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Originally Posted by Renall
The main problem with the red guts line is it seems to characterize the person to whom Kinzo is speaking (or rather, the person speaking to him) differently from the officer's portrayal in Kinzo's story, where he was a greedy schemer of the exact sort he appears to be accusing Kinzo of being in the dialogue.
Now, we don't actually know who this person is, but odds-on betting seems to point toward a Japanese soldier of some sort, and there was really only one of them introduced in any meaningful role.
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And also one obsessed with following Military protocol to cover up his fear.
"As I could see their rage covering up their cowardice, the reverse was true etc etc" or something like that. It could have been him reacting that way out of fear of getting his hands dirty rather than any code of honor.
The scene is really ambiguous enough to allow for either interpretation.