Restless (I) (2011)

Ryô Kase: Hiroshi Takahashi

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• Hiroshi Takahashi : As I write this letter, the ocean breeze feels cool on my skin. That very ocean is soon to be my grave. They tell me I will die a hero. That the safety and honor of my country will be the reward for my sacrifice. I pray they are right. My only regret in life is never telling you how I feel. I wish I were back home. I wish I were holding your hand. I wish I were telling you that I have loved you, and only you, since I was a boy. But I'm not. I see now that death is easy. It is love that is hard. As my plane dives, I will not see the face of my enemies. I will instead see your eyes, like black rocks frozen in rainwater. They tell us that we must scream, "Banzai," as we plunge into our target. I will instead whisper your name. And in death, as in life, I will remain forever yours.

• Hiroshi Takahashi : We have so little time to say the things we mean.

• Enoch Brae : He says he likes your jacket.

  Hiroshi Takahashi : No, I didn't!

  Annabel Cotton : Thank you, Hiroshi.

  Enoch Brae : He says he thinks you look really nice.

  Hiroshi Takahashi : I still don't know why she's dressed like a boy.

  Annabel Cotton : He's very complimentary.

  Enoch Brae : He's a friendly ghost.

• Hiroshi Takahashi : I saw a Mitsubishi car today.

  Enoch Brae : So what?

  Hiroshi Takahashi : I used to fly a Mitsubishi.

  Enoch Brae : You mean you used to crash a Mitsubishi.

  Hiroshi Takahashi : Only once. A-5.

  Enoch Brae : How do you get my battleship so quickly?

  Hiroshi Takahashi : Instinct.

• Hiroshi Takahashi : [to Enoch]  Maybe you should stop going to strangers' funerals.

• Hiroshi Takahashi : You have no respect for the dead. You have no respect for anything.

• Hiroshi Takahashi : White people. You have to grab everything.