26 quotes found
"I'm someone... who wasn't supposed to live."
"[after Noriko's funeral, to the pictures] You can't forgive me. Is that it? It's my fault... for thinking I could dream again."
"My war isn't over yet."
"[referring to Akiko] I want to protect her future. I will stop Godzilla no matter what."
"I forbid you to die!"
"Is that... Godzilla?"
"Is your war finally over?"
"[to Shikishima] Live."
"Come to think of it this country has treated life far too cheaply. Poorly armored tanks. Poor supply chains resulting in half of all deaths from starvation and disease. Fighter planes built without ejection seats and finally, kamikaze and suicide attacks. That's why this time I'd take pride in a citizen led effort that sacrifices no lives at all! This next battle is not one waged to the death, but a battle to live for the future."
"This country never changes. Perhaps it can't."
"To have never gone to war is something to be proud of."
"Godzilla looks really ticked off."
"[after seeing the size and strength of Godzilla] Okay, never mind."
"[leading the tugboat armada] The useless to the rescue!"
"How is this possible? Weren't you a kamikaze pilot? You have the nerve to show your face? You're a disgrace! Look at what happened because of cowards like you! If you'd only done your job, my children wouldn't have died."
"Unnamed mechanic: [to Shikishima, privately] I'm on your side. We need more people like you. Why obey an order to 'die honorably' when the outcome is already clear?"
"Moustached man: Why are we always the ones drawing the short straw? We got enough of that in the war."
"Ryunosuke Kamiki - Kōichi Shikishima"
"Minami Hamabe - Noriko Ōishi"
"Yuki Yamada - Shirō Mizushima"
"Munetaka Aoki - Sōsaku Tachibana"
"Hidetaka Yoshioka - Kenji Noda"
"Sakura Ando - Sumiko Ōta, Shikishima's neighbor"
"Kuranosuke Sasaki - Yōji Akitsu, captain of the Shinsei Maru"
"Sae Nagatani - Akiko, Ōishi and Shikishima's adopted daughter"
"Mio Tanaka - Tatsuo Hotta, captain of the destroyer Yukikaze"