Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Tsuyoshi Ihara: Baron Nishi

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Quotes 

• Baron Nishi : [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.

• Lieutenant Okubo : Shall I finish him off?

  Baron Nishi : No. Treat him.

  Lieutenant Okubo : But, sir...

  Baron Nishi : Okubo, you would expect the same, wouldn't you? Endo, treat him.

  Medic Endo : We are low on morphine as it is.

  Shimizu : Sir, the Americans would not treat a wounded Japanese soldier.

  Baron Nishi : Son, have you ever met one? Treat him.

  [Shimizu is lost for words] 

• Baron Nishi : This is a picture of me and my horse champion.

  Sam : [Sam smiles and chuckles]  No kidding. Oklahoma, it's where I'm from.

  Baron Nishi : Takeichi.

  Sam : Sam.

  [Both men shake hands]