1999 SOUTH EAST ASIA
We have damage to legs 2, 4 and 5.
We've lost mobility.
- Can we use the other legs? - I'll try, sir.
All units. Hold position. There's a minefield behind you.
This is Gong 1: There are troops ahead advancing on us.
It looks like one squad. No, more than that.
Be careful. There's an IRsource to the right.
Bearing 040, moving.
Range. 1200. Multiple targets. It has a tank's heat signature.
It's entering RPG targeting range.
Gong to Command. We've been surrounded by hostile troops.
Request permission to fire.
Request denied. Canadian troops are en route.
I repeat, do not engage. Take evasive action.
We cannot evade! Do you read?
Second heat signature!
- My eject's broken! - Another heat signature!
I can't get out!
Captain!
BOOT. Okay.
System normal. Type XL. Standby.
System boot: Complete.
- Right. Go to visual scan mode. - Roger.
It checks.
Downward scan: Check.
Rear scan: Check.
Hey, this isn't a game, Noah.
Auto-balancing: Nominal. Proceeding with downward scan.
No obstacles ahead.
All right. Good run, Noah. Let's reset and do it again.
Roger.
Simulation complete.
Maintenance team leader, report to Booth 2.
Good work.
We've been doing this for three months. You should be used to it.
Well, I'm not. You should try that weird headgear.
- I did. - And?
It made me sick, looking out of my stomach.
Yeah! What was wrong with the old Labors?
This is the perfect Labor interface.
It has to work underwater and in space.
Cones and rods are obsolete.
Cones and what?
Biological sensors. Your eyeballs.
There used to be a school that taught people how to ride bikes.
Cars were an oddity used only for racing.
But humans are very adaptable.
But it's just...
I know. Let's stop at the hangar. That'll cheer you up.
Hi there.
- You two, again. - Hello.
It's been a year since I last used him.
Yeah, time sure flies.
And now they're just using him for tests.
Want to take him for a spin?
- I don't think so. - Why not?
It's hard to explain.
That part of my life is over.
Come on. The cafeteria's opening.
Oh, yeah, I forgot. Time for dinner.
- Thanks, guys. - Sure.
You idiot! You're supposed to AIM at your target!
Get down and give me five laps!
Sakabe! Nishihori! Speed up!
Let's see some sprinting!
Hey, what are you slowing down for, Kiseiyama?
Five more laps!
- Okay, next! - Sir!
Ogura, no throwing up!
That'll cost you another five laps!
- I have a question. - What?
Why bother with manual aiming?
Fire Control is 98% accurate.
And what if your FCS goes down?
Police Labors always act in pairs, so the other Labor...
What if the FCS fails in both machines?
The odds of that are 10,000 to 1...
I have to prepare you for that 1 in 10,000 case!
You idiot!
Give me 20 laps! Go!
He's certainly serious about his training. I like that.
Let's hear a battle cry, then prepare to fire!
But this isn't the marines.
Kids nowadays could care less about "battle cries" and "spirit."
Out of my way! Watch how a pro does it!
Well, here we go again. Maybe you'll talk to him this time.
It might have more weight coming from the division chief.
Marksmanship requires split-second timing!
Concentrate, and you'll hit your target. Now, send it out!
Eat this!
I'm not done yet!
Don't relax after hitting your target!
- Move in and finish him off! - What is the meaning of this?
Our budget can't afford this!
Report to me, immediately!
Captain!
Excuse me! Have you seen Captain Goto?
Hey, Boss! Have you seen Captain Goto?
What about Goto?
This guy's looking for him.
I think he's out back.
Thank you!
Have you seen the captain?
Yeah. He had a fishing pole. He's probably out on the wharf.
Captain!
What is it?
We got a call from Chief Nagumo. She's been delayed.
Is it traffic or a late conference?
She didn't say.
I see.
- What's wrong? - It's the end of our shift.
Could Division 1 take over so we can go home?
I suppose so, but we should wait for their commander.
That's true.
- Go ahead. - It's okay?
Go on home. I have to stay, anyway.
Division 2 standing down. We return to duty at 1200 tomorrow.
Dismissed. Good work.
- Excuse me, sir! - See you.
No, it's not okay.
This indicates Labor use in Tokyo and its surroundings.
Following the completion of the Babylon Project last year...
you can see a clear shift in Labor distribution.
Activity dropped once the land bridge was finished.
With the Osaka Airport expansion and other construction projects...
Labors have scattered across the country.
Labor crimes showed a similar scattering trend.
We established Labor Police teams in Osaka and Kanagawa.
We're also looking at sites...
in Aichi, Miyagi and Chiba.
Chief Nagumo!
I'm glad you made it. It's been a while, hasn't it?
We invited you over plenty of times.
You never came down.
Congratulations on your promotion.
It's nothing.
It was just a formality when Second Section was reorganized.
A promotion is a promotion. It was long overdue.
All the Tsuge graduates are having a party.
We saved you a seat.
Tanaka and Watanabe will be there. They said to bring you.
Sorry, but I'll have to pass.
Come on!
Aren't you over Tsuge yet?
Shut up.
I wonder how long it's been.
Mr. Tsuge got back from the UN mission about three years ago.
Did he talk to you before he disappeared?
Will you shut up!
I got one letter from him right after he got back to Japan.
I'm sorry, but my division is on call tonight.
Tell everyone hello.
Don't you have ANY tact?
Our most talented graduate still has a broken heart.
Hello. Second Section.
Shige? This is Nagumo. I'm finally done. How's it going?
It's pretty quiet. We haven't had any calls.
Is Goto there?
Should I go get him? He's out back.
He should get a mobile phone. No, forget it.
I'm already on the freeway. I'll be there in 15 minutes...
Traffic jam.
Poor Captain. Take your time. Nothing's happening here. Bye.
... a Labor is passing your vehicle.
Do not open your doors or exit your vehicles.
This is the Kanagawa Traffic Police.
This is Captain Nagumo of Metro Police, Second Section.
Come in.
This is Traffic Labor 201. Motohashi speaking.
I studied under you. Over.
I don't want to interrupt you...
but what's up?
There's an abandoned car on the bridge.
According to a tip, it's got a bomb inside.
We're on our way to dispose of it.
Understood. Nagumo out. Thank you.
At 5.20 this evening...
there was a huge explosion on the Yokohama Bay Bridge.
There are no reports of death or injury, however...
... the Yokohama Bridge is now closed to all traffic...
... traffic is still at a standstill.
An anonymous warning was phoned in minutes earlier.
Terrorists are suspected...
The anonymous call to Traffic Control is believed...
Witnesses report hearing a sonic boom...
just before the explosion.
Experts have now examined the mysterious home video.
Thejet is an F-16-J...
used by theJapan Self Defense Force.
In 1998, theJSDF purchased...
this improved version of the F-16.
The Self Defense Force initially based these fighters at Misawa.
But over 130 such planes are now in service.
TheJSDF is currently verifying the location...
The Minister of Defense denies any military involvement.
... suspicions continue to focus on a military jet in connection...
TheJSDF has denied...
any link to the Yokohama Bridge incident...
... formation of a special investigation committee.
The Chairman assured the press...
This is a special report on the Yokohama explosion...
A witness remembered seeing your company at the bridge.
That's strange.
Sure, we were videotaping at the bridge that day...
but we already handed our tape over to the police.
Are you really with the police?
It did seem kind of strange. It was yesterday, about 2:00 p.m.
He never told you his name or precinct?
No, but he was a dumpy cop-type. Just like you.
Did you get a receipt when he took the tape?
The owners must have handled that.
All I saw was a release order from the client.
We do everything by word-of-mouth.
Do you have a copy?
I can barely keep track of the original!
Once we hand over the master, we recycle the working copies.
So, did you see the tape of the F-16 they broadcast on TV?
I saw way too much of it. Why?
Your tape had more detail, didn't it?
It was a High-Vision tape. Better than your home brands.
Maybe something showed up on it.
It caught the instant of explosion?
Not the instant, really. Just after.
So you saw the tape?
I saw it more times than you can imagine. I edited it.
But I was under a deadline, and I had to edit it fast.
I didn't have time to go searching for clues.
If I had time, maybe I could have found something.
There might have been more clues on that tape.
I see.
That is something to think about.
I hate to waste your time like this, but...
Not that again!
I said I'd repay you in kind. Okay. Bye.
Detective Matsui, right?
Yeah. He asked me to say "hi."
- Captain Goto? - Yes?
I don't know what you have going with Matsui...
but try to keep me informed.
Don't be too secretive, okay?
Is that an order from my commander?
Not an order. Call it a request from a colleague.
Well, I can't ignore that, can I?
Excuse me.
Someone's here to see the captain.
We have two captains. Which one?
I don't know.
Who is he?
I don't know.
Ground Defense Force: Detached Investigations. Mr. Arakawa.
There's no address or phone number on this card.
I'm afraid I can't reveal them.
So, what can we do for you?
Before I get into that, there's something I'd like you to see.
This.
If you don't mind...
Memories on the Bridge
Lyrics - Yoshiko Yuuka Music - Kenji Kawai
Arrangement - Kenji Kawai
- Is this the right tape? - Definitely.
- I know the words. I could sing it. - Do you feel like singing?
- I'd need a mike. - Then I'll fast-forward.
Here.
"Trembling, trembling, crying, crying"?
Just past that. "Drenched together in pouring rain." Here.
- Where? - There, in the upper right.
Between the clouds.
Where? I can't see a thing.
Right here. This bird-like shadow.
I think Captain Goto has figured it out.
It was shot right before the explosion.
Keep that in mind while you look at this next tape.
To prove it's authentic, I recorded the entire edit.
Amazing what you can do with digital enhancement.
See?
It doesn't look like the plane they were showing on TV.
You're right.
Watch this.
Our image is on the left.
The right side is the plane shown on TV news.
Notice the wing: The left shows the new stealth wing.
The tail has a Vector Nozzle. That's brand-new technology.
There isn't a plane like this...
in the entire Self Defense Force.
Hold on. Why are you showing this to us?
Because I need your help in this investigation.
Also, if worse comes to worst...
I'll need a police contact.
In return, I'll give you all our information.
What do you mean, "if worse comes to worst"?
Would you come for a ride with me? We won't go far.
It's so easy to relax in a moving vehicle.
I do my best thinking here.
You sit in a serene stillness while the world flows past you.
Not only that, it's harder for people to eavesdrop.
Shall we get down to business?
The night the bridge was attacked...
a U.S. Fighter disappeared from the base on Miyakejima Island.
The plane on your video?
The Americans reported it...
Privately, of course.
We don't always agree with them, but our military forces cooperate.
They aren't in the habit...
of bombing their allies.
Why would the U.S. Want to attack us?
They weren't trying to attack anything.
The U.S. Military...
and even the pilot, were both victims.
I assume you'll explain that.
We've been watching a certain syndicate for about a year now.
They're called the National Defense Family.
It's a group of U.S. Military advisers...
and defense contractors.
After the Cold War, they helped fuel the arms race in Asia.
But they felt threatened by Japan's lack of interest.
We're a nation of peace lovers. So they decided to stir us up.
Remember 26 years ago...
when that Russian Mig pilot defected?
He panicked the entire nation when he flew into our airspace.
Same thing.
A plane sneaks in and paints a huge message on our front door.
It worked perfectly, too.
Except that the missile was armed.
An accident?
Maybe, but without proof...
we have to assume it was deliberate.
And the F-16 never returned to its base.
Someone's gone to a lot of work to stage this little melodrama.
- Why? - Wait.
If you know so much, why don't you go public?
- The Ministry of Defense... - They already know.
The bureaucrats can't decide what to say about it.
They suspect several groups...
but there isn't a shred of evidence.
Whatever they say...
there's bound to be a massive scandal.
They'll form an investigative committee...
to cover their rears.
Get the picture?
The idiots! This is just what the Defense Family wants.
And if the government covers it all up...
We'll have another attack.
Before that happens, I want to solve this.
Will you help me?
Mr... Arakawa?
Interesting story...
but it's all circumstantial evidence.
And you demonstrated...
how unreliable videotape can be.
Sorry, I just don't buy it.
Captain Goto, you're as sharp as they say you are.
I picked the right man.
Even if both tapes were faked...
you can't deny the explosion.
Can you?
There's a file behind the passenger seat.
Yukihito Tsuge. He's one of the group's founding members.
He's also our top suspect...
but we can't track him down.
Anybody who's worked with Labors should recognize him.
We aren't set up to find missing people.
And we can't officially bring this to the police.
We ARE police officers.
They say that Captain Goto has quite a few connections.
And Second Section can circumvent regulations.
Or perhaps Second Section just ignores regulations.
That's a misconception. We're just public servants, like you.
Excuse me. It's me. What?
Don't forget that you have two cops in the car!
They started sooner than I expected.
Three F-16-J fighters have taken off from Misawa heading south.
They'll hit Tokyo airspace in 20 minutes.
SIF confirms. The F-16-J fighters belong to 3rd Flight...
under Northern Sector Air Command's 8th Wing.
Call sign. Wyvern. They don't respond.
Area. H-2, K-1. Bearing. 190.
Altitude.32,000. Air speed.270 knots.
Heading south.
Do you have Misawa on the line?
No response from any base, not even Northern Air SOC.
Call them on the direct line! Keep trying until you get them!
Could they be...?
Don't be stupid.
Interceptors have been launched.
Wizard 3 and 4 from Hyakuri and Priest 21 and 22 from Komatsu.
Wizard intercepts at 2204 hours.
Priest intercepts at 2210 hours.
Toreboh, this is Wizard 03.
Maintaining an angel of 32.
Wizard 03, this is Toreboh. You are under my control.
Steer 040. Maintain present angel.
Roger!
Wyvern continues south. No deviation.
Station SS-37. Hand over to SS-27.
Interception at 2205 hours.
Wizard 03, target position 030.
Range. 90. Altitude.32.
Sir, what if they intercept and there's still no response?
We have a connection to Northern SOC.
Northern SOC, this is Central SOC.
Recall your fighters!
Nothing in the air?
Misawa tower reports no takeoffs.
We're trying to get direct confirmation...
but their radio and phones are both down.
Check the location of your entire force!
- Top priority! - Roger!
Sir!
The SIF codes just changed.
Could it be a system error?
The diagnostics would trigger a shutdown in case of error.
Has Wizard made contact?
Target dead ahead 25. Wizard 03, how about contact?
Negative contact. Request target altitude.
When will the target reach Tokyo airspace?
In about ten minutes.
Prepare the antiaircraft guns at Iruma.
And alert the director.
Toreboh, Wizard 03.
Negative contact. Bogey dope.
Target dead ahead 15. Heading: 190. Altitude: 32.
Mach 1.2. Reduce speed!
No joy. Negative contact.
I say again. No joy. Request target position.
Stop them! It's a collision course!
There's no time. It's too late for a second pass.
Caution! Almost same position. Same altitude!
Caution! Wizard, caution!
Wizard! Break! Wizard!
- Did they eject? Were they hit? - Impossible!
Target course change.
New heading 210. Diving and gaining speed.
They're closing with Priest! Range.20 knots!
What's going on?
- They're headed this way! - Is it an attack run?
It's just like the Bay Bridge!
Damn it!
Cancel approaches. All flights: Gain altitude and await orders!
Watch your altitudes!
Reroute international flights to Osaka!
Weather conditions have delayed all arrivals and departures.
All passengers and crew please stand by.
Targets bypassing Narita.
They'll hit Tokyo airspace in 60 seconds!
Priest, we have radar contact. We have a lock on Wyvern!
- You have permission to fire. - But...
Don't let them reach the city!
Priest 21, this is Toreboh.
Clear fire. Kill Wyvern.
Toreboh, say again.
I say again. Kill Wyvern.
Roger. Kill Wyvern.
This is Wizard 03. Request order. This is Wizard 03.
Priest 21, wait.
Wizard 03, this is Toreboh. Are you normal?
Toreboh, this is Wizard.
We have heavy jamming and have lost position.
Request further instructions. I say again. Request orders.
Position confirmed on Wizard 03. No contact with bogeys.
Priest! Cancel attack!
- Priest is breaking off. - Wyvern's disappeared!
F.I. Is awaiting instructions.
Stand down from alert. Order Priest and Wizard back to base.
This is Wizard. Lost position. Request orders.
I say again. This is Wizard 03. Request orders.
Our Air Force computers...
were designed to be a closed system.
But our security was crippled by politics.
We linked our mainframes to the U.S. Bases.
Are you listening?
And the price was this fake invasion.
The culprits started in Germany and used the American Internet.
That got them into the American bases in Japan.
They then managed to get into our mainframe at Central COC.
It may be possible in theory, but can someone actually do that?
The current radar system was installed in 1991.
But last year we added new software to improve efficiency.
One of the programmers probably worked for the Family.
And once again the truth will be hidden from the public.
Neither the government nor the JSDF can afford to admit this.
News about a hole in our defenses would attract imitators.
More incidents would only muddy this investigation.
Another invasion scare.
What do you have on Tsuge?
- You know about the Tsuge School? - Just the basics.
It was a research group for the development of walking machines.
They focused largely on the military use of Labors.
Simulations proved that Labors could be decisive in combat.
The JSDF issued grants to start a new defense industry.
The project was named after its central figure: Tsuge.
He volunteered for a UN mission.
He probably wanted to test his theories.
How well do you think Labors stand up in the jungle?
All that heat and humidity and no support or backup.
He knew the danger.
But he still volunteered. Why?
Did you know a police officer attended the Tsuge School...
shortly before the creation of the Mobile Police?
Shinobu Nagumo.
She was Tsuge's finest student.
He considered her his partner.
There was some sort of scandal, but the details were covered up.
These things happen between men and women.
It would have been fine if he hadn't been married.
- Did you investigate? - Everyone knew about it.
I didn't want to pry into the personal life of a colleague.
Colleague? If you say so.
But the department never forgives a moral lapse.
Her career should have been on a fast track.
Instead, she's been exiled to a landfill in the bay.
All because of Tsuge?
I couldn't say.
Captain!
You certainly have showy uniforms.
Yeah, it looks terrible on me. At least you get normal clothes.
I wish I did.
I can't just wear plain clothes.
I have to blend in but still look different from my targets.
We have to put up with that in my line of work.
I see. See you later.
What's he after?
Is he trying to start his own little war?
Trying?
He's already succeeded.
The only question left is: Who will win?
Captain Goto...
we're both officers serving our country.
What exactly are we trying to protect?
Japan hasn't seen warfare since World War II.
You and I have lived our entire lives in a time of peace.
Peace.
That's what we're fighting to protect.
But what does peace really mean to Japan?
Once, our obsession with war ended in defeat.
Then we had the American occupation.
America continued with the arms race, Cold War and proxy wars.
Today, the globe is engulfed...
in racial violence and civil wars.
Japan's prosperity is built on...
the corpses from those wars.
Our peace comes from ignoring...
the misery in this world.
Other nations have been paying the price for world stability.
But Japan has closed its eyes to the suffering out there.
We may scorn the terms of peace...
but we must protect it.
And unjust peace is far better than a just war.
I can understand your hatred of"just" wars.
The despots of the world love to launch their crusades forjustice.
People have fallen for that line...
throughout history.
But there's a fuzzy line...
between an unjust peace...
and a just war.
When liars use "peace"as a tool...
peace can no longer be trusted.
As war is followed by peace...
peace inevitably leads to war.
Someday we'll realize that peace...
is more than an absence of war.
Have you considered that?
We profit from war...
while the battle rages behind us.
We should remember how close we are to the front lines.
Or maybe we're trying to forget.
But sooner or later, our punishment will be handed down.
Punishment?
And who's going to punish us? God?
These days anyone can be a god.
Omnipresent and omniscient.
Creating strange new realities.
But God is impotent.
And if God doesn't act, then man will.
It will happen.
Unless we can stop them first.
I'm aware of that.
Yes...
That's why I don't think...
But, sir!
We have to be prepared for that eventuality!
These orders come directly from the Inspector General!
Tomorrow at 7.00 a.m., you will activate all units.
You will report to Precinct Command.
And you will surround Nerima Army Base. This is an order!
Are we mobilizing?
Shinobu?
The police ordered all planes at Misawa to remain grounded.
The base commander was driving to Tokyo...
to protest.
But as soon as his car left the base...
he was arrested.
Aomori's police chief was always a toady...
but this is absurd!
Does he think he'll get away...
with an insult like that?
The base has cut communications and is preparing for a siege.
How can you go wandering off at a time like this?
Even if you were off duty, you were still AWOL!
And you commandeered a speedboat to go pick you up!
What about your promise to keep me informed?
I'm sorry! Really!
But would you have given me permission to go see Arakawa?
That man? Hardly.
And considering the circumstances...
a police officer shouldn't be meeting with JSDF intelligence!
This is exactly why I have to keep seeing him.
- What was that? - Calm down and think about it.
Everybody sees a crisis and feels they have to do something!
They rush into action without considering the consequences.
Isn't that the problem?
When an emergency comes up, it's our duty to help out.
But what's the best way to help?
There's been nothing but panic ever since the bridge explosion.
They're desperate... the fighter scare was a perfect example.
Central Air Command actually ordered an attack!
Now our boss smells opportunity:
Why not show off the troops?
But will it really help, having the police infuriate the army?
If Tsuge is really behind this...
he's quite a strategist.
He only needed a single missile...
to set his plan in motion.
Let's boycott the mobilization tomorrow.
I don't want to mobilize either.
But my orders come from the Chief of Police.
My division won't do it.
I could order you to do it.
Go ahead. Order me.
Fine! From now on, our divisions are completely independent!
I'll move to the station chief's office since it's available.
Wait! That's not what l... Shinobu?
I'll collect my things later. Excuse me.
But... Moving out won't make me do it!
Shinobu?
I've changed my mind.
Yes, just now.
This is the scene above Nerima Army Base.
Yesterday, Misawa Air Base sent a call for help...
and their comrades in theJSDF have answered that call.
Even Tokyo's elite 1 st Division has joined the alliance.
Hey!
Why haven't you mobilized your Labors?
Your Labors are still on their trailers! Explain yourself!
Oh, these? They're malfunctioning.
Malfunctioning? Second Section wouldn't send out broken Labors.
- Don't lie to me! - It's true.
Well, you can still stand them up. Do it.
They are malfunctioning.
If one of them fell...
it would embarrass us on national TV.
Is this an order?
You're trying to undermine my authority!
I'll report this to the chief! Consider yourself warned!
- Goto here. - It's me. I'm watching it all on TV.
Having problems?
The Inspector General panicked once his toady went too far.
Our idiotic boss is only making it worse.
It's the same for us.
The military is fine. It's just the top commanders that are bad.
The head of each division just quit.
They resigned en masse.
Really?
That was about 30 minutes ago. It'll hit the news soon.
They'll finally tell the truth about the Bay Bridge...
but no one will believe them after this disaster.
The Americans will deny it.
So now we can't reveal the truth...
and our best way to control the crisis is gone.
Another support beam has just been knocked away.
Are you still listening?
Yeah, though I'd rather not be.
Well, keep listening because here's the best part.
The bureaucrats need a scapegoat.
Guess who?
They're blaming the police.
It doesn't solve anything, but it lets them avoid responsibility.
Are you serious?
Completely.
This drama is miscast.
No one's willing to play the lead.
And now our national security is under civilian control.
Tsuge saw his troops killed under civilian control.
So now he's placed Japan under the same conditions.
Onaga 2 to Command. Sighting confirmed on Komagado 1 and 2.
EMERGENCY BROADCAST
This is an emergency broadcast...
to all viewers in Tokyo.
Please alert everyone...
who is not near a radio or TV.
The Chief Cabinet Secretary has an emergency announcement.
In order to maintain public order during these disturbing events...
units of theJSDF army have been ordered to mobilize.
The Diet will respond...
to the Secretary's statements.
The recent military incidents indicate a national emergency.
So far, the police have been unable...
to contain the crisis.
These divisions are known to be turning out.
Eastern Army...
- Sit down! - But, sir!
Just sit down!
Fuji Research Division, Special Forces, Mobile Research Unit...
Procurement Section.
It's me. Listen carefully.
We need emergency provisions! Buy anything edible in the store!
I'm sending reinforcements!
The shopping attack will commence immediately!
Good evening.
Officer Buchiyama!
You idiots! What do you think you're doing?
This isn't a picnic! We're fighting for survival here!
Go to the back room and get ramen by the box! BY THE BO X!
We're purchasing all edibles in the store.
By order of Second Section!
Check the fuel supplies!
Make sure all batteries are charged!
- We are now on 24-hour alert! - Shige?
Prepare for war!
Toilet paper is now rationed to 15 centimeters per man!
Hey, Shige.
Here they come!
Geez! They've got Nineties and Komatsu Type 2's!
This is Onaga.
Ohtori 1 and 2 have landed at Defense Headquarters. Over.
Your signal is fading. Switch to frequency 105.