Letters from Iwo Jima Quotes

[door opens]
Lead Woman: Congratulations! Your husband is going to war.
Saigo: Thank you very much. I'm happy to serve the country.
Lead Woman: [Lead Woman stares piercingly at Saigo and steps forward] Prayers for your eternal success at arms.
Hanako: [desperately] I beg of you! We have only each other.

Lead Woman: [Lead Woman shouts - scolding Hanako angrily] Mrs. Saigo! *This* is not the time.
[firmly]
Lead Woman: We have all sent our husbands and sons to war. We all have to do our part.
[looking down at Hanako's baby bump, and then... sympathetically]
Lead Woman: At least you'll have a little one to carry on

your name.
[Lead Woman bows with authority and walks away]