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My name is Miyuki Takahashi.

I lived

the war in the Japanese colony.

In that war,

I lost everything.

DIRTY HEARTS

When World War ll ended and Japan surrendered to Allied forces,

one that grew in Brazil would become the world's largest Japanese.

The government has not allowed these immigrants to meet,

have their own schools and newspapers or listen to radio.

Repressed by the state, few believed that Japan had lost the war.

POLICE OFFICE

Here.

A little to the right.

A little to the right.

No! Other, other.

To the other side.

There, fine!

Six.

- Two. -Five.

At this moment,

the enemy's campaign of lies continues.

Desperate, they try to wound the Japanese people

with lies about defeat and surrender.

The defeated, disdainful, lying enemy

is now trying to blaspheme the Emperor himself.

- Take one. -Thank you!

Takahashi-san

why don't you speak Portuguese?

Because I'm Japanese.

But my dad is Japanese

and he speaks Portuguese.

I'm Japanese.

And you are Japanese too.

Takahashi-san could take a photo of me.

Teacher Miyuki!

Your husband is going to take a photo of me.

Aren't you?

Did I say so?

Come on!

What's going on here, you nips?

Don't you know that japs are forbidden to assemble?

Enemy propaganda.

The enemy's uniform. Crime!

What's that?

The enemy's flag?

It's a crime, guys, you can't do this.

This might get you into trouble.

Don't touch the flag!

The flag is sacred!

Shut up, old nip!

The war is over, but the law remains the same.

The enemy's flag is a crime!

Do you know what this is good for?

I should arrest everyone here.

Everyone! Men, women, kids, everyone!

But not today.

This is Brazil!

It's Brazil!

Daughter, your fingers grow so fast

they poke holes in your socks.

Here. Put it on.

We have just received a speech,

sent out by the forces of occupation in Japan,

and hand-written by the Emperor himself.

This document confirms that Japan is on its knees

since it is even stronger in content than the previous one,

where the Emperor confirmed surrender.

In the document received by the press agencies,

the Emperor admits that the Japanese

people are not superior to all the others

neither is destined to dominate the world.

Most surprising to Japanese subjects around the world

is the moment in the speech where

the Emperor admits that he is not a god,

but a common human being.

The end of the war in the Pacific happened on August 14th.

Can this be possible?

You heard it too.

It's hard to belive.

Daughter, what are you doing here?

Akemi,

you didn't hear any of this.

Not a word.

Understood?

The women and the children.

Our flag has been desecrated.

Faced with such an outrage

there is only one possible path.

We count on you.

I don't want you to think that I'm not afraid.

But I must do what's right.

What do they want?

Well. It's what they're saying

I'm not sure I understood.

And?

They want to kill corporal Garcia.

- They want to kill Garcia? -Chop his head off, they said.

Son of a bitch.

What do you want here?

Corporal Garcia dirty.

- Has to... -What?

You better go home or I'll have to arrest you all.

Not against Brazilian.

We want Garcia.

I'll talk to corporal Garcia, now go home.

Go home.

It's just the two of us in here.

We'll have to kill them.

Put that gun down.

There are only japs in this town, they'll come after us.

Go call the troops, quick.

Sit down.

Sit here.

Ask him who told them to kill Garcia.

Ask him.

Watanabe-sama...

who told you to kill the corporal

No-one did.

He desecrated the Japanese flag.

To cleanse the honor of Japan

his blood must run.

What did he say?

What did he say?

Why are you here?

Traitor.

They think Japan won the war?

Yes.

And complain that.

You collaborate with them.

I'm just trying to help the.

Help?

Traitor.

Traitor!

We are not here to explain anything.

We came to kill the desecrator of the Japanese flag.

What is he saying, Aoki?

What are you doing here?

Why do you collaborate with the enemy?

What is it?

What's going on here?

What are you doing here?

And you?

You speak Portuguese.

You understand me.

Look at me!

Who won the war?

Who won the war?

Japan won the war.

Japan did not win.

And who doesn't believe that is not Japanese.

Is just an animal with a dirty heart.

Everybody out of the room.

C'mon.

You stay, Aoki.

You stay.

The two of you stay.

Does your wife know you're here?

Does Miyuki know you're here?

Does she know you tried to kill a man?

Takahashi-san,

the war.

Since the beginning of History

Japan has never lost a war.

Japan didn't lose this one either.

You have a dirty heart.

Traitor.

Everything settled, Mr Watanabe, but I talked to the sherriff here.

Who do you think you are?

My name Noboru Watanabe.

I didn't understand.

Noboru Watanabe. Colonel of the Japanese Imperial Army.

In your country you all would be hanged.

But here in Brazil a bunch of yellows try to kill a white man

and are freed by a black lawyer.

The Japanese Spirit always triumphs.

And we are the heart of the Japanese warriors here in Brazil.

You've been brave,

but you're going to need to be even braver.

The real enemy is among us,

hidden among us,

and he's the first one we need to fight.

We cannot admit the dishonor

of having traitors among us!

That is inadmissible!

Long live the Emperor!

That is all.

Wait.

I need a word with you.

Am I worthy?

Shouldn't this task belong to someone nobler?

I'm a simple man.

You are a good Japanese man.

Forgive me if I'm asking inappropriate questions, Watanabe-sama.

I need to understand, I don't have your wisdom.

The corporal is the enemy,

he desecrated our flag,

and he hit Matsuda-san. He humiliated an old man.

Aoki is worse.

The traitor is much worse.

So this gesture

this action

It's a sacred duty

and an honor.

Takahashi,

YOU are a chosen man.

Teacher,

if we come hidden to school,

why do we have to learn Japanese?

Kyoko-chan

are you Japanese or Brazilian?

Teacher

what does this mean?

What does this word mean?

Easy, easy. Do you speak Portuguese, m'am?

I do.

So tell your teacher that she...

Easy!

That nobody's going to get hurt

but that all this is banned. ls still banned.

I'm not arresting anyone, but I have to take all the evidence.

Books,

Japanese notebooks.

Kyoko

go inside.

Why do we have to say goodbye?

Because they're leaving.

Be careful.

Why didn't you go with them?

Akemi

Dad.

What are you doing?

Can you finish on your own?

Akemi, call Takahashi-san. Go.

Please.

Thank-you.

Would your wife agree?

The children need a school.

Thanks, of course I accept

painting walls makes you hungry

What do you expect from me?

I hope you make the only honorable choice.

I won't kill myself.

I haven't done anything wrong.

You collaborated with the enemy.

The war is over.

Japan surrendered.

The Emperor

is modal.

I don't want to believe it either,

-but that's the truth. -Shut up!

Why live like this,

in such disgrace?

You believe in that and still wish to live?

No Japanese man would want to live this shame.

Not one!

You have a dirty heart.

You know the truth.

You don't accept it, but you know it.

You can go now.

Nobody suspects you.

Is the picture for your safe-conduct pass?

Are you going on a trip?

Yes. We need it for the train.

We're going to wait for the ship.

The ship?

We're going back

to Japan.

Akemi, let's go home.

Here you get in Takahashi's way.

She's not in the way.

Sometimes she even helps out.

Akemi,

let's go!

You sold your farm?

Yes, I did.

What are you going to live on now, Matsuda-san?

How do you plan to support your family?

Who did you sell it to?

Matsuda-san,

can't you wait until the end of the month like everybody else?

I can't wait.

The ship leaves next week.

We are going to Japan.

This money is just so we can live until the Imperial Ship arrives

and to buy Yens to take back to Japan.

Who bought Matsuda-sads farm?

Noboru Watanabe.

Colonel Noboru Watanabe,

of the Japanese Imperial Army.

The way of the Samurai is death

When the time comes to choose between life and death,

one must choose death.

Nothing else matters.

Faith in the glorious destiny of Japan

and faith in the Emperor and His divinity

are the elements

that make a Japanese man Japanese.

Whoever denies these values

and accepts this kind of life

has ceased being Japanese

and has

a dirty heart.

Does that mean my father's friend,

Aoki-san,

had a dirty heart?

"One must stay serene and keep going.

He who considers dying something worthless

does not know

the Way of the Samurai.

In the moment of life where one finds death

one cannot know whether his duties have been fulfilled.

To live is a wish of any human being,

it is natural that reason tells one so.

However, to live without the fulfillment of one's duties

is cowardice.

to live without the fulfillment of one's duties

is cowardice."

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

You don't need to kill honored men for this.

If the war is over, why speak up?

Don't say anything!

Please, I beg you, don't say anything.

It's my role.

Nobody believes Japan has lost the war.

I'm the president of the cooperative.

I need to tell the truth.

Please, I beg you!

First I have to say that our meeting here today

was authorized by the police.

Because the subject is serious,

authorized to speak Japanese too.

Thanks, Mr Sherriff.

Thank-you for coming.

I summoned this meeting because I feel obliged,

as one of the leaders of this community,

to clarify what is happening.

The war is over.

Japan has been defeated.

To say it hurts,

but it's the truth.

Whoever says anything different lies.

Those that go to your homes to sell land

conquered by Japan, to sell Yens,

talking about a ship that is coming to take the Japanese people back.

Who says that kind of thing

is using Japan's sorrow

our sorrow as Japanese men to obtain advantages.

Don't be fooled.

Don't unite with those who only want to profit.

Wait! Listen!

The Japanese people in Brazil.

You were brave, Sasaki-san.

I'm a dead man.

Akemi,

go to bed.

There was no other way.

I couldn't stay silent.

You are going to die!

What's going to become of us?

Naomi.

I am going to ask you one thing.

Get us some money and ask for a pass.

I'm not staying here

after they kill you.

"The limit of our choices

is very delicate.

Even if death is in vain

it is not shameful toward a coward.

In the Way of the Samurai this is very important."

I'm coming to get you!

Tickle-tickle.

Tickle-tickle.

Stop!

Stop! Stop it!

You monster!

Stop!

Go away!

You monster!

No-one died here!

Teacher Miyuki!

Teacher Miyuki!

Teacher Miyuki!

There was no ship.

No ship?

Shame.

Only shame.

It's no shame to ask for help.

It's not for my sake,

it's for the girls.

There's nothing left.

Nothing.

What can I do now?

What can I do for you?

I'm not going to kill myself.

And I won't let you kill me.

I'm going to fight.

So, you killed Aoki?

You're Watanabe's dog?

The truth is with me.

What truth?

Japan lost the war.

Lost.

Surrendered unconditionally.

The Emperor himself said.

You don't understand.

You people don't understand.

For the real Japanese man there is only one truth

The honor of the Japanese Spirit.

There is nothing else.

Try to get some sleep now.

The dog is dead.

Mother!

Mother!

Mother!

Do you have doubts about what you did being right?

There is no guilt.

I did what was right to do.

Yamada-sama

can you tell me?

These pictures,

where did they come from?

It's an easy procedure.

I need a caption

for each picture

How many prints should I.

I only need the negatives.

GENERAL MAC ARTHUR SURRENDERS TO THE EMPEROR

JAPAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER

TAKES OVER THE AMERICAN FLEET

Watanabe-sama.

I need to ask you something.

Japan won the war, right?

Of course.

So, why do we have to falsify images of victory?

The enemy forbids Japanese papers.

They only let lies through.

The lies of the Allies.

But woudn't Yamada-sama

have access to Japanese papers?

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, , ;

but it's hard to believe that.

Let's be honest.

We use lies against lies.

The truth is ours.

You demand that I kill myself.

You expect Colonel Noboru Watanabe,

of the Imperial Japanese Army, to kill himself.

I must have done something very serious.

My honor, as a man, as a Japanese soldier,

must be dirty if I need to cleanse it

with my own blood.

But, was I the one who had doubts?

About the glory of Japan, about the perfection of the Japanese Spirit,

and the superiority of the Japanese people?

The one with doubts is the one with a dirty heart.

Even if you find your doubts reasonable

you are wrong.

Wrong!

Reasonable doubts?

There is no such thing!

Ever!

The nationalist has no doubts.

In any case, for the nationalist doubt does not exist.

Colonel Noboru Watanabe

has no reason to kill himself.

He's here to confess his crimes.

What crimes?

What crimes did you commit?

First I need to beg forgiveness.

I killed two innocent men

because I thought they were traitors.

I killed Aoki

and I killed Sasaki.

What did he say?

You thought they were traitors?

You don't think so anymore?

I don't.

I also killed Colonel Watanabe.

I still would like to beg forgiveness.

Why didn't you kill yourself?

I'm not worthy of that.

To live alone

with this dishonor

is the punishment I deserve.

Good Morning.

Good Morning.

I need a passport photo.

Can you take one?

Of course.

Please.

A little to the right, please.

Oh, you speak Japanese.

I do, of course!

Now a day's many youngsters don't speak Japanese.

Only Portuguese.

Takahashi-san?

Is it you?

Akemi.

Wait, Akemi, please.

And Miyuki?

She remarried.

Many years ago.

I think she went back to Japan.

My name is Miyuki Takahashi.

I lived

the war in the Japanese colony.

In that war.

I lost my love.

The conflict in the Japanese community reached its peak between 1946 and 1947

leaving dozens dead and hundreds wounded.

More than 30 thousand Japanese immigrants

were arrested. 381 were convicted.

Ten years later all of them were granted amnesty.

DIRTY HEARTS