They sacrifice themselves like samurai, these Americans

There was something about Shigeta's Nagumo that's dare I say it - was moving. Even if it is cringey to hear him speak in English, he delivers great lines like "Fifteen brave crews...they sacrifice themselves like Samurai, these Americans" - as if seeing the Americans he is fighting as being no different than his own Japanese crews. I actually felt awful for him in his last scene where the Akagi is bombed. Where he is told, "Admiral, you must transfer your flag. The cruiser Nagara is close by," and he can barley get the words out, "Advise Admiral Yamaguchi", you actually see in that moment, that he knows Japan has lost the war. Of course, the film does remind the viewer that Japan has to lose the war for its own good.