Destination Tokyo (1943)
Warner Anderson: Andy
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Capt. Cassidy : There was a democratic movement in Japan after the last war. What happened?
Reserve Officer Raymond : The leaders were assassinated.
Andy - Executive Officer : Well, what about the people?
Capt. Cassidy : They have no voice now. Starvation is the big stick, isn't it, Raymond?
Reserve Officer Raymond : That's right, sir. The big wage is seven dollars a week. They have no unions, no free press... nothing.
Capt. Cassidy : They do what they're told.
Reserve Officer Raymond : I'm afraid most of them believe what they're told - like that "hero" who knifed your torpedo man. They've been sold a swindle, and they accept it.
Andy - Executive Officer : But how can they support such big families on seven bucks a week?
Reserve Officer Raymond : They don't. Daughters of the poor are often sold to factories, or... worse - when they're about 12.
Capt. Cassidy : Females are useful there only to work or to have children. The Japs don't understand the love we have for our women. They don't even have a word for it in their language.