Carmen Falls in Love (1952)

Hideko Takamine: Carmen

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Carmen : I warned you not to fall for a man, didn't I? He dragged you all the way to Kyushu. Then when he dumped you, you were saddled with his child. You're pathetic!

  Akemi : It was hard. I was swinging a sword in shows even at six months pregnant. I was too out of breath for a crisp, defiant delivery of my lines.

  Carmen : Serves you right for leaving strip shows. Besides, a swordswoman act could hardly be called "art."

• Carmen : [baby crying]  Don't cry. Your mommy will be back soon. Be a good girl. I'll pick you up, so stop crying. You don't have to cry so loudly. Your mommy will be back in no time. Now, now. Don't cry. You're loud, stop crying! Come on. I'll kick you if you keep crying! I'll strangle you! All right, then. I'll feed you to a horse! Just stop crying! Oh, you're a terrible baby. Why can't you be quiet for a bit? I need to get some sleep. Go on crying, then! What an irritable baby!

• Carmen : What job is there for a woman with a child? You can't even be a hooker.

• Carmen : [singing]  Yesterday was yesterday, Today is today, Love and fickleness go hand in hand...

• Carmen : I have to go. I'd like to come back some other time.

  Hajime Sudô, the artist : I might ask you to model for me. What do you think?

  Carmen : Oh, I'd be happy to! Akemi, did you hear that? I'd be glad to do it. I don't mind posing nude at all.

• Carmen : I've got an idea. Let's abandon the baby.

  Akemi : What?

  Carmen : She's not good-looking. Look at the shape of her nose. You'll be wasting your time raising her. Come on, abandon her. It's easy.

• Carmen : [singing]  As Don José the handsome cavalryman, Passed by on horseback one afternoon, He fell in love with a sinful beauty, Who was like a red Andalusian rose, How romantic! Tokyo Carmen, Isn't what you think she is, She is a rose without thorns, Oh, yeah, that's right...

• Carmen : When I tried to strip naked, I started burning all over and shaking.