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* FridgeHorror: The American soldier, "Sam", wounded by Colonel Nishi then brought in is clearly scared shitless. He would have no doubt heard stories (all of them true, unfortunately) of Japanese soldiers brutality towards POW's (or seen the results first-hand), but FreezeFrameBonus reveals he is also a ''flamethrower operator.'' In the Soviet-German and Japanese-American theatres, extraordinarily few flamethrower-men were ever taken prisoner.
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* FridgeHorror: The American soldier, "Sam", wounded by Colonel Nishi Lt. Okubo then brought in is clearly scared shitless. He would have no doubt heard stories (all of them true, unfortunately) of Japanese soldiers brutality towards POW's (or seen the results first-hand), but FreezeFrameBonus reveals he is also a ''flamethrower operator.'' In the Soviet-German and Japanese-American theatres, extraordinarily few flamethrower-men were ever taken prisoner.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Lt. Ito: Some characters think he was a DirtyCoward, but he was genuinely trying to ambush a tank it just so happened that none came his way.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Lt. Ito: Ito. Some characters think he was a DirtyCoward, but he was genuinely trying to ambush a tank it tank. It just so happened that none came his way.
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** After Sam's death, when his mother's letter is read to the cave soldiers, reminding them that their enemy is as human as they are.
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** After Sam's death, when his mother's letter is read to the cave soldiers, reminding them that their enemy is as human as they are.are.
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* MagnificentBastard: General Kuribayashi is an experienced officer in the Imperial Japanese Army who firmly believes in the principle of MyCountryRightOrWrong. As a worldly OfficerAndAGentleman who unlike many of his colleagues has actually visited the United States, Kuribayashi is firmly aware of the awesome American industrial and military strength and consigns himself to defending the island of Iwo Jima in a LastStand. Kuribayashi's defensive tactics by utilizing Mount Suribachi's cave network and forbidding his soldiers from killing themselves or engaging in suicide attacks ends up causing disproportionately high casualties among the invaders. Fatally wounded after Kuribayashi and his last men charge the Americans, he instructs a peasant soldier he befriended during the battle with hiding his body from the enemy. Despite fighting for a losing genocidal empire, Kuribayashi retains an astonishing sense of dignity and military cunning.
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* MagnificentBastard: General Kuribayashi is an experienced officer in the Imperial Japanese Army who firmly believes in the principle of MyCountryRightOrWrong. As a worldly OfficerAndAGentleman who unlike many of his colleagues has actually visited the United States, Kuribayashi is firmly aware of the awesome American industrial and military strength and consigns himself to defending the island of Iwo Jima in a LastStand. He also fully acknowledges that he has no hopes of repelling the Americans and will be defeated sooner or later, but decides to fight to the last drop of blood anyway, reasoning that if it means his homeland and his people will be safe for a few days longer, he's up to the task. Kuribayashi's defensive tactics by utilizing Mount Suribachi's cave network and forbidding his soldiers from killing themselves or engaging in suicide attacks ends up causing disproportionately high casualties among the invaders. Fatally wounded after Kuribayashi and his last men charge the Americans, he instructs a peasant soldier he befriended during the battle with hiding his body from the enemy. Despite fighting for a losing genocidal empire, Kuribayashi retains an astonishing sense of dignity and military cunning.
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** When the movie is nearing to an end and Japanese resistance is all but crushed, General Kuribayashi has a poignant flashback of his visit to the United States prior to war. He met his American friend, who presented him with a gift -- a custom-made, beautifully crafted M1911 pistol with ivory grip which the General is [[TragicKeepsake still carrying to this day]]. During dinner, they consider the possibility of Japan and USA being involved in open war and Kuribayashi expresses his firm belief that they would fight in it as loyal allies. When asked directly by his friend's wife what he would do if they were enemies instead and Kuribayashi met her husband in the battlefield, the General (still an ordinary officer at the time) [[BrutalHonesty bluntly and honestly]] replies that he would fulfill his duty as a soldier and shoot him. His friend's wife takes it in a joking manner, laughing and telling her husband he's already dead. Kuribayashi fervently claims [[TemptingFate that is never ever going to occur]]... then we've got a cut to present, where a war scenario between Japan and United States is exactly what happened. This perfectly underscores how nonsensical this entire war is and how people who could've been friends end up as enemies because of somebody else's sick ambitions.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: War is bad, and the other side is human as well.[[note]]Explains why Eastwood had to make this alongside ''Flags of Our Fathers'', now doesn't it?[[/note]] This is shown when they read a captured Marine's letter from his mother.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: War is bad, and the other side is human as well. This is shown when they read a captured Marine's letter from his mother.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: War is bad, and the other side is human as well. [[note]]Explains why Eastwood had to make this alongside ''Flags of Our Fathers'', now doesn't it?[[/note]] This is shown when they read a captured Marine's letter from his mother.
