“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

“- Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura: Ito, take a landing party ashore and determine our position!
- Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt: Captain, you are insane.
- Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura: These men are the descendants of Ninja Assassins. They will find Hollywood!”
Toshirō Mifune - Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
Sir Christopher Lee - Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

“You know, Memphis does look like Yokohama. Just more space. If you took away sixty percent of the buildings in Yokohama, it would look like this.”

Masatoshi Nagase - Jun

“- Dr. Rawlins: You admire the Japanese?
- Jim: Well, they're brave, aren't they?
- Dr. Rawlins: That's important, is it, Jim?
- Jim: It's a good thing if you want to win a war.
- Dr. Rawlins: But we don't want them to win, do we. Remember, we're British.”
Nigel Havers - Dr. Rawlins
Christian Bale - Jim

“- Col. 'Madman' Maddox: Winowski, a little tall for a Jap, wouldn't you say?
- Winowski: Yeah, but those Japs are sneaky bastards, sir. You never know.
- Col. 'Madman' Maddox: You're right. Check him for stilts.”
Warren Oates - Col. 'Madman' Maddox
Ronnie McMillan - Winowski