"I just can't die — I don't know what I've been living for all these years. This expensive saki is a protest against m…"

"I have less than a year to live. When I found that out... somehow I was drawn to you. Once when I was a child, I almo…"

"Life is brief, fall in love, maidens... Before the crimson bloom fades from your lips... Before the tides of passion …"

"I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time."

"Dying is very difficult."

"[telling a joke] :"You've never had a day off, have you?" "No." "Why? Are you indispensable?" "No. I don't want them …"

"That's not art. A striptease isn't art. It's too direct. It's more direct than art. That woman's body up there? It's …"

"How tragic that man can never realize how beautiful life is until he is face to face with death."

"Takashi Shimura - Kanji Watanabe"

"Shinichi Himori - Kimura"