akagi is here.

It's all right.

It's hepatitis. With signs of jaundice.

Doctor, I'm sorry. At this hour.

Sonoko, find me a bucket.

Does your stomach hurt?

Really bad. With every breath I take.

You're retaining water.

You can't urinate.

I'm going to empty it out. That'll relieve you.

Your daughter is a good girl.

She opened my eyes.

Sorry, yeah. In the middle of the night.

I don't mean that.

I am first and foremost a family doctor.

I'd forgotten that.

We'll pay you, I promise.

You'll pay me whenever you can.

Meantime, lie down so I can examine you.

Thank you.

He's a great man, you know.

Stop!

I'm nothing but a liver doctor.

'August 6th, at the 4th tone, it will be 7'o clock.'

What is it?

A whale.

You kidding? Must be a submarine.

It's a blue whale.

Son of a gun! A whale!

What if it comes this way? Let's go!

Wiseguy. Want to have some fun?

- What are you doing? - Stand aside!

Wait! it's suicide. Let's go!

It was around here my father got his whale. By himself!

That isn't true. A few of them managed to beach it.

It is true! Whales have a weak point.

I can throw a harpoon.

And they say it's bad luck not to go all the way.

We've had enough bad luck.

You all right?

Yes, but what a putrid odor!

Doctor, I promised I would kill you a whale.

That's enough!

Doctor, hold on! I'm coming!

Climb back up.

Where did the whale go? Can't see it anymore.

Next time, I'll get it.

You always get all wound up.

I'm bacteria.

Doctor, spank me.

What are you talking about?

Put your pants back on.

They were swept out to sea.

I feel so good!

I'd like to stay like this forever.

I love you very much. And you?

You love me too?

I don't know if it's love. What's the word?

Look!

The whale.

What is that?

A bomb?

Could it be the wind of the gods?

It's a liver.

Yeah...

it's a cloud shaped like a liver.

Extremely hypertrophied!

'Could it be Mr. Hakamada's ire, because we took his liver?'

'No...'

'It it the ire of all of us, against this war.'