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"If you want my honest opinion, General, the best thing to do would be to sink this island to the bottom of the sea."
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Letters from Iwo Jima"Do what is right because it is right."
Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 American Japanese-language war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the same battle from the American viewpoint; the two films were shot back to back
"If you want my honest opinion, General, the best thing to do would be to sink this island to the bottom of the sea."
"[Convincing Shimizu not to kill himself] We can die here, or we can continue fighting. Which would better serve the emperor?"
"Kuribayashi belongs behind a desk, not fighting a war."
"[On Kuribayashi] He studied the Americans, so he knows how to beat them."
"[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?"
"Damn this island! The Americans can have it."