1 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:19,436 During the Second World War, 61,000 Allied POWs forced - 2 00:00:19,645 --> 00:00:22,773 - to � build Thailand-Burma Railway. 3 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:15,868 Like I miss Scotland. And the sea. The sea. 4 00:01:16,368 --> 00:01:19,913 There is nothing like it on earth. 5 00:01:20,122 --> 00:01:25,544 Salt in the face, wind at the back. The whole world lies before one. 6 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:29,548 One is freer than the birds and the fish. 7 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:34,052 Freedom ... That's why I enlisted - 8 00:01:34,261 --> 00:01:39,141 - to the second war that was to put an end to all wars. 9 00:01:47,065 --> 00:01:51,069 I went to university when the summons came. 10 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:54,990 I was eager to get into battle. 11 00:01:55,199 --> 00:01:59,995 I stopped reading history... and became part of it. 12 00:02:00,204 --> 00:02:03,874 I signed up to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 13 00:02:04,082 --> 00:02:08,253 - and became Captain Ernest Gordon. 14 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:12,591 My �commander in chief was lieutenant colonel Stuart Maclean. 15 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:15,928 The best manager the battalion had had. 16 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:18,055 A man of great loyalty - 17 00:02:18,263 --> 00:02:22,851 - towards his country, his duty and his men. 18 00:02:23,602 --> 00:02:29,024 Loyalty was observed by Major Ian Campbell, - 19 00:02:29,233 --> 00:02:33,487 - who was self-sacrificing for both the colonel and the cause. 20 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:40,118 Our loyalty should in time be put to the test. 21 00:02:40,953 --> 00:02:44,331 The corps constituted always the last redoubt. 22 00:02:46,250 --> 00:02:49,378 We continued that legacy... 23 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:55,509 ... when we were asked faced with defeat and captivity. 24 00:03:24,955 --> 00:03:27,791 THAILAND AFTER THE FALL OF SINGAPORE - 25 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,043 - FEBRUARY 17, 1942. 26 00:03:51,148 --> 00:03:53,775 Sir? 27 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:56,236 Is everything alright sir? 28 00:03:56,445 --> 00:04:01,867 Look the devil in the eyes with pride, boys! 29 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:04,578 And try not to shit in their kilts! 30 00:04:16,965 --> 00:04:18,926 The pigs play with us. 31 00:05:30,038 --> 00:05:34,918 When you surrender in war, you lose your purity as a soldier. 32 00:05:35,127 --> 00:05:38,380 One only has his mates again. 33 00:05:38,589 --> 00:05:41,508 Many of them have you just met. 34 00:05:41,717 --> 00:05:46,597 Lieutenant Jim Reardon of the Navy. One of the few Americans in the area. 35 00:05:46,805 --> 00:05:50,309 He joined to us after the surrender. 36 00:05:50,517 --> 00:05:56,815 We called him Amerikanarr, because he were both American ... and a fool. 37 00:06:38,774 --> 00:06:42,486 KANCHANABURI CAMP IN THAILAND 38 00:07:05,551 --> 00:07:07,886 Everyone kept! 39 00:07:14,059 --> 00:07:17,229 What kind of stench is that? 40 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:20,649 It's death, Major. 41 00:07:26,321 --> 00:07:28,490 Sir! 42 00:07:52,097 --> 00:07:55,100 Hear about! 43 00:07:59,688 --> 00:08:01,899 Everyone kept! 44 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:04,985 Left about! 45 00:08:07,112 --> 00:08:09,156 Rest! 46 00:08:14,119 --> 00:08:15,495 Rest! 47 00:08:26,256 --> 00:08:28,717 What the hell does that mean? 48 00:08:28,926 --> 00:08:30,844 There must be a lineup. 49 00:08:37,351 --> 00:08:40,812 Today you are divided into English. 50 00:08:41,438 --> 00:08:45,692 But tomorrow and forever in Japanese. 51 00:09:07,756 --> 00:09:09,299 Count! 52 00:09:09,508 --> 00:09:10,968 One! 53 00:09:11,176 --> 00:09:13,929 Two! Three! 54 00:09:15,931 --> 00:09:18,267 Damn Japs! 55 00:09:22,604 --> 00:09:24,565 Pig. 56 00:09:37,411 --> 00:09:41,415 If he loses face you have to pay for it. 57 00:09:45,169 --> 00:09:46,628 This is a scandal! 58 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:53,218 As an officer, I will not tolerate this barbaric behavior! 59 00:09:54,219 --> 00:09:57,181 He has rights! 60 00:10:00,017 --> 00:10:06,231 Take this disrespectful fool in the place. You must respect the hierarchy. 61 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:40,307 Take heed, prisoner of war! 62 00:10:41,308 --> 00:10:45,854 You are now the Imperial Highness's prisoner. 63 00:10:55,572 --> 00:11:00,327 See. It is the punishment for attempted escape. 64 00:11:24,810 --> 00:11:28,021 It is for their own good. 65 00:11:28,230 --> 00:11:32,568 You must sign on that you will not flee. 66 00:11:39,074 --> 00:11:41,577 No escape, kiss my ass. 67 00:11:41,785 --> 00:11:45,873 - This is against the Geneva Convention. - That's what they're talking about. 68 00:11:46,540 --> 00:11:52,963 Tomorrow you will bring the signatures of all the prisoners. 69 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:55,340 Three off! 70 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:46,725 - Come on. - Thank you very much. 71 00:13:11,333 --> 00:13:15,712 - What did you say to him? - That you were stupid. 72 00:13:15,921 --> 00:13:19,007 Should I thank you or tip you? 73 00:13:19,216 --> 00:13:23,428 - Ian Campbell. - Dusty Miller. 74 00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:26,598 Where did you learn Japanese? 75 00:13:27,099 --> 00:13:29,518 What about the colonel? 76 00:13:29,726 --> 00:13:35,774 - Do you want him back? - I owe him my life. 77 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:39,570 The longer the hair, the more lice. 78 00:13:40,404 --> 00:13:44,491 Good advice: Stay close of their mates. 79 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:48,036 It is the strongest that survive. 80 00:13:48,245 --> 00:13:49,913 You have to fend for yourself. 81 00:13:50,622 --> 00:13:53,792 Barter is what matters. 82 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:56,503 The hospital is called "D�dens Hus". 83 00:13:56,712 --> 00:14:02,801 You will not end here. Enjoy your good health now. 84 00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:05,596 It's the last time you have it. 85 00:14:06,388 --> 00:14:10,267 There are thousands of prisoners in camps along the river. 86 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:16,106 We don't get much news here. The Japs keep us in the dark. 87 00:14:16,315 --> 00:14:20,861 No radios. If they find one, they kill you. 88 00:14:23,197 --> 00:14:28,577 Officers, keep your shirt on. It separates us from the common people. 89 00:14:28,785 --> 00:14:36,168 That's the only thing that's stopping us i � descend into anarchy. 90 00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:43,842 Heck. 91 00:15:04,613 --> 00:15:08,200 - Where are you going, Ernie? - I'll find the colonel. 92 00:15:08,825 --> 00:15:11,036 You are asking for a break. 93 00:15:36,687 --> 00:15:39,731 - Doctor! - Get him down here. 94 00:15:44,194 --> 00:15:49,700 - Careful. - It's my back. 95 00:15:52,536 --> 00:15:56,790 - What the hell happened? - You certainly didn't bow. 96 00:15:56,999 --> 00:16:00,961 Bow to the guards, both the Koreans and the Japs. 97 00:16:01,170 --> 00:16:03,922 And never look them in the eye when they beat you. 98 00:16:04,131 --> 00:16:08,260 It is pure defiance. Look away. Those are the bushido rules. 99 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:12,723 It is their moral code. Respect and commitment. 100 00:16:12,931 --> 00:16:16,143 You show no respect, they beat you. 101 00:16:16,351 --> 00:16:19,855 - It's not personal. - It feels right. 102 00:16:20,063 --> 00:16:26,695 - They do the same to their own. - That's a comfort then. 103 00:16:26,904 --> 00:16:32,826 You must understand that these monsters believe that we are inferior. 104 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:37,664 For them it is like hitting a disobedient dog. 105 00:16:37,873 --> 00:16:41,919 The harder, the bigger is their allegiance to the Emperor. 106 00:16:43,629 --> 00:16:45,797 It probably works well. 107 00:16:48,258 --> 00:16:51,303 Make room for the colonel. 108 00:16:51,512 --> 00:16:53,722 You love punishment. 109 00:17:03,899 --> 00:17:07,319 You should have let them take me, sir. 110 00:17:09,404 --> 00:17:12,741 Can we do anything for you, Colonel? 111 00:17:13,575 --> 00:17:17,246 - Start the preparations. - For what? 112 00:17:17,871 --> 00:17:22,125 Escape. What else, you bastard? 113 00:17:23,126 --> 00:17:25,295 Dusty! 114 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,883 Thanks. 115 00:17:36,515 --> 00:17:39,977 Colonel, I have observed the Japs. 116 00:17:40,185 --> 00:17:43,480 It's just a handful guards in the hallway. 117 00:17:43,689 --> 00:17:48,569 They don't follow along very well. It doesn't make sense, unless... 118 00:17:48,777 --> 00:17:53,907 Unless everyone has been captured or have died in the jungle. 119 00:17:54,116 --> 00:17:59,746 Unless the locals reveal a prisoner of war for a bowl of rice. 120 00:17:59,955 --> 00:18:02,708 Unless escape is impossible. 121 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:05,502 Excellent. 122 00:18:05,711 --> 00:18:11,133 American. Find the best escape route. 123 00:18:12,092 --> 00:18:18,348 Ian. Grab survival gear. 124 00:18:18,557 --> 00:18:23,604 Ernest. Grab something which we can give to the natives. 125 00:18:25,439 --> 00:18:29,067 As soon as I'm on my feet again, we are on our way. 126 00:18:29,276 --> 00:18:31,820 - Yes, well. - Understood? 127 00:18:33,572 --> 00:18:37,951 Nice guys. You are good boys. 128 00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:41,246 Those are my boys, that. 129 00:19:00,015 --> 00:19:05,103 How about something for my colonel? He is in the House of the Dead. 130 00:19:05,312 --> 00:19:10,651 If he can't come himself until he has nothing to eat. Furthermore. 131 00:19:12,528 --> 00:19:13,862 Come on again. 132 00:19:14,071 --> 00:19:17,074 You heard him. Furthermore, he said. 133 00:19:18,242 --> 00:19:21,078 Damn Scots. 134 00:19:22,204 --> 00:19:24,373 Come on! 135 00:19:35,592 --> 00:19:39,555 Damn little girl. I will give you a beating! 136 00:19:39,763 --> 00:19:42,474 Come on, you English pig! 137 00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:48,063 Come on, then! 138 00:19:50,899 --> 00:19:53,026 Come on! 139 00:19:58,907 --> 00:20:03,453 How much will it take before you lose your dignity? 140 00:20:07,666 --> 00:20:09,084 Come on! 141 00:20:09,877 --> 00:20:15,924 How deep can one fall in the name of survival? 142 00:20:37,654 --> 00:20:42,701 Dusty built a sanctuary which was called the "Church without walls". 143 00:20:42,910 --> 00:20:45,454 We could go there whenever we wanted. 144 00:20:45,662 --> 00:20:51,710 They knew we didn't have somewhere � go. 145 00:21:09,061 --> 00:21:13,398 You know what I'm going to do when i get home to glasgow? 146 00:21:13,607 --> 00:21:20,197 I'm going to my local pub and drink 14 glasses of whiskey and 7 �l. 147 00:21:25,035 --> 00:21:28,789 And then I will spend the night in the arms of my wife. 148 00:21:28,997 --> 00:21:32,793 - Are you married, sir? - No, but do you have a sister? 149 00:21:35,337 --> 00:21:36,797 How about you, Ernie? 150 00:21:38,173 --> 00:21:40,634 I will probably teach. 151 00:21:42,886 --> 00:21:45,806 I've always wanted to. 152 00:21:47,683 --> 00:21:50,018 I wanted to see the world first. 153 00:21:50,811 --> 00:21:55,232 - You got that wish fulfilled. - Yes. 154 00:21:56,483 --> 00:22:01,780 When I get out of here should I start a business and become rich. 155 00:22:01,989 --> 00:22:03,574 What kind of business? 156 00:22:03,782 --> 00:22:06,577 Black bear trafficking, prostitution. 157 00:22:06,785 --> 00:22:12,416 You don't get rich as a prostitute. 158 00:22:12,624 --> 00:22:16,503 What about you, sir? 159 00:22:16,712 --> 00:22:18,797 What are you going to do after the war? 160 00:22:20,841 --> 00:22:24,803 I will prepare myself on the next war. 161 00:22:48,785 --> 00:22:53,874 According to bushido, the nation is everything. The individual is nothing. 162 00:22:54,082 --> 00:22:57,127 Customization gives them meaning. 163 00:22:57,336 --> 00:22:59,880 They expected us to obey too. 164 00:23:15,020 --> 00:23:16,897 What do we say, Dusty? 165 00:23:17,105 --> 00:23:21,568 Loyalty, politeness, modesty, the soldier's duty. 166 00:23:22,569 --> 00:23:23,904 Lovely. 167 00:23:56,478 --> 00:23:58,647 Carry on, Sergeant Major. 168 00:23:58,856 --> 00:24:02,568 All right! 169 00:24:03,151 --> 00:24:05,028 Turn around. 170 00:24:44,193 --> 00:24:48,655 Show respect for the nest Lieutenant Colonel Nagatomo ... 171 00:24:48,864 --> 00:24:52,868 ... led by the prisoner of war administration. 172 00:25:10,594 --> 00:25:12,221 I think she likes me. 173 00:25:23,148 --> 00:25:30,614 It is a great pleasure See you here at this place. 174 00:25:30,822 --> 00:25:36,870 You are the sad remains of victory is ours. Our pitiful victims. 175 00:25:37,621 --> 00:25:44,336 You should be crying with gratitude for His Imperial Highness, - 176 00:25:44,545 --> 00:25:48,090 - who feel sorry for you because you are cowards. 177 00:25:49,341 --> 00:25:50,884 Who is a coward? 178 00:25:51,093 --> 00:25:56,056 The Bushido Rules. They mean that losers should commit suicide. 179 00:25:57,224 --> 00:26:02,271 You shall please me by building a railway - 180 00:26:02,479 --> 00:26:09,152 - through the jungle to �re for His Imperial Highness. 181 00:26:09,361 --> 00:26:12,072 Japan's savior. 182 00:26:12,281 --> 00:26:14,032 Asia's savior. 183 00:26:16,285 --> 00:26:19,997 We will build this railway... 184 00:26:20,205 --> 00:26:25,210 ... if we are going to build it over the white man's corpse. 185 00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:30,841 It is their purification. 186 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:12,508 The railway will be 420 km long. 187 00:27:12,716 --> 00:27:17,054 From Chungkai to Thanbyuzayat. 188 00:27:26,438 --> 00:27:29,024 You will build it in 18 months. 189 00:27:29,733 --> 00:27:32,528 18 months? 190 00:27:32,736 --> 00:27:37,115 How are they going to manage it? with the rations they get? 191 00:27:44,164 --> 00:27:46,333 The officers must also work. 192 00:27:54,007 --> 00:27:57,010 The Imperial Engineer conducts supervision. 193 00:28:04,476 --> 00:28:06,812 Where are the signatures? 194 00:28:08,772 --> 00:28:11,733 Gentlemen, - 195 00:28:11,942 --> 00:28:16,655 - when you have transgressed the Geneva Convention, - 196 00:28:16,864 --> 00:28:20,409 - The Hague Convention - 197 00:28:20,617 --> 00:28:25,330 - and all human rights for prisoners of war, - 198 00:28:25,539 --> 00:28:28,041 - may I request - 199 00:28:28,250 --> 00:28:32,838 - that you and your fascist monkeys - 200 00:28:33,046 --> 00:28:35,632 - sticks his head up his ass! 201 00:28:35,841 --> 00:28:40,470 We do not sign on your damn paper! 202 00:28:40,679 --> 00:28:43,182 Translate it! 203 00:28:49,855 --> 00:28:52,816 I'm sick of this nonsense! 204 00:28:57,196 --> 00:28:59,907 - Gentlemen. - Sir. 205 00:29:17,174 --> 00:29:19,551 Take care of my boys, lan. 206 00:29:23,805 --> 00:29:25,766 It is regrettable, - 207 00:29:25,974 --> 00:29:30,229 - but we shoot you, one by one. 208 00:29:33,482 --> 00:29:37,444 To you respect the emperor! 209 00:29:39,154 --> 00:29:46,912 - Pig. Damn pig! - Come on. Out of here. 210 00:29:54,795 --> 00:29:57,172 Major, what happened? 211 00:29:57,381 --> 00:30:01,134 He shot the hell out of me! 212 00:30:02,302 --> 00:30:07,140 It's the Colonel's blood! 213 00:30:09,017 --> 00:30:12,062 They shot him! Pig! 214 00:30:12,271 --> 00:30:13,856 Major... 215 00:31:13,999 --> 00:31:16,293 Hold him! 216 00:31:21,882 --> 00:31:25,177 Get him down on the ground. 217 00:31:26,386 --> 00:31:28,847 Damn pig! 218 00:31:53,580 --> 00:31:56,875 You can't do anything about it. 219 00:31:59,670 --> 00:32:04,049 What do we do? What the hell are we doing now? 220 00:32:07,803 --> 00:32:09,137 Stay down, Major. 221 00:32:11,723 --> 00:32:14,643 "Verily, verily, I say unto you:" 222 00:32:16,228 --> 00:32:22,401 "Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and there, it becomes just the one grain." 223 00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:29,867 "But if it dies, it bears rich fruit." 224 00:32:34,913 --> 00:32:41,086 Before the clean comes the suffering. 225 00:32:41,295 --> 00:32:45,799 One wears the cross before the crown. 226 00:33:03,066 --> 00:33:05,569 Turn around! 227 00:33:08,906 --> 00:33:11,491 Forward march! 228 00:34:00,415 --> 00:34:02,876 I'm not going. 229 00:34:05,295 --> 00:34:07,714 What? 230 00:34:07,923 --> 00:34:10,676 I'm not going. 231 00:34:10,884 --> 00:34:13,345 What about our plan? 232 00:34:15,347 --> 00:34:19,309 I owed the colonel my life. 233 00:34:19,518 --> 00:34:25,107 He died before my eyes, and I did nothing. 234 00:34:25,315 --> 00:34:28,861 Do you think you are the only one suffering? 235 00:34:29,069 --> 00:34:35,367 Wake up! There is another reason that all escape attempts have failed - 236 00:34:35,576 --> 00:34:39,288 - and that the Japs don't care about safety. 237 00:34:41,498 --> 00:34:45,544 It was stupid to believe that we had a chance. 238 00:34:48,213 --> 00:34:50,632 I have my own plans now. 239 00:34:53,927 --> 00:34:56,513 You...are a selfish pig. 240 00:34:59,349 --> 00:35:01,393 Come on, Ernie. 241 00:35:04,605 --> 00:35:05,939 Ernie! 242 00:35:12,029 --> 00:35:13,363 Okay! 243 00:35:14,406 --> 00:35:19,077 Wait a minute! American. Wait! 244 00:35:19,286 --> 00:35:22,122 You can't do it alone. It's suicide. 245 00:35:22,539 --> 00:35:23,957 Look around! 246 00:35:24,625 --> 00:35:28,629 Look these men in the eyes. What do you see? 247 00:35:29,171 --> 00:35:33,425 Precisely. They are already dead. We both know it. 248 00:35:34,009 --> 00:35:38,263 The others don't dare admit it, and it scares me. 249 00:35:39,681 --> 00:35:43,644 At least the escape gave us one thing. 250 00:35:44,770 --> 00:35:47,523 Hope. Hop, Ernie. 251 00:35:48,482 --> 00:35:52,027 Without it, we can only wait for death. 252 00:35:52,236 --> 00:35:54,738 Is that what you want? 253 00:35:57,032 --> 00:36:02,955 Let me tell you something. I'm not stupid. 254 00:36:03,163 --> 00:36:06,250 And I'm not a kamikaze. 255 00:36:06,458 --> 00:36:10,045 If I can't escape, I do the next best thing. 256 00:36:10,254 --> 00:36:15,092 I take care of myself. That's my plan. 257 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:19,179 America! We are all in the same boat. 258 00:36:19,888 --> 00:36:24,017 Yes. Every single one of us. 259 00:36:30,774 --> 00:36:35,529 28 OCTOBER 1942 THE RAILWAY BEGINS 260 00:36:42,411 --> 00:36:45,205 The Japanese wanted to invade India. 261 00:36:45,706 --> 00:36:48,458 The railway was supposed to bring supplies. 262 00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:51,503 We were the means to their end. 263 00:37:08,395 --> 00:37:12,941 When you live for � d�, is every moment an eternity. 264 00:37:13,567 --> 00:37:17,571 Days are lost. Months flow into each other. 265 00:37:17,779 --> 00:37:21,617 The only reality one knows is something. 266 00:37:21,825 --> 00:37:25,078 And nothing hangs over you like death. 267 00:37:25,287 --> 00:37:29,625 It is difficult to describe how constant hunger feels. 268 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:33,837 And the stench of disease and death around one. 269 00:37:34,046 --> 00:37:39,343 Malaria, diphtheria, pellagra, dysentery - 270 00:37:39,551 --> 00:37:42,888 - sucks all the liquid out of the body. 271 00:37:43,096 --> 00:37:46,892 You get a cramp, and the circulation breaks down. 272 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:50,395 Major! He burns up. 273 00:37:50,604 --> 00:37:52,606 Ernie! 274 00:37:59,488 --> 00:38:03,534 I don't know anyone who can survive that round. 275 00:38:11,458 --> 00:38:13,335 �, Ernie, my boy. 276 00:38:15,879 --> 00:38:21,301 You were a good soldier. And a good friend. 277 00:38:36,316 --> 00:38:38,902 So this is death. 278 00:38:39,736 --> 00:38:41,905 Darkness. 279 00:38:42,656 --> 00:38:44,700 Cold. 280 00:38:45,742 --> 00:38:47,953 All alone. 281 00:38:48,996 --> 00:38:51,498 No more reasons to fight. 282 00:38:51,707 --> 00:38:54,126 They give one up. 283 00:38:54,877 --> 00:38:58,505 In death there are no more chances. 284 00:38:58,714 --> 00:39:01,675 So that's what you think about when you die. 285 00:39:01,884 --> 00:39:05,220 The value of it one has done with his life. 286 00:39:05,429 --> 00:39:08,807 And all that one could have done... 287 00:39:09,016 --> 00:39:12,978 ... if only you were given another chance. 288 00:39:55,103 --> 00:40:00,108 Damn it! The Japs eat as the Prince of Wales. 289 00:40:05,656 --> 00:40:07,991 Life waits for no one. 290 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,620 Is�r not as a prisoner of war. 291 00:40:15,457 --> 00:40:20,754 If you want to survive you need man luck, a smart head - 292 00:40:20,963 --> 00:40:24,466 - and a friend that can come to one's rescue. 293 00:40:35,269 --> 00:40:36,728 Where am I? 294 00:40:37,104 --> 00:40:41,316 You have been unconscious for days. 295 00:40:43,569 --> 00:40:48,115 Out here you have greater chance of survival. 296 00:40:48,824 --> 00:40:52,411 I don't know if I want to survive longer. 297 00:40:55,831 --> 00:40:58,333 Open your mouth. 298 00:40:58,792 --> 00:41:03,380 - How did you get the food here? - I have connections. 299 00:41:04,381 --> 00:41:06,592 Why are you doing this? 300 00:41:15,934 --> 00:41:17,936 Hi Ernie. 301 00:41:22,232 --> 00:41:26,862 Me and my mates have talked about it. 302 00:41:27,070 --> 00:41:32,117 And we thought… 303 00:41:32,326 --> 00:41:35,954 What is the formula with our sufferings? 304 00:41:36,163 --> 00:41:40,751 Where is the justice in that they beat and wear us to death? 305 00:41:40,959 --> 00:41:44,630 And we kill each other to save ourselves. 306 00:41:45,964 --> 00:41:48,509 What are you asking me for? 307 00:41:48,717 --> 00:41:51,261 You said you wanted to be a teacher. 308 00:41:52,137 --> 00:41:53,472 Yes. 309 00:41:54,097 --> 00:41:57,643 We thought that you might have some answers. 310 00:41:58,602 --> 00:42:03,315 Do you want me to ... hold a lecture on the meaning of life? 311 00:42:04,983 --> 00:42:09,071 That's a great idea, sir! 312 00:42:09,696 --> 00:42:12,908 Be so kind... 313 00:42:13,116 --> 00:42:16,453 ... just leave me alone. 314 00:42:17,913 --> 00:42:20,165 I thought so enough. 315 00:42:29,466 --> 00:42:36,223 One can endure unimaginable pain and suffering if you keep hope. 316 00:42:36,431 --> 00:42:40,185 When you lose hope - 317 00:42:40,394 --> 00:42:43,981 - where one. 318 00:42:53,907 --> 00:42:59,454 TARSAU REGION RAILWAY: 132 KM 319 00:43:03,542 --> 00:43:06,670 I have to shit. 320 00:43:15,345 --> 00:43:17,848 Come on again. 321 00:43:18,265 --> 00:43:22,227 Reardon got a connection to the local black market. 322 00:43:22,436 --> 00:43:26,148 He didn't share with anyone so as not to be discovered. 323 00:43:26,690 --> 00:43:29,902 At least that's what he said. 324 00:43:39,620 --> 00:43:42,539 Good god. It stinks. 325 00:43:43,373 --> 00:43:45,542 Dear Major Campbell, - 326 00:43:45,751 --> 00:43:48,712 - it's the scent of happiness, a divine potion. 327 00:43:49,546 --> 00:43:52,591 The road to numbness. 328 00:43:53,175 --> 00:43:57,262 Fermented rice alcohol. It is on the house. 329 00:44:12,945 --> 00:44:15,113 It was like hell. 330 00:44:17,616 --> 00:44:21,370 - He has done it. - Of course. 331 00:44:21,578 --> 00:44:23,288 Let's have a tear. 332 00:44:23,497 --> 00:44:28,293 Gentlemen ... If you want charity, go to church. 333 00:44:28,502 --> 00:44:33,674 I'll trade for happiness, look forward with the money. Come with them. 334 00:44:33,882 --> 00:44:36,343 The queue starts here. 335 00:44:37,177 --> 00:44:38,512 Two cigarettes. 336 00:44:44,518 --> 00:44:47,688 You must be sheltered from the rain. 337 00:44:47,896 --> 00:44:49,481 Come on, go�. 338 00:44:51,859 --> 00:44:53,902 Ernie, you're still alive. 339 00:44:54,111 --> 00:44:56,488 Lazarus, raised from the dead. 340 00:44:56,697 --> 00:45:01,535 - I should have stayed, sir. - Nonsense. We need you. 341 00:45:03,370 --> 00:45:05,289 What's the matter? 342 00:45:05,873 --> 00:45:08,750 He hasn't eaten anything. 343 00:45:09,751 --> 00:45:12,004 He got me rations. 344 00:45:12,212 --> 00:45:19,094 He received no extra rations. He gave you his own. 345 00:45:40,657 --> 00:45:46,413 While Dusty had looked after me, had the major made his own plans. 346 00:45:47,247 --> 00:45:52,002 But I didn't know what they were up to. 347 00:46:16,568 --> 00:46:21,281 No, no. Where did you get the food? 348 00:46:21,490 --> 00:46:26,078 Several anonymous donors. Eat. 349 00:46:38,131 --> 00:46:41,844 I will make a school for the Scots. 350 00:46:42,052 --> 00:46:45,264 A jungle university. 351 00:46:45,472 --> 00:46:47,891 I have made a board. 352 00:46:48,267 --> 00:46:52,896 Amerikanarr got me a textbook. It wasn't free. 353 00:46:53,689 --> 00:46:59,361 The first class is tonight. I already have six students. 354 00:46:59,570 --> 00:47:04,575 There is not much... but it's a start. 355 00:47:07,411 --> 00:47:10,372 I will not be skeptical, - 356 00:47:10,581 --> 00:47:15,294 - but how will you meet without the Japs seeing you? 357 00:47:16,044 --> 00:47:20,132 In the only place they do not approach. 358 00:47:31,101 --> 00:47:32,644 The stench is unbearable. 359 00:47:32,853 --> 00:47:37,191 Clap again. We do our best. Get used to it. 360 00:47:37,399 --> 00:47:42,571 Okay, guys. Get ready. 361 00:47:42,779 --> 00:47:45,073 And let's get started. 362 00:47:50,162 --> 00:47:55,501 I would like to talk with you about Plato. 363 00:47:55,709 --> 00:47:57,628 Okay. 364 00:47:57,878 --> 00:48:04,259 What ... is ... 365 00:48:04,468 --> 00:48:06,512 ... justice? 366 00:48:10,098 --> 00:48:14,895 THE PASSAGE TO HELL RAILWAY: 148 KM 367 00:48:29,493 --> 00:48:31,453 Excuse me, sir. 368 00:48:33,372 --> 00:48:36,500 Is it true that you teach? 369 00:48:36,708 --> 00:48:39,795 We would like to help. 370 00:48:40,003 --> 00:48:42,047 What can you do? 371 00:48:42,256 --> 00:48:44,800 Roger Primrose, art. 372 00:48:45,008 --> 00:48:47,970 Lieutenant Foxworth, taught Shakespeare. 373 00:48:48,178 --> 00:48:50,305 I'm his sergeant. 374 00:48:50,514 --> 00:48:55,561 He is lost without his books. And Shakespeare. 375 00:48:55,769 --> 00:49:00,524 If he has something to hold on to, He doesn't kill himself. 376 00:49:02,693 --> 00:49:06,196 I mean it, sir. 377 00:49:07,072 --> 00:49:11,326 Unfortunately we have not something by Shakespeare. 378 00:49:11,535 --> 00:49:16,415 "� d�, � sleep. Just that." 379 00:49:16,623 --> 00:49:19,585 "� think we'll end the heartache, - 380 00:49:19,793 --> 00:49:23,130 - the thousand sufferings which the chain inherited." 381 00:49:23,338 --> 00:49:26,383 “A consummation we sincerely wish." 382 00:49:26,592 --> 00:49:32,723 "D�. � sleep, � sleep! Maybe dreaming!" 383 00:49:32,931 --> 00:49:38,437 “That's the knot, for which dreams the sleep of death can bring - 384 00:49:38,645 --> 00:49:41,773 - when we have freed ourselves from the dust's chains." 385 00:49:41,982 --> 00:49:49,364 "That brings us to the point. It is this which makes the life of misery so long." 386 00:49:49,573 --> 00:49:53,619 "Who would endure the mockery and scourge of the world, - 387 00:49:53,827 --> 00:49:57,372 - the injustice of the tyrant and the scorn of the proud, - 388 00:49:57,581 --> 00:50:04,046 - scorned love's pangs, the law's needle and official pride..." 389 00:50:06,215 --> 00:50:12,262 - We have known Shakespeare here after all. - We knew that. You are in. 390 00:50:22,523 --> 00:50:26,360 "The tyrant's wrong and it swells, - 391 00:50:26,568 --> 00:50:32,491 - scorned love's pangs, the law's needle and official courtesy, - 392 00:50:32,699 --> 00:50:36,411 - and the ineptitude which wrecks skill, - 393 00:50:36,620 --> 00:50:41,959 - if even he could do it account only with his dagger?" 394 00:50:42,417 --> 00:50:47,798 "Who would bear burdens and sweat, groan, tired of life's toil, - 395 00:50:48,006 --> 00:50:53,136 - if not fear of something after death, the unknown land - 396 00:50:53,345 --> 00:50:57,766 - from which no one has returned, confused the will, - 397 00:50:58,016 --> 00:51:04,690 - so we rather endure the evils of life than fleeing to others whom we do not know." 398 00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:14,449 In book two of the "Republic" Plato says: 399 00:51:14,658 --> 00:51:19,580 “What's up the righteous one if he comes into the world?" 400 00:51:19,788 --> 00:51:26,253 "The righteous shall be scourged, pinned and put in chains." 401 00:51:26,879 --> 00:51:30,799 "And after every imaginable suffering— 402 00:51:31,341 --> 00:51:37,347 - he is crucified in the eyes of the whole world." 403 00:51:38,265 --> 00:51:40,559 Any questions? 404 00:51:47,524 --> 00:51:49,359 I have a question. 405 00:51:53,155 --> 00:51:54,865 - Do I eat? - Yes. 406 00:51:58,035 --> 00:52:02,206 My question: If the righteous man - 407 00:52:02,414 --> 00:52:05,959 - is treated in this way, - 408 00:52:06,168 --> 00:52:09,796 - what is it? the fair reaction? 409 00:52:12,007 --> 00:52:15,928 Give up and let evil win? 410 00:52:16,136 --> 00:52:21,099 - What do you suggest? - I suggest defiance. 411 00:52:21,308 --> 00:52:24,811 Justice, �ye for �ye. 412 00:52:25,020 --> 00:52:28,106 What about mercy then? 413 00:52:30,192 --> 00:52:34,863 Mercy. The traitors and the haven of cowards. 414 00:52:37,491 --> 00:52:41,703 Would you crucify a man in the eyes of the whole world? 415 00:52:44,248 --> 00:52:47,751 I wanted to seek justice. 416 00:52:50,921 --> 00:52:53,632 What about you? 417 00:53:11,233 --> 00:53:12,776 Sergeant Major? 418 00:53:36,633 --> 00:53:39,595 Feature! 419 00:53:47,102 --> 00:53:50,189 Major Campbell was a natural leader. 420 00:53:50,397 --> 00:53:54,401 He attracted all nationalities and groupings. 421 00:53:54,610 --> 00:53:57,571 He united them about a common cause. 422 00:53:57,779 --> 00:53:59,239 His common cause. 423 00:54:00,490 --> 00:54:02,784 Very good. Two more. 424 00:54:16,298 --> 00:54:20,594 There is a shift at five o'clock. We have to be there. 425 00:54:20,802 --> 00:54:25,349 Sorry, Major. Do we interrupt a church service? 426 00:54:33,524 --> 00:54:35,275 What do you want? 427 00:54:35,484 --> 00:54:40,656 Major, see now that their plan is working. 428 00:54:40,864 --> 00:54:44,993 You have confiscated the weapons, captured the guards - 429 00:54:45,827 --> 00:54:48,830 - and took over the entire camp. 430 00:54:49,039 --> 00:54:51,250 What then? 431 00:54:51,875 --> 00:54:55,337 You still have nothing place � take the road. 432 00:54:55,546 --> 00:54:58,715 And when the Japs hear about it - 433 00:54:58,924 --> 00:55:03,762 - they send a vengeful regiment. 434 00:55:05,848 --> 00:55:08,600 You cannot survive. 435 00:55:09,852 --> 00:55:13,021 Who's talking about � survival? 436 00:55:13,230 --> 00:55:15,941 So it's a suicide mission? 437 00:55:18,902 --> 00:55:20,696 Come here. 438 00:55:21,071 --> 00:55:22,865 What do you want to do? 439 00:55:24,950 --> 00:55:30,205 Submit to bushido? 440 00:55:30,414 --> 00:55:31,999 It's suicide. 441 00:55:32,207 --> 00:55:36,378 Spare us the piss, Major. 442 00:55:37,004 --> 00:55:39,923 What do they pay you, American? 443 00:55:44,178 --> 00:55:46,013 Didn't he say that? 444 00:55:49,641 --> 00:55:53,353 Some of his best trades is with the Japs. 445 00:55:55,189 --> 00:55:59,151 Where do you think the medicine comes from? 446 00:55:59,359 --> 00:56:03,989 Isn't that right, American? Tell them. 447 00:56:06,658 --> 00:56:10,913 You put all the men's lives at stake. 448 00:56:11,121 --> 00:56:13,874 They do not agree in your idea of justice. 449 00:56:14,082 --> 00:56:16,043 Are you the people's speaker? 450 00:56:19,087 --> 00:56:22,841 Or are you just a little too fond of the Japs? 451 00:56:29,014 --> 00:56:31,266 Ernie... 452 00:56:31,475 --> 00:56:34,228 We Argylls must stick together. 453 00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:40,317 You know it is the colonel would have said. 454 00:56:45,155 --> 00:56:47,324 Good boy. 455 00:56:51,078 --> 00:56:54,998 "Greater love has no one - 456 00:56:55,207 --> 00:56:59,336 - than the one who gives his life for his friends." 457 00:57:00,212 --> 00:57:04,675 "You have heard that you should love your neighbor - 458 00:57:04,883 --> 00:57:09,596 - and hate your enemy." 459 00:57:09,805 --> 00:57:12,182 "But I tell you:" 460 00:57:12,432 --> 00:57:19,606 "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." 461 00:57:20,816 --> 00:57:26,446 "For what good does it profit a man � win the whole world - 462 00:57:26,655 --> 00:57:30,784 - if it loses its soul?" 463 00:57:34,037 --> 00:57:39,209 “Or what a human can do give as a reward for his life?" 464 00:57:49,595 --> 00:57:54,349 It is a big mistake. I can get you anything. 465 00:57:54,558 --> 00:57:57,269 The major sees Reardon as a threat. 466 00:57:57,477 --> 00:57:59,855 A man without a sense of duty, - 467 00:58:00,063 --> 00:58:04,568 - which is enough by itself, was for him a traitor. 468 00:58:30,802 --> 00:58:33,347 Bring the books. 469 00:58:35,557 --> 00:58:37,893 Take him. 470 00:58:51,782 --> 00:58:56,745 No ... Please. It's my school. 471 00:58:56,954 --> 00:59:00,832 It's my school! 472 00:59:06,755 --> 00:59:09,883 The Major made an agreement with the Japs. 473 00:59:10,092 --> 00:59:15,764 I was supposed to go free. He did not see it as a betrayal. 474 00:59:15,973 --> 00:59:21,186 The school had delayed the plans his. The men changed their minds. 475 00:59:21,395 --> 00:59:24,231 Dusty had been the catalyst. 476 00:59:59,516 --> 01:00:07,274 This book teaches one � turn the other cheek. 477 01:00:07,482 --> 01:00:14,823 We read these books and become better slaves for the emperor. 478 01:01:04,748 --> 01:01:08,085 He says the book is pure superstition. 479 01:01:24,268 --> 01:01:28,689 He says it does too slow forward with the railway. 480 01:01:28,897 --> 01:01:32,568 We have received orders about finishing it - 481 01:01:32,776 --> 01:01:36,446 - six months earlier than planned. 482 01:01:38,156 --> 01:01:40,367 Dear Sir, It's... 483 01:01:49,710 --> 01:01:51,712 Three off. 484 01:02:02,973 --> 01:02:06,185 Superstition. 485 01:02:53,899 --> 01:02:57,319 I'm still alive, Japs! 486 01:02:57,528 --> 01:03:00,781 Did you understand that? 487 01:03:49,955 --> 01:03:52,082 They could take the books, - 488 01:03:52,249 --> 01:03:56,461 - but they couldn't take what we had learnt. 489 01:03:56,670 --> 01:04:00,632 Dusty got the men from D�dens Hus to fetch water. 490 01:04:00,841 --> 01:04:05,554 His example got us to work like never before. 491 01:04:08,390 --> 01:04:12,144 THE THREE PAGODA PASS THE RAILWAY: 305 KILOMETERS 492 01:04:12,936 --> 01:04:16,064 The prison guards must have noticed it. 493 01:04:23,697 --> 01:04:25,532 What the Major concerned - 494 01:04:25,741 --> 01:04:30,787 - we refused to take revenge. 495 01:04:30,996 --> 01:04:33,457 It started to bother him. 496 01:05:55,956 --> 01:06:01,461 Captain Noguchi gives back The books, so you can continue. 497 01:06:20,814 --> 01:06:26,528 Captain Noguchi gives you these the gifts because you have worked well. 498 01:06:59,770 --> 01:07:02,606 Then we're back on track, boys! 499 01:07:07,778 --> 01:07:10,781 - They are three years old. - Japanese import laws. 500 01:07:11,281 --> 01:07:13,951 It's mail! 501 01:07:39,852 --> 01:07:43,021 After that day did not say Amerikanarr a lot. 502 01:07:43,230 --> 01:07:46,525 Something had happened to him. 503 01:07:46,733 --> 01:07:52,948 It was difficult � say if it was for the better. Or worse. 504 01:08:11,383 --> 01:08:14,428 The graduation ceremony is just around the corner. 505 01:08:14,636 --> 01:08:20,142 Do their best. Continue. 506 01:08:34,656 --> 01:08:39,203 Gentlemen ... Let's continue. 507 01:08:44,082 --> 01:08:46,752 "Where we, do you have enough losses in us, - 508 01:08:46,960 --> 01:08:51,215 - we live, the fewer men, the greater part of the year." 509 01:08:51,423 --> 01:08:54,009 "He who sees the fullness of time - 510 01:08:54,218 --> 01:09:00,182 - he shows the wounds and says: 'I got them on Crispian's day.' 511 01:09:01,183 --> 01:09:06,104 "The old forget easily, but although he forgets..." 512 01:09:13,153 --> 01:09:15,906 Meat! Meat! 513 01:09:31,964 --> 01:09:35,843 Beef! 514 01:09:44,017 --> 01:09:48,230 WHAT IS PLATO'S VIEW ON JUSTICE? 515 01:09:50,566 --> 01:09:52,818 Amerikanarr joined us. 516 01:09:53,026 --> 01:09:58,574 He started a little late, but was eager after obtaining the neglected. 517 01:10:12,713 --> 01:10:15,674 You are a good teacher. 518 01:10:17,009 --> 01:10:18,343 What is your name? 519 01:10:19,553 --> 01:10:23,765 Nagase ... Takashi Nagase. 520 01:10:24,474 --> 01:10:29,271 Good day, Takashi. My name is Ernest. 521 01:10:30,772 --> 01:10:34,151 I've actually been wondering - 522 01:10:34,359 --> 01:10:37,779 - where you have learned English so well. 523 01:10:38,947 --> 01:10:41,950 I am educated at Cambridge. 524 01:10:42,159 --> 01:10:45,287 Because � could become a good translator - 525 01:10:45,495 --> 01:10:48,665 - I wish I could understand the culture. 526 01:10:50,375 --> 01:10:52,211 What do you think of the British? 527 01:10:53,337 --> 01:10:56,757 We can learn a lot from them. 528 01:11:01,011 --> 01:11:04,765 And may I ask, said Takashi, - 529 01:11:04,973 --> 01:11:08,185 - why are you here in the camp? 530 01:11:10,687 --> 01:11:14,566 I was discarded because of my physique. 531 01:11:16,860 --> 01:11:22,074 A prison camp is not a peaceful place for a Japanese soldier. 532 01:11:22,282 --> 01:11:26,495 It is rather a punishment. 533 01:11:26,703 --> 01:11:30,082 It brings shame on his family. 534 01:11:30,874 --> 01:11:35,921 What about Sergeant Ito? 535 01:11:36,129 --> 01:11:38,549 Isn't he the consummate soldier? 536 01:11:40,259 --> 01:11:45,013 He took the blame for his superior's wrong decision. 537 01:11:45,222 --> 01:11:47,558 His ward was killed. 538 01:11:49,977 --> 01:11:52,938 - Is that why he is so bitter? - No. 539 01:11:53,647 --> 01:11:58,735 It is a �re � to be punished instead of his superior. 540 01:12:00,153 --> 01:12:03,240 According to the imperial rescript - 541 01:12:03,448 --> 01:12:08,745 - leads a simple life in the army - 542 01:12:08,954 --> 01:12:11,373 - less than a feather. 543 01:12:17,921 --> 01:12:20,215 No matter how well it went - 544 01:12:20,424 --> 01:12:25,846 - were we still starving slaves who built a railway. 545 01:12:26,054 --> 01:12:30,184 There were several thousand of us from other prison camps as well�. 546 01:12:32,477 --> 01:12:34,730 As if that wasn't enough, - 547 01:12:34,938 --> 01:12:41,069 - knew the major and his plan explode every moment. 548 01:13:12,392 --> 01:13:18,273 We realized we weren't the only ones the slaves in the emperor's service. 549 01:13:18,482 --> 01:13:20,817 They called them "Comfort women". 550 01:13:21,026 --> 01:13:24,613 Spoils of War from the Japanese conquest. 551 01:13:45,968 --> 01:13:50,472 A voyage that had as its forma�l � cleanse the soul. 552 01:13:51,390 --> 01:13:55,727 Where the true warrior's sword is the soul of bushido. 553 01:13:55,936 --> 01:13:58,313 The key to heaven and hell. 554 01:13:58,522 --> 01:14:05,112 A symbol of what he carries in his heart. Faithfulness and �re. 555 01:14:15,455 --> 01:14:18,792 16 OCTOBER 1943 INAUGURATION OF THE RAILWAY 556 01:14:39,438 --> 01:14:43,400 We finished the railway in October 1943. 557 01:14:43,609 --> 01:14:46,445 Six months ahead of schedule. 558 01:14:47,154 --> 01:14:50,532 A good reason to celebrate. 559 01:14:50,741 --> 01:14:56,955 As they had said, it was built over the white man's corpse. 560 01:14:57,414 --> 01:14:59,583 Hell mongoloid japs. 561 01:15:00,584 --> 01:15:03,921 They behave as if they built it. 562 01:15:04,463 --> 01:15:07,216 The railroad of death. 563 01:15:08,717 --> 01:15:11,428 It is the smallest of our worries. 564 01:15:13,096 --> 01:15:15,265 What do you mean? 565 01:15:17,226 --> 01:15:22,606 We have built the railway. They don't need us anymore. 566 01:16:07,526 --> 01:16:13,198 You to my right will be transferred to another camp. 567 01:16:15,993 --> 01:16:19,371 It was an obstacle for the major's plan. 568 01:16:19,580 --> 01:16:22,416 Half of his people were taken. 569 01:16:22,624 --> 01:16:26,795 They were sent away, and was never seen again. 570 01:16:55,490 --> 01:17:01,413 Look out! It is missing a shovel in the tool shed. 571 01:17:02,831 --> 01:17:06,793 Whoever took it must return it now! 572 01:17:21,934 --> 01:17:26,605 If it is not returned, everyone is punished. 573 01:17:26,813 --> 01:17:29,441 You have to respect us. 574 01:19:25,891 --> 01:19:27,893 The spade has been found! 575 01:19:31,104 --> 01:19:36,860 It was a miscount. A stupid miscalculation. 576 01:20:07,266 --> 01:20:08,642 Three off! 577 01:20:16,316 --> 01:20:22,072 What makes one previously so selfish man to � sacrifice himself for others? 578 01:20:22,281 --> 01:20:27,536 Guys... I have no feeling in my legs. 579 01:20:27,744 --> 01:20:30,372 I have no feeling in my legs. 580 01:20:37,921 --> 01:20:42,467 Tonight is the graduation ceremony. 581 01:20:42,676 --> 01:20:46,722 The Japs are invited. 582 01:20:46,930 --> 01:20:50,893 So there is none again in the guardhouse. 583 01:20:51,101 --> 01:20:54,062 Are you planning to implement it? 584 01:20:54,271 --> 01:20:57,941 There are only six of us left. We lost six men. 585 01:20:58,150 --> 01:21:03,739 It was almost impossible with 12. God knows we don't stand a chance. 586 01:21:03,947 --> 01:21:07,743 - So you know what God knows? - No, but... 587 01:21:07,951 --> 01:21:11,455 I do not tolerate doubt. 588 01:21:15,292 --> 01:21:17,711 I will stay. 589 01:21:24,009 --> 01:21:26,762 Then there are five of us left. 590 01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:45,405 Take it easy guys. 591 01:21:46,573 --> 01:21:49,910 Justice will prevail. 592 01:21:57,125 --> 01:21:59,628 Major Charlie Fraser, spoke. 593 01:22:04,007 --> 01:22:08,804 Sergeant Bingo Johnson, Philosophy. 594 01:22:13,392 --> 01:22:15,561 Last but not least... 595 01:22:16,395 --> 01:22:20,399 ... Private Wallace Hamilton, Ethics. 596 01:22:24,069 --> 01:22:25,696 Gentlemen... 597 01:22:26,655 --> 01:22:33,161 The graduating students from our ... jungle university. 598 01:22:53,682 --> 01:22:55,559 Let the party begin! 599 01:23:08,780 --> 01:23:12,701 The music was not perfect. 600 01:23:12,910 --> 01:23:17,706 It was terrible. But we didn't care. 601 01:23:17,915 --> 01:23:20,876 We heard what it could have been. 602 01:23:21,084 --> 01:23:26,548 We heard the true spirit of the music, and it was pure and fragile freedom. 603 01:24:46,712 --> 01:24:52,259 "Where we, has the fatherland loss enough in us…” 604 01:24:57,556 --> 01:25:00,475 Guard! Guard! Down! 605 01:25:10,068 --> 01:25:13,030 - Good thing you could come. - The music was terrible. 606 01:25:14,031 --> 01:25:18,035 "And he that seeth that day as an old man, - 607 01:25:18,243 --> 01:25:21,872 - wants to stand up when the day is mentioned." 608 01:25:22,080 --> 01:25:27,044 “He pushes up his sleeve and shows his scars and says ..." 609 01:25:31,340 --> 01:25:35,552 - There is no ammunition. - Find it! 610 01:25:35,761 --> 01:25:40,015 "The old forget easily, but although he forgets..." 611 01:25:46,188 --> 01:25:49,399 It's a B-24. It is a Liberator. 612 01:25:49,608 --> 01:25:52,444 - Are you sure? - You can't be wrong. 613 01:25:52,653 --> 01:25:55,739 Put on music. Liberators! 614 01:25:56,865 --> 01:25:59,117 Allied aircraft. 615 01:25:59,326 --> 01:26:03,247 They couldn't see us, but we could hear them. 616 01:26:03,789 --> 01:26:06,750 And we knew that the fortunes of war had turned. 617 01:26:29,439 --> 01:26:31,400 Kiss my ass! 618 01:27:29,082 --> 01:27:31,001 Listen, prisoner! 619 01:27:31,210 --> 01:27:36,507 These men have murdered two guards from the imperial army - 620 01:27:36,715 --> 01:27:39,384 - and has planned an uprising. 621 01:27:39,593 --> 01:27:43,555 They have violated the emperor's grace. 622 01:27:48,352 --> 01:27:53,440 Sergeant Ito will now assign them the prescribed penalty. 623 01:28:37,609 --> 01:28:41,154 - Major? - Amen. 624 01:29:18,901 --> 01:29:20,235 Pig! 625 01:29:24,323 --> 01:29:25,824 Ito! 626 01:29:44,343 --> 01:29:45,677 Dusty! 627 01:29:48,180 --> 01:29:52,017 What do you say? 628 01:29:56,104 --> 01:29:58,273 Dusty! 629 01:30:00,275 --> 01:30:02,361 Take him instead. 630 01:30:02,569 --> 01:30:04,905 To the graveyard! 631 01:30:06,156 --> 01:30:09,785 No! No! 632 01:30:13,705 --> 01:30:15,207 No! 633 01:30:15,415 --> 01:30:17,835 Dusty! 634 01:30:22,130 --> 01:30:25,175 You are free. 635 01:30:38,272 --> 01:30:42,109 Major! What did he say? 636 01:30:42,317 --> 01:30:45,279 Major, say what Dusty said! 637 01:30:45,487 --> 01:30:47,322 Major! 638 01:30:47,531 --> 01:30:50,075 I don't know! 639 01:30:52,995 --> 01:30:54,454 My boys! 640 01:30:59,751 --> 01:31:01,295 Excuse me! 641 01:31:28,697 --> 01:31:33,577 No, no, no. No! 642 01:31:52,387 --> 01:31:54,890 Superstition. 643 01:32:03,649 --> 01:32:05,817 Do it! 644 01:33:40,245 --> 01:33:42,915 Dusty! 645 01:33:44,833 --> 01:33:47,503 Dusty! 646 01:34:38,053 --> 01:34:43,559 When Dusty Miller died, it killed something in all of us. 647 01:34:43,767 --> 01:34:47,896 What we in �revis had preserved to � survive - 648 01:34:48,105 --> 01:34:50,941 - now seemed completely meaningless. 649 01:34:51,149 --> 01:34:55,696 As if God was playing us all a vicious prank. 650 01:34:57,322 --> 01:35:01,785 Until I remembered Dusty's words so long ago. 651 01:35:01,994 --> 01:35:05,998 "If not the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, - 652 01:35:06,206 --> 01:35:10,711 - becomes only the one grain, but if it dies, - 653 01:35:11,461 --> 01:35:15,090 - it bears rich fruit. " 654 01:36:14,608 --> 01:36:18,028 I never found out what Dusty said to Ito. 655 01:36:18,237 --> 01:36:22,908 But I knew that I had seen the power of forgiveness. 656 01:36:37,923 --> 01:36:39,341 Look out! 657 01:36:39,550 --> 01:36:44,555 Soon all lower races will bow for His Imperial Highness - 658 01:36:44,763 --> 01:36:47,307 - and the knights of bushido. 659 01:36:49,309 --> 01:36:54,648 When we heard the planes again, we thought that the rescue had come. 660 01:37:01,905 --> 01:37:03,615 And then it happened. 661 01:37:03,824 --> 01:37:07,119 Go to hell with bushido! 662 01:37:07,327 --> 01:37:10,497 Our allies thought we were the enemy. 663 01:37:47,201 --> 01:37:50,204 I can manage! Help the others! 664 01:37:56,585 --> 01:37:58,921 Ernie! Help me! 665 01:37:59,129 --> 01:38:02,549 Don't look at it! 666 01:38:03,133 --> 01:38:05,761 They thought we were Japs! 667 01:38:05,969 --> 01:38:11,433 I almost made it. I was killed by my own! 668 01:38:11,642 --> 01:38:14,561 They thought we were Japs! 669 01:38:15,729 --> 01:38:21,068 Don't leave me! Don't leave me! 670 01:38:21,276 --> 01:38:24,071 Stay with me! Stay with me! 671 01:38:24,279 --> 01:38:26,406 Stay with me! No! 672 01:39:07,573 --> 01:39:10,325 A Japanese position was also hit. 673 01:39:10,534 --> 01:39:13,704 The wounded came to get help. 674 01:39:13,912 --> 01:39:19,585 Their arrival forced us to the most important decision of our life. 675 01:39:19,793 --> 01:39:25,382 It would defy the bushido code about honor and shame. 676 01:39:28,218 --> 01:39:30,512 Don't let it come in here. 677 01:39:45,527 --> 01:39:47,112 Get out of here. 678 01:39:48,447 --> 01:39:51,200 Don't bring these dogs here. 679 01:39:51,783 --> 01:39:54,411 Move the truck. 680 01:40:07,508 --> 01:40:10,219 Get that truck out of here. 681 01:40:53,679 --> 01:40:55,222 Ernest ... 682 01:40:59,852 --> 01:41:03,605 Captain Gordon, I forbid you to help them. 683 01:41:06,149 --> 01:41:08,110 Major... 684 01:41:08,318 --> 01:41:12,990 They ... are wounded, dying people. 685 01:41:17,327 --> 01:41:19,663 They do no harm. 686 01:41:20,455 --> 01:41:23,959 Ernie, go back to your own men. 687 01:41:45,772 --> 01:41:48,734 Can someone get me some water? 688 01:41:51,403 --> 01:41:54,323 Can someone get me some water? 689 01:43:48,395 --> 01:43:51,106 The enemy let us be. 690 01:43:51,315 --> 01:43:54,735 Nowhere to go, nothing to do. 691 01:43:54,943 --> 01:44:00,407 An uncertain fate. We only had an improvised radio. 692 01:44:00,616 --> 01:44:04,328 We hoped to hear something from outside. 693 01:44:30,938 --> 01:44:33,690 "To all Allied prisoners of war;" 694 01:44:33,899 --> 01:44:37,861 "The Japanese forces has surrendered, - 695 01:44:38,070 --> 01:44:40,072 - and the war is over. " 696 01:45:01,260 --> 01:45:08,183 "For he that giveth his blood with me today, he is my brother - 697 01:45:10,477 --> 01:45:17,401 - he was never so poor, so bestows this day on him the rank of nobility." 698 01:45:20,237 --> 01:45:25,993 "From this day to the end of the world will we be remembered, - 699 01:45:26,201 --> 01:45:34,459 - we f�, we happy f�, we brothers." 700 01:46:07,075 --> 01:46:11,955 15 AUGUST 1945 LIBERATION DAY 701 01:46:28,514 --> 01:46:30,516 Where are the guards? 702 01:46:32,476 --> 01:46:38,440 They stuck. They fled into the jungle. From us. 703 01:46:39,733 --> 01:46:41,652 In which direction? 704 01:46:44,363 --> 01:46:46,740 I have no idea. 705 01:47:11,348 --> 01:47:16,895 You are a man of principles and sacrifice. 706 01:47:17,104 --> 01:47:19,064 You know what? 707 01:47:20,440 --> 01:47:23,944 I want to be just like you. 708 01:47:45,507 --> 01:47:47,509 Major Campbell. 709 01:47:47,718 --> 01:47:49,803 Ernie... 710 01:47:50,888 --> 01:47:53,098 You arrive just in time. 711 01:47:53,974 --> 01:47:56,059 You request an error. 712 01:47:57,644 --> 01:48:02,524 No... No, justice shall prevail. 713 01:48:02,733 --> 01:48:04,610 Justice... 714 01:48:07,654 --> 01:48:12,034 Don't you think? that I want this? 715 01:48:16,955 --> 01:48:20,792 We all deserve to see him suffer. 716 01:48:21,001 --> 01:48:23,086 But this is wrong. 717 01:48:45,108 --> 01:48:48,612 You stupid… stupid, little boy! 718 01:48:49,947 --> 01:48:51,740 Stupid boy! 719 01:49:02,292 --> 01:49:04,294 Forgive me, God! 720 01:49:07,548 --> 01:49:10,676 �, forgive me, God! 721 01:49:10,884 --> 01:49:13,220 Forgive me, my boy! 722 01:49:15,806 --> 01:49:19,184 Forgive me, my boy. 723 01:49:25,315 --> 01:49:27,568 No! 724 01:49:43,000 --> 01:49:48,547 What is the consequence of that a life weighs less than a feather? 725 01:49:52,509 --> 01:49:56,555 Pig! Pig! 726 01:49:59,349 --> 01:50:03,395 Where does hate take us? 727 01:50:16,325 --> 01:50:18,952 When one sees the enemy in the eyes, - 728 01:50:19,161 --> 01:50:22,873 - and you see yourself ... 729 01:50:32,090 --> 01:50:36,011 What is mercy worth? 730 01:50:50,484 --> 01:50:52,444 Who is my neighbor? 731 01:50:53,529 --> 01:50:56,323 How many times should I forgive my brother? 732 01:50:56,532 --> 01:51:00,285 What does it mean "� love one's enemy"? 733 01:51:00,494 --> 01:51:05,791 What can a man give for his soul? 734 01:51:05,999 --> 01:51:11,171 Those were the questions I faced in the prison camp. 735 01:51:11,380 --> 01:51:13,590 The answers ... 736 01:51:13,799 --> 01:51:16,468 ... changed my life forever. 737 01:51:18,595 --> 01:51:22,933 55 years after the war meet Captain Ernest Gordon - 738 01:51:23,141 --> 01:51:26,937 - and Takashi Nagase at the cemetery in Thailand. 739 01:52:04,516 --> 01:52:09,021 Ernest Gordon became student chaplain at Princeton for 26 years. 740 01:52:09,229 --> 01:52:12,816 Takashi Nagase became a Buddhist priest. 741 01:52:53,732 --> 01:52:58,904 Survivor of the 93rd Division of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.