How beautiful! Truly beautiful. A sunset. I don't think I've really looked at one in 30 years.
Read more Kanji Watanabe QuotesFrom: Ikiru
That's not art. A striptease isn't art. It's too direct. It's more direct than art. That woman's body up there? It's a big juicy steak. It's a glass of gin. It's a hormone extract. Streptomycin. Uranium!
Kanji: Now I remember: I nearly drowned in a pond once when I was a child. I felt exactly the same way then. Everything's going black. I writhe and thrash around, but there's nothing to hold on to - except you.Toyo: What about your son?Kanji: Don't talk to me about him! I have no son. I'm all alone.Toyo: But...Kanji: No, you don't understand! My son is somewhere far away. Just as my mom and pop were when I was drowning in that pond. Remembering it now, it's even more painful than it was then.
What have I been living for all these years?