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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 JimaDo what is right because it is right. — Letters from Iwo Jima
"Do what is right because it is right."
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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
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"[Convincing Shimizu not to kill himself] We can die here, or we can continue fighting. Which would better serve the emperor?"
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"Kuribayashi belongs behind a desk, not fighting a war."
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"[On Kuribayashi] He studied the Americans, so he knows how to beat them."
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"[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?"
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"Damn this island! The Americans can have it."
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