Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Page #3

I'm sergeant Gengo Hara.

I'll take over.

Your name and rank?

Celliers, Jack. Major,

British Army.

Celliers? Jack Celliers?

Straffer Jack?

Good morning, Colonel.

You bastard!

Stop it!

No! Stop it! Stop it!

You! Officer! Do you

know this man?

We served together in Libya.

We fought the Germans.

Take him to the sick bay.

What kind of a man is he?

Is he a close friend of yours?

No. He's not a close friend, no.

- What kind of a soldier is he?

- He's a fine soldier.

We had a nickname for him

in the 8th Army.

We called him straffer Jack.

Straffer is a kind of um...

it's very difficult to translate.

Straffer is um...

This is astonishingly difficult sometimes.

In any case,

he was a soldier's soldier.

Why are you so

interested in him?

- What did the doctor say?

- I din't talk to the doctor.

You fool!

Lawrecen, I want him in good

health as quickly as possible.

That's an order!

You don't have to order me

to look after a sick man.

I will send the japanese

medic to see him.

Why are you so concerned

about Major Celliers?

Send our medic.

- The commandig officer, sir.

- Let him in.

You spend more time with these

Japs than you do with...

your own men.

I called Colonel Lawrence here.

Now from you...

I want the names of all

prisoners who are informed...

on the subject of armaments

and ammunition.

Who are the experts here?

I am not required under

International Law...

to furnish the enemy with

any information.

This is not North Africa.

We are not Germans!

There is no Geneva Convention here.

If you do not follow my orders,

I will have to replace you.

Replace me?

What are you talking about?

Replace me with whom?

Do you know what

he's talking about?

No sir. I don't know.

You promised to improve our food ration.

You eat the same as we eat.

Give me the names of your experts.

No, Captain Yonoi.

I will not.

Captain Yonoi. Please try to understand.

Group Captain Hicksley

is an honourable man.

"They are all, all honourable men."

As commanding officer, I prefer

another honourable man.

Lawrence, this armaments thing.

I think we can string it out

for quite sometime, don't you?

I mean, young Tojo will never

notice the difference.

They're not fool, you know,

sir, the japanese.

They know how badly the war's

going for them.

A couple months, it could

all be over.

Then why not try and stay alive

for a couple of months?

Sir, I know these people...

I wish you'de be guided by my knowledge.

I know these people, too.

They're the enemy.

And you're a British soldier.

You know they once beat the Russians.

Really? What school did you go to?

Winchester.

Who's looking after Major Celliers?

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