Late Spring (1949)
Yumeji Tsukioka: Aya Kitagawa
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Quotes
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Aya Kitagawa : [to Noriko] Men are no good. They're devious. Before marriage they only show their good side, but once they have you, everything awful comes out. Even if you marry for love, you never know what you're getting.
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Aya Kitagawa : Everything is divine providence.
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Aya Kitagawa : I'm not a typist. I'm a stenographer!
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Noriko Somiya : Who are you to lecture me about marriage?
Aya Kitagawa : I'm an authority on the subject.
Noriko Somiya : Authority? You're a divorcee.
Aya Kitagawa : So what? I only have one "out". Next time I'll get a run.
Noriko Somiya : Still stepping up to bat?
Aya Kitagawa : Why not? I just struck out. Next time I'll crack it out of the park.
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Aya Kitagawa : What's there to think about? Go on, marry him. Good men are rare these days. Grab him.
Noriko Somiya : But I don't like it.
Aya Kitagawa : What?
Noriko Somiya : Arranged marriage.
Aya Kitagawa : Don't be picky. You'd never marry unless someone arranged it.
Noriko Somiya : But...
Aya Kitagawa : It's true, isn't it? If you found someone you liked, would you walk up and propose? You're not that bold. You'd just blush and squirm in your seat.
Noriko Somiya : That's true.
Aya Kitagawa : An arranged marriage suits someone like you.
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Aya Kitagawa : She couldn't make it. Her tummy is this big. Seven months along.
Noriko Somiya : When did she get married?
Aya Kitagawa : She didn't.
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Shukichi Somiya : Another drink, Aya-chan?
[lifts the sake tokkuri]
Aya Kitagawa : This is my third. I can handle five. I once drank six and then fell down.
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Aya Kitagawa : [after her third cup of sake] What a wonderful feeling.
[drinks her fourth cup]
Aya Kitagawa : Number five!
[drinks her fifth cup]
Aya Kitagawa : The end.
[turns her cup over]