Kōichi Shikishima
[after Noriko's funeral, to the pictures]
You can't forgive me. Is that it? It's my fault... for thinking I could dream again.
A line from Kōichi Shikishima
I'm someone... who wasn't supposed to live.
More lines from Kōichi Shikishima
3 quotes
Kōichi Shikishima
My war isn't over yet.
Kōichi Shikishima
[referring to Akiko]
I want to protect her future. I will stop Godzilla no matter what.
Scenes with Kōichi Shikishima
5 scenes
Kōichi Shikishima
After you're done (feeding the baby), you're leaving.
Noriko Ōishi
[sarcastically, to the baby]
Hear that? He's so mean and scary.
Shirō "Kid" Mizushima
You didn't (see any combat)? That makes Shikishima and me equals.
Captain Yōji Akitsu
You can't fly a plane.
Shirō "Kid" Mizushima
If I'd gone to war, I would've learned. If only it had lasted longer.
Kōichi Shikishima
[Shikishima grabs the front of the Kid's shirt and looks him straight in the eye.]
You better not mean that.
Shirō "Kid" Mizushima
[suddenly contrite]
No, sorry.
Akiko
Daddy
Kōichi Shikishima
Akiko
Akiko
What?
Kōichi Shikishima
I told you. I'm not your father.
Shirō "Kid" Mizushima
Shikishima. Don't say that.
Kenji "Doc" Noda
That's truly harmful.
Captain Yōji Akitsu
[putting a hand on Shikishima's shoulder]
Fate has brought you together as a family. Accept it. Embrace it.
Shirō "Kid" Mizushima
[cheerfully]
Make them happy!
Kōichi Shikishima
Enough! I don't want that.
Captain Yōji Akitsu
Why not? [The question is left hanging.]
Noriko Ōishi
[Shikishima has just confessed to Noriko about his being a failed kamikaze pilot and his encounters with Godzilla.]
Listen to me. Everyone who survived the war is meant to live.
Kōichi Shikishima
How do you know?!?
Noriko Ōishi
I just do! As flames took my parents, they ordered me to live. So whatever happens next, I know I must survive! That's kept me going.
Kōichi Shikishima
[becoming distraught]
I can't. They beckon to me in my dreams every night. "Hurry and come", they say. "Why are you still cheating death?"
Noriko Ōishi
It's just a dream. Ghosts you created.
Kōichi Shikishima
Maybe it's an illusion. What if I'm really dead already? I died long ago on that island and lie rotting. You and Akiko are just the last dream of a dead man. [breaks down] That must be it! It has to be!
Noriko Ōishi
[embracing Shikishima]
You are alive! You are alive, Koichi. [softly] Can't you feel it?
Captain Yōji Akitsu
You should have married her before. You knew how she felt.
Kōichi Shikishima
Don't you think I wanted that?
Captain Yōji Akitsu
Then why didn't you?
Kōichi Shikishima
Because... my war isn't over yet.