The Lower Depths (1957)
Kôji Mitsui: Yoshisaburo the Gambler
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Quotes
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[Last lines; Tonosama stumbles indoors, dripping wet, interrupting his housemates' impromptu acapella song and dance number]
Tonosama - the former Samurai : Hey, everybody! Come quick! The actor hung himself, out back by the cliff!
[the other men stare at him aghast. Osen slowly saunters into the doorway, clearly horrified; Tonosama's not lying. There's a long pause]
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : It was such a great party, and he had to go and ruin it. Bastard!
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Yoshisaburo the Gambler : 'Piety is the last refuge in the time of trouble.' 'Belief finds glory, even in a fish's tail.' Praise be to the Buddha!
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Yoshisaburo the Gambler : Money buys your fate in hell.
Tonosama - the former Samurai : Money buys you Buddha's mercy.
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Sutekichi the Thief : I was having a great dream. I was fishing, and I'd just hooked this monster snapper. Truly a dream fish. I was just about to land that fish.
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : That's no snapper. That's Osugi.
The Actor : You landed Osugi long ago.
Sutekichi the Thief : Who asked you?
[Yoshisaburo and the actor laugh]
Sutekichi the Thief : Scram, the bitch and the lot of you.
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Rokubei, Osugi's Husband : [to Sutekichi] Can I open the door?
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : Might as well open Pandora's box.
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Yoshisaburo the Gambler : [to the actor] Gimme five pennies. If you do, I'll consider your 'naturally gifted actor' a star-billing, tip-top, top-notch, sterling-silver actor.
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Rokubei, Osugi's Husband : Three mats' worth for bedtime and taking over the common room. I'm raising your rent by ten pennies.
Tomekichi the Tinker : Why not just strangle me?
Rokubei, Osugi's Husband : Because I wouldn't get a single penny out of that.
Tomekichi the Tinker : Wanna fight?
[Rokubei staggers back, accidentally treading on a reclining Yoshisaburo]
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : Hey! Ouch!
Rokubei, Osugi's Husband : [to Yoshisaburo] Don't scare me.
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Yoshisaburo the Gambler : Ugh, who socked me?
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The Actor : I can't risk breathing dust. Doc's orders. "Your bitol organs are poisoned with alcohol."
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : You mean "vital organs".
The Actor : That's right, my bitol organs.
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : It's definitely gone to your tongue. Another six months and you'll have full-blown palsy.
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Kahei the Pilgrim : You're a good man, and smart to boot. What went wrong?
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : The slammer. Four and seven months. When they threw me out, I had nowhere to go.
Kahei the Pilgrim : Oh, my. Why jail?
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : There was this jerk...
Kahei the Pilgrim : You did him in?
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : Just my luck. There was a meat cleaver handy.
Kahei the Pilgrim : Any women involved?
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : No, it wasn't like that... But enough of that. That was ten years ago now.
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The Actor : Just you wait. You really will go to hell.
Yoshisaburo the Gambler : Don't be ridiculous. How can you to hell if you're already there?