[Note: Languages other than Chinese will be noted with JP for Japanese, RU for Russian, KR for Korean, MN for Mongolian]
(Man's Inhumanity to Man - Episode 6)
(1991, Spring)
Museum director
Director
Cheng Ming
Director
We're in the back, the back
Excuse me, excuse me Thank you
Director
Over here, over here
Where?
Turn around, turn around, here, here.
Hurry, hurry, we are running out of time
It takes me more than an hour
to make this trip here
There's too much work at the factory
After this, I am headed straight for Guangzhou to attend a Commercial Fair
And I need to go back first
We've troubled you to make this trip
I don't smoke
Here, they are all here
I've left them here
You can take a look
My father's never understood how these
bottles and vases worked before he left
So you'd have to do your own research
In those days
every family has some stuff like this
Now that people are moving away
and relocating
it's become a rarity
Alright
I am running late
I have to leave first
Come on, come on, come on
Hold on
We can't take these things for nothing
We are both long term residents of Pingfang
If these
can really help you
understand what forsaken things the Japanese were up to
Then that would be my contribution to my hometown
These are two different things
If you really feel obliged to repay me
You can help me spread the word
about our Swan Brand Backpacks
They are all made with high-grade nylon fabric from our joint venture factory
It's more durable than a military satchel!
Is it?
Swan Brand
I'll remember that, sure
Before Japan announced its defeat
Ishii Shirō used gunpowder and mortars
to destroy all incriminating evidence
that would point to their research of bacteriological weapon
But he who does wrong
cannot hide it forever
They never thought
that the bold people around here
would pull out all the junk
from the ruins
Some of them
Used the beakers as drinking glasses
Others
turned drainage pipes into chinmeys
There were even those
who ate their meals out of laboratory glassware
Any virus or bacteria that remained there...
won't they get infected if they took them back?
You think?
The Harbin plague outbreak in the 1950s
How do you suppose it came about
It's nothing but the scourge left behind by Unit 731
Now that we are taking these back
Forget about it being from 50 years ago
Even if it was from 100 years ago
We'd still have to disinfect them one by one
Well I have been sniffing these just now...
why didn't you stop me?
(Residence Ruins) （Upper Banner: Move out & say goodbye to the unsafe buildings; Embark on a new life as soon as possible)
You're also up for disinfection (Lower Banner: With economic development as the focus, the 8th Five-Year Plan will surely start with a strong success)
(Chapter 2: The Calamity Arc) (Episode 6)
(1941, Summer)
[JP] Arakawa Ryōhei
[JP] Put the mask on
[JP] A new round of disinfection
[JP] Let's go
(Water Tower)
Why didn't you say anything before going out?
If I told you I don't think you'd have let me out
Did you find her?
I searched
the toilet
pig shed, the rundown shed
I even searched the Korean's soy-bean crock
and I wasn't able to find even a strand of Yulan's hair
But it should be ok
I am sure she got out
As long as she got out, there will be a chance of her surviving
I took a good look around
The duck lane behind
Changgeng's backyard
Is likely unknown to the Patrol squad
I can probably sneak out from there
at dawn
I'll be sure to bring Yulan back
Give it a rest, you
I supposed it's more likely that Yulan won't be found
but I'd have to go searching for you instead
Surely that won't happen
Great grandma, what is it?
Been inhaling this poisonous gas all day
doesn't it make you feel unwell?
Well, that year when it snowed
it was huge flurries of white flakes
The snow pilled up darn thick
I thought: this won't melt anytime soon
So I carried my Eji's silver knife (Eji: Mongolian for "mother")
and helped the she-wolf give birth to pups
When spring arrived, and the snow had melted
those wolf pups
still recognized me and liked me
we just wandered here and there
And the wild flowers were all in bloom on the hills
How exciting
[MN] The umbilical cord of a wolf pack is an unseverable home
[MN] Eji's belly, is the ferry of reincarnation
What are you doing, Gui Fen?
Don't worry
I will definitely bring Yulan back
It's good to have kids
Yulan does not like to hunt
After your child is born
They can learn to hunt with me
That'll be good
[JP] This is a classic case of septicemic plague
(Yoshimura's Unit)
[JP] Mr. Arakawa
[JP] Please make sure to record this purple-black colour
[JP] accurately
[JP] Please come in
[JP] Dr. Yoshimura
[JP] Please provide me with your guidance today
[JP] Then I will get started
[JP] This is a tricky matter
[JP] It's quite rash to allow such an inexperienced newcomer get involved
[JP] He's not even part of the Special Unit
[JP] All right, all right, I heard you
[JP] Come in
(General Affairs Dept.)
[JP] Minister Nakadome, Arakawa Ryōhei has arrived
[JP] Come in
[JP] Mr. Arakawa, you have arrived
[JP] Come on
[JP] Come here
[JP] Read this
[JP] What is this?
[JP] The army has continued its efforts at disinfection
[JP] but those in the Special Prison
[JP] have started to be uncooperative
[JP] Not only did they refuse to comply with the clearance
[JP] They have also started a hunger strike
[JP] Even though the disinfection is for their own safety
[JP] but they don't seem to understand our good intentions
[JP] So we need someone
[JP] to pay them another visit
[JP] and have a proper discussion with them
[JP] You can't be...
[JP] assigning this task to me?
[JP] Asking you to be the negotiator?
[JP] I am also surprised
(Photography Unit)
[JP] Is it because you speak Zhina?
[JP] I remember
[JP] I remember now, Arakawa-kun
[JP] The Logistics Department had mentioned that
[JP] when you were the translator at Bian Lianzi
[JP] Those Zhina were willing to follow your instructions
[JP] It's because you're not a soldier
[JP] and you don't look aggressive
[JP] This must be the real reason
[JP] Is that so?
[JP] That guy inn Building No. 7
[JP] No. 909
[JP] Who is he?
[JP] Why is it that a hunger strike at Building No. 8
[JP] would have him as their sole rep?
[JP] Could it be that...
[JP] you haven't met inmate No. 909 yet?
[JP] I should...
[JP] I should have
[JP] You must have
[JP] That's the most special "maruta" here
[JP] When the Kamo troops were still at Zhongma City
[JP] He's already been around
[JP] Unbelievable, right?
[JP] He's survived for so long
[JP] "Maruta"
[JP] What is it?
[JP] You have just...
[JP] raised an important question
[JP] Why is it that
[JP] two separate prison buildings
[JP] With prisoners that can't communicate with each other
[JP] Are all at his command?
[JP] You know...
[JP] What I have deduced
[JP] Is that that guy
[JP] might have superpowers
[JP] In private, people are saying that he might not even be human
[JP] Not only can he read minds
[JP] He can also
[JP] Control the mind of people from a distance
[JP] Because if that isn't the case
[JP] there will be no way to explain
[JP] those strange events from before
[JP] Hey, Kobayashi
[JP] Yes
[JP] Close the door
[JP] Yes
[JP] If you asked me, that Nakadome is just being lazy
[JP] Always depended on 909
[JP] as an easy way to manage (the prisoners)
[JP] Looks like karma has caught up with them
[JP] This is what's called
[JP] "You reap what you sow"
[JP] So, Arakawa
[JP] When you negotiate with 909
[JP] You must be careful
[JP] Never
[JP] Look him straight in the eye
(Zhong Dong Granary)
Yulan
Didn't I tell you not to come?
You are so lucky
An Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Unit
has just intercepted a shipment of Japanese military supplies
It was full of drugs
We'd be able to treat your disease
Really?
Not so close
It's okay
Do you remember
that time we assisted in transmitting Comintern intelligence? (Comintern: short name for Communist International)
It was them
As soon as you heard that you are a member of the Book Club
they asked me to take you there at once
[JP] Take off your mask
[JP] Ok
(Left: Building No. 8 -- Right: Building No. 7)
[JP] Time to go
(Temporary Detention Centre)
[JP] Starting now, we'll take your temperatures in turn
[JP] Over here
[JP] I told you to move
[JP] Let me go first
(The Square Tower)
(Inner Courtyard of Building No. 7)
[JP] Everyone
[JP] Cheer up
[JP] It's okay
[JP] The Empire has its own plans
[JP] Obeying arrangements is our only choice
[JP] Please
[JP] Please don't give up
[JP] And we shouldn't give up
[JP] It's only then that we'll be worthy of His Majesty's Grace
[JP] It's time
[JP] Next
[JP] Kawaguchi-kun
[JP] Is that you?
[JP] You are Maiko's husband
[JP] Yes it's me
[JP] Director Kojima
[JP] How is Maiko's illness?
[JP] Next
[JP] Kawaguchi-kun
[JP] What has happened to Maiko?
[JP] She's dead
[JP] Move
[JP] Hurry up and move
[JP] Is there only one key for the whole building?
[JP] Don't ask questions you shouldn't be asking
If you don't mind
kindly take a seat on the floor
Greetings
I'm here on behalf of the General Affairs Department
I've come to discuss things over with you
Please cooperate with the disinfection
This is to ensure the health
of every prisoner
It's a necessary measure
Is this the so called "carefully considered communication"?
Just find someone who can speak Chinese
and come here to read the same script again
Heh
That's not communication
That's a notification
You can also
Tell me what your demands are, directly
Is it your first time here?
Haven't you heard the screams "maruta" before?
That type of scream fills this place from morning till nightfall
There's no ending to it
"Maruta"?
Could it be that you don't even know what "maruta" is?
yet you've been sent here by them?
"Maruta"
are prisoners like us
it's what we are collectively called here
In Japanese
it means "round logs"
"Round log"
Why this word?
Because we
are just a material that can be used at anytime
So, don't you find it ironic
To go through these disinfections? Isn't it meaningless?
We're doomed to be infected with viruses and bacteria
and then die
Right?
Please don't be so pessimistic
The military research here
is to find better treatments for you all
It's only because Shiro Ishii isn't here
that they'll let an ignorant person like you
to be assigned here
I suppose they even told you
That in here
In every prison cell here
the "maruta" came here because they got sick
Right?
But, isn't that true?
These kids, what type of disease do you think they have?
The baby in swaddling clothes
What disease would they have?
Were they born sick?
Would you let your kid come here?
[JP] Hey, watch it
They didn't even tell you
the reason for our hunger strike
the reason for our protest, did they?
It's good to be ignorant
I implore you
to tell Nakadome Kinzo
We can cooperate with disinfections
But the children are our bottom line
This is the very bottom line of being human
Release the children
Otherwise, no matter what disease it is
We'll just die together
[JP] Come on, get in there
Bingrui
Let's
Use that
It's over
We're not getting out alive
Why are you doing this again?
I heard it
This is a disease that can kill people
Maiko was even taken away by the troops
And still she wasn't saved
No wonder they are locking us up here
If we died here
then no one would know
Bingrui
Your thoughts
They are way too dark
Maiko
Her illness
has progressed to a serious stage
That was a tragedy
The military
they spent all that effort
to keep us here
it's because they want to prevent similar tragedies
If they wanted to kill and silence us
They could have done that in the disinfection pool
Could have done it there
It's just for show
Just so that those outside can be like you
and believe in the "Harmony between the Five Ethnic Groups"
And "Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity"
Just so that they can carry on with their grandiose dreams
Yan Bingrui
Are you still
a citizen of Manchuria?
Do you still think of yourself as a Zhina?
Why is there so much animosity?
And doubt?
What's a "citizen of Manchuria"?
The hell with Manchuria
Don't think that just because you installed a puppet emperor
that it makes everything legitimate
Our ancestors and their ancestors
Have lived on this land for thousands of years
This is our land, goddammit!
Your prespective
is simply too narrow
The Great Empire of Japan
is liberating you
from becoming slaves
of Westerners
And eventually
we'll unite all of Asia
As if I need your liberation
What you are calling "liberation"
is the same as using water cannals to take over other's farmland
It's nothing but the damned logic of robbers
And also
It's not f*cking "Zhina"
It's China
I am Chinese, damn it
(Xifu Hui Hotel)
Xiao Liu (Name: "Little Six")
Let's go
Sanmin
[JP] Follow them
[JP] Hey, stop there (Hui Fang District)
[JP] Stop running
[JP] Look over there
[JP] Let's go
What is going on here?
Xifu Hui's underground communications hub
has been raided by the police
A traitor betrayed us
Comrade Zhao Taining and the rest
have all been caught
It's only been a day's work, how did it end up like this?
This is the friend that you'd mentioned?
Come with me first
Let's go
Sister Qiaoyu
Sanmin
Do you still have what I left here?
Come on in
Oh heavens
Hurry, get her up there
It will be alright
[JP] He said he needs to see it with his own eyes (General Affairs Dept.)
[JP] that the children are released
[JP] Ok
[JP] As he wishes
[JP] Three people for the safety of the entire Special Prison
[JP] Feels reasonable
[JP] What is it?
[JP] Is there anything else?
[JP] Then please convey it on my behalf
[JP] His appeal was accepted
[JP] Extremely grateful
[JP] As for Lt. Col. Ono Yakimori's dinner tonight
[JP] let's move it to be held inside the base
[JP] Yes sir
(Defeng Lower Region)
Wait
I heard something
Sounds like military boots
The window
Go now
Come here
Quick
Careful now, slow
Careful
Be careful
Slow down
Little Six
You okay?
I'm fine
This way, jump to here
Slow down
Hurry, let's go
Little Six
Come on
Little Six
There's no other way
Wait a minute
It should be safe here
Did you just sprain your foot?
Tend to her first
l'll keep watch
This wound must be debridled
I'm out of anesthetic
If this hurts
You must hold it in and don't scream no matter what
Do it
Try to endure it
Do it, just do it
[JP] Go now
Goodbye
This is not just an act, right
Go out for a spin
And send them back again
Minister Nakadome said
He guarantees it to you on his personal integrity
The integrity of a Japanese?
[JP] Chief Mizuka
[JP] A call for you
He figured you'd have doubts
But he also said
With your abilities
You'd know if they get sent back
What abilities?
I don't have super powers neither do I know magic
What they say about me is exactly as you see
Of course
it's not the same
But there's no denying
that all the prisoners will cooperate with you
And so I would like to ask
How do you do it?
I have done the calculations
Every three days on average
there will be two people being "used"
Everyone here is doomed to die sooner or later
Including myself
How would you choose to live
when faced with such a destiny?
Struggling, weeping
or resisting
And in the end, dying in despair
I chose to lie to the new "maruta"
So that they can truly believe that
As long as they cooperate --
injections, medicine
blood tests and examinations
-- that they will be able to leave
[JP] Hurry back
Fear
is worse than death itself
I can only let them
live like a person before dying
Three meals a day
Sufficient food
Hot water bathes
And free time
I will fight for these conditions
And with these improved conditions
they will come to believe me even more
Well, to believe me
it's the only choice that they have, really
You are right
Without hope
many people area as good as dead
the moment they arrived
I forgot to ask
What's your name
My name is
Arakawa Ryōhei
[JP] Hurry up
Mr. Arakawa
Where are you from?
You speak Chinese so fluently
I'm from Otaru, Hokkaido
Is there a problem?
All right
You should also rest for a while, I'll keep watch
You do need to keep watch
Although the Japanese are not allowed in Hui Fang District
There are always those that are above the regulations
If anything comes up
Take her and escape from the back, go from the roofs
Do you have to go?
I have to confirm how many of our comrades are still out there
And you have to eat, too
Be safe on the road
(Temporary Detention Centre)
Everyone
Assemble in the corridor
Cooperate with disinfection
(Prison No. 7)
Come with me
(Hui Fang District)
Go, go, go
Here
(Tianli Village)
[JP] Who is Corps Commander Ogasawara?
[JP] Come on out
[JP] Yes
[JP] A notification for you
[JP] Hurry up
[JP] Over there
[JP] Finished reading?
[JP] You've finished reading
[JP] Conform with national policy Uphold the mandate of heaven
(Khabarovsk Trial recordings)
(Koto Yoshio)
(RU: How were human experimentation carried out?)
(RU: Please describe it in detail)
(JP: If I recall it was in 1943)
(JP: In order to test the effects of the vaccines)
(JP: We conducted human experimentation)
(JP: On about 50 or so Chinese in Manchuria)
(JP: We added Typhoid Bacillus to some sugary water)
(JP: And we forced them to drink the sugary water)
(JP: And caused them to become infected with this bacteria)
(JP: As I recall)
（JP：About 12 or 13 people died in this round of human experimentation)