Years of Upheaval (1991–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Episode #1.7 - full transcript

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- 43rd Division Hospital -
Saipan

- Episode 7 -
Originally Aired on 10/23/1991

Have you heard the news?

The 29th division headed for Saipan
was completely annihilated.

Not even half the troops
made it back alive.

They were attacked
by American submarines.

It's only a matter of time before
the Americans land here.

Likely.

- Then, are we just all going to die?
- I guess.

- How will you deal with it?
- What?



Must we die with honor just
like the Japanese?

Will you just let them kill you?

- Bacteria Cultivation Lab -
43rd Div. Hospital, Saipan

Dry sputum tests for our pest
bacteria cultures are complete.

- How long can they last?
- About three months.

I doubt we'll have to wait that long,

as these rats will become our very last
line of defense here in Saipan.

Bear this in mind, Harimoto.

The moment the Americans land,
we'll inject these rats with bacteria.

So that when they'll come charging at us,
the only thing they will find...

are hundreds of rats and all the
bacteria they've been infected with.

Don't you want General Ishii
to see all this?

Heard the news?

They asked us for a medic.



I gave my consent, and it looks like
it's for some Chosen women.

There was really no need for a
gynecologist or anything...

Just anyone who can check if they're
clean down there, nothing more.

You never know what you're
getting, you know...

Some of them even did some time
among the Kwantung Army.

This is no easy job, of course.

We need to make sure they're clean,
but who will possibly examine them?!

Every army medic claims to be busy.

They just don't want to do the
dirty work, that's what.

So I'll have to count on you.

I'll give you all the discounts you ask.

Uh? Medic Sir.

- Imperial Army Comfort Station -
Nafutan, Saipan

I brought a medic.

Come. Hurry up.

Come on.

Let's hurry.

Quick.

Let's get moving.

Take off your clothes, all of them.

Let's show him everything there is to see.

Don't you want to get a
proper examination?

You know that you won't get work
if you're not clean, right?

And if you came all the way here to
loaf around, better drown in the sea.

Keep an eye on this one.

My damn luck...
I even got a pregnant one.

Not the kind of miracle I wished for.
Most women here can't even get pregnant.

- Get moving.
- All right!

Just kill it and get it over with,
will you?

She didn't come for free,
I spent good money for her.

How about it?
Can you do that?

Here.

Done.

Get ready.

Are you deaf?

- Let's examine you.
- No! No way.

If the child dies, so do I.

You're just... You're just trying
to get rid of my baby, right?

Forget it, no way!

Lie down.

I don't really know much about
gynecology, to be honest.

See what happens if you touch my baby.

No way, never!

Aren't you going to give birth?

Shouldn't you get checked
for that to happen?

You look about ready for delivery.

Here, give it back to me.

It's too late to do anything, anyway.

And it's not like you're going
through a regular pregnancy.

So let's check whether the
child is healthy, and then...

You can't go on doing
this in your state.

I said you have a venereal disease,

so you won't have to do anything as
long as you're under treatment.

I'm from Joseon, too!

Sakai?!

Sakai...

It's you, right?

Sakai!

You made it alive, Sakai!

- May 1944, Bishenpur -
10 km South of Imphal

Hey.

Have some of this, it's butter.

It's British-made.
I found it.

I thought everyone died.

You know, the moment I heard
those tanks, I started running away.

I kept running nonstop, and suddenly
it was morning, and I was still alive.

Water.

We need to save it for later.

We got lucky.

It's a relief we made it.
Beats dying in that manner.

Hardtacks.

Go ahead, you can have them.

Hey... Stay away.

I said stay away!
Don't come here.

Away!

He got it!

See? I told you Sakai was the
best in the entire regiment!

We hit it!

When we get home,
I'll open an udon stall.

My family has a secret recipe.

See? It's great we made it alive.

I'm happy you made it.

How about you?
Aren't you happy I made it?

You're not like the others.

You look like you'll survive no
matter what happens. Right?

What do you think you're doing?
Goddamned deserters!

What is this supposed to be?

Is this how you uphold
our empire's legacy?

We're here to supervise our troops.

Those who haven't suffered any injuries,
hurry up and come forward.

Separate yourselves from the injured.

What's with you?
You're perfectly fine.

What's your affiliation?

Separate from the injured.

Hey! Stop!

Deserters will be executed!

Don't go.

Go with them.

Aren't you Japanese, after all?

And where are you going?

Not that way, for sure.

Look, Sakai.

I can't go back to those trenches.

Don't leave me here.

Don't do this to me.

I must survive.

Sakai...

Sakai...

Don't abandon me here...

Sakai...

Sakai...
War scares me.

I want to live.

Don't leave me here.

Harimoto.

Why don't you go ahead
and write a will as well?

It actually makes you feel better?!

Is that what you were writing?

Yes, for my wife.

I bet she'll be in tears
when she reads this.

But it'll make her proud.

Is that so?

Someone who cries for you, one who'll
bring flowers to your grave,

and one who will hate your guts for life.
Doesn't that suffice?

- Your hat.
- Right.

Thanks. See you!

Hey, Medic.

You just leave like this while on duty?

How about her treatment?

Treating venereal diseases is no joke.

Goddamn...
Just my lucky day.

I'd never make such a mistake.
And when the hell will it stop raining?!

I don't really know much about
gynecology myself...

You can't read Japanese, right?

I highlighted a few bits that
might come in handy.

Give it a read.

I'll only stay a moment.

I have to at least pretend I'm treating you.

I apologize.

I thought you came to kill my baby...

It's what everyone else tried to do...

All of them.

People are really something.

Thousands and thousands of
dead day in and day out,

and yet someone struggling
so fiercely to save one life.

You know what's going on in Saipan?

Your choices are getting
bombarded or infected.

This baby will survive.

I must meet his father.

We promised, that he'd make it alive.
And then come back to me.

That's what he promised me.

Help me.

- Charan-Kanoa -
Saipan

What are you doing here?

- Explosives, you said?
- That's right.

How much will we need to
take this hospital down?

And I'm supposed to
help you do that?

I can't do it by myself.

You'll have to help me out.

- And why me?
- You're in the explosives division.

- Still...
- They're not going to bombard the hospital.

We must bring it down by ourselves.

- Jang Seonbae...
- We're both from Joseon.

I'm sorry.

You know what's hiding
in the basement?

- I'm sorry. I didn't hear that.
- Listen to me.

It was great to meet you here.

Meeting a fellow compatriot,
let alone a schoolmate like you.

- But that has nothing to do with this!
- It's filled with bacteria.

Enough to kill thousands and
thousands of people.

I even despised you!

What could possibly lead a student-soldier
to become Mita's right-hand man?!

The moment the Americans land,
all those bacteria will be let loose.

- All over Saipan.
- I'm from Joseon, too.

I might be from Joseon,
but this is crazy.

We have no chances of succeeding.

If they spot us with those explosives,
we'll be killed.

Listen...

We're going to die, anyway.

Once they release those bacteria,
nobody will survive.

Nobody.

I'm just as scared as you are.

And I think it's crazy, too.

I'm no independence fighter.

If that was the case, I wouldn't
have followed Mita for all this time.

All I want is to survive.

Don't you want the same?

Kang Gyun.

Kang Gyun.

Still, men should get married.

It's only when they have children
that people really grow up.

It doesn't have to be a great beauty.

Give it ten years, and even a great body
and a nice face will do you no good.

Get someone who can't live
without you, and you'll be set.

You better believe it.

How much longer do you think
this war will go on?

A year?

Two?

Could easily be ten.

By then, my little Junko will be
old enough to get married.

I should be there by her side
when that happens...

To survive until then...

Who's there?

Kubota!

Kubota!

Owaku!

Owaku...

- Owaku!
- Kubota!

Owaku...

- You made it!
- You were alive!

Missed me?

Scummy Chosen runaway.

Not one to die easily, are you?

Kubota.

Sakai.

Eleven of us are left.

Acting immediately, we will
march to rejoin the regiment.

I'm still in command.

Discipline isn't dead.

So you better remember that.

Ten-hut!

- 43rd Division Coast Checkpoint -
Tanapag Harbor, Saipan

- Bacteria Cultivation Lab -
43rd Division Hospital

Today's raid was used by the
enemy for recon purposes.

Intel led us to believe that at least
eight aircraft carriers and six subs...

are standing by and ready to attack at
the US Navy Pacific HQ in Mejuro-to.

And that can only mean that a full-scale
offensive is on the horizon.

All senior officers will be posted
here 24/7 starting immediately.

First order of business,

reporting to our strategy room
at the first signs of an attack.

There, you will be provided with bacteria.

Finally...

So you don't want to croak
in here, either? Aigoo...

This is TNT.

Only movement can detonate it.

What do I do to set it off?

One bullet is all it'd take.

But that would kill us as well,
so using dynamite is wiser.

Detonate it from afar,
and we'll be able to buy time.

What's the matter?

I apologize, I just...

There was a problem with the valves,

so I came in a hurry without
asking permission.

Anything wrong with the bacteria?

Luckily, I spotted the issue right away.

It was literally withdrawing
towards death.

The only things they could feed
on were roots and bark,

as reaching their destination was becoming
an increasingly remote possibility.

They had to cover between
800 and 1000 km,

from the deadly Hukawng Valley
to the central Burmese basin...

and all the way to the Arakan mountains.

The entire contingent sent to Burma for
the Imphal Campaign was 303,500 men.

Only 110,000 made it back alive,

meaning that close to 190,000
people lost their lives in Burma.

They were all treated as deaths in battle,

but most of them were the result
of starvation and malaria.

- Hukawng Valley -
Burma

You know why I enlisted at my age?

I was left with no job,
my wife deserted me,

and I even had to leave my
only daughter to relatives.

But I was hungry, so hungry I
had to join the army to survive.

I never imagined war would
be this bad, I never did!

I can't take this anymore.

What the hell are you doing?

What is this?

Where did the empire's fighting spirit go?

No Imperial soldier would
die on the way like that.

Get up!

Get the hell up!

Who's there?

Kono!

Kono!

That prick isn't even human.

He's got to be possessed.

Or else, how could he still
be that strong?!

Some kind of demon must
have possessed him.

Kono.

Don't you know those left behind become
deserters, and could be executed?

Get up!

Up!

Is this how you want to die?

Kono!

Army command is right around the corner.

You're an imperial soldier!

I did it for Kono's own good.

He would have either died,
or been taken prisoner.

Can an imperial soldier become a POW?

There are no POW's among imperial soldiers.

Don't you get it?
Kono asked for it!

If he could still talk,
he would have begged me.

No one can fall behind.

Imperial soldiers either die in
battle or take their own lives.

And Kono took his life.

Kono committed suicide!

Kono took his life...

It was suicide...

Are you all right?

I told you not to do anything
to draw attention.

What are you doing?

Follow me.

- WithS2 Presented -
20th Anniversary Special
E Y E S of D A W N
- Episode 7 -

- Starring -
PARK Sangwon (Jang Harim)
CHAE Sira (Yoon Yeook)

CHOI Jaesung (Choi Daechi)
JANG Hangseon (Oe)

PARK Inhwan (Kubota)
KIM Heunggi (Mita)

YOON Munshik (Koga)
JUNG Myeonghwan (Kang Gyun)

- Written By -
SONG Jina

- Based Upon the Novel By -
KIM Seongjong

- Produced By -
KIM Jonghak

- Translated and Timed by -
Anarchist

- Timing QC -
julier

- Editing -
langdon813

- Coordinators -
ay_link, mily2