Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Tsugumi: Kumiko - Ueno Station 54
Quotes
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Kumiko : Everyone wants to be the champagne, not the glass. Everyone wants to be the flower, not the vase.
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Kumiko : Some will kill, some will be killed. That's the circle of life, though there are contradictions. There are no perfect circles anywhere in nature. But if you draw a circle with a compass and a big fat marker, a thick outline will make it seem perfect. I'll give you a sense of perfection, Tetsuzo. You can be a lion. I'll be a rabbit. I don't need thick outlines. My metal box is starting to rot. I'm gonna go to a higher level. A rabbit, a suicide, a killer, evil, water overflowing from a glass... I'll be whatever no one else wants to be. I'm sick of shameless outlines of people seeking happiness. They don't wanna be rabbits. They just wanna eat rabbits. There's no such jungle.
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Kumiko : Everyone wants to be champagne, not the glass.
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Noriko Shimabara : Stray cats roamed the back alleys like blood flows through a vein.
Kumiko : Stray cats form families instantly. No need to feel sorry for them, they're tough, they own this town. We have to relate to each other like stray cats do.
