I remember going to this movie in Iwakuni, Japan with a business partner of mine named Yuka Kato, she was the one that got away due to me ignorance and selfishness love ideas. She took me to this movie when it came out in the movies... it was so personal and yet, I was to immature to notice what the messages she was sending me... I lost her forever due to this misunderstanding of her commitment. And the the man she married became a better man than I was at that age and he won her hand in marriage. This movie really hurts my heart whenever I watch it... it is so personal to me.... I remember the scene when the African American Naval man the he played just could not understand the Japanese culture and wanted the young woman to acknowledge he separation from what is Japanese cultural behaviors. Yuka reminded me of this in the years that came after we went our separate ways... Although, I was a Marine Sergeant I had the power to make thinks right but I was just to immature for her to hang-on to.... I was just as selfish as this young man in this movie and I know it but was not man enough to tomface those facts.... This movie hit home in so many ways I am tearing up at the age of 62... 30+ years after the fact... she was the one that was the prize in this movie and it still hurts me to watch it even now...
