Scandal (1950)

Toshirô Mifune: Ichirô Aoye

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• Ichirô Aoye : Let me be honest. I won't through clichés at a child as special as you. I already know that your father is deceiving me. But it's not because he's a bad person. He's just weak.

  [His voice chokes as he says] 

  Ichirô Aoye : He won't go through with it. I have faith in him. You must, too. I swear I won't let your father go through with it. Otherwise I'd never have hired him. It's all right. Don't worry.

• Otokichi Hiruta : [drunkenly]  Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas!

  Ichirô Aoye : Old man, look! It's a miracle!

  Otokichi Hiruta : Merry Christmas.

  Ichirô Aoye : Look! Stars have fallen down into that filthy pond. Old man, doesn't that bring tears to your eyes? Glittering stars in the midst of this filthy town! And a worthless old crook like you with a daughter as pure as the stars.

• Otokichi Hiruta : She's as pure as a star - a real star. But me, I was a dog in my past life!

  Ichirô Aoye : Quiet! Someday even you may turn into a star. You may shine too. We mortals can't imagine how generous the gods might be.

  [he blows into a party horn] 

  Otokichi Hiruta : [in English]  Merry Christmas, everybody!

• Ichirô Aoye : I have my own style. Do you ask advice on how to make love to your wife?

• Ichirô Aoye : What I love about bikes is that sense of not giving a damn. It feels good to be rude!

• Ichirô Aoye : Did you come here for a little break?

  Miyako Saijo : Yes. I've had to deal with so many annoyances.

  Ichirô Aoye : That's the price you pay for being so famous. It must be tiring having people gape at you.

• Ichirô Aoye : Aren't you Miyako Saijo?

  Miyako Saijo : Yes.

  Ichirô Aoye : I couldn't place you until I heard the maids gabbing. You have such big eyes.

• Sumie : You're not the type for scandals. Now, Mr. Kawamura -- he's different. But you're safe. I'm very picky about whom I pose nude for. But I never worried with you. You haven't done any nudes for a while. Am I such a lost cause?

  Ichirô Aoye : No, not at all.

  Sumie : It's all right. It's true what they say about giving birth. My stomach got all flabby. But if you want to paint nudes, feel free to use other models. Don't worry about me. It would be hard to find another client like you, but I'm sure I'd get by.

  Ichirô Aoye : It's not that. Stop being foolish. I'm beginning to have doubt about nude art in Japan. We lack both the tradition and the healthy spirit to accept the naked body. People say our nudes lack proportion. What they really lack is spirit.

  Sumie : I get it. You hatch these crazy theories to save me embarrassment.

• Ichirô Aoye : I regret to say that I am not Miss Saijo's lover. The whole story is a lie. Would I hide such a beautiful lover?

• Ichirô Aoye : A wonderful kid. The gods were in good spirits when they made her. Pure as the stars in the sky.

• Ichirô Aoye : What's wrong? Got a cold?

  Masako Hiruta : No, tuberculosis. I've been in bed for five years. I've gotten used to it. People think I must be bored, but my imagination keeps me busy. Even in this tiny garden, flowers bloom, clouds pass overhead, little birds twitter around.

• Ichirô Aoye : It's Christmas. Let's have turkey.

  Otokichi Hiruta : You're too young to know. In this place, the turkey and the chicken are the same thing. Only the price is different.