Shoot him!
- What's the matter? - We're out of buIIets!
We are Iosing Suribachi.
AII is Iost. Request permission to Iead a suicide mission.
No. You must try to hoId them off.
Do what you can to survive and join forces in the north caves.
But, sir...
I have faiIed to hoId Suribachi.
Permit me to die with honor with my men.
No, CoIoneI.
This is an order!
Adachi.
Adachi!
Sir, Captain Tanida requests machine guns.
It's over.
Suicide...
That's the onIy thing Ieft.
But--
Here, take this to your commander.
I heard GeneraI Kuribayashi order CoIoneI Adachi to escape.
Quiet!
Escape is the coward's way.
Sit down!
Men...
we are...
honorabIe soIdiers of the Emperor.
Don't ever forget that.
The onIy way Ieft for us...
is to die with honor.
This is our fate...
to find our pIace at Yasukuni Shrine.
I'II see you there.
SoIdiers, fareweII!
Stop!
You shouId die Iike an honorabIe soIdier.
Look, Shimizu...
we can stiII join the troops in the northern caves.
Our orders are to stay here untiI death.
I heard GeneraI Kuribayashi himseIf.
That's what he said...
over the radio.
It's true.
We can die here...
or we can continue fighting.
Which wouId better serve the Emperor?
Which one?
Where does this go?
It wiII take us cIoser to Motoyama.
Do you have orders to move back?
Where are the rest of your men?
AII dead.
It's the same with us.
There shouId be an outIet somewhere near here.
Be quiet!
So you thought you couId bIow us up, or burn us aIive, did you?
- Have we heard from Suribachi? - No, sir.
Send a messenger!
Lieutenant Oiso has ordered us to rendezvous at the east cave.
We wiII make a run for Motoyama.
There is no cover for two kiIometers.
It wiII be every man for himseIf.
See you on the other side.
If not on this earth, then in the next worId.
Don't run with the herd. That's where the enemy wiII fire.
Stay back.
That's cowardice!
There is no use for a dead soIdier.
Wait untiI the fIare is gone.
CrawI forward.
What happened to the messenger?
He never came back.
I wiII go to Adachi myseIf.
Motoyama's transmitter stiII works, GeneraI.
Why not try there, sir?
Sir, these men retreated from Mt. Suribachi.
What are your names?
Saigo, from the 31 2th.
Shimizu, reporting for duty.
You escaped from Suribachi?
How dare you!
It was your duty to stay in your position untiI death.
You shouId have died...
with your feIIow troop members.
You are both a disgrace.
Get on your knees.
- But, sir-- - I said, get on your knees!
I don't want you to kiII my soIdiers needIessIy.
Put down your sword.
Put it down!
What's going on here?
These men ran from Suribachi.
Lt. Ito, I gave the order that aII survivors retreat to the north caves.
I am very sorry, GeneraI.
It's just...
Suribachi...
has faIIen.
Now that Suribachi has been taken...
the enemy wiII maneuver aII forces onto the hiIIside.
We must move our command center north, sir.
Ito...
fight for your faIIen brethren...
untiI the end.
Get up!
Major GeneraI Hayashi is Ieading an attack.
We are to join him.
Kuribayashi's orders are to remain in the caves.
Lieutenant Ito says Kuribayashi is a weak American sympathizer.
We wiII take back Mt. Suribachi.
Where is Major GeneraI Hayashi?
We don't know, sir.
Who is in charge here?
I'm not sure.
Stay here untiI I determine the pIan of action.
We're dead.
PuII back!
We'II get reinforcements.
Why didn't your regiment join the attack?
Don't sit here Iike rats!
Come out of your caves and fight!
Where is your commander?
We haven't received the order to attack.
Didn't you receive the order from GeneraI Hayashi?
Kuribayashi countermanded Hayashi's order.
There is to be no attack.
We wiII take back Suribachi...
with or without Kuribayashi.
There are aIready troops on the attack. Get your men in order.
Lieutenant, may I remind you of your rank!
Your disrespect for senior officers...
puts your men at needIess risk.
I suggest you go back to your cave...
or hand over your men.
Enough.
We'II do it ourseIves.
That's against reguIations.
That's the officer who tried to kiII us. He doesn't care.
I won't go back.
I've had enough of cave fighting.
You men are now under Lieutenant CoIoneI Nishi's command.
I wiII throw myseIf under an enemy tank.
I wiII take out one of their machines.
Hurry.
What is the status?
A thousand men were Iost...
in a night attack aIong Chidori airfieId.
Why? I have given them strict orders not to kiII themseIves.
It seems that the order to retreat was not conveyed to aII sectors.
Hayashi.
Damn you!
And the American advancement?
A battaIion is headed north and we are fighting back aIong the west ridge.
Good. Once they cross the west ridge, they wiII be surrounded on three sides.
This just arrived.
Read it.
From headquarters...
''We regret that we are unabIe to send reinforcements to Iwo at this time.
We earnestIy hope you wiII fight honorabIy...
and die for your country.''
Bring him in.
ShaII I finish him off?
No. Treat him.
But, sir--
Okubo, you wouId expect the same, wouIdn't you?
Endo, treat him.
We are Iow on morphine as it is.
Sir, the Americans wouId not treat a wounded Japanese soIdier.
Son, have you ever met one?
Treat him.
Where are you, American tanks?
Come and get me!
How is the prisoner doing?
He is awake, sir.
I wiII question the prisoner for information.
Damn.
I've had enough of this.
I'm going to surrender.
Go ahead and arrest me.
I don't care anymore. That's what you were put here for, isn't it?
To report treasonous thoughts.
I was put here because...
I was discharged from the Kempeitai.
Discharged?
I had onIy been in service for five days.
Shimizu...
you must aIways be firm.
Any mercy and peopIe wiII take advantage of you.
That's unpatriotic.
Go sort it out, Shimizu.
You do not have the ImperiaI fIag properIy dispIayed.
I'm sorry.
My husband has gone to war and I couIdn't put it up myseIf.
It is unpatriotic not to have the fIag dispIayed.
If you heIp me, I'II put it up now.
Get that dog to shut up.
What was that, sir?
That dog is a nuisance. It is disruptive of Army communications.
I am very sorry, sir.
Shimizu. Dispose of the dog.
We can't have a dog interfering with important miIitary commands.
Take the dog in the back.
It's onIy a dog.
It won't happen again.
Take it out back.
Keep the chiIdren inside.
Hurry up.
Take the dog into the house and keep him quiet...
and never Iet him out.
It's taken care of, sir.
Are you trying to make a fooI out of me?
If you can't even shoot a dog, you'II never be abIe to handIe the Reds.
You are unpatriotic!
I was discharged for insubordination...
and sent here.
Don't Iook so gIum, Shimizu.
At Ieast now onIy the enemy hates you.
I don't bIame the dog.
Taro...
tonight I attended my farewell party.
The wives also attended, so there was a lot of fuss.
Greeting all the ladies...
kept me from enjoying the food.
Is there any information of the enemy's pIan?
No, it's just a Ietter.
It's from his mother.
''Sam...
I have maiIed you a coupIe of books to read.
I hope that you Iike them.
Yesterday...
the dogs dug a hoIe under the fence.
They ran aII over the neighborhood.
By the time we found them...
the Harrisons' roosters were terrorized.
Don't worry about us.
Just take care of yourseIf and come back safeIy.
Remember what I said to you...
aIways do what is right...
because it is right.
I pray for a speedy end to the war...
and your safe return.
Love, Mom.''
I'm sorry, sir. There is no more medicine.
It's aII right. I'm useIess now. Go heIp the others!
Okubo, come here.
How are we on ammunition?
Not good, sir.
Our mortars have been taken out...
and we're out of machine gun ammo.
We have onIy our rifIes.
Okubo...
you are now in charge of the men.
We can no Ionger hoId this area.
You must guide the rest of the men north.
Take whatever food and ammo we have Ieft.
What about you, sir?
I'm tired of sharing this cave with aII of you.
I'm a one-man show from here on out.
What are you taIking about, sir?
Your first order of business...
is to find some water.
Men...
do your best.
Do what is right...
because it is right.
Understood?
I wiII make sure that they send you medicine and food.
It has been a great honor...
to serve...
under you.
Hand me my rifIe.
I'm sorry, Okubo.
Why am I not getting any reports? Have we heard from AdmiraI Ichimaru?
- No, sir. - What about Nishi or Hayashi?
- Send out messengers! - We have. Many times.
None of them have come back.
You can't pIan strategy Iike this!
I have been thinking about what Lt. CoIoneI Nishi said.
He's right.
I don't know anything about the enemy.
I beIieved that the Americans were cowards...
but they weren't.
I was taught...
that they were savages...
but that American soIdier...
his mother's words...
were the same as my mother's.
I want to fuIfiII my duty for the generaI...
and our country...
but I don't want to die for nothing.
What do you think?
You...
haven't Iived enough to reaIize...
what you are sacrificing.
WiII you surrender with me?
CarefuI.
They'II notice if we Ieave together. You go first.
I'II make up an excuse.
After a whiIe, I'II teII them I'm going to check on you.
We'II be gone before they even notice.
Pretend that you have dysentery.
Give me your dysentery Iook.
I guess that'II have to do.
Where are you going?
I've got dysentery.
You're going to surrender, aren't you?
If you are, take me with you.
- I've had enough of this war. - Be quiet!
Where are you going?
He said he wasn't feeIing weII. It couId be dysentery.
You two! Stop!
Sir, maybe they got spooked.
Miura, you're on guard.
Make sure we have no more deserters.
What unit were you with?
Higashiyama 31 4th.
Did you hear...
I heard that they wouId give you a meaI.
A meaI...
That sounds good.
I'm from Yokohama, too.
After this is over, you can come visit me.
Lieutenant!
Let this be a Iesson to anyone eIse...
who wants to surrender.
We need to get through the crossfire to reach the north...
and join our forces at the front.
Listen.
We'II head for that cave and make our way from there.
Don't waste a buIIet!
Not a singIe one.
Don't shoot reckIessIy.
These are Nishi's troops and the survivors from Suribachi.
Are there no officers?
You aII did a good job making it here.
Fujita, water for them.
I'm sorry, sir. There is no more water.
I'm sorry.
At Ieast you can rest.
You Iook famiIiar.
You aImost Iost your head.
That was the second time you saved me.
The first time...
was the day you Ianded on the isIand.
Of course. I remember.
WeII, everything happens in threes.
Hanako...
This letter will probably never get to you...
but...
it comforts me to write.
For five days, we've been without water and food.
To survive...
we do unspeakable things.
There is no escape now.
But...
my only concern is for you and the baby.
Dig up some worms.
The battle is approaching its end...
and there is no more ammunition, no more water.
All the survivors will engage in a general attack.
I pray for the victory and safety of the Empire.
I bid you farewell.
For the country, I could not fulfill all of my duties.
Now that we have no ammunition, it is with regret that we must perish.
You made it aII the way from Suribachi?
That must have been quite a journey.
You are quite a soIdier.
No, sir.
I'm just a simpIe baker.
You were a baker?
Any famiIy?
A wife...
and a baby girI born Iast summer in Ohmiya.
I haven't met her yet.
It's strange.
I promised myseIf to fight untiI death for my famiIy...
but the thought of my famiIy makes it difficuIt to keep that promise.
A radio transmission from the homeIand.
For General Kuribayashi...
and his troops, who are fighting bravely for our country...
a song will be sung by the children of Nagano, which is Kuribayashi's hometown.
On the waves of the Pacific
down south from the Imperial City
a small lonely island floats
The fate of our Imperial country
lies in the hands of this island
Iwo Jima
As long as we stand
we shall feel safe, as the Imperial land
shall forever be at peace
We shall fight with pride and honor at any price
Our proud island
Iwo Jima
Do me a favor.
Stay here and burn aII these documents, and my miIitary chest.
Everything happens in threes.
We wiII make a generaI attack.
AIthough Japan has Iost...
one day...
our peopIe wiII praise your dedication.
A day wiII come when they wiII weep and pray for your souIs.
Be proud to die for your country.
I wiII aIways be in front of you.
No more.
Thank you, Fujita.
This is an order.
You again.
I have one more favor to ask of you.
Bury me...
so that no one wiII find me.
Taro...
I will be home soon.
I'm glad to be going back to Japan...
but I'm a bit sad to leave my friends behind.
I drove home...
but...
it's lonely driving all by myself.
Is this stiII Japanese soiI?
This is stiII Japan.
Be carefuI.
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