Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Share this quote on facebook [When the Allied forces fire on him] Why are you always messing with me. It's got to be a joke! [An Allied shell lands right next to him, knocking him over. He sees the shell is a dud] Thank you, God! I take back what I said!

Share this quote on facebook [Convincing Shimizu not to kill himself] We can die here, or we can continue fighting. Which would better serve the emperor?

Share this quote on facebook [Letter to his wife] We soldiers dig. We dig all day. This is the hole that we will fight and die in. Am I digging my own grave?

Share this quote on facebook [About Nishi's romancing skills] There are rumors about his womanizing...But there are no women left to woo.

Share this quote on facebook [In response to a soldier saying death is honorable] Kashiwara died of honorable dysentery.

Share this quote on facebook [On Kuribayashi] He studied the Americans, so he knows how to beat them.

Share this quote on facebook There is no use for a dead soldier.

Share this quote on facebook Damn this island! The Americans can have it.

Share this quote on facebook Do what is right because it is right.

Share this quote on facebook If you want my honest opinion, General, the best thing to do would be to sink this island to the bottom of the sea.

Share this quote on facebook I'm tired of sharing this cave with all of you, I'm a one-man show from now on.

Share this quote on facebook [moments before shooting himself] I'm sorry, Okubo.

Share this quote on facebook [to Nishi before he commits suicide] It has been a great honor to serve under you.

Share this quote on facebook [after finding the dead bodies of Shimizu and another Japanese soldier who tried to surrender] (sadly) Let this be a lesson to anyone else who wants to surrender.

Share this quote on facebook Don't waste a bullet. Not one.

Share this quote on facebook I have failed to hold Suribachi. Permit me to die with my men!

Share this quote on facebook It's inevitable that people will die.

Share this quote on facebook It was your duty to hold your position until death, you should have died with your fellow troop members. You are a disgrace.

Share this quote on facebook Don't hide here like rats, come out of your caves and attack!

Share this quote on facebook We will take back Suribachi, with or without Kuribayashi.

Share this quote on facebook I won't go back, I've had enough of cave fighting. You men are now under command of Lieutenant Colonel Nishi. [Strapping explosive to himself] I'll throw myself under a tank, I'll destroy one of their machines!

Share this quote on facebook [Waiting in vain for the American tanks to run over him] Where are you, American tanks? Come and get me!

Share this quote on facebook [reading letter] From headquarters. We regret that we are unable to send reinforcements to Iwo at this time. We earnestly hope you will fight honorably and die for your country.

Share this quote on facebook The Fleet of Americans have left from Saipan.

Share this quote on facebook [Referring to Kuribayashi] This one is trouble.

Share this quote on facebook This is ridiculous, why waste time digging all these tunnels? They are all going to die anyway!

Share this quote on facebook Kuribayashi belongs behind a desk, not fighting a war.

Share this quote on facebook [To Saigo when he fails to hit the target during target practice] My six year old son can shoot better! [Saigo shoots again and misses] Do you call yourself an Imperial soldier?

Share this quote on facebook Here is the uniform of the American medic. He should be your target. For, Americans will risk many lives to save this one.

Share this quote on facebook The cave digging may be futile. The stand on Iwo may be futile. The whole war may be futile. But would you give up then? If our children can live safely for one more day, it'll be worth one more day that we defend this island!

Share this quote on facebook Everything happens in threes.

Share this quote on facebook [addressing his men before the battle] Men, the time has come to show your true colors. As a member of the Honorable Imperial Army, I trust that you will fight with honor. This island is of utmost importance to Japan. Should the island fall, the enemy will use it as their base to attack our homeland. For the mainland...For our homeland...Until the very last man..Our duty is to stop the enemy right here. Not one of you is allowed to die until you have killed ten enemy soldiers. Do not expect to return home alive. I will always be in front of you. [removing his hat and bowing] Long live the Emperor.

Share this quote on facebook A good officer uses his head, not his whip.

Share this quote on facebook [to his men, right before a suicide charge] A day will come when they will weep and pray for your souls. [unsheathes his katana] I will always be in front of you.

Share this quote on facebook Captain Iwasaki: [punching Shimizu] If you can't even shoot a dog, you will never be able to handle the Reds!

Share this quote on facebook Captain Iwasaki: You must always be stern, Shimizu. Never show any mercy. If you do, people will take advantage of you.

Share this quote on facebook Shimizu: I don't know anything about the enemy. I thought all Americans were cowards. I was taught they were savages.

Share this quote on facebook Sam: [To Nishi] You somebody famous?

Share this quote on facebook Hashimoto: There should be an outlet near here- [An American flamethrower sets him on fire]

Share this quote on facebook Kanda:You're deserting, aren't you? [Shimizu's face falls] If you are, take me with you. I've had enough of this war.

Share this quote on facebook Major General Hayashi: How are we to fight?

Share this quote on facebook Lieutenant Colonel Oiso: We will make a run for Motoyama. There is no cover for 2 kilometers, it will be every man for himself. See you on the other side. If not on this earth, then in the next world.

Share this quote on facebook [In a flashback, Kuribayashi is attending a dinner party in the United States]
Officer's wife: How would you feel if America and Japan went to war?
Kuribayashi: I think we'd make splendid allies.
Officer: I think she means as enemies.
Kuribayashi: (a little surprised) The United States is the last country in the world Japan should fight.

Share this quote on facebook [The Japanese have captured a wounded American Marine]
Lieutenant Okubo: Shall I finish him off?
Nishi: No. Treat him.
Lieutenant Okubo: But, sir -
Nishi: Okubo, you would expect the same, wouldn't you? Endo, treat him.
Medic Endo: We are low on morphine as it is.
Shimizu: Sir, the Americans would not treat a wounded Japanese soldier.
Nishi: Son, have you ever met one? Treat him. [Shimizu is lost for words]

Share this quote on facebook [Two Japanese soldiers surrender to an American patrol and two US marines are left to watch over the two new POWs]
American marine A: Oh man. We're not gonna get stuck watching 'em all night, don't we? You're going to take them down to the beach?
American marine B: Are you kidding? They're sitting ducks, those two... I got a better idea.
[American marine B walks up to the two Japanese POWs, raises his M1 Garand rifle and shoots both of them dead]

Share this quote on facebook Endo: [about their prisoner] Sir, he's awake.
Takeichi Nishi: [in English] Where are you from, soldier?
Sam: [nervously] I-I'm a Marine. Able Company.
Takeichi Nishi: OK, Marine. I mean, where is your hometown? [pause] I lived in California, for a while. Do you know Mary Pickford and Douglass Fairbanks?
Sam: [puzzled] W-well, yeah, sure. Everybody knows them.
Takeichi Nishi: They are my friends. I've had them as house-guests, in Tokyo.
Sam: No kidding. You, you somebody famous?
Takechi Nishi: I was in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
Sam: That the God's honest truth?
Takeichi Nishi: [smiles, pulls out a photo] This is a picture of me, and my horse champion.
Sam: [views the picture and chuckles] No kidding! [pause] Oklahoma, it's where I'm from.
Takeichi Nishi: Takeichi.
Sam: Sam. [they shake hands]

Share this quote on facebook General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: [Tadamichi turns up in time to stop Ito from beheading Saigo and Shimizu] I don't want you to kill my soldiers needlessly. Put down your sword. Put it down!
[Ito sheathes his katana and salutes]
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: What's going on here?
Lieutenant Ito: These men ran from Suribachi.
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: Lt. Ito, I gave the order that all survivors retreat to the north caves.
Lieutenant Ito: I am very sorry, General. It's just... Suribachi... has fallen.
[Tadamichi rushes to a cave opening and sees Mount Suribachi from a distance, with a U.S flag raised on the summit]

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Share this quote on facebook The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.

Share this quote on facebook From Clint Eastwood, director of Flags of Our Fathers, the battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.

Share this quote on facebook From the director of "Flags of our Fathers" comes the story of the battle for Iwo Jima told through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.