Late Spring (1949)

Jun Usami: Shôichi Hattori

Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Shôichi Hattori : It was raining a bit last night. I was worried.

  Shukichi Somiya : Fortunately the weather cleared.