Lady Karate focuses on Yoshiko's mission to persuade China's la emperor, Puyi to leave his comfortable existence in Tientsin and journey back to Manchuria to be the figurehead ruler of Manchukuo under the direction of the Japanese occupiers. She has ten days to finish the job or she'll be obligated to commit hara-kiri at the end of it. She also has enemies among the Japanese military who want to maintain control over Pu Yi themselves.
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00:00Good morning, sir.
00:24You're the only one who dare enter my garden wearing clogs.
00:28I'm sorry.
00:30The Prime Minister would like a word with you.
00:40I'm Yoshiko. Pleased to meet you, Excellency.
00:43Sorry to bother you.
00:45What's the purpose of the Kokorokai?
00:47It's to bring sunshine beyond the Kokorokai River.
00:51Good. I'm in need of your assistance
00:55in bringing sunshine beyond the Kokorokai River.
01:01Though both Mukden and Chanchun have fallen into our hands,
01:05we're still not safe in the northeast.
01:08There's a population of 30 million.
01:11Too many for our army to control unless we have Fuyi.
01:15If we could have Fuyi as the nominal ruler in Mukden,
01:19we'd have no more fear of revolution.
01:26I understand.
01:28Thank you. I'm the daughter of Prince Shu, a Manchurian princess.
01:33I'd be happy to work for the Empire.
01:37If we'd Fuyi on the throne,
01:40we'd gain control of the entire northeast.
01:44You're to go to Tianjin and contact Fuyi
01:47and bring him back to Mukden within a fortnight.
01:51As soon as I get there, five days will be enough.
01:54You shouldn't be overconfident, Yoshiko.
01:57You mustn't forget, I'm a native of Peking.
02:00When I go to China, I'm joining my own kind.
02:05If you live on the shore,
02:07you are ignorant of how a fish breathes in the water.
02:16If the army gets Fuyi before you,
02:19then all of Manchuria will be under their control.
02:22However, if I'm to take Fuyi to Mukden,
02:26then control of Manchuria rests in our hands.
02:32Master, please think again.
02:34Let me go on this mission.
02:36I, Yoshiko, the 21st daughter of Prince Shu,
02:42vow that within ten days,
02:44I will bring back Fuyi to claim the throne.
02:49If I should fail, I will commit suicide by harakiri
02:53in this rose garden.
03:18What are you playing at?
03:48Everyone knows that I am Yoshiko of the Kokorokai.
04:19Yoshiko, you have gone too far.
04:21No, Itaro. It's you who go too far.
04:24It's not going to be as easy as you think.
04:27Fuyi is always watched
04:29by both the government and revolutionary forces.
04:32Do you think you can sneak him out without killing him?
04:36I don't think so.
04:38I don't think so.
04:40I don't think so.
04:42I don't think so.
04:44I don't think so.
04:46You can sneak him out without them knowing?
04:49I'm confident.
04:51The mission will be a complete success.
05:00You want to go to Tienzin, do you?
05:05Don't you realize?
05:07Our army is also in close contact with Fuyi.
05:10I know that.
05:11The commander-in-chief has sent his chief agent to Tienzin.
05:15But he's a fellow spy.
05:17Kenji Doibara.
05:19He is cold-blooded.
05:21He won't be nearly as reasonable as I have been.
05:24That is enough.
05:42Why not take a look?
05:46What are you going to do now? Are you going to kill me?
05:49Just you wait before your wound has recovered.
05:52I will already have Fuyi in Mukden.
05:55TIENZIN
06:13My name is Ho Jin.
06:15How are you, Miss Yoshiko?
06:17Do you know me?
06:18You're the famous male impersonator.
06:20Who doesn't know you?
06:23A letter from our leader.
06:26I've already got a cable.
06:30Now here is a map of the garden.
06:33Perhaps soon you can see it for yourself.
06:41This photo is his majesty.
06:46This Chen Paoshi.
06:49This Chen Xiaoxu.
06:54This is Chen Shetun.
06:58And the emperor's mother, Wenxu.
07:01Well now, you seem to know all of them already.
07:08And here is another photo.
07:11The palace eunuch, Li Lingying.
07:14Anyone wanting to see the king goes through him first.
07:17Also, only he is aware.
07:19I am the daughter of Prince Xu.
07:21The princess, Xin Wan.
07:23Right. I'll find out how you can meet him.
07:25It's November the first today.
07:27In ten days from now, we must have the king away from here.
07:31Tomorrow, I'll take a look at the Qing garden myself.
07:48Qing Garden
08:06Ah, Mr. Yoshida.
08:08Mr. Yoshida.
08:09So the king has sent you out.
08:11To get money?
08:12Of course. He wants us to sell his antiques for him.
08:15These are some of his favorite antiques.
08:17Careful, careful.
08:20Really?
08:21You tell him to ask me for money, I can help.
08:28And listen.
08:29Do me a favor.
08:30Any old vases, I'll buy them from you.
08:33Of course, of course.
08:34Don't worry.
08:35If I see some, I'll let you know immediately.
08:39Come along now, come along.
08:42Ah, you're useless. Can't you even carry these properly?
08:46Here is the news.
08:48Since September the 18th and the victory at Mukden,
08:51the whole area has been harassed by a brilliant saboteur.
08:55On October 3rd, he burned down the police station.
08:58On the 9th, exploded the arsenal.
09:01On the 15th, killed the chairman of the East Asia Association.
09:05On the 22nd, assassinated the chief of Japanese intelligence, General Yoto.
09:10After each incident, he left behind a sprig of plum blossom as a trademark.
09:15All residents are warned to be on the lookout.
09:17You must be tired. It's already now.
09:19You can go ahead.
09:21Contact the police immediately.
09:23There is a substantial reward offered.
09:30How did it go today?
09:32We took a lot of photos.
09:34It was just like you said, closely guarded.
09:37If the king doesn't want to come, then we can't make him.
09:40We can't take him out against his will with all those guards.
09:43You asked me to find out about Li Danying.
09:46I have discovered that every day he goes to the same tea house.
09:50He will be there at 7 tomorrow, having his breakfast.
09:54If you want to talk to him, then go there at 7 o'clock.
09:58Right. 7 o'clock tomorrow.
10:01You go and tell him that I'm here.
10:03And that if he's willing, I'll see him the day after.
10:16Oh, Mr. Tom. Please, come inside.
10:26Come on, deal them, George. Deal them up, William. Deal them up.
10:29Hey!
10:31No, no. I'll see you later.
10:36Over here.
10:41I'm going now.
10:43No, come on. You keep playing. You can't leave here just yet.
10:46Come on.
10:48We're losing all night long.
10:50The Dutch are going to give us a bit of cause to begin with.
10:52All right. Bless you, gentlemen. Bless you best.
10:54Let's have a little more of that over here.
10:57The more you bet, the more you win.
10:59Ah, playing!
11:05Hey, my friend. I see him.
11:08Come on now.
11:10Come on, Mr. Hojin. Let's see.
11:15Mr. Hojin, what's the matter?
11:18Hey! Hey! Hey!
11:21Hey! Hey! Mr. Hojin! Mr. Hojin!
11:26The Plum Bandit!
11:30How could that happen?
11:34Shortly after one o'clock this morning,
11:36the general manager of the Japanese restaurant on Sunshine Road
11:40was assassinated while he was playing cards at a local gambling house.
11:45His assassin is believed to be the Plum Bandit.
11:52Major, the captain of the investigation unit is here.
11:55We're here to investigate why he was assassinated.
11:59It's very simple.
12:01He was assassinated because someone knew he was contacting Li Lingying
12:06and wanted to give us a warning.
12:10It would seem the enemy knows our business.
12:15Miss Yoshiko, since he's been killed, could you take over for a few days?
12:19When new orders come from Tokyo, we will know what action we are meant to take.
12:31This fellow came and he wanted Michael.
12:33How can you imagine?
12:35Good evening, sir.
12:37Welcome.
12:39Hello, sir.
12:41Good evening.
12:44Hey, you there!
12:46Hey, sweetie, come over here.
12:48No, come over here.
12:50I said come over here.
12:51This way, lady.
12:53Come over here.
12:57Damn it, I was talking to her.
12:59Come back here.
13:01Sir?
13:06Good evening, sir.
13:11The boss is coming.
13:12Hey, come back here.
13:13Stand in line.
13:14You two get back there.
13:15That's right.
13:16Get back.
13:18Attention!
13:20The one in the hat is the chief agent of the army.
13:23Doibara?
13:24That's him.
13:27You take care of him.
13:50You are most welcome, master.
13:52Welcome.
13:54This is Lieutenant Yoshida from headquarters.
13:58Lieutenant Yoshida, how are you?
14:01I haven't seen you before.
14:02I just arrived.
14:06I am most honored to meet you.
14:09My name is Mariko Ashoka.
14:13I am the chief agent of the army.
14:16My name is Mariko Ashoka.
14:21Mr. Jojin was murdered,
14:23so I'm looking after things for a while.
14:26It's a very long time since we had anyone from Tokyo visit us.
14:32Thank you very much.
14:34We want to talk in private.
14:36You will leave the room till I call.
14:39It's a pleasure to meet you.
14:45Ashoka is in luck to have such a lovely spy.
14:51Sir.
14:52Yes, ma'am.
14:55Does the chief come here often?
14:59Not really.
15:01He's been here just once this month.
15:06There's a gentleman from Japan who wants to see you upstairs.
15:16What are you doing here?
15:18I have been ordered to come here and see you,
15:20and also to remind you.
15:23Today is the fourth day of your mission.
15:26Four days closer to when you do Harakiri.
15:30Don't you worry.
15:32I'll see to everything.
15:36Jojin's assassination has put Toybara on the alert.
15:41I can deal with him.
15:45Have you two ever met before?
15:48We haven't.
15:50But I believe that he's heard of my name.
15:53Though he's not met me personally.
15:57Don't be so certain.
16:01He's very intelligent.
16:03You do well not to treat a fox like a rabbit.
16:07At least he's observed formalities.
16:11Your adopted father observed all the formalities as well.
16:17But he still raped you when you were just 16.
16:31What's up with you now?
16:32Yoshiko, I love you. Yoshiko.
16:36Yoshiko.
16:38Give me a chance.
16:41What if I refuse you?
16:43How can you refuse me?
16:45You need me to help you, don't you?
16:47Yoshiko. Yoshiko.
16:55I would much rather commit Harakiri
16:58than submit to your odious charms.
17:11Have you read the paper? Well, have you?
17:15Today's Times.
17:17The front page lead says that the reason
17:20you have come to Tianjin is to persuade His Majesty, Fu Yi, to leave with you for the Northeast.
17:25Oh?
17:27And set him up as king to use the Chinese to control
17:31the Chinese population.
17:33That it'll also serve to confuse the League of Nations.
17:36What's going on here?
17:37It wouldn't surprise me if the Plum Bandit's behind that story.
17:42I'm going to have to put this paper out of business.
17:45It's in the Chinese sector. I'll send men to burn it down.
17:49I'm sure you'll do the job.
17:51I'll leave it to you.
17:52I swore on failure.
17:55What's that?
17:56Who are you?
18:08Hey!
18:15Stop it! Stop it!
18:17I'm Tiger Hu.
18:19And I am Tiger Hunter.
18:21Oh, we... I have no quarrel with you.
18:24Who's going to burn down the Times paper?
18:26Talk!
18:29Nobody's!
18:33You see this tree?
18:34That'll happen to anyone who tries it.
18:36You get it?
18:37Yes.
18:39So watch it. Understand?
18:41Yes.
18:42Don't worry.
18:44Anything you say, anything you say.
18:53Champagne!
18:58Pa.
18:59Great. Come to the Qing Garden.
19:02Pa, I got a stomachache.
19:06These are hard times.
19:07The king has no money left.
19:09So he's forced to sell off his antiques.
19:12I want you to come with me and learn all about the antique trade.
19:17It hurts. My stomach hurts.
19:19You're a useless good for nothing.
19:22I want... get him a ticket and send him on the train back to Wuxi to stay there.
19:28My stomach hurts.
19:30And don't you care anything for Choy Fang?
19:32She's still waiting.
19:33But have you contacted her?
19:35If you do not like her, then go ahead and tell her face to face.
19:39So that she could be free to get married to someone else.
19:44You know, you're not the only eligible bachelor in this world.
19:49Come on.
20:04Pa.
20:08I'd like to thank you most sincerely.
20:13Whenever I go on a visit to the Qing Garden,
20:17I will carry your message to the emperor.
20:22And if he wants to meet you,
20:26then I'll arrange it for you.
20:29You can leave it to me.
20:31But do you think he is that interested in being restored to the throne?
20:36He was very interested.
20:39Over the years, it's been put to him
20:43by General Chang and Chung Ching Chong,
20:46the Japanese and Russians.
20:49They've all talked about it with him.
20:52Dined him, mined him.
20:54Spent lots of money.
20:56But nothing ever came of it.
20:58I think if the offer's genuine,
21:02he really would like to have the throne restored in Mukden.
21:07At least, I'm sure he'll listen.
21:10To what I advise.
21:12The Japanese cabinet is very serious.
21:15They want him now.
21:17As long as the king is willing, that is.
21:20Enough talking.
21:21Time for action.
21:23Will you go today to the Qing Garden
21:26and ask the king?
21:30This check is drawn on a Japanese bank.
21:33You may buy yourself a summer resort.
21:38I must admit the Japanese are most thoughtful.
21:43And polite.
21:49And Bridgeshoe, your father,
21:51was always so loyal to the emperor and country.
21:55Though the king was young then.
21:58I'm pretty sure he remembers Bridgeshoe.
22:02And you, princess,
22:04when he sits on his new throne,
22:07you should get him to build a statue in your father's honor.
22:12It would be such a fitting tribute.
22:17Sir Chang.
22:18Sir.
22:19Get some fresh fruit ready.
22:21We are leaving for the Qing Garden.
22:24Yes, sir.
22:50Waiter, can I use your phone?
22:53What's that?
22:54Li is going to murder the emperor
22:57of bombs in his fruit basket.
23:00Hey!
23:01Who is this speaking?
23:02Hey!
23:03Hey!
23:04God damn it, he's hung up.
23:14Good morning, sir.
23:16Hold it!
23:18Hold it!
23:29Search them.
23:30Where are the Japanese police?
23:32What are you looking for?
23:34Come off it.
23:35There's a bomb amongst the fruit.
23:37A bomb?
23:39Ridiculous.
23:40All we've got here are some melons for the emperor.
23:44Open it up.
23:45Sir.
23:46Right, let's have a look.
23:48Nonsense, nonsense.
23:50I am on my way to see the emperor.
23:52How dare you say I'm carrying a bomb.
23:55I've never heard of anything so ridiculous.
23:58This is complete madness.
24:00It's madness, I tell you.
24:02Hey, hasn't my father come out yet?
24:04He'll be out shortly.
24:05Get away from here.
24:06It could be dangerous.
24:07There's a bomb.
24:08A bomb?
24:09What's that?
24:10Quickly, throw it away.
24:11My father, he's inside there.
24:13I'm afraid he might get hurt.
24:14Quick.
24:15Hey.
24:23A bomb.
24:27Oh, my back.
24:28A bomb?
24:29I don't want it.
24:30What?
24:32I don't want it here.
24:33Take it.
24:35I don't want it.
24:36No, no.
24:38I don't want it.
24:39I don't understand.
24:41Well, sir.
24:42You take it.
24:43It would seem you're going to have to go with that.
24:45I don't want it.
24:46You take it.
24:47I'm going to take that.
24:49Tell the truth.
24:51But, I tell you, I have been framed.
24:54The Nationalists must have done it.
24:57You were taking this basket into the Qing garden, were you not?
25:02You've only recently left your own house.
25:05How did the Nationalists do it then?
25:08Are they invisible?
25:10They couldn't possibly have planted the bomb.
25:14Unless this has all been planned by Yoshiko.
25:21Now, that's possible.
25:23She doesn't want Fuyi to leave here.
25:26Instead, she wants him assassinated.
25:30Are you serious?
25:32She must have put this bomb in your basket, intending you to take it with you into the garden.
25:39It's set to go off when you're inside.
25:43You and the Emperor would have been killed.
25:46Why should she want to do that?
25:48Consider.
25:49The King is staying in the Japanese sector.
25:53He's safe here.
25:55Our soldiers give him protection.
25:58If the Japanese cabinet wanted the King to set up his throne in Mukden, they need merely notify us.
26:08Why should they send a mere woman out here to fetch him?
26:12What could she do against the Nationalist army?
26:15She would be quite defenseless.
26:17She had no intention of getting him to leave here.
26:20Ah, you're right.
26:22She has deceived me.
26:33He hasn't come here yet.
26:35He is an old man.
26:36Perhaps he can no longer walk so quickly.
26:56Excuse me, may I come in?
26:58Miss Mariko Asoka?
27:00I am also called that.
27:02Perhaps you prefer to be called Miss Yoshiko.
27:06Brother.
27:07Welcome.
27:15You wouldn't be waiting to see Lee.
27:18Lee is a friend of my father.
27:20Since I was in town, I thought it proper I greet him.
27:25I'm sorry to say he misunderstood your request.
27:28He was worried that your real intention was to kill the King.
27:33Why think that?
27:39At noon yesterday, Lee visited our headquarters and asked us to protect the Emperor.
27:47He said, Miss Yoshiko...