“A day will come when they will weep and pray for your souls. I will...” – General, Letters from Iwo Jima ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Letters from Iwo Jima 2006

General Ken Kensei

[to his men, right before a suicide charge]

A day will come when they will weep and pray for your souls. [unsheathes his katana] I will always be in front of you.

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