1:15:02
of settling disputes
between nations...
1:15:06
Armageddon will be
at our door.
1:15:11
We have had
our last chance.
1:15:32
Court, I want you to tell Washington
that I'm transferring food...
1:15:35
and medical supplies
to the Japanese authorities.
1:15:37
- Yes, sir.
- The next priority is to get those men home,
1:15:41
get them to work
rebuilding this country.
1:15:43
I don't know.
1:15:45
In terms of communication, transport,
industrial plant, there isn't any country.
1:15:48
Yeah, well, they'll have
to build a new one.
1:15:51
A new Japan
with new ideas...
1:15:54
but preserving the best of the old.
Yes, sir.
1:15:57
All of our troops
will be judged by me...
1:15:59
for their conduct as men
and as soldiers.
1:16:02
I want them to understand
that the Japanese...
1:16:04
must be treated
with courtesy and respect.
1:16:08
Alexander,
Caesar, Napoleon...
1:16:11
all failed as occupiers
of conquered countries...
1:16:13
because of the harshness
of their policies.
1:16:17
I do not intend to fail.
1:16:19
We're coming up
on the palace now.
1:16:23
I wonder whether
it wouldn't be a good idea...
1:16:25
to summon the emperor
to explain your policies.
1:16:27
Show of authority
to the Japanese people.
1:16:29
No. After a lifetime
of studying the Oriental mind,
1:16:32
I can tell you that I must not
directly challenge...
1:16:36
the authority
of the emperor.
1:16:38
He lives there in that palace across
that moat, half god, half king.
1:16:43
His decrees limit the degree
of each man's freedom.
1:16:46
His word is absolute.
1:16:50
The time will come when
Hirohito, of his own volition,
1:16:52
will cross that moat
and come to me,
1:16:55
and that will mark
the beginning of the end...
1:16:57
of his absolute power
over the Japanese people.