Invaders Of The Lost Gold (Horror Safari)

Hold the position as long as you can!

Tobachi! Return to the caves immediately!

Agashi, Toyo, Hiroshi, Sampai.

Come with me!

Sergeant, get them back!

Come on!

Hurry! Go on!

Into cover!

All of you! Cover!

You! Go to the rear!

Go to the rear!

Come on!

Lieutenant Toyota! Lieutenant Tobachi!

Bring the boxes inside the cave!

Sergeant Yakuchi, hold the entrance at all costs!

Some clay, we shall return for the boxes.

I swear, and you too must swear,

that no one shall return here,

unless, when we do, we return together.

- I swear, my colonel! - I swear also, my colonel.

- Colonel, there is another way out up this way.

- All right, I shall see the man now. Bring him in.

Yes, sir.

Ah!

Mr. Rex Larson.

How do you do?

Your arrival here in our country

and your letter was quite a surprise.

- So was the attention your servants gave me.

It is the custom.

- Strange custom for a businessman to frisk his visitors.

My guess is that you know why I'm here.

So we can cut through the formalities then

and get straight to the point.

Why don't we make a start at the end of World War II?

In the Philippines.

- I was never in the Philippines at that time.

So, I'm afraid I can be of little help

in your writing activities.

- I've come a long way, Colonel, to find you.

My rank in the Japanese Army in 1945-

Colonel Susumo Yakuchi

of General Yamashita's 14th Army,

assigned to the shovel group in the mountains

of Northern Luzon, Philippines.

- This letter you have written to Mr. Sugiyama...

I am that Mr. Sugiyama.

And you have requested my assistant for background data.

- That was the intention of a friend of mine,

who worked in US Army Intelligence with access

to classified information,

but I persuaded him that it would be much more profitable

finding Colonel Yakuchi.

So far, Mr. Larson,

your data is not of much interest to me.

- I promise not to lose your interest again from here on in.

A shipment of the highest priority, in your sole charge,

10 cases which never showed up at the rendezvous point

to help your Imperial war effort.

Cases, Colonel, containing gold.

Is it not likely that these boxes

would have been found by now?

You were not, of course, alone.

Your two subordinate officers,

Lieutenants Toyota and Tobachi,

were the sole survivors, along with you.

Now, Colonel, I think the time has come for us to drop this

oriental tea party and get down to some hard drinking.

So the offer goes like this.

A half share,

for the map,

with or without your coming along.

The map is quite valueless

without the man to interpret it.

No temptation is strong enough

to make us break a bushido vow.

- Get your finger off that button, Colonel.

Your bodyguards are a bunch of amateurs.

Very inhospitable of you not to show me to the door.

I gave you a choice,

but you played it your way, Colonel Yakuchi.

And even if I don't blast my way out of here,

be sure your government will have the full details

in 24 hours.

I am very saddened

to hear of the death of my commanding officer.

As to your proposal,

I would like to be alone for a few minutes,

to collect my thoughts.

As long as you see things my way,

Why not?

Look, anything that goes on in this house and anything

that concerns Mr. Toyota concerns me, so get out of the way.

Blast! Bastard...

Continue the exercise.

- Tell me, Mr. Tobachi, who are these men here?

These are my up and coming students.

Really? Very impressive.

How do you know my name?

Oh, you're a very well-known man.

Who are you?

- Oh, well, let's just say I was a good friend of

Colonel Susumo Yakuchi, or maybe I should say,

the late Colonel Susumo Yakuchi.

- I did not believe I would ever hear his name again.

Well, you're gonna hear a lot more.

If I take you to the gold,

what will be my share of the money?

10%.

50%.

20% and that's final.

30%.

The cave has many chambers.

It could be difficult to remember where the gold is buried.

Could be.

Okay.

Suppose we make it 25%.

- Doro, where's my father? - Oh, Miss Jefferson.

He's in the study with a gentleman caller.

- Did the gentleman caller say what his name was?

Yes, he did. Mr. Larson, I think it was.

Your father says he's not to be disturbed.

Is Cal in there with them?

No, Cal didn't come home last night.

Oh.

Hey, Doro, be a love and run a bath for me, will you?

Certainly, Miss Jefferson.

Half?

Why, that's ridiculous.

Are you serious?

Now, I'm sorry you feel that way.

Perhaps you should look elsewhere for finance.

You know perfectly well

that I can't go elsewhere for a deal this big.

- Then perhaps you can appreciate my position.

It is my money that finances the expedition.

It is my connections that can smuggle the gold

out of the Philippines without government interference.

And it is my contacts who will convert the gold

into cold cash on the world market.

I knew this was going to be difficult.

Precisely. You see, you have no choice.

Now the details.

I will put the expedition together right away

before the rainy season starts.

I have the man to lead the expedition.

Oh?

What's his name? - Mark Forrest.

- Forrest? - Why, do you know him?

He's not short on references.

The going is rough,

and the natives can be pretty dangerous in that area.

We need a man with his type of experience.

But not Mark Forrest.

It's out of the question.

- Look, you two may have had disagreements in the past.

I don't know the details and I don't want to know,

but this is business.

And by the way, you'd better leave the map

in my safe-keeping.

You think I'm mad?

That map is staying right where it is, with me.

So why don't you just relax? Don't worry about a thing.

Just stay home and leave the gold-trekking to me.

Oh, but I'll be coming along, too.

With a deal this large, I don't want anything to go wrong.

You mean you just don't trust anybody.

And my man Cal will be coming along.

Just to make sure

that nothing happens to me.

How cozy.

- Well, Mr. Larson, I'm sure you have things to do.

You'll need a week to make preparations.

We should be able to leave by the fourth.

I'll be seeing you.

Just keep that Mark Forrest a long way from me.

Ah, Janice. Are you back already?

I thought you'd be gone all clay.

- Oh, I changed my mind. The town's too hot and crowded.

Anything interesting happen while I was gone?

- You know, when your voice has that tone about it,

it usually means you know just as much about things as I do.

Why, Father!

You sound as if you're accusing me of eavesdropping.

- Just how much of the conversation did you hear?

Not much.

Just that you're taking an expedition into the jungle.

That's exactly what I am going to do,

but you're staying here.

You'll need me to look after you.

- Confounded daughter, why don't you go off

and get yourself a husband or a lover

instead of smothering me with your affections?

Father!

You're all I've got

and I'm not going to let anything happen to you.

Janice, I appreciate your concern,

but it is out of the question for you to accompany

a group of men into such dangerous territory.

I don't want to hear another word about it.