"Shochiku" "BELL OF SAYON Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu" "Cast" "Ri Kouran as Sayon" "Toshiaki Konoe as Mr. Takeda Kenji Ooyama as Mr. Murai" "The beautiful tropical island of Taiwan is at the forefront of southern advancement under the Pacific War" "On this island is the Takasago tribe who have been called "outsiders."" "but now as the Emperor's subjects they fight with guns at the frontlines and homefront." "The film is dedicated to the patriotism of the Takasago people and to the passion of the policemen who are devoted to governing them." "The Takasago people lead a simple and peaceful life in the heart of the mountains" "Here, the policemen are also the doctors..." ""Use Japanese properly..." "Japan, the country born of God, is..."" "...they are also the teachers... and instructors... and directors of construction." "Beware of landslides" "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6..." "Oh, I wonder what happened." "Sayon's calling you." "You should go home." "Why won't you come back?" "Come on!" "Fine." "Come on!" "Wait!" "Where you going?" "Listen or you'll regret it!" "Hey!" "Everyone!" "My piglet ran away!" "Capture it!" "Hurry!" "Over there!" "Over here!" "Hurry, hurry!" "Hey!" "This way!" "Over here!" "Don't be stupid!" "Once the pig is big, we can take it to town and buy things for us!" "We caught it!" "All right, let's go home!" "Sayon..." "Wrong, try again!" "Sayon, I was wrong." "I'm sorry!" "Very good." "You have to use the Japanese language clearly." "Nahan, what day is it today?" "You're wrong!" "I'm no longer Nahan." "Oh right, Nahan!" "You changed your name to Taro!" "Then Taro, what's the date today?" "1942," "May 4th." "Good." " Next is Yoshio!" " Yes!" "What day of the week is it?" "Thursday!" "Good." " Manata!" " Yes!" "What's the day after Thursday?" "It's Wednesday." "Wrong." "Tomorrow is May 5th." "So what day is May 5th?" "May 5th is Boys' Day." "A holiday!" "So, what day of the week is tomorrow's holiday?" "Who can tell me?" " Friday, Friday, Friday!" " Well done!" "So what we do for tomorrow's holiday?" "We raise carp streamers!" "Yes, that's right." "Do carp come from the sea?" "Or from the river?" "Who can answer?" "They swim in the sky!" "That's because they're carp streamers!" "In that case, I'll take you guys to see real carp tomorrow." "Where are they swimming?" "In the lake on top of the mountain." "The Uttofu will get angry if a woman goes to that lake." "The Uttofu's just a superstition!" "It doesn't exist!" "That's all in the past." "Pick lots of flowers, from mountain to mountain," "and spend my time singing, and get wet from the night frost." "I am a free-spirited aboriginal girl." "My parents are the clouds and the frost." "Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho!" "The streams of the valley are my mirrors to get ready." "The twigs of the forests are my green combs." "Oops, I forgot!" "Taya!" "What did you forget?" "Hey!" "The baby's lost!" "Taya, what happened?" "The baby's lost." "The baby's lost?" "I left him tied to this tree." "Come, everybody start looking!" "Go on, behind that too." "Over there too!" " Oh, welcome back!" " Hi." "Whose baby is that?" "I have no idea." "Apparently he was on the ground." "On the ground?" "A young man walked by this one and brought him in." "I wonder whose baby..." "No idea." "There are so many babies born in these aboriginal villages and there are so many similar ones." "Hey" "Does this baby look familiar?" "You've midwifed most babies here." "You must know." "I think it might be Taya's." "Now that you say that, he looks like him." "Let me go and find out." "(missing scene: baby back with mother)" "Will you buy me baseball gear after you sell the pig?" "I'll buy you that once the piglets are bigger." "What will you buy with this one?" "A goat." "I'll milk it and feed the baby." "Will you let us have some?" "You're all too big for it!" "I wish you would buy us baseball gear." "Take it." "Sayon." "No, no!" "You asked for it to be sold." "Sayon, you need to stop crying." "Muster up some strength and see it off." "Goodbye, this is farewell..." "Good bye." "You shouldn't have bought a sheep." "Nope, one more time." "Oh yeah, instead of buying a goat you should have bought us baseball gear." "You won't buy us gear?" "I told you, we'll buy gear once the piglets are big." "Sayon, you spend all your time with the baby now." "I'm bored!" "You said you'll take us to see carp but you haven't." "Take us to see the carp!" "Quiet!" "I'm not a kid leader anymore, you know!" "Any day now..." "Any day now, what?" "What?" "What?" "If you want I can tell them." "Namina, you were listening?" "I wasn't listening, I overheard." "Meanie!" "Namina, don't tell anyone!" "I don't have to!" "They all know!" "Know what?" "About you and Saburo!" "I'm embarrassed!" "Sayon, are you happy Saburds almost back?" "Everybody knows about you too!" "About you and Mona!" "We're going to fall!" "Sayon!" "The pig's stealing the baby's milk!" "Oh no!" "Hey, hey, hey, that's precious milk!" "Hey, you guys need to come help me!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "Everyone, raise your hands to welcome Saburo, ok?" "Okay!" "Hey, do you think Saburo will bring back a present?" "I hope he brings us baseball gear." "Don't be looking for presents, silly." "Wrong, one more time!" " I'm sorry." " Good." "Naha, go take a look." "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "You're the first to graduate from our school." " Thanks to you." " No, you worked hard." "I'm proud to have taught a kid like you." "Saburo, what will you celebrate next?" "Next celebration?" "I'll sing about the Takasago people!" "Now that you're back," "I'd like to pull the water from the mountain and make a rice paddy." "Rice paddy?" "That's great!" "It's an old idea and" "I'd like to make it happen." "Yes, let's do it." "Why are you all the way here?" " I know why." " What do you know?" "Because Sayon and Saburo are dancing." "Mona, you like Sayon!" "Saburo, tell me about the mainland." "Mainland?" "The mainland is nice but there's no place like the place you're born." "But in the mainland, there must be a lot of pretty ladies." "Sure the ladies of the mainland are pretty and nice and full of energy." "Then, you probably didn't want to come home?" "Why?" "The women to the west are beautiful... and nice..." "Sayon it's no time to sound so carefree and naive." "Women of the mainland are serious." "They're working as hard as the soldiers at war." "In addition to the women's work they've even taken on the men's jobs!" "There are mothers with babies pulling cars and there are daughters learning to shoot guns." "After they leave school before they get married, there are girls who work in construction too." "I too, take care of pigs, milk goats," "and I'm going to breed them!" "Us aboriginals too, begin work at dawn until it's dark" "During the day, only the babies, children and elders are left!" "So I also take care of the babies now!" "I see, that's great!" "I too, came back because you never know when I'd be called out to help." "Until I'm called for, I'm going to work hard!" "Saburo you were so noble when you last came back but you're even more noble and brave now!" "You too." "You were cute when I last came back but now you are beautiful and so brave!" "Hey everyone!" "Mind the babies!" "Hey!" "I can see the lake!" "You're so boring now that you're with Saburo!" "Sayon, we're going to use this water to create paddies." "I doubt the water here will dry out." "There must be a flowing source at the bottom" "Mr. Takeda said so." "But to the elder's this is the Uttofu's lake." "They say that when a woman enters, there's a curse." "I hear there's a rule that any woman who enters must sacrifice her body to it." " That's a legend!" "Let's all go!" "Are you okay?" "Sayon!" "Was the Uttofu still asleep?" "Snoring really loudly!" "Saburo!" "Saburo!" "There's definitely water flowing in." "You took so long to come up I was worried Uttofu got you!" "Now I'm relieved." "No matter the drought we won't have to worry that the paddies will dry out!" "See?" " That's so great!" " Yes" "I guess it was a lie that Uttofu live s here!" "Hey!" "Sayon went into the lake!" "If you must follow the rule and sacrifice my body," "I will go." "The water is clean the view beautiful and perfect for children to play in!" "I see." "Yes, you are correct." "However... the elders may not calm down about it." "How about, while it's been a while, go hunting and offer up the animal to Uttofu?" "If within that day, you're unable to get a beast, it would be hard... no, rather, it would be sad but have Sayon go." "Until we offer the beast..." "Sayon... okay, sure." "I will go." "I see." "Sayon you will go?" "It would be sad but we must." "Plan on staying a night or two in the storage huts." "That's right." "Well, even after all this time, it's tough to make the elders understand." "Well I'm off then." "Sayon!" "Hey!" "Taya, what's going on?" "Were you scared?" "I'm not scared but I'm hungry!" " I brought you potatoes." " Thank you!" "Thanks for coming." "I thought you might be angry at us." "Why?" "We're the ones who told on you for entering the lake." "Oh I'm not angry." " How are the kids?" " I'll bring them next time." "Baby's not crying?" "Mr. Takeda milked the goat and shared some with the baby." "I wonder if the piglet's been fed'?" "It'll find something without being fed." "I'll bring it for you next time." " Did everyone go hunting?" " They went really early." "Hey Sayon, if they can't bring back a beast do you have to stay here forever?" "I'll be fine here forever." "I'll get lots of pigs and goats and float lots of ducks on this lake and put lots of babies on boats..." "What about kids?" "The kids..." "I'll make them swim like goldfish!" "And me?" "You're the leader of the kids!" "And you?" "I will... sing really loud until you can hear me beyond the mountain!" "What's wrong?" "So Saburo got hurt intentionally by Mona, you say?" "Yes." "Why?" "Mona, likes Sayon." "If Mona likes Sayon, why does he have to hurt Saburo?" "Sayon and Saburo are close and will get married soon." "Ever since Saburo's homecoming celebration" "Mona has been deep in thought." "Since then on, when he'd see Sayon and Saburo" "Mona has acted lonely." "See." "So then" "Mona has hurt Saburo?" "That's right." "It's my foot so walking might be difficult but the wound itself is not so bad." "Does it still hurt?" "Hardly anymore." "It was my fault for running too fast." "If I wasn't in your way, your arrow may have hit the "kyon."" "We missed the beast and I feel bad for Sayon but she'll have to wait another night." "Saburo" "How's your foot?" " It's not bad." " I see." " Mona, over here." " Yes" "Mona" "You were my student weren't you?" "Whenever you had something you have always come to me." "I don't think there were any secrets between us." "I know that's been the case with everybody here." "But recently, do you have something you're hiding from me?" " No, there's nothing." " I see." "Well then, I'll ask about Saburo's injury" "You didn't do it on purpose, right?" "Of course not." "As long as that's the case." "Do you have some issue with Saburo?" "I do not." "Then how come since the homecoming celebration, you've been lost in thought?" "I remember that Sayon was so happy and singing for Saburo." "Since then, there is talk of their marriage but I've heard you've been sulking more since then." "Are you into Sayon?" "!" "Teacher, of course not!" " What I was deep in thought with..." " What was it?" "Well, ever since we were little, in school, when I was first and Saburo second." "When Saburo was first, I was second." "When we graduated, I was second." "Saburo who was first was chosen to go study in the mainland" "I was disappointed." "When Saburo graduated there and came back," "I wished I had gone too and was jealous." "I see, that's why you were deep in thought." "Yes," "I have no feelings for Sayon at all." "I have" "Namina." "Mona, go make Namina feel better." "I wanted to bring the pig but it wouldn't listen." "So instead, I brought you goat's milk." "Thank you." "That pig hasn't had a baby yet?" "Not yet." "It has a belly this big!" "When the piglet is born" "I'll sell the pig and buy ducks." "I'm going to buy ducks and have lots of them float on the lake!" "Shall we feed them the goat's milk and make them bigger faster?" "If you do that, the baby will get angry!" " How's Saburo?" " He was walking with a limp." "But he can walk by himself then?" "Then I have no worries!" "And everyone else?" "They said they'll do anything to hunt a beast." "Sayon!" "There's been a summons from the army!" "Today we have received the much-awaited summons to join the army." "We have been waiting for a day like today." "The time has come for the Takasago people to shine." "This honor should be felt strongly and throw your lives into serving the country." "There is no need for me to explain this because you have prepared for this daily." "I will call the summoned." " Ei Takeda" " Yes!" " Saburo lshikawa" " Yes!" " Mona Yoshimura" " Yes!" "The men who have been summoned from here are these three." "While it is of course true for those summoned, those who did not this time around should wait for the next and third rounds of summons and work as if your body is at the warfields." "And those who are sumoned will leave tonight." "Over." "Please, I would like to be summoned too." "I came back here looking forward to this day." "Please summon me too." " Me too, please." " Me too, please." " Me too, please." " Me too, please." " Please" " Please" "Wait." "I understand all your feelings." "You are not along in feeling so." "It is how everybody in Japan feels." "So, as I said earlier," "I want you to wait with all your heart for the second and third rounds." " Understood?" " Yes!" "You have been summoned in the first round." "We are all so envious." "So I hope that you will do even our part for glory." "And we... in return... promise to work your load over here." "Please listen to the last words that I, as your wife, will say to you." "At war, you must never think of me or think of the children." "Please just continue to fight." "As of today, you are no longer my husband." "You are not the father of this child." "You are a proud Japanese soldier." "Lastly, please hold this child." "Nobody is happier than I am that you have been summoned, Mona." "Mona, please do an outstanding job." "You must not be behind anybody." "Stand at the front and fight." "While you fight," "I will have the Japanese flag in my house." "Saburo why are you being so glum?" "Today is the day the Takasago army is being promoted." "Today is the day that your friends of the sky will depart!" "Even though you weren't summoned this time, there will be a second, a third, fourth and fifth." "There will definitely be a time for you." "In the meantime, you have so many things you must do here." "Like pulling the water from the lake and build paddles." "Or felling the forest and make fields." "Or uproot the rocks and make a passage" "Come on, cheer up and send off your friends." "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Far in the sky of the Pacific shines the Southern Cross." "The black current splashes on the island of the coconut." "The howling waves of the equator is what we must face and stand against in the South." "It is the Taiwan Army that will defend." "Oh, the dignified" "Taiwan Army 50 years of fragrant history the pacifier and grace of this island the God has passed away from the local Imperial palace but we feel his grace in Taiwan" "Providing distinguished services in the South" "It is the Taiwan Army that will defend." "Oh, the dignified" "Taiwan Army." "The fight in China, the Bukan war to the south sea islands, to Nanning through the raining bullets and many mountrains and rivers" "Sung as invincible heroes the elite and powerful in the South" "It is the Taiwan Army that will defend." "Oh, the dignified" "Taiwan Army." " Please" " Yes, yes." "Saburo!" "The fact that we got called upon made the elders happy too." "Now the whole Uttofu thing has blown over!" "Sayon, look even the elders are going to work at the mountains" "If I go to sea" "I may become a body in water." "If I go to the mountains" "I may become a body where the grass grows." "If by the Emperor I can die" "I will not regret it." "If I go to sea" "I may become a body in water." "If I go to the mountains" "I may become a body where the grass grows." "If by the Emperor" "I can die" "I will not regret it." "Teacher!" "There's a baby about to be born!" "Baby?" "Hey, there's a baby about to be born" " A baby will be born?" " Yea" "I wonder where." "I don't think there's anybody due." "Who's baby?" "Sayon's baby!" "Sayon?" "Sayon's going to give birth?" "Sayon's pig!" "See." "Is it born?" "Teacher, help her!" "Pick lots of flowers from mountain to mountain" "and spend my time singing and get wet from the night frost." "I am a free-spirited aboriginal girl." "My parents are the clouds and the frost" "Heigh-ho, heigh-ho" "The streams of the valley are my mirrors to get ready" "The twigs of the forest are my green combs" "I am a cheerful aboriginal girl." "With a crown of flowers" "I will dance" "Hey!" "I bought some ducks!" "You're all here, what about the baby?" "Bad boys for leaving him." "Come, bring the ducks after me." "Come on, everyone, hold a baby each." "We're going to the lake and letting the duck swim!" "Don't kick!" "We're going to make the lake full of ducks!" "Come!" "Taya." "Next!" "Lift your hands." "There you go." "Now, we're ready." "Oh, I can't find my brother's baby." "Oh there he is!" "Come, come, come." "Okay, we're going." "Okay, we're off!" "Everyone, don't drop the babies." "Hey!" "Mr. Takeda received a summons order!" "Please take this straight to him." "Sure." "Please take the baby." "You don't have to come." "Take care of the babies and ducks." "Mr. Murai!" "Mr. Takeda received a summons order!" "A summons order!" "It's started to rain!" "It's raining a lot but shall we leave?" " Yes." " We'll go" "If we don't leave today, we won't make the initiation." "See." "In that case." "From this day" "you will not look back and for the Emperor" "stand tall as his shield." "The shield will..." "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "I am off!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Far in the sky of the Pacific shines the Southern Cross." "The black current splashes on the island of the coconut." "The howling waves of the equator ls what we must face and stand against in the South" "It is the Taiwan Army that will defend." "Oh, the dignified" "Taiwan Army." "50 years of fragrant history" "I'm going to see them off." "...the God has passed away from the local Imperial palace" "but we feel his grace in Taiwan" "Providing distinguished services in the South." "It is the Taiwan Army that will defend" "Oh, the dignified" "Teacher, let me see you off." "I'm grateful but the rain is too much." "No, I will see you off." "Sayon, you've come far enough." "Thank you so much." "Take care of the kids and babies." "Bye then." "Hooray for Mr. Takeda!" "The grave marker of Sayon Hayun" "Sayon!" "Sayon!" "Sayon!"