Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Kazunari Ninomiya: Saigo
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Quotes
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Saigo : We can die here, or we can continue fighting. Which would better serve the emperor?
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General Tadamichi Kuribayashi : You are quite a soldier
Saigo : No, just a simple baker
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Saigo : [a letter to Saigo's 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?
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[door opens]
Lead Woman : Congratulations! Your husband is going to war.
Saigo : Thank you very much. I'm happy to serve the country.
Lead Woman : [Lead Woman stares piercingly at Saigo and steps forward] Prayers for your eternal success at arms.
Hanako : [desperately] I beg of you! We have only each other.
Lead Woman : [Lead Woman shouts - scolding Hanako angrily] Mrs. Saigo! *This* is not the time.
[firmly]
Lead Woman : We have all sent our husbands and sons to war. We all have to do our part.
[looking down at Hanako's baby bump, and then... sympathetically]
Lead Woman : At least you'll have a little one to carry on your name.
[Lead Woman bows with authority and walks away]
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Saigo : He studied the Americans. So he knows how to beat them.
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Saigo : Thank you very much. I'm happy to serve the country.