Late Spring (1949)
Jun Usami: Shôichi Hattori
Quotes
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Noriko Somiya : So which type am I?
Shôichi Hattori : Let's see. I'd say you're not the jealous type.
Noriko Somiya : Oh, but I am.
Shôichi Hattori : You sure?
Noriko Somiya : As the saying goes, when I slice pickled radish, it comes out all strung together.
Shôichi Hattori : That's a matter of the relative interaction between you and the knife. There's no logical connection between pickled radish and jealousy, now is there?
Noriko Somiya : So you like pickles strung together?
Shôichi Hattori : At times I wouldn't mind them.
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Shôichi Hattori : Here it is. "Friedrich List." You're right, there's no Z. L-I-S-T.
Shukichi Somiya : That's what I thought. Liszt was the musician.
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Shôichi Hattori : Young people have changed so much since our day. Take that bride last night. She comes from a good family, yet she plowed into the food and even drank sake. Gobbling up sashimi with that big painted mouth. I was shocked.
Shukichi Somiya : Of course she ate. Food was scarce for so long.
Shôichi Hattori : At my wedding, I was too filled with gratitude to eat a single rice ball.
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Shôichi Hattori : It was raining a bit last night. I was worried.
Shukichi Somiya : Fortunately the weather cleared.