The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

Aki Takejô: Tamayan

Quotes 

• Orin : As I told the salt-dealer... I'm going to the mountain soon.

  Tamayan : You shouldn't be in such a hurry to go to the mountain.

  Orin : Not so, the sooner you go, the more praise the mountain god gives us.

• Kesakichi : You made Matsu-yan go to the Amaya's! Why? Why did you make her go there? Granny, you murdered her! Damn you! Demon hag!

  Tatsuhei : Mom. Why didn't you tell me? Mom...

  Orin : This winter... I'm going to the mountain. My mother went to the mountain, as did the mother-in-law of our home. So I have to go too. It's tough living here. If I go to the mountain, I'll see Matsu-yan. I'm going to see Matsu-yan.

  Tamayan : It's all right. There's one less mouth to feed, and the rat is dead too. We'll make it through the winter.

• Tatsuhei : Like I said last night, you only have to endure one night... What would become of us if he had killed Harumatsu? We're in for a rough winter. What if he ruins our paddies? You do understand. Please, let him have you, just for one night. I can't ask others to take care of Stinker for free. I don't have any potatoes.

  Tamayan : And who lost the potatoes in the lottery?

  Tatsuhei : I know you don't want to... but please tough it out...

  Tamayan : Shut up! I heard you the first time!

• Matsuyan : They say that when you boil beans, the more you nibble them, the more you have.

  Tamayan : If that's so, then why bother growing them in the fields?

  Matsuyan : What?

  Tamayan : Just leave them in the pot, and you'll never run out.