Dodes'ka-den movie plot
Dodes'ka-den quotes
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1st Wife: Those two and their husbands - I can't believe it!
2nd Wife: They've swapped husbands!
1st Wife: Of course everyone has her secret affair.
2nd Wife: No one's putting that down. But they're too open about it.
3rd Wife: They still get along with each other.
4th Wife: Their husbands too.
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Suicidal Old Man: I used to run a kimono shop. I had a wife and two sons. I had five employees and a servant. I even had two mistresses and lived in luxury. But, after my sons were called up for military service and were killed at the China Front, I lost interest in business. My wife fell sick and died six months later. My house was burnt during an air raid and I lost everything. I had to let my mistresses go. I earned my living by peddling toys. Still, my dead wife and sons appear in my dreams and talk to me every night. They laugh and talk as if they were alive.
Mr. Tanba: You must be happy during those times.
Suicidal Old Man: Yes, I am.
Mr. Tanba: You feel that happiness because you live your life. In other words, they are alive as long as you are alive. Is it all right to kill them by killing yourself?