Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Hidetaka Yoshioka: Kenji Noda

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• Kenji Noda : Come to think of it this country has treated life far too cheaply. Poorly armored tanks. Poor supply chains resulting in half of all deaths from starvation and disease. Fighter planes built without ejection seats and finally, kamikaze and suicide attacks. That's why this time I'd take pride in a citizen led effort that sacrifices no lives at all! This next battle is not one waged to the death, but a battle to live for the future.

• Koichi Shikishima : It was like a prehistoric dinosaur turned monster. The local inhabitants called it "Godzilla."

  Kenji Noda : Godzilla.

  Seiji Akitsu : Nonsense. You were half asleep and saw an enemy tank.

  Koichi Shikishima : Believe me or not, something wiped out the entire garrison on Odo.

• Seiji Akitsu : Hey, are you our sharpshooter?

  Koichi Shikishima : I'm Shikishima.

  Seiji Akitsu : Sailor?

  Koichi Shikishima : Fighter pilot.

  Seiji Akitsu : What? This guy's useless.

  Shiro Mizushima : You're ex-airman?

  Seiji Akitsu : Just a military castoff. Worthless.

  Kenji Noda : Disappointed? Seeing this boat? The US and Imperial navies laid 60,000 mines off Japan's coasts. All kinds. But the worst are the American magnetic mines. Any approaching boats made of metal sets them off.

  Koichi Shikishima : Ah, hence the wood.

  Kenji Noda : The boy catches on fast. We mostly handle moored mines. But wood boats are the best countermeasures. I'm Noda. I developed naval weapons during the war. Boat captain, Akitsu, and Mizushima.

  Seiji Akitsu : "The Kid" and "Doc."

  Kenji Noda : Not found of that nickname.

  Shiro Mizushima : And I"m not a "kid."

  Seiji Akitsu : You're still green, so "Kid" it is.