Snow Falling on Cedars
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1:37:02
Don't you think?
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What Mr. Hooks asks you to believe
is that no proof is needed...

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...against a man who bombed Pearl Harbor.
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"Look at his face," the prosecutor said...
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...presuming that you will see
an enemy there.

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He's counting on you...
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...to remember this war
and to see Kazuo Miyamoto as...

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...somehow connected with it.
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Indeed he is!
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Let us recall that...
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...First Lieutenant Kazuo Miyamoto
is a much- decorated hero...

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...of the United States Army.
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Kazuo Miyamoto did...
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...one thing wrong.
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He wasn't certain he could trust us.
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He was afraid that he would be made
the victim of prejudice...

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...as Mr. Hooks, indeed...
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...is urging you to do.
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There's reason in his uncertainty.
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Why?
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Well, we sent him and his wife and...
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...thousands of Americans
to concentration camps.

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They lost their homes, their belongings...
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...everything.
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Should we now be unforgiving
of his mistrust?

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Our learned prosecutor
will have you do your duty as Americans.

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Proud Americans.
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Of course, you must! And if you do...
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...Kazuo Miyamoto has nothing to fear.
Because...

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...this great country is supposed
to be founded on a set of principles...

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...of fairness...
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...of equality and justice.
And if you are true...

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...to these principles...
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...you'll only convict a man
for what he's done, and not for who he is.


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