(This film is based on the true event of "Wushe Incident")
Mouna! Take it easy!
A good hunter waits patiently
Out of the way! Let me do it!
Move!
Mouna! Mouna!
Mouna, be careful!
Mouna!
Mouna, here come the Bununs from Kntabang Clan!
Let's go! Come on!
Come on, let's go! Leave the boar!
There he is!
Kill him!
Mouna, get down!
Over there!
- Mouna is over there! - Shoot him!
Come on! Hurry!
Listen to me! My name is Mouna Rudo!
Be alert when you hear this name again!
Who?
Who becomes the hero?
Who is it?
Your Mouna is back!
It's your Mouna! He's back!
It's Mouna!
Mouna is a true man now
Mouna is back!
Well done, Mouna!
A true man is back!
The hero is back!
Mouna...
you've offered blood sacrifice to our ancestors' spirits
I hereby tattoo the marks of manhood on your face
From now on...
you shall abide by our ancestral spirit
to guard our clan and our hunting grounds
On the rainbow bridge
our ancestors' spirits await the reunion with your valiant soul
< Warriors of The Rainbow I : Sun Flag >
(In 1895)
(the island of Taiwan was ceded to Japan)
(under the Treaty of Shimonoseki between Japan and China)
The island of Taiwan is the new territory of our empire
yet to receive our Mikado's grace
The islanders are warlike innately
It's said that they're armed to fight us
but they're a scattered bunch, nothing to be afraid of
Once disembarked at Keelung Port
we must sweep the entire island with force
We must prevent any disrespect from the people
so as to gain their wholehearted allegiance to our empire of the sun
Especially the heartland of Taiwan occupied by the tribal savages
There are ample resources of lumber and mines in the mountains
Endless treasures...
Father, last night I dreamt of a deer
with white spots around its eyes...
Sisin babblers are singing an auspicious song
Go ahead and hunt the deer in your dream
...for your own wedding
Wait! Hold on!
Hold on!
Charge!
Hold on!
Charge!
Let's kill them!
That was the deer in my dream
Listen to me!
Dance! Let's dance!
Everyone Dance!
Come and dance, my in-law!
Come on, everyone! Let's dance!
This is my son Mouna Rudo
The bravest and strongest warrior in Mehebu Clan
He'll be an unparalleled chief
You're wise to marry your daughter to him
Dance! Let's dance!
Let's cheer for them!
Be joyful, everyone!
Out of the way!
Stand clear of the path please
Out of the way! Please!
Out of the way!
Out of the way! Move!
Out of the way please!
Hey, my old friend!
Oh no! It's him again
My old friend!
You from Mehebu Clan! Over here!
Over here!
Hey, boss!
Come
Must you wear such a big head on that small head of yours?
My old friend!
Mouna?
Seediqs from Toda
You from Tnbarah Clan, over here!
Hey, young man,
don't you make trouble here
The tallest one is Mouna Rudo of Mehebu Clan from Tgdaya
You've come all the way here
with so little meat for exchange?
Those of you from Toda are so shameless
Why don't you offer your hunting grounds to us for free?
Mouna Rudo, don't be too proud
I'm not afraid of you
Mouna Rudo, I'm Temu Walis
I'll cut your head off when I grow up
Temu Walis?
You won't have the chance to grow up
Is that Temu Cire?
No, it's Temu Walis
I mean that grown-up man
I don't know. Not someone famous, I guess
Gather up, young men!
Come on! Bring your weapons!
Come with us! Quick!
Put these away!
Quick! All young men come with us!
Run!
Temu!
Mouna!
Mouna, he's one of our own
No one can ever run ahead of me,
you hear?
Come on, Labay!
Are you alright?
Laying railway tracks?
It's no easy task in the mountains
In order to harvest the natural resources in those forests
we need to have proper transportation
Yeah
It's a shame to leave those resources undeveloped
but those savages up there...
Sir?
Here she is, sir
She dares not lead you past Hakaw Supeitei, Captain
She'll spend the night in her father's house in Meisi
She won't accompany you to the hunting grounds of other clans
Much obliged
Let's go!
Captain?
Those savages in the mountains are rather ferocious
Please be careful!
Hey!
Hey, it's your turn now
Wow! How beautiful!
Yes, indeed
It was so dark last night
that we didn't notice we're surrounded by cherry blossom trees
Cherry blossoms?
They really are cherry blossoms
It's so red
Red as blood
Blockade the entire Wushe region
Ban all trading between the Hans and the Wushe savages
Yes, sir
Back off!
Put down your weapons! Go up there!
Hurry up!
Come on!
It's an ambush! Watch out!
Hide there! Quick!
They're up there!
Uwe! Uwe!
Retreat!
There's no way out!
These intruders are out of their minds
How dare they show up at my doorstep
Throw them down!
Get out of here! Quick!
Hurry up!
Follow me!
I see.l see
I see
(A Short Account of Taiwan)
Give me their biggest enemy
There they are!
Hello
Here
The intruders don't allow the Hans to deal with us
But we can deal with you, can't we?
Idiots!
Bring me the wine!
Bring the wine!
Drink!
Look!
I'm Mouna Rudo I killed at Hakaw Supeitei
a chief of the intruders
Mouna Rudo?
You're Mouna Rudo?
Yes, I am
Mouna Rudo!
Chief? Chief?
Where is Mouna Rudo?
I couldn't get him drunk
Wake up!
Those Bununs from Kntabang Clan are hunting heads
Get up! Let's go!
Let's get out of here! Hurry!
"All the human beings on this land"
"The gods bestow upon us a mortal life"
"But we are true men indeed"
"A true man dies in the battlefield"
"and he strides to the heavenly home of our ancestors"
"There lies a fertile hunting ground"
"that can only be guarded..."
"by a qualified true man"
"When he arrives at the heavenly home of our ancestors"
"he'll come across a beautiful rainbow bridge"
"The ancestors' spirits guarding it say..."
"Let's take a look at your hands"
"When the man opens his hands"
"we see bloodstains that can never be wiped clean"
"Now you're a true man indeed!" says our ancestors' spirits"
Come out, guys!
Bring your weapons!
Come on!
"Go! Go ahead! My hero!"
"Your soul may now enter the heavenly home of our ancestors"
"to guard the hunting ground of honor"
Stop it! It'll never be ignited
"And a true woman"
"must be good at weaving red coat of arms for her man"
"When she reaches the rainbow bridge"
"she opens her hands"
"showing her calluses that can never be removed"
"Go! Go ahead! You're a true woman"
"say the ancestors' spirits guarding the rainbow bridge"
"Your soul may now enter the heavenly home of our ancestors"
"No go weave a rainbow-like dress for yourself!"
- Be careful! - Over there!
Stop!
"A man who's never decapitated an enemy"
"or a woman who's not good at weaving"
"is not qualified to have their faces tattooed"
"Some day, when they're gone"
"and their souls arrive at the rainbow bridge"
"the ancestors' spirits guarding it would see their"
"clean faces and ask...
How dare you bring a machete! Bastard!
"Are these my children?"
"Are you my children?"
"Go back! Go back now!"
"You're not true Seediqs"
"You're not qualified to enter the heavenly home of our ancestors"
Run! Come on!
Let's get out of here!
Run, Mouna!
Just go!
Rudo, are you alright?
Father!
"Suddenly, the tribesmen find themselves blowsy"
"their eyes blank"
"They turn around in shame and walk though the rugged valleys"
"They become wailing ghosts suffering unbearable pain"
"from all the cuts by the poisonous crabs along the creek"
Mouna...
you must keep the intruders away from our clan
"Mouna, do you understand?"
"Abide by our ancestral dictations"
"and be a Seediq Bale a (true man)"
Excuse me, sir
Let's see...
The first one from the left is Mouna Rudo the chief of Mehebu Clan
Those behind him are Ubus and Mouna Sine
Mouna, stop glaring
Look down
Mouna, stop glaring
Ubus“.
Our ancestors never lost any of our hunting grounds in the past
I can't believe these intruders are taking them away from us now
I'll never submit to them
I will never
These are all yours?
I will never!
Mouna!
Stop it!
Mouna!
Hurry up! It's going to rain
Awi!
What's wrong?
Are you alright?
What's wrong?
Are you alright?
(Wushe, 1930)
Schools, clinics, grocery stores
post offices, hotels, boardinghouses...
We've managed to civilize
all the Wushe savages
It's not an easy task
Hard to imagine that
this was once the most uncivilized heartland here
Carrying logs...
and walking from the lumberyard uphill to here
takes them a whole day, doesn't it?
Don't worry. These savages are strong
And they're more than happy to earn some money for millet wine
Come on. This way please
Mr. Satsuka,
how long have you been in Wushe?
Over a decade
So you know this region very well?
Of course. My wife is a savage woman
- I know this region like the back of my hand - It's this bone right here
It hurts so much when you press it
Right here?
Ah! Easy!
Here! Have a drink!
No more wine for us please.
We can't afford it
It's alright
This one's on me
You're indeed a beautiful serpent
Every day I carry those damn logs without getting paid properly
Now I'm so broke that even my hounds look down on me
We're losing our hunting grounds
and you still keep the hounds to look down on you?
Look!
Those are the trees that used to watch over our ancestors
This is how they end up
Strange thing is, why so many constructions?
What? Not only do you befriend us with wine
but you speak our language fluently
Hey! It's going to rain
- Stop drinking and go home! - Good morning, sir!
Good morning, Mr. Policeman
You've worked all day long for such a mean wage
and you waste it on wine?
What else can we do with so little money?
Yeah, right! We're savages, aren't we?
We aren't supposed to know anything about saving money
Yeah, Mr. Policeman.
You're Japanese, sir
You don't know how hard our lives are
Only Mr. Wu here understands us
He's a beautiful serpent
He's a viper!
- Excuse me - Hello
- I'd like some salt, please - No problem
Oh no! It's raining!
Hurry up and go home, sir
Or your glorious uniform will be soaking wet
Go ahead!
Go on!
Run, sir!
Your Japanese fur is too precious to spoil
It's raining
Go collect the laundry hanging outside
Can't you tell what needs to be done first?
Hey, come back!
Are you taking the baby out in the rain?
I'm sorry
What an imbecile!
Who'd marry such an idiot like you?
When it rains, it pours
Good morning
This is our policeman Hanaoka Jiro
This is our new police minister Ekawa Hakudo
Jiro is a savage too
Older brother
- Older sister - Older sister
- Younger brother - Younger brother
- Younger sister - Younger sister
Okay, one more time
- Father - Father
- Mother - Mother
- Older brother - Older brother
Older sister...
Hurry! She's in labor!
Two savages can never give birth to a Japanese child
Are you alright, Hanako?
This job is for women only. What are you doing?
Dams, get out of here'.!
Get out!
Oh, what an extraordinary sight!
Timber!
(Hark, people)
(Behold, people)
(Oh, our warriors)
(The youngsters much like the budding pine leaves)
(They show true bravery)
(Fought in the falling leaves)
(Fought under the withered pine tree)
(Now they're back with heads hunted)
(Our warriors fought with all their might)
(Mahebu Police Station)
Chief!
Pawan,
why aren't you in school?
I'm sick
Sick?
But you don't look like sick
Did your teacher beat you?
I raced a Japanese kid and I won
And the kid was crying
The teacher blamed me for bullying him, so he beat me
Can I have another one please?
I'll win the race on the sports day
Those Japanese kids can cry their balls out when they watch me getting awarded
Chief,
I hate the Japanese
Chief Mouna?
My grandpa said you were a hero when you were younger
Your grandpa said I was a hero when I was younger?
I'm still a hero. Does he know that?
Chief Mouna,
will you take me along next time you go hunting?
Pawan, where is your hunting ground?
Chief Mouna!
I'm alright. Just a little bit tipsy, that's all
What the hell?
Hanako!
Look what you have done!
How many times do I have to tell you that you cannot drag these logs along?
You destroyed the logs
Only the bark is scratched
The inside is still intact
You savages!
How many times do I have to tell you?
What? You wanna fight?
The paths are slippery because of rain
He nearly lost his life slipping down a slope
Where is your log?
Slipped into the ravine
Slipped?
Do you know how expensive it is?
Pihu!
Yoshimura!
Chief Mouna...
Sir Yoshimura?
You're looking at me at such a disrespectful angle
Aren't you afraid of being stabbed blind?
Who do you think you are?
You're not the boss here in Mehebu
I am!
You will not get paid today
The precious logs are destroyed
Do it again and you'll have to pay for the loss
- Keep working! - With what?
We get nothing from working for you
What do you want us to pay with?
Pihu!
- Chief Mouna, he... - I saw it
Go home!
Yoshimura, stop picking on them
You don't know nothing
I was educating them
These damn savages!
I'll have you pay for this some day
Good morning
What? Checking out guns?
Watan Robo is getting married We've got some preparations to do
Tado? Baso?
I heard your father Mouna Rudo
has mobilized lots of men for this hunt?
Yeah, but what can we hunt in those disappearing forests?
You've about hacked down all the trees on our hunting grounds
If we don't go hunting now
we'll have nothing left
once the trees are all gone
Tado Mouna!
You'd better watch your mouth!
Savages will always be savages
They have no manners at all
Wait!
Pawan?
What is the kid doing there?
Pawan!
Chief Mouna!
My hunting ground is right here!
Temu Walis?
You red-foot pheasant!
Don't you know this is the Mehebu hunting ground?
Mouna!
It's just a misunderstanding
This is the first time my eldest son goes hunting
I asked Temu to bring me here
Mouna, I asked Temu to teach him
Even so, you cannot trespass into our Mehebu hunting ground
This used to be our Toda hunting ground
when my uncle was alive
You Mehebu clansmen robbed it from us
Rob it back if you can
Enough!
Mouna, can you do me this favor?
Favor?
Kojima...
if you lived in Mehebu now,
I'd do you this favor
But you live in Tnbarah Clan
Take these red-foot pheasants
and get out of my hunting ground
I don't care if it's your hunting ground or theirs
because everything here belongs to us Japanese now
Temu,
you just wait and see
Some day I'll destroy your Tnbarah Clan
Go on and do it if you dare
Let's see who's killed first
I don't care if you're Mouna Rudo
Wow, well done
Can a girl carry such a heavy load?
Go! Go!
Good girl!
The men in your clan are all out hunting, aren't they?
Wanna make some extra bucks?
- Come with me to my boardinghouse! - No!
- I'll give you two dollars - No!
What the hell? Bastard!
Sir Sugiura, how dare you!
Harassing a Mehebu woman?
I was offering her a chance to earn some extra money in our substation
It's no big deal
I know you Japanese policemen too well
Take that blind prey of yours and scram
It's true, and she accepted it too
Another word from you and I'll have the hounds feast on you
Phooey! Fine, fine
It's hard to reason with you savages
You deserve it!
Chicken!
You're back, Sapu
Chief, the matches you wanted
Sapu?
Let the kids eat more meat. They're too skinny
Mouna! Mouna!
Bakan, why does Mouna need so many matches?
Who knows?
Had any meat, my boy?
Have a drink!
Father! Father!
Father, can we slaughter a cow?
Not enough to eat?
It's enough, but we haven't had beef for such a long time
Do it then
Let's slaughter a cow!
Hooray! Let's slaughter a cow!
Baso, grab it!
Grab its legs!
Come on!
I've cut off the head of the Japanese Governor-general
Wow! What a party!
Sir Yoshimura
Whose wedding day is it?
It's Watan and Lubi's
Come! Have a drink with us, sir
No
- No - Come on, have a drink
No way
I don't drink the wine with your nasty saliva in it
- Come on, have a drink - I told you that I don't want to
Your hand is all dirty with blood
- I invited you with good will - You son-of-a-bitch!
You've soiled me with blood!
I offered you a drink and you hit me?
I'll beat you into senses!
- Stop! - I don't need to reason with a savage
What is it? Let's go look!
Hurry up!
I know what you said just now with a boar's head in your hand
Out of my way! Say it again in Japanese if you dare
Say it again!
- Get out of my way! - I dare you!
Come on, guys!
Faster!
Tado!
Baso, kill him!
I'm holding down his feet! Beat him up!
I'm holding down his feet again!
Stop! All of you!
What is it? What the hell?
Let me cut off this pig head of yours!
Stop! Stop! Yoshi...
Yoshimura
You're in big trouble
You have the nerve to beat me up
Let's kill him!
Shut your mouth!
Excuse us! Let us through!
I'll kill all you Mehebu clansmen
I'll kill you all
Let's do it, Father,
before the Japanese kill us all
Why the hell did you provoke him
when you knew he'd kill us all?
You're nothing but a bunch of hounds that can only chase and hunt
and know nothing of self-restraint
How much longer do I have to put up with you?
Out of my way!
Now you're here to bribe me with wine?
It's too late
I've filed the report on the case of you beating up a police officer
Tell you something...
This time I'll destroy your clan
Yoshimura...
I, Mouna Rudo, come here to apologize to you personally
Stop being so arrogant
Who do you think you are?
You think you're still a chief?
You can't even control your own sons
I don't think you're qualified. to be a chief anymore
Get out!
Who the hell let you in?
Get the hell out!
I don't want to see your faces again
Go home and rot!
Hey! Why did you do that to him?
Shut up!
I couldn't sleep last night because of a mosquito
Really? I'll see to it
Mr. Hanaoka!
Yes?
May I know which clan you grew up in?
Gungu Clan
And your original name?
Dakis Nawi
We have another savage policeman named Hanoka Ichiro
He is the highest educated policemen here
What are you doing this afternoon?
I'm going home for some private matter
I was to ask you to patrol all the savage clans with us
and tell me the relationships among them all
- Come with us! - No, it's alright
It's alright
Do whatever you need to do
It's alright
- Kabasawa will go with us - Yes
He knows the savages well too
Yoshimura has reported Tado's case
to the substation
I can't believe this Yoshimura
Chief Mouna apologized to him personally
Why did he insist on filing the case?
Yoshimura and Sugiura are not the same as Kojima after all
They will never try to understand our people
If Kojima were living in Mehebu
there wouldn't be so much trouble
Since I was very little
I've always been scared of Chief Mouna
It looks as if underneath his mantle he's always gripping his machete
ready to draw it to kill anytime
He's no ordinary man
He's impossible to be tamed
It must be difficult for him to torn between the expectations of his fellow tribesmen
and the intimidation of the Japanese
Aren't we living like that as well?
We don't want to be savages
but however hard we try to dress up like the Japanese
we'll always be seen as uncivilized people
We've lived like this for 20 years
Another 20 years won't be impossible
By the time our children grow up
maybe we will have changed forever the savage image of ours
Do we still have the chance?
Mehebu Clan may be wiped out soon
Father, let's fight the Japanese
- Ouch! It hurts! - You dumb ass!
Father, don't be mad!
- Father! - You never learn!
- Enough! - You moron!
Oh no! How come...
It's the temporary bamboo bridge that the savages used in the past
It's ugly and insecure,
but they keep walking over it
I'll tear it down sooner or later
But it saves them lots of time
if they walk over it to fetch water or to the field
Look! This wire bridge is strong and firm
Tado?
This young man is Tado Mouna
the eldest son of the Mehebu chief Mouna Rudo
But he saw us without saying anything
Is there anything wrong with him?
No, it's a habit of the savages
It's not a very good habit
Oh well, they're savages after all
Can you stop talking about them like that?
- Sugiura! - Welcome, sirs
This is Officer Sugiura
This way please
You should have informed me before you came here, sir
I could've asked those savages to welcome you with dances
No need for that
We're only showing our hospitality
Chief Mouna!
What?
Chief Mouna,
can you tell me something about Japan?
I know you've been there before
They have armies, cannons, machine guns
airplanes and large steamers in Japan
There are more Japanese people than the tree leaves in the forest
than the pebbles in Jhuoshuei River
I know why you're asking me this
You don't really want to know Japan
All you want is to remind me how powerful the Japanese are
Don't worry. I'll never forget
Humph! You Japanese policemen
took us on the ship for days to Japan
but all they showed us were airplanes and cannons
However,
the policemen in Japan were much nicer and kinder than those of you here
They feared we'd revolt against them so they tried their best to befriend us
But those of you here in the mountains
always provoke us so much that I want to hunt your heads
Chief Mouna, I'm still a Seediq
Although I'm now a Japanese policeman
I never forget that the same blood runs in our veins
Dakis,
when you die are you entering a Japanese shrine?
Or the heavenly home of our ancestors?
I heard that...
in the school for savage children
you beat up our kids like the Japanese do
I beat them up because
I don't want the Japanese to look down on them
You graduated from Normal School
You're more highly-educated than any other Japanese policemen
But how come you get the lowest salary?
Don't the Japanese look down on you already?
Beating up your own people makes them look down on you even more
During our stay in Japan
the Japanese knew all of us chiefs from different clans hated one another
but they made us sit together at the dining table deliberately
We were glaring at one another all the time while we were eating
intending to draw our machetes and kill
Humph! The Japanese are good at these things
Chief, is it so bad to be ruled by the Japanese?
At least we're leading a civilized life
We have schools and post offices
and we don't have to survive
by hunting savagely anymore
Is it so bad to be ruled by the Japanese?
Is it so good to be ruled by them?
Our men are forced to bend over to carry logs on our backs
and our women have to kneel down to serve and pour wine
And all the money ends up in the pockets of the Japanese policemen
I'm a chief
but all I can do is get drunk and pretend I see nothing and hear nothing
What else can I do?
Post offices? Stores? Schools?
Do any of those things make our lives easier and better?
Instead, we're made to see how impoverished we are
Chief,
can't we bear it for another 20 years?
In 20 years, there will be no Seediq
and there will be no hunting ground
All our children will have turned Japanese
Chief Mouna,
have you made up your mind to do it?
Chief Mouna?
- About Yoshimura... - I'm old
Don't worry
The Japanese are far too powerful
I won't go against them
Go home
This is the hunting ground that belongs to me only
Get lost
- Chief... - Get lost!
Dakis, have a drink
Go home and get yourself dead-drunk
We can't drink anymore
- We already... - Drink!
The millet wine that we make
can set our people free
making them sing and dance, cry and laugh freely
You'll see once you're drunk
Go home now
Mouna!
Father?
Mouna,
the tattoos on your face are still so dark and clear
You're indeed a Seediq Bale
You're a true hero
Mouna?
Look at the lines on that rock
It split into half when struck by the lightening, didn't it?
In the dim light at dusk the lightening splits a rock into half
What a beautiful sight!
Father?
I can't keep the intruders away
(Ah, it's for real)
(Here I am)
(I used to guard these mountains and forests bravely)
(Oh yes, it's for real)
Mouna,
let's sing
We haven't sung together for long
(Reminisce the people from the past)
(Here I am)
(I used to guard these mountains and forests bravely)
(These are our mountains)
(These are our creeks)
(We're the true Seediq Bale)
(We go hunting in the mountains)
(We share food in our clan)
(We fetch water from the creeks)
(I'm willing to give my life for these)
(Oh, creek! Be quiet)
(Sisin babblers are singing)
(Sing us a beautiful song please)
(Sing for our people)
(a song of our ancestral spirit)
(I'm willing to give my life too)
(When the lightening rifts the rock)
(a rainbow appears)
(and a proud man emerges)
(Who is this man so proud?)
(It's your offspring)
(A Seediq Bale)
What?
Tado Mouna became a hero before I did
Those Japanese are outrageous
I can't believe they beat up someone who offers them a drink
A while ago...
three girls from Boarung Clan were asked to serve them drinks
and they were raped
Why couldn't Tado be a real hero
and kill Yoshimura right on the spot?
Kill him?
Don't you remember
how my family died?
My father killed only one Japanese man
and they burned my whole family alive
I was hiding in the woods watching
without even blinking my eyes
So...
that's why we can't kill only one Japanese man
We have to kill all of them to make a difference
Are you kidding me?
We wouldn't still be sitting here
if we could kill them all
Now the Mehebu chief Mouna Rudo
is driven to bay by that policeman from the lumberyard
and the day after tomorrow on October 27th is the big sports day
By then, all the Japanese in Wushe
are going to gather in one place
Is it time already?
Father, there won't be a better chance
And we have no other choice
We can't have the Japanese look down on us anymore
We need to show them what we're made of
Let's fight them, Chief
Yeah! Let's fight them
Young men...
I hate the Japanese
no less than you do
But do you realize that
we're going to die after all this and all our people will be wiped out?
Our ancestors shed their blood in exchange for our lives
Now we're taking our children along to the battlefield to shed blood
We're Seediq Bale, aren't we?
Temu,
does your father know you're here?
My father told me that
I should ask Chief Mouna
to help us youngsters get our faces tattooed
so that the ancestors' spirits guarding the rainbow bridge
will recognize us as the true Seediqs
Father?
If we want revenge, it'd be the business of Mehebu Clan alone
But if we're offering a blood sacrifice to our ancestors
it will be the business of all the 12 clans in Wushe
Keep it a secret before action
We must tell none of the elders, children or women
- in all these clans - When did you...
I'm speaking here. Are you listening?
Keep it a secret before action
I knew Chief Mouna had a plan already
What do you know? It's your idea and your responsibility
Inform the chiefs of all the 12 clans
Tomorrow morning...
we're going to gather in Wushe
and offer a blood sacrifice
Our ancestors' spirits...
We're here for the guns. Sorry to disturb you
- Boss... - Welcome. This way please
Fill them up with salt And give me ten boxes of matches
Wow! Lots of things to buy, huh?
Boss, we'll pay for it next time
On credit again?
- Yes, we can - How much is it?
No, you can't!
Wait! You're buying all these on credit?
It's alright
It's alright? But you never pay me back!
Let's give them a hand
That old drunkard Mouna Rudo really can't take it anymore?
I'll ask the young men to get ready
before they all get dead drunk
Young man,
how dare you tell me these
in front of the police station!
Good morning!
Pihu Sapu?
What the hell was he up to?
That crazy boy spells nothing but trouble
But we'd be bored around here without him,
won't we?
You call making troubles interesting?
Tado, look!
Only the gun barrel is left
No, I won't do it
Won't do it?
Chief Dahdo...
the chiefs of the other clans have all agreed to join us
and everything is ready now
Fighting the Japanese will lead us to death only
We've had three chiefs in our family that died of fighting the Japanese
Now
we've stooped to bring you kids up
to carry on the lifeline of our people
not to get killed on the battlefield
- Chief... - We're not afraid of death
Even Chief Mouna agreed to do it
Chief Dahdo,
they'll laugh at us if you don't do it
They can laugh at me for all I care
I'll never allow our Gungu Clan to join the battle. Period
But Chief...
Chief!
Are you going to be a hunter forever
without guns or hunting grounds?
You have no tattoo on your face
Don't forget whom you're talking to
What do we do now?
I can't stand that old man
No way
I won't allow our young clansmen
to sacrifice themselves in vain with you maniacs
But...
I won't let out this secret of yours
Go home
You only show off your bravery with those animal skulls now?
Chief Walis,
you once fought the Japanese
at Hakaw Supeitei
Where's your bravery now?
Bravery? I gave it all to you long ago
Bring your women and children here to our Paran Clan
to keep the bloodline of your clan
A clan so big...
with so many people...
What are you doing?
Hello, sir!
Come closer
Stop fooling around! Go home and clean your places up
Yes, sir
Go on!
Sorry
Stay away, kids
Okay, ready
One, two, three
I'm not going in
Make me proud in tomorrow's games
Can you stay with us, Father?
No, I can't.
I have to go back before dark
You're spending the night here be a good boy,
you hear?
See you then
Take care
Let's go!
Excuse me!
Mouna
knows everything about battles
But I'm old. I can't go with him
But...
But our Drodux Clan won't be absent in this
Do I have to say it again in Japanese?
Good morning!
Pihu! What's wrong with you?
Pihu!
Good morning!
Why did you get all our hounds to bark like crazy?
Chief Mouna, didn't you say that you wouldn't do it?
Do what? Who says I'm doing anything?
Dakis,
you're nothing but a police dog wearing a collar
Did your master send you here as a persuader?
Tado!
Dakis,
you haven't answered my question from last time
When you die, are you entering a Japanese shrine
or the heavenly home of our ancestors?
Are you Dakis? Or Hanaoka Ichiro?
I'm a true Seediq tribesman. I am!
- But... - If you are, take off your uniform
and offer blood sacrifice to our ancestors with us tomorrow
You know well how many soldiers the Japanese have
You're going to get killed for nothing
You told me the other day that there are more Japanese people than...
There are more Japanese people than the tree leaves in the forest
than the pebbles in Jhuoshuei River
But my determination to fight them is more adamant than Mt. Chilai
If your civilization wants us to cringe
I'll show you the pride of savages
The true Seediq tribesmen
Listen carefully, Dakis
You being a Seediq descendant who never tried to understand yourself
A Seediq Bale can lose his body
but he fights to keep his soul at all cost
A Seediq who loses his soul
will be forsaken by our ancestors' spirits
Do you understand...
...my child?
There are over 130 guns in the Wushe substation
and many boxes of ammunition too
On the sports day tomorrow
Jiro... Dakis Nawi will be on duty
I'll tell him everything beforehand
Father, will he betray us?
No, he won't
Can't believe all the gunpowder I spent years collecting will go to waste
What is it, Pihu?
They're all cowards!
Chief,
only six clans are willing to join us
A little more than 300 men in all
300 men?
I tried so hard to persuade them
I was so incensed that I nearly drew my machete
- But they... - Take it easy
Chief...
It's quite enough to have 300.
Go home quietly
- Don't get caught before action - Chief...
Get out of here. All of you
Get out!
(Why do men belittle women so?)
(Don't forget all the pride you boast of)
(comes from us women)
(It is us who weave your glory)
(It is us women behind men's tattoos of bravery)
The sun...
(I'm on my way)
(to the heavenly home of our ancestors)
(We'll be back as brothers)
(Hark!)
(Behold!)
(My soul fights in the falling leaves)
(I am Mouna Rudo)
(I bring home the innocent souls)
(Young warriors)
(No one can defeat us)
(Oh, our warriors)
(much like the budding pine leaves)
You don't think I know
what you men are up to, do you?
I'm the chief's daughter
Wherever you're going
the children and I will follow
Your job is to guard this firepan and keep the fire burning
When it's time to leave I'll take you along with me
Yamada!
Sugiura, get out of there!
- Come on, coward - Who is it? What's going on?
What's going on?
Stop! Who is it?
Baso, what the hell?
What the hell are you doing? Are you out of your mind?
Shut up!
(Do you know who I am?)
(I'm Tado Mouna, a true warrior)
(When you bleed, the animosity) (between you and me no longer exists)
(I'm a true warrior)
(I'm a Seediq Bale, a true warrior)
(Your soul is welcome to dwell with me)
(I'll feed you with millet wine and foods)
(There's no longer hatred between us)
(When you bleed, the animosity) (between you and me no longer exists)
(You'll be with our ancestors' spirits)
(to watch over my people)
Lubi, keep the fire burning
I'll be home before dark
Women! Children!
Why aren't you singing?
Sing!
Mouna!
My old friend!
Mouna! Chief Mouna!
Shut up!
Not you
Tanah,
split your men into two teams
You lead one team along Bkasan River
to annihilate all the police stations
and cut off the communication of the Japanese to the east
The other team follows me to Gungu Clan
to meet up with other clans
What do we do after those police stations are annihilated?
After that? Come to Mehebu Clan for a drink
Chief Mouna!
Where are they? Aren't they here yet?
They're all here
but Chief Dahdo doesn't allow our Gungu Clan to join in the battle
Everyone's trying to convince him
Have all the police stations been annihilated?
We've burned down every one of them
Then why waste our time persuading him?
I said no
Our clan is big. We must join in
Chief Dahdo...
even a boar fights back when driven to bay Why don't you understand?
I'd rather be punished by the Japanese than have our whole clan wiped out
My children,
don't you remember how your fathers died?
No one from our Gungu Clan is allowed to go
Are you frightened to death by the Japanese?
Or are you spoiled by them?
Chief! Chief Mouna!
You know well that we're bound to lose this battle
Why do you insist on fighting it?
Because of our ancestral spirit that's soon to be forgotten
Look at these young men
Their faces are clean
without the Seediq tattoos
Do you want to see their souls
forsaken by our ancestors' spirits?
Or don't you think they're qualified
to be Seediq Bale with hands stained with blood?
Ancestral spirit?
Ancestral spirit!
You want to sacrifice their lives in exchange for these tattoos
but what does it take to get these young lives back?
Pride!
Let's go!
Mr. Inspector,
look! Here comes the mist!
What a beautiful sight!
Here comes your brother. Good luck!
Good luck!
What a thick mist!
Yeah, it's often misty around here
But with a mist so thick
how will they judge the games?
Those games are just for kids Having fun is all that matters
Come on, have more hot tea. It's chilly
Thank you
We still have time for a rest
Be careful!
I'm sorry
Are you alright?
Yeah, thank you
Let's do it. There's no turning back
My children...
at the other end of the rainbow in the heavenly home of our ancestors
lies a fertile hunting ground
Our ancestors are all there
Only brave souls are allowed to enter It's the one hunting ground
we cannot afford to lose
Fellow tribesmen!
My fellow tribesmen!
Let's hunt the heads of our enemies
We can no longer keep the hunting ground in the Wushe mountains
Let's wash our souls clean with blood
Stride over the rainbow to our eternal hunting ground
We're offering a blood sacrifice to our ancestors
Young men,
let our ancestors' spirits be possessed in your blades
Entrust your hatred to the clouds and mists
Let's do it
Be still!
How many times do I have to tell you?
Go to the back of the line!
No, it's not what you think
Hello?
Really?
How fair-spoken you are!
No, you're too kind
Hatsuko!
What the hell! Lower you voice
Hanaoka?
It's your shift at the ammunition storage
Hello
Your candies
Thank you
Hanako!
- Hello - Hello
Wow! You bought candies
So cute
Come on, let's go. Bye!
Bye!
It's Ichiro!
Welcome! You've come a long way
- This way please - Thank you
It's spectacular
All rise!
Be quiet!
Sing the national anthem
(Our Mikado rules the world)
(For generations to come)
(Like sands accumulating to rocks)
Get him!
Stop!
What's going on?
Keep playing! Come on!
Sing! Keep singing!
Keep singing!
Play it!
Keep singing!
(Like sands accumulating to rocks)
Get him!
Here comes the blood sacrifice!
Come on!
Run! Come on!
Hatsuko! Hatsuko!
Hatsuko!
Come on! Unlock the storage The savages are hunting heads
Hanaoka!
Unlock that one too!
Chief Mouna,
my wife Obing is still dressed in kimono
Shut up! Open the door!
Run for your lives!
I'm a descendant from a samurai as well
- Mr. Satsuka! - Mr. Commissioner!
- Mr. Satsuka! - Come on!
Mr. Satsuka!
Hide in there! Be quiet!
Hush! Be quiet!
Aren't you a savage too?
Why are you hiding with us?
We're offering blood sacrifice What are you daydreaming for?
Follow me!
Pawan! Pawan!
Come on! Hurry up!
Missed! Come on!
Damned Japanese! I'll make you weep!
Come with me!
(Oh, my children, I know)
(In those passionate days)
(You've learned a song)
(To sing for the soon-be-forgotten ancestral spirit)
(Every note tightly embraces our ancestors' spirits)
My children! What are you doing?
What on earth are you doing, my children?
(Your dynamic bodies dance to our ancestors' spirits)
Dahdo! Dahdo!!
Go to the school right now to save your daughter Obing
She's dressed in kimono
No! No!
(No enemy dares to gaze at it)
Didn't we agree not to kill the Hans?
What are you chasing him for?
We did?
You'd better stay sober today!
(Your hatred darkens the heaven and the earth)
Don't throw anything hard stuff at me again!
Okay, fine
(The distant stars are nowhere to be seen)
Hush! Hush!
(Oh, see how the stars are dimming)
(My children!)
(The chilling light reflected off the tips of your machetes)
(Makes the moon seem pale as wax)
(The bloodstain on the tips of your machetes)
Come on, Mr. Commissioner!
I can't run anymore
What are you talking about?
Come on!
Get up!
Someone's here!
- I'm exhausted - This way!
I really can't run anymore!
Mr. Kikukawa!
I don't want to die here!
Tado, don't shoot!
Temu, you'd do anything to become a hero, huh?
Look, I killed a high-ranking official
Where's the other one?
Pihu...
Don't kill me. We're friends
My friend...
I'm not killing people I'm offering blood sacrifice to our ancestors
Is that your teacher?
(Oh, my children!)
Teacher...My dear teacher...
You think we're a bunch of cowards?
I'm sorry. I was trying to educate you
I'd punish a Japanese kid when he makes mistakes
But you've been so mean to me!
(Look! The reddened earth is silent)
(Look! The bark of Pusu Qhuni is peeling off)
You poor Japanese...
Come to the heavenly home of our ancestors
and be our friends forever
(Touch your bloodstained hands)
(Can they still hold the sand from our hunting grounds?)
(Touch your angry forehead)
(Can a beautiful rainbow bridge still be spread out over it?)
Come here! You go there!
Come here!
Wait!
Have you seen my daughter Obing?
No
Han...I'm a Han!
Go there!
Have you seen my daughter Obing?
Are you a Seediq from Toda?
Get lost!
Tell your chief Temu Walis
that we're offering blood sacrifice to our Seediq ancestors
Wushe has fallen into our hands we Seediqs from Tgdaya
Those of you from Toda and Truku should join us as well
Move over!
(All the pine cones have broken in the wind)
Chief Mouna?
Obing!
Jiro!
- Obing! - Jiro!
Obing!
I'm in here!
- Obing! - Help me!
Move away!
Father!
Why must you hunt heads?
(That lights up the stars in your souls)
(Your dreams are vast like a blue ocean)
(But the joyous tears in your souls have dried out)
(Oh, my children! Do you know?)
(How much pain do you swallow to sing the song of our ancestral spirit?)
(How much shame do you swallow to speak what you want to say?)
(How much regret do you swallow to fulfil your dreams?)
(Oh, children! What's wrong with you?)
(Oh, my children! What exactly is wrong with you?)