A Japanese soldier crawled slowly through a pile of dead men
Apparently, there has just been a fierce battle here
Still
Both China and Japan suffered heavy losses and none survived, except for Kentaro Ishibashi, who was dying
In order to survive, he changed into the costume of a Chinese soldier
He happened to be saved by Fenglian, a villager who came to look for her husband
When the simple and kind woman saw him wearing a Chinese military uniform, she thought he was an anti-Japanese hero
Not only did he take him home to recuperate, but he also ate and drank well
Ishibashi, who is in a coma, always dreams of his own killing
Just a few days ago, the Japanese officers arrested innocent people in the vicinity to boost morale
He asked the soldiers to kill the villagers as if they were training hands, and then chose the stone bridge
He did not want to kill innocents indiscriminately but had to obey orders, and had no choice but to go against his conscience and kill the killer
The sweaty Stone Bridge woke up from the dream, and those unbearable memories were always with him
He could only numb himself with alcohol
After a period of cultivation
Fenglian's daughter dragged him around the village
The simple villagers all looked at the great hero with kind eyes
And Ishibashi did not dare to speak, he would not Chinese, as long as he opened his mouth, he would definitely reveal the identity of the Japanese
So everyone thought he was a mute, and in the evening the villagers set up a feast to entertain Shiqiao
Men, women and children at the banquet gave him toasts, perhaps infected by the warm atmosphere
Shiqiao lowered his guard and drank happily, and after three rounds of drinking, he danced with the villagers
It's just that the dance is a little weird no matter how it looks
In the middle of the night, the people of the village gathered in the house, and the village chief smoked a cigarette with a sad face
Some people suspect that the stone bridge is not Chinese
He nodded his head and greeted people when he saw them, and the dance he had never seen before
The villagers said that the dance was like the Japanese people liked
But the village chief didn't believe him, but he said that he must have killed too many Japanese
So he was possessed by a ghost
The next morning, he invited the goddess who danced the god to solve the disaster
So the mysterious woman jumped up and down with the branch
The stone bridge on his knees was full of horror, and he didn't know what it was going to do
Before he could finish jumping, the guards at the entrance of the village came with news
The Japanese army came to sweep again
In an instant, the villagers rushed to the cave on the mountain with food and livestock
Wait until the Japanese are gone before they can go home
The cave was eerily quiet and everyone fell silent
Fenglian wondered when her husband would be able to return
Ishibashi, on the other hand, looked out of the mountain and remembered his wife who was far away from home
Before becoming a soldier, Ishibashi was just an indisputable painter
He and his fiancée Sakurako fell in love just as they entered the palace of marriage
The army sent a mandatory conscription order
The orders of the state could not be disobeyed, and he could only assure Sakurako that she would return safely
But the war was still going on and home was out of reach
After the Japanese left, the villagers returned to the village
The house was turned into a mess, and the originally neat yard became a mess
Fenglian stood in front of the door in a daze and tears couldn't stop flowing out
The sensible daughter advised her mother not to cry again, and Ishibashi only felt ashamed when he looked at these crimes
He silently cleaned up the mess, as if it would reduce some of the evil
Day by day, the stone bridge slowly blended into here
But this kind of life is ultimately obtained by deception, and lies will always be punctured
On this day, Fenglian heard someone knocking on the door, and came out to see that it was her long-lost husband Shanwang
The couple hugged each other and wept bitterly, and it turned out that Shanwang was caught by the Japanese when he went up the mountain to cut firewood
Fortunately, he was blessed with a great life before he retrieved a life
After returning home, Before Shan Wang could sit still, he heard that there was an anti-Japanese hero in the village
Just when they were thinking about meeting a stone bridge, they appeared at the door, and when they looked at each other, their eyes were shocked
Ishibashi was about to kill his own Japanese, and when he reacted, he grabbed the wine jar and smashed it
At this moment, everyone figured out the truth, and the stone bridge, which was tied up by five flowers, finally spoke
He kept apologizing and expressing his gratitude, but no one could understand Japanese
The red-eyed ShanWang shouted to kill him, but no one could do it
In the eyes of the villagers, Shiqiao is a humble man, and it is really unconscionable to kill people for no reason
Only Sanwang knew how ferocious the Japanese soldiers were, and he could never forget the screams of his companions
In anger, he grabbed Ishibashi by the neck, and the crowd hurriedly pulled him away, when the village chief came out to mediate
You can't just hurt people's lives before the matter is inconclusive, so let everyone scatter and discuss it tomorrow
In the dead of night, the village chief walked to the stone bridge with an axe, and he raised his axe to cut the rope that was entangled
The kind old man still let go of the stone bridge, and the next morning the villagers found that the people were missing
Tongue-in-cheek discussion
What if he came back with the Japanese soldiers?
The village chief smoked a dry cigarette and said quietly, if he still had a little conscience, he would not do this
The stone bridge that escaped on the other side had nowhere to go, and after struggling he returned to his original army
His superiors saw that his eyes were full of anger, and Ishibashi's troops were completely destroyed in the last battle
His tombstones have been placed in the Yasukuni Shrine, but now he has escaped from the dead
This is undoubtedly a disgrace to the Japanese army, and it is the supreme honor to be able to sacrifice for the empire
Ishibashi was also wearing Chinese costume
His superiors questioned him if he had become a prisoner before he could survive
Ishibashi shook his head as he told the truth that he had saved himself Chinese, and took care of him carefully without asking for anything in return
Hearing this, the superior was even more angry, and as long as he saw the enemy, he should be killed
Instead of being grateful to them, Ishibashi was so frightened that he retreated and did not dare to speak
Eventually he was relegated to a sweeper, sweeping the floor or cleaning up the garbage all day
The people in the army scolded him either, because deserters deserved to be treated that way
For these stone bridges is just gritting their teeth and patience
He often dreamed of Sakurako, a beautiful woman who was smiling at herself
As long as he stayed up until the end of the war, he could go home and reunite, which was his only belief
Although the soldiers isolated Ishibashi, there were also people who understood him
The fellow countrymen who invited him to drink with him did not like war either
The young and immature teenager only wants to go home quickly and accompany his mother
The most ordinary wish has now become a luxury
The Japanese only wanted to speed up the pace of aggression without the slightest idea of an armistice
On this day, the superiors mobilized soldiers again, and soon they will have a large-scale battle
After the congress, the officer sent Ishibashi to deliver bags to the comfort women
After entering the room, he carefully passed what he had in his hand
Just as he was about to go out, Ishibashi suddenly heard the song of his hometown
The gentle and beautiful singing voice was like Sakurako's voice
But how could a wife who was far away in Japan be in a comfort camp
Ishibashi walked uneasily to the last room
Pulling open the curtain, I saw that the woman with disheveled clothes and messy hair was Sakurako
The woman with the sluggish eyes did not know that her husband had come in, and only took off her clothes and lay down
Ishibashi couldn't help but feel sad when he saw his wife turn into this look
He trembled and called out her name, a call that pulled Sakurako back to reality
She fixed her eyes on the husband she thought about day and night standing in front of her
The couple did not expect that the next time they met would be on such an occasion
Although I don't know why my wife is here
But the place could not stay any longer, and Ishibashi approached his superiors to request that Sakurako be sent back to Japan
He threw down his dignity and knelt decadently in the doorway
But this did not impress the superiors, and he did not agree to send Sakurako away
After a long silence, he only let Ishibashi go back first
At this time, Sakurako painted the makeup she had when she was married
Seeing her husband, she had made her wish and left a letter, so she cut her wrist and committed suicide
When Ishibashi returned, he saw a cold corpse
He looked at the letter silently leaving tears
It turns out that Sakurako misses her husband too much and has been deceived
People in the army told her that Shiqiao was in China and could be reunited as long as they came here
Sakurako, who believed to be real, rushed to the army with hope, but what awaited her was endless humiliation and torture
The belief that sustained her survival was The Stone Bridge, but after the reunion, she realized that the two could not go back to the past
She is no longer the pure and flawless Sakurako, but her wife who wishes for it eventually chooses to die
She told her husband to live well, and her daughter in her hometown was still waiting for her father to return
After reading it, Ishibashi was better off dead than alive, and he curled up in the corner to feel the warmth of his wife
It didn't take long for the soldiers to blast out the stone bridge, and the man who had lost his faith spent all day drinking to dispel his sorrows
He no longer wanted to go home and just wanted to numb himself with alcohol, and the Japanese accelerated the pace of aggression
They attacked along the edge of the Great Wall, burning and looting lives wherever they went
This includes the village where Ishibashi stayed before, and none of the villagers have been spared
Even Fenglian's daughter was brutally murdered, and all the men were killed
The good-looking woman was taken to the comfort camp, and at night Stone Bridge lay alone in the courtyard drinking
In a trance, he seemed to hear Fenglian's voice, and after chasing into the house, the soldiers were tearing the woman's clothes
The woman in pain was her own savior, Fenglian, and Ishibashi hurried forward to stop her, but her fists were hard to beat with four hands
He was knocked unconscious by the soldiers during the tug-of-war, and woke up in the morning lying on the stone slab outside
Shi Qiao, who was extremely angry, could not watch Fenglian suffer such humiliation
He took his bayonet and rushed into the comfort camp, raised his hand and stabbed the knife into the soldier's back
Fenglian's eyes were empty, and she couldn't even shed tears
After reacting, he begged Ishibashi to give him a hard time
Fenglian was bent on death as she desperately tugged at her bayonet
Ishibashi was reluctant to let go at first and then realized that perhaps this was the relief for her
In just a few days, his beloved wife and most grateful benefactor all died here
The successive blows made Ishibashi delirious
He wielded his bayonet like crazy
The unsuspecting soldiers all died under the knife
The red-eyed Stone Bridge did not even spare the former fellow villagers
Finally he came to the courtyard of his superiors, and the two of them drew their swords at each other
At this moment, The Stone Bridge seemed to wake up
He was Japanese but was killing his compatriots, and when he saw that his hands were full of blood
But Fenglian and the others did something wrong, and they shouldn't have ended up like this
Between the entanglements he fled
Tired of running, The stone bridge sat on his knees at the top of the mountain
What exactly did the war bring
Countless people have lost their families and their wives and daughters
Innocent people can only fall victim to war
At this moment the stone bridge is confused
His contradiction lies in his own conscience that has not yet been extinguished
As a Japanese, he killed his compatriots and defended the "enemy" in every way
He could no longer go back to his hometown but was not accepted by others, and where should the stone bridge that came to this step go?
He looked at the distant peaks and found the answer, perhaps death was the only place to belong
In the end, Ishibashi ended his life with a bayonet
Before he died, he saw his beautiful wife and lovely daughter
They were waiting for themselves at home, a pure land where there was no killing and no war
"Where to Go" is based on a real "Japanese Soldier's Diary"
It records the Japanese march against Xifengkou in Hebei Province from 1932 to 1933
It is worth mentioning that Ishibashi is played by a real Japanese hero Nakaizumi
Objectively speaking, this is an excellent war movie, and it is not limited to the large-scale war scenes
There is no exaggerated plot in the so-called anti-Japanese god drama, but the story is unfolded from the perspective of the "invader"
Unfortunately, due to the sensitive theme of the film rate at the time of release, the rate of film schedule is extremely low, and almost no one in China knows that there has been such a movie
Although it was shortlisted for UNESCO's Fellini Prize for outstanding anti-war films
Movies will be buried by time but history won't be the crimes committed and won't be forgotten
If anyone wants to leave their homeland to participate in the war, those are power games for those in power
Ordinary people only want to live a good life for their families, and Ishibashi originally lived a happy life, but the war broke his family
Ishibashi, who fell into the enemy camp, felt warmer than ever, but he was Japanese, which was an insurmountable gap in itself
Ishibashi, who has lost his identity because of kindness, is at a loss, and only death is his only belonging
I had previously seen a street interview where a young Japanese girl traveled to Nanjing to ask for directions
The old man who passed by was enthusiastic to show him the way when he learned of the situation, and was later asked if he hated the Japanese
The old man replied that I could not say that I did not hate because that history was too heavy
But what I hate is not you because we are all victims
As long as the war begins, no matter who wins or loses, the innocent and good masses will always be the victims
The call for peace against war while remembering history can prevent the tragedy from happening again