1:16:02
I want them to understand
that the Japanese...
1:16:04
must be treated
with courtesy and respect.
1:16:08
Alexander,
Caesar, Napoleon...
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all failed as occupiers
of conquered countries...
1:16:13
because of the harshness
of their policies.
1:16:17
I do not intend to fail.
1:16:19
We're coming up
on the palace now.
1:16:23
I wonder whether
it wouldn't be a good idea...
1:16:25
to summon the emperor
to explain your policies.
1:16:27
Show of authority
to the Japanese people.
1:16:29
No. After a lifetime
of studying the Oriental mind,
1:16:32
I can tell you that I must not
directly challenge...
1:16:36
the authority
of the emperor.
1:16:38
He lives there in that palace across
that moat, half god, half king.
1:16:43
His decrees limit the degree
of each man's freedom.
1:16:46
His word is absolute.
1:16:50
The time will come when
Hirohito, of his own volition,
1:16:52
will cross that moat
and come to me,
1:16:55
and that will mark
the beginning of the end...
1:16:57
of his absolute power
over the Japanese people.
1:17:21
Good morning, sir.
Good morning, Court.
1:17:23
Morning, gentlemen. I've been going
over these additional suggestions...
1:17:26
from the State Department
on the occupation.
1:17:29
I have to work them in with our
own task force recommendations.
1:17:32
General Marquat, what's
happening with land reform?
1:17:35
The landowners are having
difficulty with their tenant farmers.
1:17:38
Oh, they are? I don't want to ever
hear the word "tenant farmer" again.
1:17:42
I want these privileged landowners
stripped of their holdings.
1:17:45
We'll break up these great
estates. Yes, sir, but...
1:17:48
They've been squeezing the
farmers dry far too long.
1:17:52
But, sir, they're
very strong.
1:17:55
They may not be
as strong as they think.
1:17:57
And the right-wing industrialists are
the fellows who led this country to ruin.