Red Beard (1965)
Yûzô Kayama: Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
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Quotes
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Dr. Kyojô Niide : Poverty's a political problem they say. But what has politics ever done for the poor? Has a law been passed to get rid of poverty and ignorance?
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : But this place! Government funds-...
Dr. Kyojô Niide : Better this than nothing. The problem is deeper than that. If it weren't for poverty, half of these people wouldn't be sick. I know. There is always some story of great misfortune behind illness.
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Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : It smells like rotten fruit.
Genzo Tsugawa : It's the smell of the poor.
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Dr. Kyojô Niide : [At dinner with the other staff: the newly-arrived Yasumoto refuses to eat] Why don't you eat, Yasumoto?
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : I don't want to!
Dr. Kyojô Niide : Does it mean that you're not hungry, or that the food doesn't suit you?
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : It means this place doesn't suit me.
Dr. Kyojô Niide : Even bad food tastes good if you chew it well. Same with our work here if you try hard.
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Genzo Tsugawa : It's really terrible here. Being here makes you wonder why you wanted to be a doctor.
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : [Suddenly noticing an unpleasant odor] It smells like rotten fruit.
Genzo Tsugawa : It's the smell of the poor.
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Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : I'm no good at all! I'm selfish. And self-satisfied. How am I unfortunate? Rokusuke and Sahachi were, but they died without complaint. Look at Otoyo. I'm so fortunate it's almost embarrassing. I'm no good! I blamed Chigusa and yet almost let that mad girl kill me. I was vain, proud of being a doctor just back from Nagasaki. I was too good for this clinic. I even held you in contempt, despised you. I'm a despicable man. I'm conceited and insincere.
Dr. Kyojô Niide : Yasumoto, you're tired.
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[last lines]
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : You're a fool!
Dr. Kyojô Niide : I owe it to you.
Dr. Kyojô Niide : You're young, so you talk like that. You'll regret it.
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : So you give me your permission?
Dr. Kyojô Niide : I repeat: You'll regret it!
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : I'll have to find that out myself. Thank you.
Dr. Kyojô Niide : Hmmp!
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Genzo Tsugawa : [Showing the newly-arrived Yasumoto around the clinic] It's terrible here. You'll have to stay and see for yourself. The patients are slum people, full of fleas and lice. They even smell bad. We don't get much money. And Red Beard is after us night and day.
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : "Red Beard"?
Genzo Tsugawa : The head doctor. His beard is sort of reddish.
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Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : When she stares at me, I don't know what to do. Her eyes are suspicious, insolent and very lonely.
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Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : Are these things the rule here?
Genzo Tsugawa : Red Beard's rules. He's the dictator here. A good doctor, dedicated to his work. Many daiyamo and rich people trust him. But he's stubborn, inconsiderate, radical... and proud.
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Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : [shouting an order to the kitchen staff] Go and get me some sake!
Genzo Tsugawa : We don't drink sake here.
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : That's why I'll drink! I'll break every rule! No uniform. I'll be such a nuisance he'll ask me to leave!
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Genzo Tsugawa : She's a special patient. The whole house is a prison. Osugi has the key and no one gets in. The girl isn't let out either. She's called "the mantis."
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : The mantis?
Genzo Tsugawa : It's a good nickname. The female eats the male after they mate. She'd do the same thing. No one knows who she is, but it seems she's the daughter of a merchant. She killed three clerks there. She'd seduce them first. When they'd get excited over her, she'd stab them with a hairpin.
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Osugi : It's hard to believe men.
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : I don't believe women. I've suffered enough for believing one.
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Dr. Noboru Yasumoto : You taught me the road to take. So I will take it.
Dr. Kyojô Niide : You overestimate me.