An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Chishû Ryû: Shuhei Hirayama
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Quotes
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[last lines]
[English subtitled version]
Shuhei Hirayama : I'm all alone.
Shuhei Hirayama : [singing] Floating castles guard the Land of the Rising Sun...
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[English subtitled version]
Yoshitaro Sakamoto : If Japan had won the war, how would things be?
Shuhei Hirayama : I wonder.
Yoshitaro Sakamoto : More whiskey! Bring us the whole bottle. If we'd won, we'd both be in New York now. New York. And not just a pachinko parlor called New York. The real thing!
Shuhei Hirayama : Think so?
Yoshitaro Sakamoto : Absolutely. Because we lost, our kids dance around and shake their rumps to American records. But if we had won, the blue-eyed ones would have chignon hairdos and chew gum while plunking tunes on the shamisen.
Shuhei Hirayama : But I think it's good we lost.
Yoshitaro Sakamoto : You think? Yeah, maybe you're right. The dumb militarists can't bully us anymore.
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[English subtitled version]
Kazuo Hirayama : There's a girl I like.
Shuhei Hirayama : There is?
Kazuo Hirayama : Yes. Tomiko Shimizu.
Shuhei Hirayama : Where's she from?
Kazuo Hirayama : I don't know. But I talk to her sometimes.
Shuhei Hirayama : What does she do?
Kazuo Hirayama : She's a conductor on my bus. She's tiny, plump and cute.
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Shuhei Hirayama : Be a good wife. And be happy.
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Shuhei Hirayama : Probably best to let her marry the man she likes. She'll be happier that way.
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Shuzo Kawai : How old is Michiko now?
Shuhei Hirayama : She's twenty-four. Why?
Shuzo Kawai : I've found a good prospect. Interested?
Shuhei Hirayama : A prospect?
Shuzo Kawai : For marriage. My wife found him. She's quite impressed. Fresh out of medical school. He's an intern there now. About 29, I think she said. What do you say?
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Shin Horie : I won't shout it from the rooftops, but it's pretty nice.
Shuzo Kawai : What is?
Shin Horie : Having a young wife. It works out quite nicely.
Shuzo Kawai : Listen to you!
Shin Horie : No, I'm serious. It's true.
Shuhei Hirayama : How old is she?
Shin Horie : Three years older than my daughter. What of it?
Shuzo Kawai : Lucky bastard.
Shin Horie : That's right. And it's great.
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Shuhei Hirayama : Was your wife angry the other day?
Shuzo Kawai : Not at all. She was amused.
Shuhei Hirayama : Sake makes me too honest.
Shuzo Kawai : You and me both.
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Michiko Hirayama : You stink of booze again.
Shuhei Hirayama : I didn't have much.
Michiko Hirayama : I wonder.
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Shuhei Hirayama : I never would've thought he lived in a place like that.
Shin Horie : That's fate for you.
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Yoshitaro Sakamoto : Sir, how come we lost the war?
Shuhei Hirayama : Good question.
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Michiko Hirayama : You've been drinking again.
Shuhei Hirayama : I didn't have much.
Michiko Hirayama : Yes, you did.
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Shuhei Hirayama : You ready to get married?
Michiko Hirayama : What?
Shuhei Hirayama : Marriage. Are you ready?
Michiko Hirayama : Don't be silly.
Shuhei Hirayama : I mean it. I'm serious.
Michiko Hirayama : Father, you're drunk again.
Shuhei Hirayama : I did have a few drinks, but I'm serious.
Michiko Hirayama : Probably more than a few.
