Price for Peace
2002 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 319 VOTES · DIR. James Moll
Overview
This powerful and thought provoking film chronicles the compelling events in the Pacific Theater of WWII, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the American occupation of Japan in 1945. It depicts the strength and courage of America's youth, while examining how these men and women dealt with being thrust into this brutal war. The film includes interviews with war veterans, both American and Japanese, from all branches of the military. It features testimony from medics, nurses, dog handlers, as well as Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned at internment camps in the United States. The film also includes a first hand account of the tragic impact of the atomic bomb on Japanese citizens. Among the veterans who appear is Zenji Abe, a Japanese veteran who flew the mission to bomb Pearl Harbor, and retired General Paul Tibbets who flew the mission to bomb Hiroshima.
Dialogue Timeline — 975 lines
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00:00:27 [Man] When people think about war
00:03:57 will win through to absolute victory.
00:06:45 Most people who volunteered had a choice of Navy, Marines, Army.
00:09:20 and the Americans were now beginning to build.
00:12:24 My wife was a welder, and she worked in the bottom of a ship 40 feet down.
00:15:50 [Henley] It was a long time aboard a ship. You lay out on deck in the day
00:19:06 [Snowden] There were over 100 D-Days in the Pacific
00:21:51 and as I hit the beach, I saw bodies and body parts all over the beach.
00:25:52 Crazy, but that's the only way.
00:29:13 "Yeah, I know it hurts, but goddamn, just think if it was worse!"
00:32:40 and my sister just passed out from shock.
00:36:12 I felt honored to fight against the Americans...
00:39:57 but they weren't anything remotely like those Kamikaze attacks.
00:43:16 I saw men, when their dogs got killed, take the body of the dog in their arms
00:47:12 But as I'm looking at my rifle, trying to unjam this thing
00:50:42 [Nuernberg] When I pulled the trigger, it was a target.
00:55:02 so the Americans treated our injured.
00:59:18 The airplane was quiet.
01:03:05 but I'd say that it was probably the best decision ever made
01:06:28 It's been a long, long time
01:09:23 and for them to tell us, "Job well done."
01:12:52 A dead soldier is a basic hero, I think.
01:17:16 And we like to keep those friendships going
01:21:25 maybe I'll be able to spend a year or two of all-night sleep...