What have I been living for all these years?
Read more Kanji Watanabe QuotesFrom: Ikiru
Kanji: ...I did it all for my son's sake. But as it turned out, my son doesn't seem to give a whit.Toyo: But you can't blame it all on your son... Not unless he asked you to make a mummy of yourself. My mom gives me the same kind of line sometimes. "The things I've suffered for you." And I'm grateful she had me. But it's not my fault I was born...
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.
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