Sound of the Mountain (1954)

Sô Yamamura: Shingo Ogata

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Quotes 

• Fusako Aihara : What do you think, Father? You're busy reading the newspaper. Nobody really cares about my troubles.

  Shingo Ogata : I don't know what to say. From the outside, you can never tell what's really going on in a marriage.

• Shingo Ogata : What faults do you find in Kikuko to cheat on her like that? I don't get it.

  Shuichi Ogata : It's like the difference between a lake and a fast current.

• Shingo Ogata : It's so wide and open here.

  Kikuko Ogata : It makes you feel carefree, doesn't it?

• [last lines] 

  Shingo Ogata : This place makes one feel relaxed.

  Kikuko Ogata : The vista was designed to give an impression of great depth.

  Shingo Ogata : What is a "vista"?

  Kikuko Ogata : It means an open prospect.

• Shingo Ogata : My mind is getting very foggy these days. Even when I look at a sunflower, it reminds me of what's in my head. If only what's in my head were as grand as that sunflower. I wish there was a way to take it off and have it cleaned or repaired. That's what I was thinking on the way home.

  Kikuko Ogata : [laughs]  Oh, father-in-law.

  Shingo Ogata : Just take off my head and take it to the hospital like taking laundry to the cleaners.

  Kikuko Ogata : That's very funny.

  Shingo Ogata : In other words, while the mind is getting cleaned or repaired, the body will rest in the meantime.

  Kikuko Ogata : You're too much, father-in-law.

  Shingo Ogata : The body will have a good rest, without even dreaming.

• Fusako Aihara : I'll deal with it myself.

  Shingo Ogata : Don't just blame others and think it through carefully.

  Fusako Aihara : I must not be attractive enough to keep my husband's attention. He's unfaithful to me.

• Hideko Tanizaki : She brings a companion too.

  Shingo Ogata : Really? A man?

  Hideko Tanizaki : No, a woman friend of hers.

  Shingo Ogata : I'm relieved to hear that. I thought swapping partners was in style.

• Shingo Ogata : Is she young?

  Hideko Tanizaki : Perhaps younger than his wife.

  Shingo Ogata : Is she beautiful?

  Hideko Tanizaki : Yes, she is. But her voice sounds as if she has a cold. Your son finds it erotic.

• Yasuko Tsuma : Let's go to sleep. They must be wondering what's keeping us up so late.

  Shingo Ogata : I'd wonder about that myself.

• Yasuko Tsuma : You don't understand how women feel. Women deal with sorrow differently from men.

  Shingo Ogata : You can't speak for all women just because you're a woman.

• Shingo Ogata : When I heard your cheerful voice on the phone, I was relieved. I realized that's the true quality of your voice. That's how your voice truly sounds.