“Let me state clearly what principles are involved for Japan. We neither, possess, nor use, nuclear weapons. That being the case we cannot permit their use now. That's final.”
Keiju Kobayashi - Prime Minister Mitamura

“Japan has surrendered, brought to its knees by the most terrible weapon ever devised: the atomic bomb. The country is a smoking ruin.”

Matthew Fox - General Bonner Fellers

“Bombs! I don't hear any bombs! Now they're up there. They came all the way from Asia. Don't you think they'd bring a few bombs along?”
Robert Stack - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

“- Nick Conklin: Just hope they got a Nip in this building who speaks fucking English.
- Matsumoto Masahiro: Assistant inspector Matsumoto Masahiro, criminal investigation section, Osaka prefecture police. And I do speak fucking English.”
Michael Douglas - Nick Conklin
Ken Takakura - Matsumoto Masahiro

“Perhaps you should think less of yourself and more of your group, try to work like in Japanese. I grew up with your soldiers; you were wise then. Now - music and movies are all America is good for. We make the machines, we build the future, we won the peace.”

Ken Takakura - Matsumoto Masahiro