Kempeitai | Man In The High Castle

Since 1881, the Kempeitai have served their Emperor protecting the peace and stability of the great Japanese Empire from dissidents and enemies.
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[@MegaKerrigan]

Humorously i got an Japan Airlines Ad with a Japanese Chef preparing sushi before the video started playing.

[@knightwind5967]

Nice.

[@yytyytg]

one day sushi master will rise up and dominate the world with their biological weapons.

[@jamesharding3459]

Funny

[@vichodeivis1219]

Larissa's voice sounds weird. Need honey tea?

[@casbot71]

She's REALLY good at doing accents and impersonations.

[@GamersAdventureWorldGAWYT]

I thought I read “need tea honey?”

[@Etrune]

I love how this show makes hitler death the worst thing that can happen for world peace. And of course, great video as always ^^

[@AkatsukiBoss13]

Such is the world of The Man in the High Castle.

[@T2266]

We still didn't get Hitler's motivation for maintaining peace though.

[@DSCH4]

IRL, he had hopes of co-existing with the British Empire while having hegemony over Europe and securing self-sufficiency in resources by taking everything from the Soviet Union west of the Urals; so no need for an overseas colonial empire. The success the Axis had in this story was way beyond even his expectations.

[@T2266]

@@DSCH4 I thought it's because British fit his racial ideology? I mean I know genocide was not really his plan A, but I don't think Hitler would alow an Empire run by Japanese as an equal to his Reich.

[@BUSSTISEBOOST]

T2266 I think they were merely Allies of Circumstance, like how The USSR were “allies” with the British Empire and USA.

[@akiramasashi9317]

Fun fact: Kenpeitai translates directly to "Military Police"

[@AndrewVasirov]

Well, it actually was. :P But let's be honest, people like to use native words to describe organizations (like Gestapo which is short for "Secret State Police", and SS which means "Protection Squadron). I think correctly it is Kenpeitai, not Kempeitai, as it is more true to the Japanese hiragana/katakana word. Maybe they used the word used in the show/book.

[@gonachietomo2839]

Andrew Vasirov ん are pronounced as m when it’s followed by p and b line characters I think

[@AndrewVasirov]

Yes, but that doesn't matter. If you want to write that in Latin letters and transform that automatically into Japanese, you would have something like: けmぺいたい But you can change that into Chinese characters only. To be honest, ん is the weirdest character in Japanese. It can be n, ŋ, m, and not only that. :P

[@yarpen26]

Speaking of, I'm kind of surprised at how much of the supposedly Japanese writing I see on the show I can easily understand because I have studied Chinese for a good few years now. But I do wonder, is it genuinely Chinese or simply Japanese with no kana involved? The structure seems Chinese and as far as I know, Japanese has it totally different to Chinese. For example, the letter Kido leaves on the table right before he attempts harakiri towards the end of Season 1 is addressed to "His Majesty Crown Prince" (皇太子殿下). And yeah, I'm aware that Chinese was the prestigious language amongst the Japanese elites but I thought it lost its status during the Meiji Restoration. So I find it weird it would still be this prevalent during World War II. But again, it could have simply been Japanese which just happened to involve only kanji.

[@AndrewVasirov]

Actually there were some Japanese group in real life that wanted to write only in Kanji. And in the most cases (place names, titles, most nouns and adjectives), Chinese and Japanese people could understand each other's writings. And let's be honest, Chinese writing looks great. And I believe some Japanese traditionalists would rather use Kanji more often than Kana.

[@TheRealKevbot]

Damn this channel does everything, I love it

[@robertpeterson3871]

Awesome

[@kanthanesankandiah760]

You can say that again

[@maxstone2380]

@@kanthanesankandiah760 Damn this channel does everything, I live it

[@revanimperium]

It took me way too long to realize Yoshida himself was voicing this.

[@asadpuppy1259]

Kempeitai was a real thing. During the occupation of Malaya, the people feared them. They were sorta the military police. The Gestapo really. The people of Malaya feared when the Kempeitai said the word "kasi panchung" which means "decapitate him" in Malay. Those were bloody times. Not just for the people of Malaya but for humanity as a whole.

[@ContendCreators]

Gedtapo is a joke in the show. Juliana knifed one of them.

[@ContendCreators]

Kempatai is in the show more than gustapo

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

You guys are so good at video editing.

[@rayalbertogutierrezbalanza8333]

Kempeitai, was the equivalent of Gestapo in Japan, but the first time I heard that, the first thing popped up in my mind was about a karate school or academy, and is good name for it.

[@21savageukvisa7]

A world where anime doesn't exist *shutters*

[@samwell8]

@MinatoP3GTC - CLOSING DOWN SOON No because anime and manga only became popular in Japan after the war when they where trying to change their culture from being a military based one to a harmless peaceful one.

[@tanmaynegi3169]

@Edward Tay NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@jmachero5852]

Agreed, hentai and shit like that are degenerative.

[@8Delian8]

The best timeline

[@angelusvastator1297]

Best timeline. Degeneracy is stamped out.

[@danielramirez1529]

Who is this? I don’t recognize the voice. Edit: nvm. Ah you guys got an actor to narrate the show on the show he’s in. Nice. Templin Institute moving on up!

[@ice319]

Definitely awesome that they did this. I thought it was a voice actor that sounded like the real actor. Great touch getting Lee Shorten to narrate!

[@LyonTheGreat]

I was confused at the agent profile until I realized what was going on. Nice work on the guest narrator! Wouldn't it be just amazing if an organization like the Templin Institute were canon in some of these worlds?

[@AndrewVasirov]

What if the Templin Institute will create some portal to different universes? Wait, who said they didn't? Maybe they are the ones who researched these universes and presented these as fiction! Templin Institute might be ever more powerful than Illuminati!

[@christopherscott1336]

Wait so does this mean that the Templin institute has actual agents in these universes? I'm going off of that guest access thing in the beginning.

[@erwinthedodo9205]

Hmm yes

[@SonsOfLorgar]

#LarissaIsAlpharius XD

[@thomas.02]

the Institute is much more powerful and connected than we think.....

[@ThePCguy17]

Slowly, we will come to understand the mystery that is the Templin Institute. The question of whether we will love them or fear them, however, is far more difficult to answer.

[@slaire7799]

My grandfather resisted the Kempeitai when they were trying to capture him after founding out he is leading the resistance in his village. Them officers threw a grenade to him and thankfully, he only lost an arm before the villagers shot the kempeitai officers. While i'm here eating cheetos and playing cod. Damn, my grandpa was badass.

[@shawnofdanaukota3843]

Thx for his service.

[@pendragon0905]

A heroic man, your grandpa is.

[@Takaba95]

you play COD. my grandma told me she and her sisters must hide from japanese patrol while now i'm watching their anime 😅

[@kiravatheargonian]

Tell him thanks for me 😮

[@honorarya4098]

He died with honor, he is at peace in heaven

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

That one shot of the IJN in San Fran harbor is so awesome. Is that the Yamato I see?

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Uchuu Senkan YAMATO!! ♫ ♫ ♫ ............................I'll show myself out.

[@deadby15]

Yamato, Musashi, or possibly Shinano.

[@suryaprakash2126]

Yes, the beauty of IJN.

[@Bitchslapper316]

It's the Musashi

[@dunhamb]

Wow this is amazing, you actually got Lee to do this video. Good on you Templin!

[@nikkity5491]

Aww hell yea this is one of the best channels ive ever seen up to this date

[@eliqfor1]

Exceptional work , Templin Institute - eagerly anticipating follow up covering Man in the High castle factions relevant to the Riech and DMZ

[@samuelwithers2221]

Very well done, can't wait to see the third season of the Man in the High Castle! This episode has me hyped :D

[@ArmouredProductions]

The previous video on the GGR made me watch the show, and I loved it, so thanks Templin Institute! Can't wait for season 3

[@Emanon...]

Wow, so nice to get one of the actors on board with this! Can't wait till S3 in october!

[@miaththered]

These folks actually existed and I assure you they were worse than anything Hollywood or the author of the book this series is based on could have come up with.

[@MrJH101]

Yes, I think everyone with at least a fair amount of knowledge of WW2 knows that they were real. That being said, this is an alternate reality of the Kempeitai organization that they’re exploring. The Templin Institute has also done a segment on the alternate reality version of the Soviets from the _Command and Conquer_ series too. Obviously, the Soviets were also a very real organization at one point, but they simply did the alternate version of them and not the real one, just like this. Exploring the _fictionalized_ versions of such organizations is simply what this channel will always do. They’re not here to make any sort of statements or take any stances about real world governments (thank heavens for that). Too many other channels already do that, of which viewers can watch elsewhere, but that’s never what this channel was meant to be.

[@majordakka5743]

No worse than the deeds committed by Unit 731 or the innumerable atrocities humans have inflicted upon each other in various wars. It's our favorite pastime.

[@miaththered]

No arguments there mate. We're good at killing one another in new and inventive and horrifying ways.

[@miaththered]

Quite so.

[@yegorperepelytsya7812]

Nkvd and gesstapo: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@simonsoogmail]

The intro is sooooo good, probably composed by possibly every great music artist

[@last_starlight3715]

When are you gunna do the German Empire from Kaiserreich since it's on your border.

[@AndrewVasirov]

Heheh. On your border.

[@franzsanders9573]

I _also_ think that’d be awesome, but the main issue I see is that because HOI4 is a strategy game without that much additional video stuff, it might be difficult to make a video with interesting visuals behind it and so it might be better for a podcast format (like the Star Kingdom of Manticore episode).

[@SarajevoShotz]

Franz Sanders Kaiserreich has loads of artwork

[@plzfixwolves955]

I'd think it be much more interesting to do the Commonwealth of Canada or the Commune of France IMO.

[@theilluminativirus9514]

They already did it:kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIDTkmaOicuYhqs

[@oblow20]

when I thought you could not surprise me more ... great series !!! but that an actor is one of its agents ... you are expanding! :)

[@jlggaming5314]

I think it’s awesome how you guys got Lee to voice this episode.

[@mvpbluntman7867]

Now do one on the American Resistance. The book and series is amazing about how film (book in the novel) from a parallel universe ultimately affects a post world war 2 world where the axis powers virtually won due to circumstances going wrong.

[@joshuagodfrey5686]

The Monroe Republic from a old Tv series Revolution, it’s a interesting alternate nation.

[@jamesbaxter5147]

I miss that show. It’s a shame they cancelled it on a PSA.

[@SeanCodyTexasLegalDefense]

That was a good show

[@aminmuaz1441]

I thought for a moment that this was going to actually give us the history of the real life Kempeitai

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@thepie193]

This channel along with the man in the high castle is severely underrated

[@ZeltonTheWarlock]

Just bought one of the Kempeitai armbands in an auction. Man I loved this show.

[@KreigWes]

I love the Man in the High Castle !!

[@nathanhough8156]

Awesome hope he returns, i love his chararer

[@MrSwj2009]

The book The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick is a great read. Would highly recommend and makes you appreciate the TV series adaptation.

[@LIONtib]

Goddamn this series is SO good! Only bad part is there's only two seasons and it takes so long for new seasons to come out.

[@luiscaballero3840]

Awesome video as always!

[@MrPlasmaGame]

Mark should do Artillery Only in HOI4 on a Grand Stategie Saturday

[@s.sbathtub6702]

DerKumpel ARTILLERY ONLY I mean we got ISP to do it so it shouldn't be that hard

[@mosh845]

a r t i l l e r y o n l y

[@swedefromtwitt]

Bannerlord when

[@s.sbathtub6702]

the Swedish gamer WhEN BaNNeRLoRD

[@kirk7528]

Great content as always!

[@boxylemons7961]

So effectively a Japanese version of the SS

[@SonsOfLorgar]

More like the Gestapo actually...

[@principetnomusic]

More like the NKVD. Super-policemen.

[@edison7300037]

but gestapo isn't military police. the japanese military police weren't interested in killing their own people, because they'll just send them to the front line.

[@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870]

@The Ting The blackshirts were more like the SA and SS, atleast orginally, because by the end of the war they were basically a more fanatical branch of the army, navy and airforce. They did not act as military police often, only when the situation in somewhere was dire and the "normal" military police (the Carabinieri) was to soft to suppress the problem.

[@carlopulanco183]

The Kempeitai were much worse than the Gestapo, their methods of torture for gathering intelligence were far grievous than the Gestapo

[@mattkent4397]

Templin Institute is Move’n on up!

[@AltbinariesPPK]

The Italians had the best name for their spy agency by far.

[@captainyossarian388]

Wow, getting the Kempeitai to actually narrate a video about the Kempeitai! The Emperor would approve.

Kempeitai's Chinese characters mean "constitutional police" in Chinese

[@cartermiller853]

The Emperor is immortal! BANZAI 🇯🇵!!!

[@austin8256]

But his empire wasn't 🤣

[@cartermiller853]

The Hoplite Program True true 😂

[@AndrewVasirov]

Actually, Japan still has an Emperor so the country is still an Empire. But not an Imperialistic one (culturally, probably).

[@nekoking8330]

BANZAI!

[@Alexthelion93]

@@AndrewVasirov Japan has an emperor that would do anything not to be an emperor anymore.

[@sharpetutor227]

Hoi 4 is getting an update with spy’s. Can’t wait 😊

[@frostysimon101]

Totally a good thing with guest stars!

[@Predator42ID]

This is the man in the high castle if your listening to this you are the resistance.

[@honorarya4098]

+seth Thomas Resistance against who? :/

[@Predator42ID]

Nazis and the Empire of Japan, seriously how do you not get that reference.

[@CrossX-92]

We are grandson of resistance

[@honorarya4098]

+seth Thomas Why would you fight against them? The show versions aren't how they were you know, as its over exaggerated. What's your reasons? :)

[@neofulcrum5013]

Rise up!

[@mikiroony]

Arigato, Lee-san for such a beautiful narration! Praise the emperor!

[@RykerDavis123]

Awesome video and awesome guest

[@bigdogzone3177]

Except unlike other factions that were fictional and discussed in this channel the Kempentai actually existed !

[@randomprodtv3203]

during japaneese occupation on my nation, they employ an apporach of trying to make us joining peacefully under their flag my grandfather is a former captain of a KNIL Special Force ( Dutch East Indie Military) who was recruited by the new Japaneese "liberator" to train the local into becoming japaneese army (in the end he defect to join our people revolutionary army) and Kempetai is one of the forces (other than Heiho,Fujinkai,and PETA) that was formed to turn the locals into trained soldier to fight for Japan,altough only handful of local is on Kempetai ( Kempetai deals with stuff that no local want to deal, its job is to be a police to all of the armed forces. and also ocassionally gives their fellow local beatings ) even my grandfather was quickly demoted to PETA he wasn't recruited into Kempetai (altough PETA was quite a special force, in term of military effectiveness, PETA defect had become a much more dangerous threat. PETA member were the one who killed Britain's General Mallaby, in battle that pit one PETA task force and a lot of untrained locals against 3 Infantry Division and 2 Armored division sent by the british and PETA member forms the basis of our People Security Army (TKR) who's expertise is both urban combat and guerilla war. we're so good at guerilla that the vietnam learned it from us) this show really have extensive touches on realism, they decided to brought a real life force, much appreciated

[@3dcomrade]

Hey fellow indonesian.The north koreans gave the NVA the how-to-guide on making tunnel bases

[@XHero220]

Impressive you got an actor from the show to do a video. Your channel must becoming very popular to pull that off.

[@GenghisVern]

That was incredible.

[@urhomiesapien]

Everybody a gangsta until someone puts this on a film and sends it to Hawthorne Abdensen

[@El_Presidente_5337]

Im so exited for season 3! It will be released a few days before my birthday

[@cameronpearce5943]

gotta start watching this show

[@AudieHolland]

Oh, look: 3:33 a *CV2!* And 3:45 another! Famous French budget car, first produced in 1948 all the way up to 1990... In Holland also affectionately known as "Ugly Duckling" or just "Duck." My mom used to drive me to school in one of these. Unless it was winter, because then the "Duck" would regularly refuse to start its engine. I even believe that George Lucas used that iconic CV2 engine sound in "The Empire Strikes Back" when the Millennium Falcon refuses to start while Lord Vader and his Snowtroopers are closing in on its hanger in the rebel base Echo on Hoth.

[@thecouncilofnine4692]

8 dislikes? Probably rebels. We will find a solution to it.

[@faded9581]

Alternate WWII is such a popular genre, but sometimes I feel that not enough attention is given to TMTHC as its one of the best and self-aware depictions of an Axis victory.

[@capoz33]

You did it, You actually did it. You won me over by a landslide.

[@a.c.e5877]

For the Emperor!!

[@battenburg6089]

Nice that you managed to get Lee in this!

[@m.a.9571]

Shit like this is the future of youtube

[@Kurlija]

Amazing as always, guys! Would you be willing to do vids on animated shows like Cowboy Bebop? I feel that one in particular would lend itself well to Dossier or Atlas videos :)

[@christopherscott1336]

Dawn of Victory vid please! Also I love your content, it is really awesome!

[@arturoreyescortez2476]

The resistance must have a lot of work to do if they fight against nazis and the Japanese Imperial police. Also, it must be pretty awkward when both factions want to kill the rebels, but end up killing each other.

[@tronmaster5704]

Once again, I have a video recommendation. This time, of the SPD. The Special Police Dekaranger from Tokusou Sentai: Dekaranger.

[@bigzed7908]

Can't wait for season 3 to come out yeet!

[@proudnoob124]

This channel is fuccin dankkk

[@doom7ish]

The man in the high Castle. A world were things are fucked.

[@not_suspicious]

A world without anime is a world better than all worlds

[@ColdHighway7]

Really looking forward to season 3

[@AlphariusXXth]

If Larrissa ever leaves, you may be in trouble.

[@alexkeer1418]

You guys should do an episode on some D&D lore. Perhaps the Blood War or the Githyanki raiders.

[@John77Doe]

Awesome trailer

[@GarlicPudding]

I need to watch this show...

[@robertadamcik9179]

Well done!!!!!!

[@Commander800]

Awesome!

[@MASTERMIND-mr6er]

Awesome.

[@perfecttred]

FOR THE EMPEROR!

[@yoshbiginz]

you should make a episode for United Citizen Federation or also known as Terran Federation from Starship Troopers

[@rtaraquin]

great good yes

[@DoomTurtle1]

Nice.The show has been excellent untill now,hope season 3 wont disapoint

[@pronoob3475]

raising arms, "smell my armpits"

[@johanneszawadke1191]

Awsome ^^

[@yanakatsukieabenitez6930]

Epic!!!!!!!!!

[@TheJarric]

pace force from maga verse , clippers from badlands , liber8ight from continuum , and hammerheads from earth and beyond

[@anathema2718]

In Japanese, “Kenpeitai” means military police. I don't know how they are depicted in this drama, but there was no organization like the Nazi Guard in Japan.

[@josephstalin6549]

Do the SCP foundation. It’s a good challenge

[@KVP424]

Joseph Stalin Would be nice to see them doing SCP foundation episode with only information of them from Global Occult Coalition resource. Since SCP is practically a rogue private organization and the GOC is the UN sanction organization, so I would assume Templin would contact with the acting authority of that universe.

[@MagronesBR2]

I believe they don't have clearance

[@inkedseahear]

@@KVP424 Well the SCP is actually a NGO.

[@inkedseahear]

@@MagronesBR2 Templin Institute: Today we'll discuss the SCP.... RISA: No you ain't.

[@T2266]

The kanji* writting says only "Kempei" No "Tai".

[@T2266]

@Jack the Gestapo Yea, you are right about that, but I am still right about this.

[@T2266]

@Jack the Gestapo No, actually they both did that, it's just even less common for Japanese to not write form up to right in the past, and the Chinese kind didn't stop doing that till the 40s

[@T2266]

@Johnston Steiner eh, your point being?

[@barcod11]

Oh so you guys are up for getting guest narrators? There’s someone here on KZbin I’d love to recommend one day

[@VoxApollyon]

A new voice! I approve.

[@StephMcAlea]

yes!

[@arrahmandikama6804]

There were Kempeitai in Indonesia too

[@Plinious]

Great video. please Rohan next!

[@chrisu_XD]

The Templin Institute Hm, simple warning "Contains Spoilers for Man in the Castle - Season 2" would helpful.

[@chooky42]

The rising sun never flew in Australia.

[@gianlucaborg195]

The Man in the High Castle is the best universe imo. Henoheka (spelling?) Banzai! Banzai! Banzai! ...... and the Reich is on Mars....... mhmm....... And Oberstgruppenfuhrur John Smith is preparing to invade the Multiverse!