<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UKaji ucelwa ukuba ahole iqembu labaqashiwe abasha futhi akhushulwe abe yisosha eliyisigaba sokuqala. Wamukela isabelo sakhe ngesimo sokuthi amadoda akhe ayohlukaniswa neqembu labacibisheli abangomakadebona, abenza unya olukhulu njengesijeziso ngenxa yamacala amancane kakhulu. Ngokuvamile ethatha isijeziso samadoda akhe, uKaji uqobo ushaywa kaningi yilaba bagqugquzeli, naphezu kobudlelwano bakhe bomuntu siqu no-Second Lieutenant Kageyama. Edikibaliswe ukuwa kwe-Okinawa futhi elwa njalo nama-veteran, uKaji neningi lamadoda akhe bathunyelwa emsebenzini wokumba umgodi inyanga yonke. Umsebenzi wabo uphazanyiswa ukuhlasela kwebutho laseSoviet  <response>: okuholela ekulahlekelweni okukhulu kwamaJapane nokufa kukaKageyama. Ephoqeleka ukuba avikele indawo eyisicaba enezivikelo ezincane nezikhali ezilula, amabutho aseJapane ahlaselwa amathangi aseSoviet, futhi kubulawa amadoda amaningi. UKaji usinda empini, kodwa uphoqeleka ukuba abulale isosha laseJapane elihlanyayo ngezandla zakhe ukuze avimbele amasosha aseSoviet ekutholeni indawo yakhe. Le filimu iphela ngoKaji ememeza ethi Ngiyisilo, kodwa ngisaphila! futhi egijima efuna abanye abasindile baseJapane. 