Shôtarô Hanayagi: Kikunosuke Onoue
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Quotes
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Kikunosuke Onoue : I've never been as happy as I was the other night. People always flatter me to my face, then happily ridicule me behind my back. You're the first to speak to me with real warmth and sincerity.
Otoku : To hear that it pleased you so makes me so very happy.
Kikunosuke Onoue : Those geisha and other women make a fuss over me only because I'm Kikugoro's son. They couldn't care less about my acting. If I gave up my place as Kikugoro's heir, nobody would give a damn about me. I've been so lonely. When you spoke to me the way you did, for the first time in my life I felt a happiness that touched me deeply. It was like climbing a mountain pass on a hot summer's day and drinking from a cold stream.
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Kikunosuke Onoue : When you're young, it's easy to live with no thought for the future. But never stop striving to improve your skills.
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Otoku : Didn't you say you would start form scratch and become a great actor on your own?
Kikunosuke Onoue : Well, haven't I become one? I can play a woman, a villain, maybe even a child.
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Tamijirô Onoue : Otoku knows you'll be the next Kikugoro. She may have ulterior motives.
Kikunosuke Onoue : She's not that kind of woman.
Eiju Dayu : You don't know. That's how women are.
Kikunosuke Onoue : You're wrong. You spend all your time with geishas. You don't understand normal women.
Eiju Dayu : They're no different.
Kikunosuke Onoue : Otaku isn't calculating like geishas. Her feelings are sincere.
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Otoku : I'm just a poor mapmaker's daughter.
Kikunosuke Onoue : That shouldn't come between us.
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Kikunosuke Onoue : I've returned to Osaka bathed in glory. From now on, we can be happy, both in art and in life.
