"Two-Night Drama Special font outline-color="0000FF"A Summary of the Events Until Now" "As Yamaguchi Yoshiko, born in Manchuria, raised in Manchuria..." "I received the Chinese name Li Xianglan through the ancient Chinese custom of adopting children." "Li Xianglan (Yamaguchi Yoshiko)" "And thus, when I sang on "New Songs of Manchuria" at a radio station in Fengtian (now Shenyang)... the singer Li Xianglan was born." "The Manchurian Film Association, which created movies for "Japanese-Manchurian Goodwill"... would then turn Li Xianglan into a movie actress." "Beginning with Man'ei films..." "Li Xianglan then starred, one after another, in co-productions with Japanese film companies." "In 1941, ten months before the war would begin Japan and America..." "February 11, 1941 (Shouwa 16) Nihon Gekijou Theatre, Tokyo" "Ri Kouran performed a concert at the Nihon Gekijou Theatre... and the audience that had swarmed in went crazy." "ô Brindisi (Drinking Song) (Kanpai no Uta)" "UETO Aya" "KIKUKAWA Rei" "NAKAMURA Shidou" "SAWAMURA Ikki OZAWA Yukiyoshi" "ONO Takehiko NAKAMURA Fukusuke" "NOGIWA Youko" "NATORI Yuuko" "HASHIDZUME Isao" "Original Work YAMAGUCHI Yoshiko" "Screenwriter TAKEYAMA You" "Music HATTORI Takayuki" "Directed by HORIKAWA Tonkou" "Ri Kouran Part 2:" "Shanghai" "I made it through without a hitch!" "You did a wonderful job!" "This is a first for the Japanese stage!" "Congratulations!" "Thanks!" "Um..." "Miyako Shinbun wants to interview you about the rumors that Ri Kouran is Japanese." "Attendant ATSUMI Masako" "One of the newspaper reporters just asked me the same question." "You too, Mr. Kodama!" "?" "Yoshiko's Bodyguard KODAMA Hidemi" "Yes..." "They said Ri Kouran claims to be Chinese... but there's rumors she really Japanese, from Saga Prefecture." "This is Amakasu." "Man'ei Chairman AMAKASU Masahiko" "I heard the performance was a huge success." "Congratulations." "As for Miyako Shinbun, there's nothing to panic about." "I think it's best to accept the interview and simply tell the truth." "Even if they write about it, it means little for Ri Kouran now." "If you try and lie about it, the people will make even more fuss." "Ri Kouran is Japanese" "Good morning!" "Mr. Kodama?" "Good morning!" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Good morning." "YOSHIKO 21yo" "Miyako Shinbun?" "Did you read the article?" "You read it already!" "?" "Besides, I already knew about it." "I read the information on you at Touhou." "Indeed, for a Chinese, your Japanese is much too good." "But I wouldn't worry about it all." "You think so, too?" "Nobody cares what country Marlene Dietrich or Greta Garbo are from!" "Stars go beyond nationality!" "Really?" "We should get going to the theatre soon." "February 12" "The second day of the show, the line was unchanged." "I imagined the newspapers would write up Ri Kouran as a puppet for "national policy" films mark the anniversary of Manchukuo's founding..." ""Japanese-Manchurian Goodwill"" "but at the time, actresses' privacy was rarely violated." "I remained the Chinese Li Xianglan." "But this would later have a profound effect on my life." "Following the performance at the Nihon Gekijou, I received a letter from a fan." "For getting dragged into this unforeseen uproar in veritable shock... you have my sincere sympathies." "We are in times where the worth of an individual is trivial at best." "You..." "You have something that shines in your heart." "Please treasure it for always." "College student, Matsuoka Ken'ichirou" "The letter was from the son of then-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matsuoka Yousuke." "MATSUOKA Ken'ichirou (Son of then-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matsuoka Yousuke)" "I'm Matsuoka." "I am Ri Kouran." "I also saw your performance at the Nihon Gekijou." "To see you sing your heart out only to be publicized as the perpetrator of the riot and mobbed... moved me to pity..." "Outraged at a society that would allow that, I wrote that letter." "Dragged into movies and theater with a Chinese name... exposed to the curious eyes of spectators and treated with "fascination"..." "I couldn't help but feel sorry." "In secret, I began to see Mr. Matsuoka frequently." "Why don't you go for a walk over there or something?" "What's this song that's playing?" "It's Beethoven's Violin Concerto." "I'm surprised you remember." "Hey, don't take out your frustration on me!" "My father says war with America is inevitable." "We're really going to go to war?" "Yes." "I've entered the Naval Paymaster Academy for when the time comes." "You're going to fight?" "...If we go to war." "I pray that there will be no war." "My friend Itou from the Manchurian Dept. of Foreign Policy told me to marry you." "The other day, he grabbed me by the collar and said, "C'mon!" "Make up your mind!"" ""So what about your father or your family!"" ""Ri Kouran claims to be Chinese, but she's Japanese through-and-through."" ""Whatever other people say, if you like her, then you should propose!"" "But even I know it's not that simple." "Your father will surely disapprove." "It tastes as pure as you are." "Most of these other people don't really know how innocent you are." "As long as you know, then that's all I need." "I..." "Why don't you come to my house next time?" "Really?" "It's really okay to come?" "Please, come!" "Is next week good?" "I'll still be in Japan next week." "I'm a little busy next week..." "Then..." "I'll go home to China and see you when I come in the winter." "I see..." "China's really your "home," huh?" "It is!" "I'll go to China and see you when I come home to Japan." "You think of me as Japanese, right?" "Of course." "Yamato Hotel, Xinjing" "Book: "The Yellow River" (Huang He)" "Please excuse me." "Thank you, thank you..." "This is the porridge you asked for." "What an honor to have Ri Kouran do all this for me." "It was nothing." "Did you read "The Yellow River"?" "Yes." "What do you think?" "Chinese Director Zhou took three years to write up the scenario." "It does an admirable job of telling the story of the peasants who battle the Yellow River's floods." "I see." "Itadakimasu." "I'm against it... but Mr. Negishi says Man'ei should be making these kinds of movies, too." "Besides, you must be fed up with all these absurd melodramas that reek of propaganda." "Yes." "But I play a peasant girl whose family has lived on the banks of the Yellow River for generations." "Should a Japanese like me be playing a role like this?" "I see..." "Shall we drop the project then?" "No..." "What I'm saying is" "You don't like deceiving the Chinese, am I right?" "The Japanese press has just written that I've misled the Japanese by pretending to be Chinese!" "I will do "The Yellow River."" "How about some whiskey?" "And then several days after, on December 8..." "December 8, 1941 (Shouwa 16) The Attack on Pearl Harbor" "Japan made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii... and dashed into war against America and England." "I may have been hoping for Mr. Matsuoka's marriage proposal." "But with the start of war, he was rushed off to Imperial Navy headquarters in Saigon." "Summer 1942 (Shouwa 17) Henan Province, China" "I was heading for Henan Province to film "The Yellow River."" "That face, dirty from sweat and clouds of dust... was just like the writer Tamura Taijirou's." "Mr. Tamura!" "Writer TAMURA Taijirou" "What a coincidence!" "It's been a long time!" "I was sent as a messenger to one of the units up the Yellow River..." "I'm on my way back now." "Really?" "We've been holed up in the mountains outside Zhengzhou for three years!" "I'm tired of this war..." "I'm tired of the army." "How about your novels...?" "Well, with all the fierce battles with the Communist army..." "You're really Chinese...!" "This time I'm playing a peasant woman." "I see..." "It must be difficult playing a Chinese person in times like this." "Yes..." "This is farewell I guess." "Let's meet again!" "I'd like to hear you sing again!" "Take care." ""The Yellow River" (Huang He)" "Filming for "The Yellow River" took three months." "Imagining how wonderful it would be... if the Chinese people sympathized with the peasant daughter I played..." "I broke away from being a normal actress and attempted my first role as a pariah." "Chinese soldiers from the opposite bank shot at us." "It was war every day." "Dear Ms. Yamaguchi..." "How is filming for "The Yellow River"?" "Of course there's combat with the Chinese army to worry about... but please also be careful of your food and water." "... But you probably don't need the advice since you were raised in China." "When I think of you, I'm worried that you might be hurt if I'm not there." "When you come to Tokyo, I will humbly accept to be your bodyguard." "Sincerely yours, Your Bodyguard" ""...you might be hurt if I'm not there"..." "Sounds like a love letter to me." "You're reading too much into it!" "Spring 1943 (Shouwa 18) Shanghai" "1943." "I was in Shanghai to star in China Cinema's "A Good Name for Generations."" ""A Good Name for Generations" (Wan Shi Liu Fang) Commencement Gala" "Why did you decide to star in "A Good Name for Generations"?" "Like Man'ei, China Cinema was a Japanese "national policy" company..." "I have faith in Mr. Kawakita." "but through the efforts of Kawakita Nagamasa and his colleagues, it carried out a liberal policy." "China Cinema Vice-President KAWAKITA Nagamasa with Madam Kashiko" "How are things?" "It seems the debut of "The Yellow River" is running into trouble." "...And Mr. Negishi called it a masterpiece!" "Do you think they're going to shelve it?" "Well, the army's certainly putting on the pressure." ""A Good Name for Generations" made it through, though!" "It's a historical piece..." "I sweet talked it all the way into production." "A Chinese hero fighting Britain in order to eradicate opium... can be interpreted as fighting against Japan..." "That's right!" "Patriotic films!" "Open to interpretation, as always..." "Those people wouldn't be participating otherwise!" "In Shanghai at least, there were still forward-looking Chinese... and many famous stars I looked up to made appearances in "A Good Name for Generations."" "The only actress participating from Man'ei was me." "Chinese Actress Chun Yunshang" "My father was a military advisor at the request of the Chinese govermment under the Manchus... but he was assassinated in Beijing by the Japanese military police." "The military police?" "Yeah..." "My father stayed behind in Beijing because he wanted to bury his bones in China... and became a Chinese citizen, training elite commissioned officers... but that invited suspicion from the Japanese army." "It must be my father's blood!" "I love China..." "You must love China, too, eh?" "Yes..." "I was raised in China." "That's why we're companions, Ri Kouran and I." "Companions?" "Right." "Let's make good movies that'll bring Japan and China together." "Quit Man'ei and break ties with that monster Amakasu Masahiko." "As for Ri Kouran, we'll take her in at China Cinema." "Yoshiko!" "Kwantung Army Lt. Cmdr. YAMAGA Tooru" "Uncle...!" "Are you going to quit Man'ei?" "You were listening!" "?" "Don't go telling Mr. Amakasu!" "A Chinese reporter made a wisecrack..." "He said, "The only good thing to come out of the Japanese occupying Shanghai..."" ""is that they've established a strong military police."" ""It's much, much safer now."" "What a wisecrack!" "I'm not your mistress!" "We're being followed!" ""Followed"...?" "Kawashima Yoshiko tipped me off to Toujou Hideki." "Oniichan did that!" "?" "Yeah." "She's got a grudge against me." "She told them I was having illicit relationships with some actresses... and leaking Japanese military secrets to one of them who is a Chinese spy." "I've been followed by the military police ever since." "I'll probably be summoned back to the homeland for a court-martial." "Court-martial!" "?" "I really don't want to go to back to Japan..." "I want to stay in China like this forever..." "I want to drift around like I'm smoking opium..." "China Cinema Studios" "Some fan threatened me, wanting to know if I was gonna do a Man'ei film..." "He called me a traitor to China!" "The fans don't like Man'ei!" "That top staff officer in the Japanese army wants you to come to the Japanese settlement for dinner." "I hate the Japanese army, always threatening the Chinese and women and children!" "Tell them forget about it!" "Tell them I'd never go out to eat with them!" "Japanese soldiers are all stupid!" "Tell me about it!" "..." "They're just gonna surrender anyways!" "Look at Italy, they lost too!" "Where's the director?" "Filming's cancelled today." "Chen Yunshang went to present flowers when the Japanese battleships enter the harbor." "She didn't want to go, but they begged her to." "They agreed not to take pictures, so she went to the harbor." "They're going to take pictures, I know it!" "Shanghai's top actress welcoming the Japanese sailors..." "Of course they'll put it in the papers!" "How low will they go!" "?" "In the end, Chen Yunshang's picture was in the newspapers." "Chen Yunshang presents flowers at welcoming" "My fans will never forgive me!" "They'll say, "Chen Yunshang betrayed China!"" ""A Good Name for Generations" (Wan Shi Liu Fang)" "ô The Candyman's Song (Mai Tang Ge)" ""A Good Name for Generations" was shown all across China." "MAO Zedong ...Even in the center of Mao Zedong's Communist government, Yen'an." "Chiang Kai-shek" "It was a big hit even in Chongqing, the capital of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government." "Yamaguchi House, Beijing" "I'm sorry!" "..." "And you came all the way here, too!" "Since last year, she's starred in "Sayon's Bell," "Chorus of Vows"..." "Yoshiko's Mother YAMAGUCHI Ai" ""War in the Streets," "My Nightingale"... and "A Good Name for Generations"..." "Five films in a row!" "Yoshiko's Father YAMAGUCHI Fumio" "She's completely exhausted!" "We're so sorry!" "LI Jichun Yoshiko's Adopted Chinese Father" "Please." "To live with the name Li Xianglan is to deceive the Chinese people..." "It must be difficult." "I'm thinking of getting her to marry soon..." "I found a good husband for her!" "Not Mr. Kodama!" "You don't have to get mad and glare at me!" "Yoshiko is a big actress!" "She has a responsibility to her fans." "She's deceived them up until now..." "An actress must deceive until she dies." "Yes, this is the Yamaguchi family..." "My goodness, it's been a while!" "Yes, thanks to you." "The record shops are all sold out of "The Candyman's Song"!" "Yes, yes..." "Thank you very much." "Hm?" "Your daughter went to Chongqing to join the anti-Japanese guerillas?" "WEN Guihua (Yoshiko's Close Friend from Girls' School)" "Beijing's been occupied by the Japanese army and I can't do a thing..." "So I'm gonna join the movement with my boyfriend in Chongqing." "But how are you going to get there?" "The roads are destroyed..." "Are you going to walk to Chongqing?" "Yeah." "I'll walk!" "What if the Japanese army finds you!" "?" "What if they start assaulting you!" "?" "You could get killed!" "I'll tell them I'm close friends with Li Xianglan." "If I'm your friend, the Japanese soldiers won't lay a finger on me." "Guihua..." "You know...?" "I know." "You knew I was Japanese...?" "Yeah." "During that rally against Japan... when they asked you what you would do if the Japanese army attacked Beijing..." "With a troubled face, you said you would stand on top of Beijing's walls." "You wanted to get hit by both Japanese and Chinese gunfire and die, no?" "Even before that, there were a few people who said you weren't pure Chinese." "When they heard you say that, they got more suspicious and investigated you." "...And they found out you were really Japanese." "Guihua..." "You spoke up for me?" "There were people who said we should accuse you..." "But it was just one or two." "People from class said you were a very valuable friend to us... so it shouldn't matter that you're Japanese..." "But today is farewell for the both of us." ""Farewell"?" "Guihua...!" "I'm joining the guerillas against the Japanese." "You're my enemy now." "You're just another devil from the east (Japanese), like Kawashima Yoshiko, deceiving us Chinese!" "Guihua..." "I'm going to sacrifice my life for my country." "Goodbye." "Guihua!" "Guihua!" "Beijing Restaurant, Beijing" "After the big hit "A Good Name for Generations"... the Chinese reporters in Beijing called me to a joint press conference." "I was in a very gloomy mood." "I came because I was worried..." ""Worried"...?" "Isn't it eating at you, pretending to be Li Xianglan?" "I'm thinking of telling the truth." "I can't agree with that!" "There are Chinese who know who you really are." "But no one wants to accept that!" "You are Chinese, a famous star from Beijing!" "Li Xianglan..." "Don't destroy the dreams of the Chinese people!" "The best thing about "A Good Name for Generations"... was becoming friends with Chen Yunshang." "Because I was an actress from Man'ei... she didn't open up to me at first." "But now we eat together... and go out dancing..." "We're very close." "That she thinks of me as a friend after "A Good Name for Generations"... makes me extremely happy." "Ms. Li Xianglan..." "Please tell us your reasons for starring in a series of Japanese films until now... such as "Song of the Orchids" and "China Nights."" "...These films insult China!" "Are you really Chinese?" "Why would you star in films like that!" "?" "Have you abandoned pride in your people!" "?" "I was too young..." "I was too young to see through it all, and made a horrible mistake." "They were mistakes I made without knowing." "I regret those actions now." "I would like to apologize to you all for appearing in movies like that." "Please forgive me." "It's a mistake I will never repeat again." "Army Detention Center, Tokyo" "Mr. Yamaga was sent back to Japan and indicted on more than ten charges... including treason against the state, disclosure of classified information... violation of military policy, and narcotics use, among others." "They wouldn't let me see him." "Let's have a nice meal somewhere." "You too, Mr. Kodama!" "It's incredibly unfortunate, but I've been called into military service." "Thank you for everything." "You're going to fight in the war...?" "One night, when Mr. Kodama was soon to depart for the front lines..." "I went to his apartment to get some books." "Hurry and open it..." "It's cold!" "Sorry..." "It's a little messy." "Please, come in." "I'll boil you a bottle of hot water right now." "It's alright..." "I'm not cold anymore." "Please, go ahead and look at the books you need." "How about a "cup of vows"?" "Please." "Our people, with loyalty and filial piety..." "Note:" "This is the Imperial Rescript on Education, memorized by all schoolchildren with our hearts in unison as one nation... have achieved such virtue through the generations." "Companions have faith in each other..." "Be modest in your ways... and spread charity to others." "Pursue your studies and acquire skills... and thus, enlighten your mind..." "They had sweet little faces..." "I don't want children like that to be sent off to the battlefield." "My subordinates have all died..." "I'm the only one left alive." "At the very least, I must protect those children." "I'm so stupid..." "I didn't realize that the most important person to me was right here." "...That's why I'm such a bad actress." "I'm a half-baked actress who can't understand people's feelings at all." "I'm not Chinese, and I'm not Japanese either!" "I'm just a doll with some funny name like Ri Kouran..." "Just a stupid woman without a heart!" "I was truly happy by your side... seeing your smile, hearing your songs." "Please make me happy, too..." "Your smile..." "Show me your smile!" "If I see your smile, I will do whatever it takes to make it through the war..." "Lies!" "You just want to follow in the footsteps of the subordinates you sent to die at Nomonhan!" "No, that's not true at all...!" "You're full of lies!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "I'll make it back alive, I promise!" "No!" "Make me happy now!" "I'll come back alive!" "Make me happy now!" "Are you listening!" "Please!" "Make me happy!" "I'll give you these!" "And these." "And these!" "Just take whatever books you want and go back home..." "I don't need them!" "I don't need books...!" "November 1944 (Shouwa 19) Xinjing" "Yoshiko, 24yo" "Thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to meet with me." "Have a seat." ""Lawrence of Arabia"?" "Yes, I'm thinking of making it into a film." "And I'm considering you for it, too." "What a shame for Mr. Yamaga!" "I did everything I could, but it was to no avail." "I went to see him many times..." "They wouldn't let you see him, right?" "No." "Kawashima Yoshiko got her revenge..." "Who knew he would be sentenced to 10 years in prison at the court-martial?" "Women are frightening." "News of the war is worse by the day, but Man'ei must not lose spirit." "I'm counting on you." "You had something to discuss?" "I owe you my gratitude for your help over the years." "I can no longer pretend to be Chinese." "Up until now, I've been tormented, torn between Japan and China..." "I can't endure life as Ri Kouran anymore." "I would like you to terminate our contract." "I understand." "You'll continue as an actress, correct?" "Yes, I would like to." "I see..." "Thank you for your hard work all these years." "This is Amakasu." "Bring me Ri Kouran's contract." "Even I understood how difficult it was for you to play Ri Kouran." "Who knows what will happen to Manchukuo and Man'ei... but you have a long future ahead." "Please, walk your own path now." "If possible, move into the Japanese film industry." "There will be many trying times." "Please take good care of your health, and walk your own path." "Thank you." "He said, "Who knows what will happen to Manchukuo and Man'ei..."" ""but walk your own path"...?" "Yes." "I see..." "Will Japan lose the war...?" "Kodama-kun was sent to the Philippines, right?" "Yes." "With the Americans taking Leyte, it must be hard times..." "He won't die." "Really?" "No, you're right!" "The car has arrived." "Yoshiko!" "Are you going to take this?" "I thought of sending it to Mr. Kodama, but your father..." "I'll leave it here." "I'll see you later." "What's your next movie?" "Nothing's been decided yet!" "With the state of the war getting worse, Mr. Kawakita's having trouble with projects." "The war followed a course for the worse." "1945 (Shouwa 20)" "Kamikaze Special Attack Force" "The Kamikaze Special Attack Force was formed, and young men sacrificed their lives one after another." "In March 1945, the Japanese garrison at Iwo Jima fought to the last man." "The Battle of Iwo Jima" "In the Great Tokyo Air Raid on March 10, 40% of Tokyo was burned to the ground..." "Great Tokyo Air Raid and the death toll reached 72,000." "Even if Japan is anti-Communist, Japan and the Soviet Union have signed a neutrality pact." "Cultural Department, Soviet Consulate Shanghai" "So isn't it a little strange that you can't show Soviet movies?" "China Cinema Employee TSUJI Hisakazu" "I understand, Lyuba." "I'll try my best to get them to show films that don't preach ideology too much." "That's all I have time for today." "I have a rehearsal for the solo performance..." "Who's performance...?" "Lyuba GRINETS" "For Ri Kouran... the actress!" "They say she's actually Japanese..." "Come on now!" "You just love to pretend!" "What!" "?" "I bet you've already investigated her!" "She's a Japanese woman by the name of Yamaguchi Yoshiko!" "Yamaguchi Yoshiko...?" "You mean Yoshiko-chan!" "?" "Composer HATTORI Ryouichi" "With the worsening situation, China Cinema's film productions were brought to a complete halt..." "China Cinema Chief of Operations KOIDE Takashi and at the request of the Shanghai Army's Press Department..." "Mr. Kawakita planned a "Ri Kouran Recital."" "Appointed to musical director was Mr. Hattori Ryouichi." "Nowadays, this is Ri Kouran's song... but it's really a famous song by Li Jinguang, a composer from Shanghai." "I reworked this "Night Jasmine" into George Gershwin-style symphonic jazz... and I'm hoping classical and jazz fans alike will enjoy it." "Sounds good!" "As for the title, how about "gensoukyoku" (rhapsody)?" "Note:" "The song will likely not get approval if it uses the English word "rhapsody"" "Well, there's a lot of stubborn military folks in the Press Department..." ""Night Jasmine Rhapsody"..." "What do you think?" "Well, originally it's an upbeat rumba-style song... so I wonder how it'll turn out...?" "Hey, so can you sing in Chinese?" "Of course!" "Noguchi-kun came out of Tokyo Fine Arts School and does posters for our movies." "China Cinema Chief of Advertising NOGUCHI Hisamitsu" "He's a complete jazz nut!" "Instead of formal introductions..." "Wow!" "Beautiful!" "Not too bad, eh?" "ô Night Jasmine (Ye Lai Xiang)" "I can't sing sitting because my butt is itching to move!" "Then..." "Try moving your body with the beat!" "Grand (Daguangming) Theatre, Shanghai" "The performance was held in June 1945 at the Grand Theater on Bubbling Well Street..." "June 1945 (Shouwa 22) in midday and evening shows for three days." "ô Suzhou Nocturne (Suzhou Yequ)" "With Japan showing signs of defeat..." "Mr. Kawakita said that the Chinese who knew that Ri Kouran was Japanese wouldn't come... but the tickets sold out, and 90% of the audience was Chinese and foreigners." "ô Night Jasmine (Ye Lai Xiang)" "The night jasmine's flowers are beautiful... floating dimly white in the evening dark and releasing a sweet fragrance..." "But this color and fragrance will soon fade away." "Let's enjoy it while we can. ..." "The flowers' beauty, the flowers' fragrance." "Please, buy the night jasmine while you can!" "How about some night jasmine?" "Are you Lyuba-chika...?" "That's right." "My father and mother are here, too!" "Thank you!" "Just disappearing from Fengtian like that...!" "I went to your house everyday!" "We're Bolsheviks." "Bolsheviks...?" "Russian Communists?" "Yes..." "The military police found out, and we ended up running across all of China." "We came to Shanghai three years ago." "My father and I work at the Soviet Consulate." "Really?" "Are your mother and father doing well?" "Yes, they're in Beijing." "Beijing?" "I see..." "I'm so grateful you don't treat us any differently even though we're Russians..." "No..." "My mother and father are also very grateful to you." "My lungs got better only because you introduced me to Madame Podresov." ""Yoshiko!" "Stick your chest out!"" ""No good!" "More!"" ""Help me!"" "We're going to Harbin, so I can't see you for a while." "Harbin?" "You'll come back to Shanghai, right?" "Yes, when the war's over, we'll probably return." "The war should end soon, right?" "July 1945 (Shouwa 20) Potsdam Conference" "Japan asked the Soviet Union to mediate and bring the war to an end... but the Soviets ignored the request." "Finally, on July 26, America, England, and China... urged Japan to accept the Potsdam Declaration, which called for unconditional surrender." "Doesn't it seem like the people look relatively calm...?" "According to the AFRS and the BBC in London, Japan's surrender is only a matter of time." "Damn!" "Do you want Japan to lose!" "?" "You listen to that jazz every day, are you sure you haven't turned American!" "?" "The Army Press Department hires me to air jazz music!" "It's for the country's sake!" "Don't argue!" "It's so hot!" "Why the hell are they smirking!" "?" "They think they've won the war the already..." "Father!" "I knew why my father came all the way to visit me." "Is it about Mr. Kodama?" "It's from Manila, postmarked last October." "Last October...?" "What about after that?" "That was the last letter..." "Oh." "But don't lose hope!" "He may have been captured by the Americans..." "Or he may be hiding somewhere!" "Even if..." "Even if he's no longer alive..." "Even if he died in battle, you've got to be strong." "You're not the only one going through this, so be strong!" "This is war..." "Everyone is going through rough times." "Dear Yoshiko, are you well?" "The most popular person here is President Laurel." "And the second is Ri Kouran." "Why don't you come to the Philippines one time?" "I'll be your bodyguard again." "It makes me extremely happy to hear of you even in this faroff place." "Without a doubt, I will make it out of the war alive and return to you." "Without a doubt, I will make Yamaguchi Yoshiko a happy woman." "Have faith in me." "Looking forward to your movies... underneath the Southern Cross..." "Yoshiko, are you alright?" "It was all your father's fault..." "I shouldn't have suggested you marry Mr. Kodama!" "But I know that you're burned out from playing Ri Kouran..." "I just wanted you to marry and be happy!" "It has nothing to do with you..." "I... fell in love with Mr. Kodama on my own." "My wish..." "Yamaguchi Yoshiko's true wish... was to live happily with Mr. Kodama." "At that point, Mr. Kodama was already gone from this world." "He died in October of 1944 charging into an American camp." "August 6, 1945 (Shouwa 20) Hiroshima" "They dropped a new type of bomb..." ""New type of bomb"...?" "Hiroshima's been completely leveled." "Leveled...?" "They say it's only a matter of time before Japan surrenders." "Imperial Household Agency, Xinjing" "Puyi (Emperor of Manchukuo)" "Do you think the Soviets will attack?" "They will almost certainly join the war." "In order to ask Stalin to mediate the peace talks with America and England... the Japanese government tried sending former Prime Minister Konoe to Moscow as a special envoy... but the deal broke off." "But Japan and the Soviet Union have a neutrality pact." "They'll break it." "If the Soviets enter the war... the Kwantung Army has decided to destroy Xinjing... and intercept them on the line from Dunhua to Fengtian." "You'll destroy Xinjing?" "Yes." "We will have you move the capital to Linjiang, Emperor." "To Linjiang..." "Are you going Amakasu?" "No." "You're staying in Xinjing?" "I must watch over Man'ei." "August 9, the Soviet Union suddenly invaded Manchuria." "Xinjing" "August 9 Soviet Invasion" "The very same day, I had a large concert at the Shanghai Racetrack." "Six days before the end of the war, I was still singing." "Welcome home." "You must be tired!" "Mr. Noguchi!" "We're in a bit of trouble..." "This morning, the Soviets invaded Manchuria." "The Soviets?" "..." "What about the neutrality pact?" "They broke it off." "Right now, Manchuria may be in ruins..." "And the Americans dropped another "new-type bomb" on Nagasaki..." "Again...?" "Yes..." "The AFRS said that Nagasaki was also devastated." "It's over." "It's dangerous to stay in Shanghai!" "Go to Beijing, or for you, even Tokyo." "I still need to visit the soldiers in the camps." "Visit?" "You still plan to sing!" "?" "The army asked me to come visit on the 13th as planned." "Manchuria's capital, Xinjing, was in complete chaos." "The Kwantung Army abandoned the city residents, who attempted to escape." "The lives of many people across all Manchuria were lost." "Around this time, Japan accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration by Imperial Council... and by way of neutral nations, notified the Allies." "Is this all?" "That is all." "Film Director UCHIDA Tomu" "You don't need to worry, Mr. Uchida." "If I wanted to die, I'd already be dead." "No..." "You'll die..." "I'm a director..." "I know that much at least." "You've got it all, Tomu..." "Making movies isn't a one-time affair..." "You can dream as many times as you want." "Manchuria was once-only, huh..." "Only 13 years..." "It was a big gamble." "August 15, 1945 (Shouwa 20) The End of the War" "August 15, 1945..." "The war was at last over." "Japan lost the war... but what will you do from now on?" "Are you going to live as the Chinese Li Xianglan?" "No..." "I don't know." "Shanghai" "The streets were frenetic with excitement." "The Chinese set off firecrackers, clashed gongs, and waved small flags... while others danced in delight, trampling the Japanese flag." "Atop the yangche, I cried and cried..." "Are you going to leave?" "If you don't escape to Japan soon, they'll put you on trial." "Trial?" "Yeah." "Chinese who cooperated with the Japanese will be labeled as traitors to China and executed." "With the war over, the social status of Chinese and Japanese in Shanghai was turned upside down." "There were several proclamations for the Japanese." ""Japanese shall not employ as servants citizens of the victorious nations."" ""Japanese shall not ride in yangche pulled by citizens of the victorious nations."" ""Japanese shall wear armbands at all times..."" ""showing the characters 'Japanese immigrant' and their detention center registration number."" "Please, wait!" "Get out of the way!" "Honey!" "Honey!" "Tell them just how much you've devoted for the benefit of China!" "All the money and furniture..." "They said they're seizing everything, even Yoshiko's costumes!" "Just let it be..." "But...!" "If you fight back, the Chinese army will set their eyes on Yoshiko!" "They confiscated all our property the other day." "Our phones are dead, and we haven't been able to contact you..." "I hope we haven't worried you." "The other day, your name was in the paper, along with Kawashima Yoshiko and Chen Yunshang... calling you hanjian who disgraced China by cooperating with Japan..." "After reading that article, your father collapsed and got a fever." "He is recovering as we speak, so do not worry." "But he loves China and has struggled for goodwill between Japan and China... so he's in shock at China's about-face and disregard after the war." "Father..." "Consoling himself with alcohol, that quiet man shouts from his lungs... lamenting and grieving over his own fate Wondering if China would execute the famous actress Ri Kouran... and use it as propaganda to build the New China." "He speaks those words and cries..." "I have faith in your good luck." "Don't lose your pride." ""To always be pure of heart"..." "In the trial against the Chinese military, prove to them your righteousness." "And as soon as possible, get free and return to your family." "Yoshiko, we have no money..." "Please send us anything you can." "Mr. Kawakita!" "Hey!" "I just got back from Beijing!" "The pawn shop?" "Yes." "Ri Kouran going to a pawn shop, eh?" "If you need money, I have some." "I'll have you do some movies when we get back to Japan, anyways." "Please lend me some in advance!" "Sure, sure." "Where's your wife?" "Beijing." "Beijing's safer than Shanghai." "You've put on your makeup even at a time like this..." "Huh?" "That's great..." "You're a big star for sure!" "Amakasu Masahiko from Man'ei committed suicide with potassium cyanide on August 20th." "A big gamble..." "I've lost everything on me..." "Flat broke." "August 20" "I knew he would...!" "Itou-kun, Itou-kun!" "Get me some water!" "Spit it out, dammit!" "Chairman!" "Chairman!" "Japanese Detention Center Hongkou, Shanghai" "In September, we were brought to a detention center in Hongkou." "Ri Kouran will take this room..." "I'll take that reception room over there..." "As for Noguchi-kun and Koide-kun..." "Here, I guess." "Li Xianglan is not permitted to go out." "When it's time to appear in court, a military vehicle will pick you up." "What about letters?" "No." "Then, please tell my parents in Beijing that I'm here." "That's not my responsibility." "Talk to the Japanese Immigrant Management Office." "When will your trial start?" "I don't know." "...I can't believe I'm going to be executed all of a sudden." "No..." "If they do that, it'll become a huge social issue." "They'll at least give you a trial." "Am I going to be executed...?" "It's a shame, but Kawashima Yoshiko, Chen Yunshang, and you... are the "The Three Hanjian Women."" "The Chinese military may be thinking of execution... but they won't do anything reckless all of a sudden." "You were tricked by the Japanese military into becoming an actress at Man'ei... and simply appeared in movies and on stage according to the company's plans." "No..." "You were forced to appear in them." "Tell them that." "I'll back you up with my testimony in court." "Don't worry!" "Noguchi-kun, what are you doing!" "?" "There aren't any..." "Any what?" "Outlets!" "The shortwave radio!" "Yeah, I snuck it in!" "I can't live without music!" "I know!" "ô Take the A Train" "Let's call it quits for the night." "I still wanna listen!" "Great music!" "Um..." "If you run into any problems, please let me know." "I saw your movie, "A Good Name for Generations," in Chongqing." "Thank goodness!" "He's a Ri Kouran fan!" "He's cute!" "At this time, at Kawashima Yoshiko's residence..." "Kawashima Yoshiko's Residence" "Stay quiet!" "Don't fight back!" "What are you doing!" "?" "I'm sick!" "Let me change!" "Kawashima Yoshiko's gonna be tried at the Supreme Court in Peking, huh?" "She practically represents all the hanjian who betrayed their homeland." ""hanjian":" "A Chinese who betrays China" "Will Ms. Kawashima be executed, too?" "But Oniichan was adopted by Japanese when she was young... and was raised in Nagano Prefecture!" "So she's Japanese!" "If we can prove that, she'll be saved... but there's not one person who would try to save her." "I'm going to peddle some things." "Perfect!" "I'll go too!" "You have stuff to sell?" "We'll stock up at your apartment!" "My place is empty!" "I'll go with you!" "You're so lucky...!" "I want to peddle, too..." "Well if Ri Kouran was our salesgirl, we'd sell out immediately!" "No doubt!" "See you later!" "See you later!" "Mr. Noguchi!" "Sell this!" "What is it...?" "What!" "?" "Aren't these stage costumes!" "?" "It's alright!" "If you sell them, you can buy a record!" "Really?" "Well then..." "She goes out to sell her body every day." "Sorry!" "Let's get going, eh?" "Take care." "We'll be back!" "What's your name?" "My name's Zhu." "Are you a student, Mr. Zhu?" "Yes, I'm a college student." "I want to return to college soon." "ô The Candyman's Song (Mai Tang Ge)" "If you've got a problem or anything, please, let me know!" "Thanks." "There were many letters requesting that Li Xianglan be executed." "Department of Military Affairs, Shanghai" "They interrogated me with persistence." "Your father is Yamaguchi Fumio, your mother Ai..." "Are they both Japanese?" "They are Japanese." "And proof that they are Japanese...?" "Proof?" "My father was a Chinese teacher for Mantetsu in Fushun." "Please, look at Man'ei's employee register." "Mantetsu!" "?" "Those documents are not credible." "I was shuffled around between the Dept. of Military Affairs..." "Defense Headquarters, Shanghai the military police, and Defense Headquarters." "You called yourself Li Xianglan, and studied at a girls' school in Beijing under the name Pan Shuhua." "Isn't this enough proof that you are Chinese!" "You have it wrong!" "You went to Beijing to study and were adopted by Gen. Pan Yugui... and given the name "Pan Shuhua"!" ""Yamaguchi Yoshiko," "Li Xianglan," "Pan Shuhua"..." "There is NO proof that these three people are the same person!" "Stop playing stupid!" "You can ask anyone and they'll tell you I'm Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese!" "People tell lies." "Words are not evidence!" "You can't just enter!" "I'm her friend!" "Let me through!" "I can't let you in!" "Just ask the Japanese Immigrant Management Office!" "Mr. Hattori!" "?" "I told you I'm her friend!" "Yoshiko..." "Did you..." "Did you read this?" "This coming December 8 at 3 p.m. at the Shanghai Racetrack... cultural hanjian Ri Kouran is due to be executed by gunshot." "That is what was written in the newspaper." "There's been plenty of groundless rumors flying about so far!" "The Dept. of Military Affairs might be planning to execute her... and the newspapers got a scoop on it." "If they executed her without a full trial to determine whether she's a hanjian or Japanese... it'll invite backlash from America, England, France, and the Soviet Union, turning into a huge international issue." "They won't do that." "It's because I've claimed to be Chinese all this time." "It's punishment from the gods." "...For deceiving the Manchurian and Chinese people, even though I'm really Japanese." "By appearing in movies, you've given many, many people the desire to live." "Don't blame yourself!" "Everything'll be alright!" "We won't let you get shot to death." "He's right!" "Remember, you're Japanese!" "Mr. Kawakita!" "Please, help her." "With your connections with the Chinese, please send her back to Japan safe and sound." "You're going back home...?" "I'm sorry..." "Really?" "When?" "They say I can return on the first boats heading back in December." "That's great, Mr. Hattori!" "Thank you." "What's with the long face!" "I'm really very happy for you!" "Thank you." "Please, don't give up." "They seized the score for "Night Jasmine Rhapsody"..." "That's my biggest regret." "ô Night Jasmine (Ye Lai Xiang)" "Do you remember what comes after?" "Of course!" "I'm a composer!" "Really...?" "You sure you're not so happy to go home that you forgot it all?" "Don't be silly!" "I was truly happy that Mr. Hattori would be returning to Japan." "We were comrades in war who had fought many battles together." "What's wrong?" "I threw it away, didn't I?" "When they seized everything, I thought you might try and drink it..." "I should have taken the potassium cyanide with me." "If Yoshiko is shot to death on December 8 at the Shanghai Racetrack..." "I'm terribly sorry, but I'll be following her on the way out..." "I was the one who recommended she become an actress." "She never wanted to be one in the first place!" "What did we do wrong!" "?" "Just what did we do, what did Yoshiko do for Manchuria and China?" "Ri Kouran simply gave people hopes and dreams!" "Try and commit suicide then!" "They'll just say a hanjian's mother regretted her crimes against the Chinese and commited suicide!" "They'll just use you for propaganda!" "But Yoshiko's going to be executed...!" "Stop crying!" "Why can't they kill me instead?" "Dammit Ai!" "Keep yourself together!" "What?" "The family register!" "What about it?" "If we prove she's Japanese, she won't be executed!" "She has to be Chinese to be charged as a hanjian!" "Ai?" "My mother and father immediately headed for the Dept. of Military Affairs in Beijing." "Department of Military Affairs, Beijing" "They were forced to wait three hours in a freezing hallway." "I can't wait anymore!" "Honey!" "If the army finds you leaving Beijing without their permission, they'll put you on trial!" "It doesn't matter!" "I'll submit the family register to the Military Affairs department in Shanghai... and clear Yoshiko of treason!" "Guihua" "You're Guihua, right!" "?" "I'm Yoshiko's father!" "Do you remember...?" "Yes, of course I remember." "Your request to travel to Shanghai has been denied." "Denied!" "?" "You are not allowed outside Beijing." "Guihua!" "Please!" "Please!" "Can you ask your superiors for us one more time?" "Guihua!" "My boyfriend was killed by Japanese soldiers." "His neck was slit with a Japanese sword!" "Guihua..." "These are Japanese identification papers..." "Can you... send these to Military Affairs in Shanghai...?" "Whatever you do is pointless." "Li Xianglan will be tried as a hanjian..." "That is the will of the military." "To stay quiet... regardless of what cruelty you face..." "Even if..." "Shuhua is executed..." "It is your fate to stay quiet and accept it." "Bear with it... and return to Japan as quickly as possible." "I'm Japanese!" "I'm Japanese!" "I'm Japanese!" "I'm Japanese!" "I had nightmares every night." "December 8" "The newspaper said I was to be executed on this day at 3 p.m." "Mr. Kawakita had left for the Military Affairs department in the morning." "It's open." "You've been well!" "I missed you!" "It's three o'clock!" "Three o'clock!" "If you're her friend, why didn't you come visit earlier?" "I'm a Bolshevik from the Soviet Union." "If I show my face here too often, the Chinese will think Yoshiko's a Soviet spy!" "I see!" "Yoshiko-chan?" "Do you have ID papers or other documents that would prove your nationality?" "Documents?" "Yes, like a family register." "If you can at least prove you're Japanese, you're innocent." "Please." "You don't have any jam?" "Sorry...!" "I'll bring some next time!" "Back home in Peking, do you have a copy of your family register from the city hall in Japan?" "I don't know..." "I've never seen it." "Usually, when Japanese move to Manchuria or China... they have several copies of their family register to prove they're Japanese." "I got it!" "I'm going to Beijing soon, so I'll ask your parents!" "Well then, I have to leave now..." "Thank you, Lyuba." "I'll see you later, Yoshiko." "I'm getting dizzy...!" "You must have a copy of your register somewere back home in Beijing!" "Don't worry..." "I'm your angel." "January 1946 (Shouwa 21)" "I've told Military Affairs I'll send you right home after lunch." "Thank you." "Puyi's official to the Imperial Court, Gen. Yoshioka, absolutely loves this swallow's nest." "He had them send over piles of it from the south, where Japan invaded." "Yes, I've eaten with him many times." "I've heard you're all influential people in Shanghai..." "You must have something special to talk about, no?" "If you wish to permanently reside in China..." "I'll call off the trial and give you this house." "A secretary, servants, a luxury car with a driver..." "I will provide you with whatever you wish." "And plenty of money for living expenses, of course." "Why?" "For what?" "In exchange for dropping the charges of being a hanjian..." "I'd like you to go on inspection trips to Manchuria for me once in a while." "Since you're familiar with the land..." "I want you to investigate the situation in areas where the Communist Eighth Route Army is advancing." "You want me to be a spy!" "?" "I am not a hanjian." "I'm Japanese, my real name is Yamaguchi Yoshiko!" "I participated in Japan's "national policies"... but that's because I'm Japanese." "I have never done espionage work... and I have no intention of starting now." "I'm waiting for the trial so I can clear my name of these charges of espionage and treason." "If it takes five or ten years in prison to settle this issue, I will endure it." "I was born in China, raised in China..." "I love China." "Ojisan?" "Lyuba...?" "Lyuba-chika...?" "Yes!" "It's been a while, hasn't it?" "Lyuba-chika!" "Obasan!" "My goodness!" "Look at you, all grown up!" "I'm so happy to see you!" "Did you come with news about Yoshiko...?" "Do you know how she's doing?" "Is she alive?" "..." "Or dead?" "She's doing fine..." "Doing fine...?" "She's alive!" "?" "Yes!" "Honey!" "Yoshiko's safe and sound!" "How did you find that out?" "I went to see her, at the detention center." "The Shanghai detention center?" "I work at the Soviet consulate in Shanghai." "...Soviet consulate?" "So you're a Communist..." "Yes..." "It's because of you two-faced Soviets that the Japanese in Manchuria are going through hell." "I'm sorry, Lyuba-chika..." "It's not your fault..." "He's been devastated after we lost the war..." "Obasan?" "Do you have a copy of your family register?" "Family register?" "That's all we need to clear Yoshiko of treason!" "We don't have a copy of the register." "What is it?" "I'll give these to you." "Thanks." "Ojisan..." "Don't treat me and the Soviet Union the same." "It makes me sad..." "I'm still the same old Lyuba-chika!" "In the spring, I'm going back to Yekaterinburg and getting married." "Married?" "Yes..." "I won't be able to see you again." "I don't want you to look at me like that." "Don't forget me." "Smoke the cigarettes..." "Don't sell them." "I gave them to you." "Lyuba-chika!" "Will you stay in Beijing for today?" "Yes, at the Grand Hotel des Wagons-Lits." "Yes?" "It's me." "Come in." "I'm sorry about what I said earlier..." "I'm sorry." "It's alright." "February 1946 (Shouwa 21)" "Li Xianglan?" "It's Zhu..." "Do you have a minute?" "Good morning!" "Good morning!" "A Chinese person asked me to give this to you." "Thanks." "Did you plan on giving that to someone?" "Yes..." "To my bodyguard, Mr. Kodama..." "He went to the Philippines..." "Did he... die in battle?" "I received one letter from him, and that was it..." "Only that..." "What an exquisite doll!" "She's beautiful." "I'm so sorry!" "Isn't there something in here...?" "...Original Copy of the Family Register..." "Father:" "Yamaguchi Fumio..." "Mother:" "Ai..." "Born:" "February 12, 1920 (Taishou 9)..." "Lyuba...?" "Can you prove that you are the Yamaguchi Yoshiko mentioned here?" "Prove?" "This dirty scrap of paper is supposed to prove this Japanese Yamaguchi Yoshiko is real!" "?" "Mr. Ye..." "Yes?" "Haven't you had enough already?" ""Enough"...?" "You should be able to tell this is an official document from Japan!" "Please, recognize that she is Japanese and drop the charges of treason." "China is a large country, is it not?" "It's heart should be just as big." "You are absolutely correct." "However..." "Excuse me for a second." "Mr. Kawakita!" "Do you think he's going to do something to it...?" "No, he won't throw it away or anything..." "I won't let him get away with something like that." "We waited more than two hours..." "He's taking too long..." "My execution was probably decided from the beginning..." "Let's run away somewhere..." "With money, we can make it to Hong Kong or Taiwan..." "The two of us can live there..." "Are you serious, Mr. Kawakita!" "?" "If I'm with you, I've got all I need to keep living..." "But..." "You can't just leave Kashiko..." "It's okay, don't worry about her!" "No!" "We can't!" "How was the food the other day?" "You're with Shanghai Military Affairs...?" "Can you hear the bird crying outside?" "Do you know what bird that is?" "Yes, it's a magpie." "It's supposed to bring good luck." "See, you really are Chinese!" "The blood flowing inside you may be Japanese, but your heart is Chinese." "Even if you're pardoned for being a hanjian and become Japanese... do not forget the China that raised you." "You're recognizing..." "I'm Japanese...?" "...That Li Xianglan is Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese?" "Am I innocent now?" "In mid-February, I was summoned to a military tribunal." "Military Tribunal" "The Shanghai Department of Military Affairs of the Chinese Army... will now announce the verdict for the charges of treason against the defendant, Li Xianglan." "The Yamaguchi Yoshiko mentioned here on this facsimile of your family register... which you submitted as evidence of your Japanese nationality... we will credibly recognize as Japanese, the child of Yamaguchi Fumio and Yamaguchi Ai." "With this, the charges of being a hanjian have been cleared!" "Not guilty!" "However, this decision does not resolve all the issues..." "There are is one ethical and moral issue that remains." "It concerns appearing in a series of movies, including "China Nights," with a Chinese stage name." "Although it has no legal bearing on this trial, this court finds it a regrettable action." "I am deeply sorry about what happened." "The newspapers, however, will be in an uproar if they discover Li Xianglan is going to Japan..." "We ask that you take care to blend in with the other Japanese repatriates... and return without anyone else knowing." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Honey!" "Honey!" "Is it Yoshiko!" "?" "The court found her not guilty and she's returning back to Japan!" "Mother, Father..." "I'm sorry for all the worry I've caused you." "In February, the military tribunal recognized me as Japanese and found me not guilty." "I will be returning to Japan on the repatriate ship Unzenmaru, departing at the end of March." "This is fantastic..." "Ever since I was sent to the detention center as a hanjian..." "I've been thinking only of my execution..." "I feel like I've aged 10, 20 years..." "But, now..." "I will pray from the bottom of my heart that, not one day too soon, we can reunite as family in Japan." "And, if you get any news from Lyuba-chika... please tell her to make sure to get in contact with me." "In these times, we may never see each other again..." "So please tell her that Yoshiko wished so much to see her again." "End of March, huh?" "T-That's real soon...!" "Let's hurry back home, too...!" "I wonder if Lyuba-chika left for Yekaterinburg?" "She said she was going to get married, right?" "This is wonderful!" "Shanghai Harbor End of March, 1946 (Shouwa 21)" "Wait..." "I..." "I don't want to be brought back..." "I'm going to hide..." "ô Night Jasmine (Ye Lai Xiang)" ""Ye Lai Xiang"?" "I can hear "Ye Lai Xiang"!" "Goodbye, Li Xianglan!" "I guess this is farewell to China..." "I feel sad..." "It's painful..." "Farewell, my China..." "Fushun..." "Fengtian..." "Beijing..." "Tianjin..." "Xinjing..." "Shanghai..." "Farewell." "Fifty-Two Years Later 1998 (Heisei 10)" "Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation" "It has been 52 years since parting with Lyuba Grinets in Shanghai." "Yoshiko, 78yo" "Don't worry..." "I'm your angel." "I had been wanting to thank Lyuba one more time for saving my life." "And at last, I discovered her whereabouts." "Yes?" "It's me, Yamaguchi Yoshiko!" "Lyuba-chika?" "It's Yoshiko!" "I've come from Japan!" "Yoshiko-chan...?" "Yes...!" "Lyuba-chika!" "You're alive!" "You're alive!" "It's like a dream!" "Lyuba GRENETS" "Do you live alone...?" "Yes..." "Have a piroshki." "You always loved piroshki..." "Thank you." "It may not be as good as my mother's." "Itadakimasu." "Mmm!" "This brings back so many memories..." "It's just like your mother used to make!" "Really?" "The cakes and chocolates your mother and father made were wonderful." "So did your parents return safe to Japan from Beijing?" "They returned home in 1948..." "Oh, I'm sorry..." "Did you all live happily together?" "Is something wrong?" "My mother and father divorced..." "Divorced!" "?" "They got along so well!" "Was it the war?" "When he left my mother, my father told me this..." ""I've left my happiness, my dreams... all of it, in China."" "Ojisan..." "Even after returning to Japan, from time to time, he would say he wanted to see you... wondering how you were doing, wanting to see you and thank you..." "So..." "I think he's very happy today..." "Lyuba said she would take me to the cemetary." "While we walked, she asked about my life after the war." "How I continued as an actress and married the sculptor Isamu Noguchi, but divorced..." "How two years later, I remarried with Otaka Hiroshi, a diplomat..." "How, starting in 1969 (Shouwa 44), I began hosting TV shows... and in 1974 (Shouwa 49), at the age of 54, I became a member of the House of Concillors." "I rambled on and on..." "This is everyone's grave..." "Ojisan..." "Obasan..." "Yuri..." "Pyotr..." "It's Yamaguchi Yoshiko." "Where's your brother's grave!" "?" "Do you know Unit 731?" "Unit 73" "He was killed by Unit 731?" "I cursed Japan..." "I condemned Japan!" "But..." "But, I made a promise with Yoshiko-chan To be angels." "...To always be angels, regardless of what happened..." "I'm so sorry, Lyuba-chika..." "Ojisan..." "Obasan!" "I'm so sorry..." "I didn't know...!" "I'm so sorry, Lyuba-chika..." "Thank you, Yoshiko-chan..." "I'm so happy you came to see me...!" "Guanyin Temple, Beijing" "On my way back from Yekaterinburg, I stopped by Beijing to pay a visit to Kawashima Yoshiko's grave." "1948 (Shouwa 23)" "On March 25, 1948..." "Kawashima Yoshiko was executed by gunshot at Beijing Penitentiary No. 1." "When I'm reborn next time, a monkey would be best." "Forget about humans...!" "Forget about humans...!" "Since that day, wishing to die from the gunfire of both Japanese and Chinese soldiers... torn by the conflict of whether I was Chinese or Japanese... over 60 years time has passed." "Adapted from YAMAGUCHI Yoshiko "Living the Life of 'Ri Kouran':" "My Personal History"" "My greatest joy living as a Japanese after the war..." "Screenwriter TAKEYAMA You" "Music HATTORI Takayuki was when, on September 29, 1972 (Shouwa 47)..." "CAST" "RI Kouran (YAMAGUCHI Yoshiko) UETO Aya" "KAWASHIMA Yoshiko KIKUKAWA Rei" "Japan and China restored diplomatic relations." "AMAKASU Masahiko NAKAMURA Shidou" "KAWAKITA Nagamasa SAWAMURA Ikki" "KODAMA Hidemi OZAWA Yukiyoshi" "Okay everyone, we're going!" "UCHIDA Tomu TSURUTA Shinobu" "Follow me!" "CHEN Yunshang NAKAGAWA Megumi" "TAMURA Taijirou SAITOU Youichirou" "MATSUOKA Ken'ichirou FUKUMI Motoki" "For so many, many years fighting wars, killing each other, hating each other..." "NOGUCHI Hisamitsu ISHIBASHI Tamotsu" "HATTORI Ryouichi MAEDA Kouyou" "ATSUMI Masako KAWAMATA Shinobu" "KAWAKITA Kashiko NODA Yoshiko" "TSUJI Hisakazu HONDA Shin'ya" "KOIDE Takashi YOSHIMITSU Ryouta" "YAMAGUCHI Yoshiko (Present) NOGIWA Youko my fatherland Japan and my motherland China, which had piled sadness over grief..." "WEN Guihua LU Xiaolin" "Menghong LU Yijun" "YUAN Meiyun JIANG Xinyu" "Miss LIU FENG Minmin" "LI Jichun YAO Keqin" "Puyi WANG Weihua at last joined hands." "Wan Rong LI Lin" "With that joy, my whole body trembled as if making a noise..." "Lt. Gen. YOSHIOKA Yasunao NISHIDA Ken" "YAMAGA Tooru ONO Takehiko and my eyes overflowed with tears." "YAMAGUCHI Ai NATORI Yuuko" "YAMAGUCHI Fumio HASHIDZUME Isao" "STAFF" "Production SHIMADA Masayuki KUROI Kazuo" "Producers HASHIMOTO Kaori TSUBAKI Norikazu TANO Masanori" "Co-Producer GU Xiaodong" "For peace..." "Narration NOGIWA Youko" "NOSE Yasunobu" "Additional Literature "Ri Kouran:" "Half My Lifetime" (Publ. by Shinchousha)" "Project Assistance KOGA Seiichi" "Chief Producer OGAWA Osamu" "Director HORIKAWA Tonkou" "Produced by TV Tokyo Kadokawa Pictures"