"[ Man Narrating ] Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze... of past and future ages... during the first experiments on America's greatest and most secret project- the Time Tunnel." "Tony Newman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new, fantastic adventure... somewhere along the infinite corridors of time." "[ Groans ]" " What's the matter?" " My ankle" " I think it's broken." "Maybe you just pulled a tendon." " You think you could walk on it?" " I don't know." " [ Chattering ] - [ Hammering ]" "You wait here." "I'll take a look." "Japanese." "We must be somewhere in the South Pacific" " World War II." "There's no doubt about it." "Look." " [ Cannons Firing ]" " Down!" "We're right in line with their target." "Let's move." " You go on." "I'll catch up." " Nothing doing." "Just lean on me." "I'll help you." " [ Explosions ] - [ Shell Incoming ]" "I can't make it." "Go on." "Get out of here." "They're laying them in on top of us." "Are you kidding?" "Come on!" "[ Explosions ]" "You stay here." "I'll check it out." "Watch it." "It may be booby-trapped." "[ Clattering ]" "[ Gunshot ]" "Get up.!" "I said, "Get up.!" "'" I'm not gonna kill you.!" "You speak English?" "Sukoshi." "Uh, yeah." "Some." "Yes." " Are you alone here?" " Only myself." "Yes." "Do you have food and medical supplies?" "His leg hurt bad." "Broken maybe?" " We don't know yet." " One time I help sick soldier." "Maybe I help him." "Yes?" "Let's get inside." "It is not broken." "Bad sprain, maybe." "You wish I tape?" "All right." "Hold it!" "My tape." "Go ahead." "I can't understand why the soldiers in the main compound... aren't swarming all over us." " They must've heard those shots." " They are gone now." "There is ship in the harbor, ne?" "How come they pulled out and left you behind?" "I'm a spotter." "It is my duty to see ship moving... and report them." "Is this tape too binding?" "No." "I say we get on the radio." "Let the battlewagons know we're here." "They can send a shore party to pick us up." " Know how to operate a Japanese radio?" " I think so." "Don't move,Joe, or you'll get a hole through you." "You either." "Stay put." "Now move!" "You bluff too easily,Joe." "But then, I never saw an American who didn't." "Too much imagination- That's your trouble." "[ Laughs ]" "Captured by a stick of wood." "You can't explain that to your superiors, can you,Joe?" "But you Joes are lucky." "You won't have to explain anything to anybody." "And imagination is good." "I like that." "We're going to have some interesting times together... before I kill you." "The Time Tunnel." "You got any cigarettes,Joe?" " No." " What's a-matter you,Joe?" "Yankees are always supposed to have cigarettes." "Chocolate bars for kids." "Cigarettes for adult." "That's right, isn't it?" "[ Speaking Japanese ]" "We can't leave them there with that sadist." "Have you found out where they are yet?" "There about 7 00 miles southeast ofTokyo, but that area's full of islands." " It could be any one of 20." " What's the date?" "Early in 1 945." "One of the first three months, I'd say." "Switch back to the American fleet." "I think I can recognize two of them." " Yes." "That's the Missouri, and there's the Illinois." "Ann." " Yes, sir?" "Get on the computer." "I want a complete list... of every time the Missouri and the Illinois were together..." " during the first three months of 1 945." " Yes, sir." " [ Speaking Japanese ]" " Hai." "Stinking old man." "See that?" "That's traditional." "You know that,Joe?" "Put a man like the sergeant in a shack in the middle of the Pacific... and he still has to have a touch of beauty around." "One stinking flower." "[ Chuckles ]" "Okay." "How do you wanna die?" "You want me to shoot you right here and get it over with?" " We're non-combatants here, Lieutenant." " Non-combatants?" " Yes." "We're scientists." " [ Laughs ]" "Missionaries." "That would be better story,Joe." "That might move me." "I might let you live." "Tell me you are missionaries." "But scientists- That doesn't wash at all." "Look, if you're gonna shoot us, go ahead and do it." " You got good nerves,Joe." " The name is not ""Joe." It's ""Newman."" "All Americans are ""Joe" to me." "All of you look alike to me." "I can't tell the difference." "All right, Lieutenant, what's the point of all this?" " What's your game?" " How's your ankle?" " What difference does it make?" " Lots of difference." "Stand up." "I wanna see if you can walk on it." "I said get up." "You're in good shape,Joe." "That's fine." "Now, outside, both of you." " [ Speaking Japanese ]" " Hai." "Outside." "No tricks." "I could shoot you both before you could touch me." "Okay." "That's far enough." "All the Yankees like a little action, right?" "Well, I'm gonna see that you get it." " [ Speaking Japanese ]" " Hai." "I told him to shoot you if either of you move." "He's an old man, but he's been in the army long enough to learn how to shoot." "When he gets back, I'm gonna jump him." "You take off when I do." "No." "No, we both stay, or we both go." " [ Chopping Wood ]" " He's a psychopath." "Yes." "And that may just work to our advantage." "He's so full of bitterness, it's eating him up." "Now he's gonna have to humiliate us before he can kill us." "Either of you Joes know what kendo is?" " It's a Japanese sport." " Ah." "Smart boy." "When I was at Stanford, there was a kendo team... but not for long." "I broke a man's arm with a stick like this." "Here,Joe." "We'll see how you do." "Oh, I'll bet you're probably pretty good against a man with one lame foot." " Try me!" " You'll have your chance." "Here's your big opportunity, Joe." "Don't goof it." "You kill me, you knock me out... then you only have one old man against you... and he's not much." " Here, let me do it." " No." "Back off,Joe." "What are the rules of your game?" "[ Shouts ] No rules,Joe." "You try to break my head, I try to break yours." "No ceremonies." "[ Shouts ]" " [ Shouts ] - [ Speaking Japanese ]" "That's the way,Joe." "You've got it." "[ Shouts ]" "[ Speaking Japanese ]" "[ Laughs ] How about it?" "You gonna let me kill him?" "If that's all you wanted, you could've killed us inside the shack." "But you've got to prove that you're superior... and you can't do that if you kill a man while he's down." "You're a smart man,Joe." "How about it?" "You ready to start begging for your lives?" "You might reach me, you know that?" "I was educated in your country." " I might be a soft touch." " I don't believe that..." " anymore than you believe I'll beg." " Oh, I hope not." "That would spoil the sport." "Get up!" " Try me without the sticks." " No." "I like the advantage." "It makes me feel good." "You know what I mean?" " Secure." " How about it?" " Is it my turn now?" " No." "I have something else in mind." "You mad enough now,Joe?" "You need more provocation?" " For what?" " To kill me, of course." "But then, maybe you didn't need it because I'm the enemy." "They taught you to want to kill us, didn't they?" "That's the whole point." "Kill the enemy." "Slaughter him!" "We're all alone on this island, the four of us." "The odds are about even." "One of you Joes has a bad foot." "I have an old man." "That makes us even." " What are you talking about?" " ""War." That's the name of the game." "We have our own war here." "You against us." "You kill us, or we kill you." " That's fair enough." " Obviously, you were in our country... long enough to have learned that we don't play with death." "No, I'm serious about this." "And you don't have any choice." " I think we do." " Not when you know what's at stake here." "Here we are, the smallest island in the group of islands." "Here is an island called IwoJima." "Have you heard of it?" " We've heard of it." " IwoJima is the only airfield... between Saipan and Tokyo... and you Yankees have to have this one before you can take it." "If the Americans want it, there's nothing to stop them from taking it." "That's what we intend for you to think,Joe." "Your battleships have forced us out." "This afternoon, your forces will return to secure the island... expecting to meet no resistance... but they'll be wiped out by a massive aerial attack." " Why are you telling us this?" " To give you a stake in the game" "Something to play for." "I'm going to give you one hour to get away... and then the sergeant and I will come after you." "Maybe you'll get lucky,Joe." "Maybe you'll get us." "If you do, you get the radio as a prize, and you can warn your forces." "And you really expect us to go along with this?" "Sure." "With stakes like that, you really don't have any choice." " And what about weapons?" " [ Laughs ]" "That's something you don't got,Joe." "Use some of that Yankee ingenuity of yours." "The jungle is full of things you can use to kill a man." "All right." "But, first, tell me one thing, Lieutenant." "Why are you going to all this trouble?" "You must feel that you can get us, or you wouldn't be setting this up." " Why?" " You Joes have cost me too much." "This is my way of paying you back." "One hour from now... that's when it starts." "[ Chuckles ] And you're right,Joe." "I'm going to kill you both this time." " Wait." "Let's take a break." " Look... if I can't go anymore, I'll tell ya." "Oh, it's not the foot." "We've got to circle around and go back." " Go back?" "What for?" " He's armed, and we're not." "He's gonna have a hard time finding us in this jungle." "I don't think he was bluffing about that ambush they're going to set up for the marines." "Doug, whatever happened on this island is already a part of history." " We can't change it." " But we don't know what happened here." "And even if we did, it wouldn't make any difference!" "He really got to you, didn't he?" "You're gonna play his game." "You're gonna do just exactly what he wants you to do." "Let's just say I don't like running." "If he wants a battle, he'll get it." "But it'll be on even terms." "Look, if you wanna sit this one out, I don't blame you." "You said it before-What happens to one of us happens to both of us." "Well, it's senseless." "That's what it is." "They should hole up and stay put until we can get a fix on them." "They've gotten involved." "That's what's happened." "That's what's the matter with them." "They're two young men, and they can't back away." "Well, we've got to help them, General." "Neither of them have had any experience in jungle fighting." "From the map that Nakamura drew in the dirt, I've narrowed it down." "That's IwoJima here." "And I think they're on either..." "Kita-Iwo here or Minami-Iwo." "Both these islands were shelled by the Americans... during the two days before they invaded IwoJima... on February 1 9, 1 945." "Was there a Japanese withdrawal from either of these islands during those two days?" "That's the problem, General." "The records of the campaigns on both the islands were destroyed." "We took the islands, of course, but we don't know exactly how or when." "Well, General, there must be survivors of the campaigns..." " somebody who would know for sure." " Ann, call the Pentagon." "Have them locate the nearest survivor and get him here fast." "Right." "We'll go on the assumption that they're on the southernmost island, Minami-Iwo." " Set your instruments." " General, I say we wait until we know for sure." "I think we have to gamble." "Set your instruments." " You think we can take him?" " No." "He's too alert." "He thinks we might try it." "He could cut us down with that rifle." " What are we gonna do?" " I'll go 'round back to the supply room." "Now you stay put." "No false heroics no matter what happens." "[ Wood Cracking ]" "[ Creaking ]" "[ Lieutenant Speaking Japanese ] -[ Sergeant ] Hai." "[ Speaking Japanese ]" "[ Lieutenant Sighs ]" " Do you speak English, Sergeant?" " Some." "Yes." " But you don't like to speak English?" " I speak as the officer wishes." """As the officer wishes." Right?" "You're a man of the old school, aren't you, Sergeant?" "Whatever the authority says, you do." "Hop to it, get in there and slug it out." "[ Lieutenant Sighs ]" " You know who I am, Sergeant?" " Yes." "Then why don't you kill me?" "You think I should die, don't you?" " Yes." " Then why don't you kill me?" "It's not for me to do." "Get out ofhere." "Watch the front." "They might decide to make it easier for me and come back." " [ Speaking Japanese ]" " Hai." "[ Lieutenant Sighs ]" "[ Door Closes ]" " [ Lieutenant ] The time is about up." " [ Sergeant ] Hai." "[ Clattering ]" "Hey,Joe!" "What happened?" "Well, I got these for my trouble." "Hey,Joe.!" "You hear me?" "[ Speaking Japanese ]" "The sergeant said you got five grenades." "Why don't you just lob one in here and get it over with?" "Pow!" "Just like that, and it's all over." "But you can't do that, can you,Joe?" "You might destroy the radio, and you can't take the chance." "Can you,Joe?" "Well, I'm going to give you better odds." "You've got more room to work with now,Joe." "Maybe you can get me without hurting the shack." " How 'bout it?" " No." " That's what he wants." " How 'bout it?" "You move to throw that grenade, he'll get a shot off." "He's liable to get one of us." "We can't take that chance." " Are you cowards?" " We'll fight him- when he's not expecting it." "You hear me?" "Why don't you just lob one in here and get it over with?" "Are you cowards?" "Is that what you are?" "I'm giving you a chance." "Take it.!" "Come on." "I don't understand." "It's almost as if he wants them to kill him." " I got the same impression." " We've just got word from the Navy Department." "The Missouri and the Illinois were both engaged... in the shelling of Minami-Iwo on February 1 4, 1 945." "Then that's our island." " Have you heard from the Pentagon?" " Yes." "They contacted a man from thejapanese consulate who was on Minami-Iwo." "They're flying him here by military jet." "If he can pinpoint the landmarks on the island, we're in business." " How's the foot?" " It's all right." "You know, if we could string something between these two trees" " A booby-trap." " Yeah." "We'll need" " I don't know- a piece of vine?" "I'll find something." "[ Chopping ]" " How's that?" " That's great." "That'll do it." "Tie it to that tree." "You know, that sergeant's been here a long time." "He knows this jungle." "How far off the ground?" "About an inch." "I'm General Kirk, Dr. Nakamura." "I'm very grateful that you could interrupt your busy schedule to come here." "I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, General Kirk." "I cannot help you." "As you promised, the Time Tunnel is very interesting... but I should not have come." "I came here so that I could explain to you in person." "But you were on Minami-Iwo, weren't you, Doctor?" "It was a very bitter time for me, General." "I was with the Imperial forces there." "Yes, I can understand that... but all we want from you is your knowledge of some of the landmarks on the island." "It's desperately important." "The lives of two of our scientists are at stake." " Lives are at stake?" " There's gonna be a battle soon." "We know that." "We've got to get them out before it begins... but, of course, if your government needs to be notified" "No, it is not a government matter." "It was something very personal, very painful." "But if lives are at stake, of course, I will do what I can." "Thank you." "This way, please." "Dr. Nakamura, Dr. MacGregor and Dr. Swain." " Doctor." " I'm very pleased to know you." "Now, if you don't mind..." "I would like to make the identifications as quickly as possible." "Of course." "Oh, to fill you in, Doctor... you're seeing the island of Minami-Iwo... on the afternoon of February 1 7, 1 945." "[ Nakamura ] Yes, that is Minami-Iwo." "I commanded thejapanese forces that withdrew on the morning of the 1 7 th." "Can you identify this for us?" "Both the man and the place." "That is the spotting station." "The man is Sergeant Itsugi." "I knew him well." "Now can you tell us who the other officer on the island was?" "There was no officer." "The sergeant was the only man left behind." " Ann, see if you can get an image on him." " He's coming out now." "[ Gasping ]" "Impossible." "He was dead." "He was dead!" "Are you all right, Doctor?" "Anything the matter?" "He is alive." "He is not dead." "You know this man?" "He is my son." " What happened?" " Shock, I'd say." "He fainted, but this should bring him around." "I have the signals for Doug and Tony again." "Now comes the tricky part." "All right." "Hold the pin." "You wanna get back?" "'Cause if I've made this vine too tight, it's gonna go off before we want it to." " Now how do we get him here?" " We do a little advertising." " Explode one." " What good'll that do?" "He's gotta check it out." "Watch it." "They've got class, Sergeant." "Style." "Cover me." "Clever,Joe." "Clever." "[ Laughs ]" " [ Gunshot ]" " Good try,Joe!" "Better luck next time!" "Get ready to move out." "Two grenades." "That's all they have left, Sergeant." "[ Breathing Heavily ]" "What kind of soldier are you?" "You're supposed to like killing, the smell of battle." "If necessary, I kill." " But you don't like it." " No." "Go on back to the shack, old man." "You don't belong here." " I stay." " [ Speaking Japanese ]" "Hai." "Did I hear you correctly, Dr. Nakamura?" " Did you say he's your son?" " He was a kamikaze pilot... ordered to attack the battleship shelling us." "But, at the last moment, he could do it." "He crash landed." "My men pulled him ashore, but I could not help him." "He had dishonored us." " I left him behind when we left." " To commit hara-kiri?" "He spent too much time in the States." "He came to value his own life too much." "He forgot the teachings of his childhood." "What do we do now?" "Well, first, let's rest that foot of yours." "About that lieutenant, do you believe his story?" "About thejapanese coming back?" "I think it's part of his game." "He's a psychopath." "He's dreaming." "Aren't theyJapanese?" " They sure are." " They're scouting the island." "They are getting ready to come back." "Looks like the lieutenant was telling the truth." "Our only chance of getting out of here alive... is to get ourselves picked up by the fleet." "The radio back at the shack." "I'll stay here, take care of the lieutenant." "You try to get to the radio." "No, you're better with radios than I am, and, besides... you're liable to have your hands full back there." "That lieutenant's smart enough to anticipate a move like that and send the old man back." "Let's both take care of the lieutenant first." "That's too risky." "What if we get pinned down?" "We'd never get to the radio." "You're right." "Give me a grenade." "I'll try to get a message out." "I'll meet ya back here in this general area." "[ Gunshot ]" "[ Gunshots ]" "Hey,Joe!" "You having trouble up there?" "That's a bad spot." "Terrible." "You could get hurt." "Where's your friend,Joe?" "He should be in on the party too." "Bad shot,Joe." "No touchdowns for you." "You might as well come out." "Your friend's not gonna make it!" "You're all washed up,Joe.!" "[ Airplanes Approaching ]" "We've reached a Mexican standoff, Lieutenant." "I can't get out of here, but neither can you." "You won't be able to have any cover against the next grenade." "I can wait, but you can't,Joe." "You saw the planes?" "My boys will be all over this island pretty soon." "That won't do ya any good." "I heard what you said to the Sergeant, remember?" "Why are you supposed to die, Lieutenant?" "Are you a deserter?" "I can take you." "I can kill you." "I can do that." "And I can kill you if you try." "Now what'll that prove?" "Nothing." "I have to kill you, and you have to kill me!" "There's nothing to be gained by my killing you or you killing me." "We both wanna live to go home." "I can't go home!" "I don't have any home anymore." "No more talk,Joe!" "Come on,Joe!" "I'm in the open!" "It's your turn!" "Come on!" "Kill me!" "You have your chance!" "Kill me.!" "Answer me,Joe!" "You still alive?" "It's a lousy trick." "You're not supposed to die without killing me." "Come on." "Fight!" "Come on!" "I was wrong." "I should not have let him go off to die." "I want you to bring him back." "I want my son." "Dr. Nakamura, that's impossible." "We're already stretching to the limit of our equipment to make a double transfer." "The you can save only two?" " Yes, sir." " Now, if you'll just take a look" " No." " I beg your pardon." "I did not ask to come here... and, before I did, I'd accepted the fact that my son was dead." "But now you have brought him back to life... and I will not suffer his death a second time." "Can we get someone else to help us?" "There's no time." "Doctor, our first responsibility is to our boys there." "We put them there by accident." "We've got to get them off." "Unless I identify the landmarks, you will get neither one of them." "Unless you agree to bring back my son as one of the two men..." "I will not help you." "General, he can't mean that." "Talk to him." "Convince him." "I don't think he's bluffing." "Do you?" "No." "A man doesn't bluff when the life ofhis son is at stake." "There's no chance of a triple transfer?" "General, I only wish there were." "Well, that leaves it up to me." "We'll take the one who is closest to thejapanese lieutenant at the countdown." "You'll make your primary fix on Lieutenant Nakamura." "Dr. Nakamura, I'm going to ask you to reconsider." "Even if we do bring your son back here... the psychological problems he'll face will be almost insurmountable." "There'll be a 23-year gap in his life, a void." "The only insurmountable thing in this world is death." "I will not reconsider." "Very well." "You leave us no choice." "We will bring back your son." "I will look at your map now." "All right,Joe." "It's one man down, and one to go." "Maybe I'll have more luck with your friend." "[ Gunshot ]" "Put your hands up." "That must be the American landing force." "Switch over." "You will remember your bargain, General." "Switch back to the radio shack area." "See if we can pick up the Lieutenant." "[ Explosions ]" "[ Gunshot ]" "[ Gunshot ]" "[ Laughing ]" "[ Continues Laughing ]" "[ Laughing ]" " [ Laughing ]" " Doug!" " Did you send the message?" " No." "Radio's out." " What about the lieutenant?" " He's in the shack." " [ Laughing ]" " He's gone out ofhis mind." "Let me see your rifle." "Lieutenant, can you hear me?" "I hear you,Joe!" "It's all over for you, Lieutenant." "You know that now." "If you'll come out and surrender..." "I'll see to it that you're treated properly... in the hands of the Americans." "Lieutenant, now you must decide." "Will you die honorably... or will you live in shame?" "What's the matter with him?" "He's thinking it over." "I have signals for both boys." "Which signal is the stronger?" "They're both the same." "We have both signals." "I think we ought to take them all." "Ann, it would kill all three men for sure." "Well, then make your decision." "Which one do we save?" "Which one?" " No." "Wait." " We can't wait any longer, Dr. Nakamura." "A bomb or a shell could hit that area at any moment." "You were right, General." "He has finally realized who he is." "I will not take that from him." "Leave him there." "Bring back your two men." "Reset the controls." "The lieutenant is staying behind." "[ Airplanes Passing Overhead ]" "[ Gunfire ]" "This is it,Joe." "You have to do it." "I'm not giving you any choice." "I can't do it." "[ Gunshot ]" "Don't shoot!" "We're Americans!" "Why didn't you give up when you had the chance?" "I'm Japanese,Joe." "I forgot that- but only for a while." "What are you guys doing here?" " Who are you anyway?" " It's a long story, Sergeant." "What was he doin' running around in a white kimono?" "Made a perfect target." "He was a man that was fighting his own private war, Sergeant." "And I think he's found his victory." "[ Speaking Alien Language ]" "We don't understand you." " We mean no harm." " Who are you?" "What is this place?" "[ Electronic Beeping ]" "You are now... in a translation circuit." "You are intruders... from another dimension." " From which planet do you come?" " We're from the planet Earth." "We are from Alpha 1 ... operating under space directive Lentos... for a test raid... against primitive Planet 1 -6." "Our terminology is different." "Can you show us Planet 1 -6?" "Tony." "They're going to attack Earth." "Tell him to resume his position." "Get back." "We haven't got a chance against them, not here." "We can't let them do it." "[ Laser Firing ]" "When we leave the Earth, we will leave no life on it." "It will be a dead planet."