The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (I) (1959)

Eitarô Ozawa: Okazaki

Quotes 

• Okazaki : No wonder. Books by damn Westerners.

• Okazaki : Listen here: Lash them on with all you've got. If any Chinaman balks, kill the scum! Push them! Whip them! We need that extra 20%.

• Okazaki : Workers wan't what you make them out to be in theory.

  Kawashima : They squander any surplus in idleness or gambling or pour it into women's crotches.

• Kaji : You may brutally beat your laborers, but it doesn't mean others will be intimidated. I just warned your assistant.

  Okazaki : Mr. Kaji, you know how important that ore is to us. What's wrong with slapping a cheek or two if it keeps the ore coming out and helps the war effort? What's more important: the ore or the workers?

  Kaji : I don't think in those terms. It's ridiculous to compare men with ore. Take care of your men and the ore will come out.

  Okazaki : Let me make it very clear that Okazaki of Loh Hu Liong won't be changed by any of your half-baked theories. I'll stick to my own ways. Remember that.

  Kaji : I will. And I'll stick to my ways too.

• Okazaki : I, Okazaki, vow that Pit No. 1 will achieve the new goal. I'm sure you'll permit me to use any means necessary.

  Kuroki Shochô : Use all means available. Increased production is the main thing.