Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) quotes

Cast
Ken Watanabe.
Kazunari Ninomiya.
Tsuyoshi Ihara.

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

I will always be in front of you.
– General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

If our children can live safely for one more day it would be worth the one more day that we defend this island.
– General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

[reading the letter from the mother of Sam, the dead marine] Remember what I said to you: always do what’s right because it is right.
– Baron Nishi

For our homeland. Until the very last man. Our duty is to stop the enemy right here. Do not expect to return home alive.
– General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

I am determined to serve and give my life for my country.
– General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

We can die here, or we can continue fighting. Which would better serve the emperor?
– Saigo

I don’t know anything about the enemy. I thought all Americans were cowards. I was taught they were savages.
– Shimizu

We will build those underground fortifications. And fight till the end.
– General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

The United States is the *last* country in the world that Japan should fight.
– General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

Everything happens in threes.
– General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

You are quite a soldier.
– General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
No, just a simple baker
– Saigo

A day will come when they will weep and pray for your souls.
– General Tadamichi Kuribayashi