"My name is Miyuki Takahashi." "I live..." "I lived through the war in the Japanese overseas community." "In that war," "I lost everything." "DIRTY HEARTS [國賊 kokuzoku: traitor]" "By the time World War II ended and Japan surrendered to Allied forces, there flourished in Brazil the world's largest Japanese overseas community." "The government did not allow these immigrants to assemble, have their own newspapers, schools, or radio." "Thus restrained by the state, few believed Japan had lost the war." "POLICE STATION" "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 against 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." "Could you take a photo of me, Takahashi-san?" "Teacher Miyuki!" "Your husband is going to take a photo of me." "Aren't you?" "Did I say that?" "Come on!" "What's going on here?" "Don't you know that Japanese are forbidden to assemble?" "Enemy propaganda." "Enemy uniform." "That's a crime!" "What's that?" "An enemy flag?" "It's a crime, guys, you can't do this." "This sort of thing could get you in trouble." "Don't touch the flag!" "The flag is sacred!" "Shut up, you old jap!" "The war is over, but the law did not change." "The enemy 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!" "My girl, your toes grow so fast they poke holes in your socks." "Here." "Put it on." "We have just received a speech, relayed by the occupation forces in Japan, and hand-written by the Emperor himself." "This document confirms that Japan is on its knees." "It is even stronger in content than the previous one, in which 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 nor are they destined to dominate the world." "Most surprising to Japanese subjects around the world is the part of the speech in which the Emperor admits that he is not a god, but a man, like any other man." "The end of the war in the Pacific happened on August 14th." "Can this be possible?" "You heard it too." "It's hard to believe." "Girl, what are you doing here?" "Akemi, you didn't hear any of this." "Not a word." "Understood?" "... women and children ..." "Our flag has been desecrated." "Faced with such an outrage there is only one possible path." "We're counting 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, what they're saying, I'm not sure .." ".. I understand." "Tell me." "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..." " Has to, what?" "!" "You better go home or I'll arrest you all." "Not against Brazilians." "We want corporal Garcia." "I'll talk to corporal Garcia, now go home." "Go home." "Go!" "It's just the two of us in here." "We'll have to kill them." "Put that gun down." "This town's full of Japanese, they'll all come after us." "Go call the troops, quick." "Sit down." "Sit here." "Ask him who told them to kill corporal 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 flow." "What did he say?" "What did he say?" "Why are you here?" "Traitor." "They think Japan won the war?" "Yes." "And they complain that..." "You collaborate with them." "I'm just trying to help..." "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 he saying?" "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 .. war." "Japan did not win." "Whoever doesn't believe so is not Japanese!" "He's just an animal with a dirty heart!" "Everybody out of the room." "Come on." "You stay, Aoki." "Stay." "Both of you stay." "Does your wife know you're here?" "Does Miyuki know you're here?" "Does she know you want to kill a man?" "Mr. Takahashi, the war..." "Since the beginning of History" "Japan has never lost a war." "And didn't lose this one, either." "You have a dirty heart." "Traitor." "Everything settled, Mr Watanabe, I talked to the Police Chief." "Who do you think you are?" "My name Noboru Watanabe." "I didn't understand." "[IN JAPANESE] Colonel of the Japanese Imperial Army:" "Noboru Watanabe." "In your country you'd all 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!" "Tennō heika banzai!" "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, since we have to do our lessons in secret, for what purpose do we need to learn Japanese?" "Kyoko-chan, are you Japanese or Brazilian?" "Teacher what is the meaning of .." ".. this word ?" "[TRAITOR]" "Easy, easy." "Do you speak Portuguese, m'am?" "I do." "So tell your teacher that she..." "Easy!" "Nobody's going to get hurt .." "but all this is banned." "Continues to be banned." "I'm not arresting anyone, but I have to take all the evidence." "Books," "Japanese notebooks." "♪ Usagi oishi kano yama Sometimes I dream I'm on the hill" "♪ Kobuna tsurishi kano kawa Chasing the wild hare, freely at will" "♪ Yume wa ima mo megurite Catching small fish, as the brook murmurs by" "♪ Wasuregataki Furusato Place of my birthright, for you I sigh" "♪ Ikani imasu chichi-haha Father and mother, once you taught me" "♪ Tsutsuganashi ya tomogoaki That treasures of life are all given free!" "♪ Ame ni kaze ni tsuketemo..." "Friendship and happiness, sunshine and rain..." "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 'mortal'." "I don't want to believe it either," "but that's the truth." "Shut up!" "Why live like this, in such disgrace?" "You believe 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 this a photo for travel documents?" "Are you going on a trip?" "Yes, yes." "We're taking the train .." ".. to meet the ship." "The ship?" "We're going back to Japan." "Akemi, let's go home." "You're in Mr. Takahashi's way." "She's not in the way." "Sometimes she helps out." "Akemi, let's go!" "You sold your farm?" "Yes, I did." "What will you live on now, Mr. Matsuda?" "How will you support your family?" "Who did you sell it to?" "Matsuda-san, why can't you wait til the end of the month like everyone else?" "I can't wait." "Our ship leaves next week." "We are going to Japan." "This money is just to get by until the Imperial Ship arrives and to buy Yens to take back to Japan." "Who bought Matsuda's land?" "Noboru Watanabe." "Colonel Noboru Watanabe, of the Japanese Imperial Army." "The way of the Samurai is death [ Bushido ]" "When it's time 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 to be Japanese .." ".. and has .." ".. a 'dirty heart'." "Does that mean my father's friend," "Mr. Aoki, had a dirty heart?" ""One must stay serene and keep going." "He who considers dying, as something worthless does not know" "the Way of the Samurai." "At 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 favors life." "However, to live without fulfilling one's duties is cowardice." "to live without fulfilling one's duties is cowardice."" "Excuse me, may I?" "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "One doesn't kill honorable men because of 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 that Japan lost." "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 also speak Japanese." "Thank you, Police Chief." "Thank you all for coming." "I summoned this meeting because I feel obliged, as one of the leaders of this community, to clarify for everyone, 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 you newly 'conquered' lands by Japan, to exchange Yens, talking about a ship coming to take the Japanese people of Brasil back home... .. those who say these things" ".. are using Japan's grief .." ".. our grief, as Japanese men, to their own advantage." "Don't be fooled." "Don't side with those who only want to profit." "Wait!" "Listen!" "The Japanese people of Brazil..." "You were brave, Sasaki-san." "I am ... 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 want to ask you something." "Get us some money and travel papers." "I can't staying in this town after they kill you." ""Our range of choices is very delicate." "Even if death is in vain it is not the shame of a coward." "In the Way of the Samurai this is very important..."" "I'm coming to get you!" "Tickle-tickle." "Tickle-tickle." "Stop!" "Stop this!" "You old wretch!" "Stop!" "Go away!" "Wretch!" "No one died here!" "Teacher Miyuki!" "Miss Miyuki!" "Miss 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." "I have 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 on my side." "What truth?" "Japan lost the war." "Lost." "Surrendered unconditionally." "The Emperor himself said..." "You don't understand." "You people don't understand." "For the Japanese there is only one truth:" "the honor of the Japanese Spirit." "There is nothing else." "Try to get some sleep." "The dog is dead." "Mother!" "Mother!" "Mother!" "Do you doubt that what you did was right?" "There is no ... guilt." "I did what was right." "Mr. Yamada 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" "Mr. Watanabe." "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 you, Mr. Yamada, have access to Japanese papers?" "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 does not doubt." "At any rate, for the nationalist doubt does not exist." "Colonel Noboru Watanabe has no reason to kill himself." "He says 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?" "Now 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!" "Nowadays many youngsters don't speak Japanese." "Only Portuguese." "Takahashi-san?" "Is it you?" "Akemi." "Wait, Akemi, please." "What about Miyuki?" "Remarried." "Many years ago." "I think she went back to Japan." "My name is Miyuki Takahashi." "I live..." "I lived through the war" "[TRAITOR] in the Japanese overseas community." "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 thirty thousand Japanese .." ".. were arrested." "381 were convicted." "Ten years later all were granted amnesty." "DIRTY HEARTS" "Corrections  additional translations by AsifAkheir"