1 00:03:04,237 --> 00:03:05,787 You don't like whiskey? 2 00:03:08,170 --> 00:03:10,861 I could ask you the same question, Admiral. 3 00:03:11,373 --> 00:03:17,913 I have it on good authority that your glass is filled with tea. 4 00:03:21,438 --> 00:03:23,410 An old Chinese trick. 5 00:03:27,166 --> 00:03:30,218 What else have you learned during your time in Japan? 6 00:03:31,490 --> 00:03:35,363 I'm just the assistant naval attaché. 7 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:39,872 Turn it off. 8 00:25:46,571 --> 00:25:47,866 What's wrong? 9 00:25:50,919 --> 00:25:53,186 We have awakened a sleeping giant... 10 00:25:55,340 --> 00:25:57,965 and filled him with terrible resolve. 11 00:26:16,086 --> 00:26:17,737 Did you enjoy your visit to Hawaii? 12 00:26:18,201 --> 00:26:22,400 I told Nagumo to locate their aircraft carriers and destroy their fuel tanks. 13 00:26:22,603 --> 00:26:24,002 But he refused. 14 00:26:24,507 --> 00:26:26,209 A devastating mistake. 15 00:26:26,651 --> 00:26:32,839 It would have taken the Americans a year to resume operations at Pearl Harbor. 16 00:26:33,623 --> 00:26:36,487 When are you going to remove Nagumo from command? 17 00:26:37,368 --> 00:26:39,959 Nagumo sunk the American battleships. 18 00:26:40,443 --> 00:26:42,283 Everyone thinks he's a hero. 19 00:26:42,285 --> 00:26:44,842 Someday that old fool will make an even bigger mistake. 20 00:26:50,264 --> 00:26:52,195 None of that talk inside. 21 00:26:52,409 --> 00:26:55,226 We must be united against the Army. 22 00:26:55,438 --> 00:26:56,951 I'm not Nagumo. 23 00:27:15,135 --> 00:27:18,075 Pearl Harbor was a great victory. 24 00:27:18,849 --> 00:27:19,680 But... 25 00:27:20,774 --> 00:27:25,586 If we give them time the Americans will overrun us. 26 00:27:27,779 --> 00:27:35,574 Therefore we must land the knockout blow by destroying their aircraft carriers. 27 00:27:47,454 --> 00:27:51,437 Our priority must be... 28 00:27:51,974 --> 00:27:56,446 to seize the resources that we need. 29 00:27:56,448 --> 00:28:00,896 That is a job for the Army. 30 00:28:01,386 --> 00:28:04,301 The Navy's job... 31 00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:09,875 is to get us there and back. 32 00:29:21,874 --> 00:29:24,150 The Army got us into this war... 33 00:29:24,356 --> 00:29:26,702 and now they expect us to ferry them around. 34 00:29:27,363 --> 00:29:30,634 For now. But circumstances will change. 35 00:29:31,639 --> 00:29:36,446 I want you to start drawing up plans for the operation we discussed. 36 00:29:38,435 --> 00:29:39,534 Midway? 37 00:50:07,341 --> 00:50:09,884 Heavenly sovereign, we must get you down to the shelter. 38 00:53:06,777 --> 00:53:08,078 Sir? 39 00:53:09,005 --> 00:53:10,660 Leave me. 40 00:53:11,666 --> 00:53:13,140 You must come out of your cabin. 41 00:53:13,355 --> 00:53:16,672 We put the Emperor's life at risk. 42 00:53:17,061 --> 00:53:19,071 It was only a handful of bombers. 43 00:53:19,778 --> 00:53:22,305 We swore to keep our homeland impenetrable. 44 00:53:22,697 --> 00:53:26,930 Everyone now agrees you were right about the American carriers. 45 00:53:27,146 --> 00:53:28,757 We must destroy them. 46 00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:33,097 Tojo says we must finish our operation in the Coral Sea. 47 00:53:33,343 --> 00:53:36,511 But then we can turn our attention to Midway. 48 00:53:43,412 --> 00:53:46,594 Then we have work to do. 49 00:59:11,395 --> 00:59:15,447 How dare you! You're not following our strategy. 50 00:59:25,666 --> 00:59:27,207 Admiral Nagumo. 51 00:59:28,425 --> 00:59:30,997 This is no way to conduct a war game. 52 00:59:32,512 --> 00:59:36,363 These young men have ignored the battle doctrines. I followed your plan. 53 00:59:37,322 --> 00:59:41,563 We attacked Midway with our carriers. 54 00:59:41,890 --> 00:59:48,930 We were ready to pivot as soon as the American carriers responded from Pearl Harbor. 55 00:59:52,175 --> 00:59:53,137 But? 56 00:59:55,369 --> 00:59:58,688 My American carriers didn't come from Pearl. 57 00:59:59,578 --> 01:00:02,294 They were waiting here, northeast of Midway Island. 58 01:00:02,572 --> 01:00:08,824 While Admiral Nagumo's planes were bombing Midway, I sunk three of his carriers. 59 01:00:10,536 --> 01:00:15,442 Such a move is impossible because the Americans won't know we are coming. 60 01:00:19,350 --> 01:00:20,875 Start again. 61 01:00:23,414 --> 01:00:27,299 But this time the American carriers must come from Pearl. 62 01:22:24,012 --> 01:22:28,109 Enemy spotted! Nine o'clock! 63 01:22:43,820 --> 01:22:45,586 They're glide bombing. 64 01:22:47,807 --> 01:22:49,804 Which means they're amateurs. 65 01:22:50,284 --> 01:22:52,287 Prepare for evasive action. Even amateurs can get lucky. 66 01:22:53,082 --> 01:22:55,191 Turn to port. 67 01:23:13,104 --> 01:23:14,457 Turn to starboard. 68 01:23:28,681 --> 01:23:30,482 He's aiming for the Akagi. 69 01:23:56,151 --> 01:23:58,251 Was he trying to hit us? 70 01:23:58,493 --> 01:24:00,510 Americans aren't that brave. 71 01:24:01,276 --> 01:24:03,591 His controls must have locked up. 72 01:24:05,531 --> 01:24:09,965 Those planes came from Midway, which means it's still a threat. 73 01:24:10,997 --> 01:24:12,801 We must launch a second attack on their airfields. 74 01:24:59,636 --> 01:25:01,268 Enemy fleet spotted! 75 01:25:09,172 --> 01:25:16,339 Sir! Ten enemy surface units spotted. 76 01:25:17,545 --> 01:25:19,817 Position east northeast. 77 01:25:22,078 --> 01:25:23,219 Impossible. 78 01:25:25,496 --> 01:25:27,788 Unless it's a trap. 79 01:25:38,411 --> 01:25:40,476 We must destroy the enemy fleet. 80 01:25:41,723 --> 01:25:45,688 Rearm the planes that were going to attack Midway with torpedoes and armor-piercing bombs. 81 01:25:46,359 --> 01:25:49,286 But sir, we will be vulnerable while we change weapons. 82 01:25:49,494 --> 01:25:50,979 Our fighters will keep us safe! 83 01:28:34,145 --> 01:28:36,186 Sir! Periscope spotted. 84 01:28:36,188 --> 01:28:37,675 They're deploying depth charges. 85 01:28:52,498 --> 01:28:55,379 An American submarine right in the middle of our fleet. 86 01:29:22,897 --> 01:29:25,405 Order the Arashi to pin down that submarine. 87 01:29:25,599 --> 01:29:29,090 They can catch up to us once the fleet is safely out of range. 88 01:31:15,143 --> 01:31:16,628 Brave men. 89 01:31:17,263 --> 01:31:19,721 We are fortunate they have such bad planes. 90 01:31:23,876 --> 01:31:25,153 Right full rudder. 91 01:33:18,565 --> 01:33:21,724 We can't launch our bombers because of these constant attacks. 92 01:33:30,511 --> 01:33:33,130 Our fighters need to stop glory hunting. 93 01:33:33,913 --> 01:33:35,743 They're all flying too low. 94 01:33:36,911 --> 01:33:39,228 Those planes came from a carrier. 95 01:33:40,156 --> 01:33:43,091 We must initiate an attack. 96 01:33:46,217 --> 01:33:48,206 A message from Admiral Yamaguchi, sir. 97 01:33:48,622 --> 01:33:51,241 Consider it advisable to launch attack force immediately. 98 01:33:52,984 --> 01:33:54,814 What does he think I'm trying to do? 99 01:33:55,085 --> 01:33:56,840 Genda, what's our status? 100 01:33:56,842 --> 01:33:57,952 Yes, right away. 101 01:34:00,111 --> 01:34:01,421 Are the preparations ready? 102 01:34:01,847 --> 01:34:06,413 We're going as fast as we can, sir. But it takes time to change from land weapons to sea. 103 01:34:07,506 --> 01:34:08,572 You have five minutes. 104 01:34:13,666 --> 01:34:15,653 This place is a powder keg. 105 01:34:40,141 --> 01:34:41,721 They're almost finished. 106 01:34:42,942 --> 01:34:46,156 Good. We will launch a full attack and crush the enemy task force. 107 01:37:10,110 --> 01:37:11,165 Look! 108 01:37:12,181 --> 01:37:13,466 The Soryu is also under attack. 109 01:37:13,468 --> 01:37:15,096 Calm yourself. You're an officer. 110 01:37:28,745 --> 01:37:30,997 That leaves just us and the Akagi. 111 01:37:36,010 --> 01:37:38,369 Unless those planes strike. 112 01:38:39,444 --> 01:38:40,933 We need more time, sir! 113 01:38:40,935 --> 01:38:42,690 We're still rearming the bombers! 114 01:42:31,618 --> 01:42:33,075 The gasoline is vaporizing. 115 01:42:33,317 --> 01:42:36,422 We can't activate the CO2. We have no power. 116 01:43:00,304 --> 01:43:01,521 We must go. 117 01:43:03,456 --> 01:43:05,160 I have to save the ship. 118 01:43:07,796 --> 01:43:11,703 It's the captain's job to save the ship. Your duty is to lead. 119 01:43:15,711 --> 01:43:17,573 And you can't do that from here. 120 01:44:03,109 --> 01:44:08,187 From Admiral Nagumo. Fires are raging aboard the Kaga, Soryu and Akagi. 121 01:44:19,924 --> 01:44:23,763 The Americans knew we were coming. 122 01:44:25,849 --> 01:44:29,978 We walked right into their trap. 123 01:44:39,771 --> 01:44:41,349 We can still win... 124 01:44:45,689 --> 01:44:48,740 But we must know what we are facing. 125 01:45:37,038 --> 01:45:40,105 You, tell us your ship, 126 01:45:40,107 --> 01:45:41,976 or we throw you overboard. 127 01:46:55,260 --> 01:47:01,086 We are the last intact aircraft unit in the fleet. 128 01:47:01,600 --> 01:47:04,908 So the fate of Japan rests on your skill. 129 01:47:06,414 --> 01:47:08,737 The Emperor expects you to do your duty. 130 01:51:19,050 --> 01:51:22,372 The enemy has lost a carrier and their air wings are weakened. 131 01:51:24,547 --> 01:51:29,708 We will draw them within range of our battleships and destroy them. 132 01:51:31,261 --> 01:51:33,018 It's a bold plan. 133 01:51:34,656 --> 01:51:36,189 Radio Admiral Yamaguchi. 134 01:51:40,767 --> 01:51:42,648 Telegram from battlefield commander. 135 01:51:47,531 --> 01:51:50,047 Yamamoto is ordering us to charge. 136 01:51:50,391 --> 01:51:52,526 Like samurai trying to save our honor. 137 01:51:56,171 --> 01:51:57,486 So it shall be. 138 01:59:11,375 --> 01:59:16,193 You have all fought valiantly. 139 01:59:17,168 --> 01:59:19,957 But we must scuttle this ship so that it doesn't fall into enemy hands. 140 01:59:20,966 --> 01:59:24,663 The loss of this battle falls on the heads of your commanders, not you. 141 01:59:25,480 --> 01:59:29,338 For this reason I have decided to go down with the ship. 142 01:59:30,342 --> 01:59:36,313 I command you to carry on your loyal service to the Emperor. 143 01:59:38,321 --> 01:59:41,563 I wish to stay with you. 144 01:59:42,723 --> 01:59:43,795 Very well. 145 01:59:45,864 --> 01:59:47,343 Let us enjoy the moon together. 146 01:59:49,340 --> 01:59:50,592 Abandon ship. 147 02:00:05,225 --> 02:00:09,209 Let me stay with you too. 148 02:00:12,197 --> 02:00:16,188 I am touched by your offer, but you young men must leave the ship. 149 02:00:18,043 --> 02:00:19,475 That is my final order. 150 02:01:08,326 --> 02:01:13,030 Battle station torpedo port side. 151 02:01:14,539 --> 02:01:18,387 Target Hiryu bearing ninety degrees. 152 02:01:44,564 --> 02:01:45,669 Come in. 153 02:01:50,670 --> 02:01:52,547 Our scouts found nothing. 154 02:01:52,840 --> 02:01:55,257 The American carriers must have withdrawn overnight. 155 02:01:55,677 --> 02:01:59,347 We should bombard Midway. The Americans have no battleships. 156 02:01:59,548 --> 02:02:01,683 We can still win this battle. 157 02:02:03,583 --> 02:02:05,645 You've been playing too much shogi. 158 02:02:07,897 --> 02:02:13,247 We cannot gamble the rest of the fleet to save our pride. 159 02:02:13,993 --> 02:02:14,987 Then... 160 02:02:15,947 --> 02:02:18,050 what are your orders, sir?