Nagase Quotes in The Railway Man (2013)

Nagase: You are a soldier, Lomax. You never surrendered.

Eric: I'm still at war.

Nagase: That's what I saw. So many murdered. So I will speak. I make pilgrimages. I work for... reconciliation. I will not let them forget the tragedy of war.

Eric: The what?

Nagase: The tragedy of war.

Eric: No, this wasn't a tragedy. This was a crime. You're not tragic. You're a criminal. You were an intelligent, educated man, and you did nothing.

Nagase: I tried to make amends.

Eric: You're living off this.

[indicating the war museum]

Eric: You're a criminal and a liar.

Eric: What do you tell people about what you did to us?

Nagase: We do not talk about it. No one will talk about it.

Eric: Nor do we. And you know why? Because no one would believe it. No one would believe what you did to us. You treated us like animals because we surrendered.