The Lower Depths (1957)

Toshirô Mifune: Sutekichi the Thief

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Quotes 

• Sutekichi the Thief : Lies trump the truth every time.

• Sutekichi the Thief : Hey, geezer, is Buddha really real?

  [Kahei laughs knowingly] 

  Sutekichi the Thief : What's so goddamn funny? Is he or isn't he?

  Kahei the Pilgrim : I'm sure he is, for those who wish him to be.

• Sutekichi the Thief : Hey, geezer, is Buddha really real?

  [Kahei laughs] 

  Sutekichi the Thief : What's so goddamn funny? Is he or isn't he?

  Kahei the Pilgrim : I'm sure he is, for those who wish him to be.

• Sutekichi the Thief : She won't give me the the time of day.

  Tomekichi the Tinker : She's a tough one.

  Sutekichi the Thief : She doesn't care about my feelings.

  Tomekichi the Tinker : And what feelings are those?

  Sutekichi the Thief : I feel really bad for her. I can't let her be.

• Sutekichi the Thief : [Mocking Tomekichi]  'I'm a craftsman!'

• Sutekichi the Thief : I can do without corpses.

  Kahei the Pilgrim : You're scared?

  Sutekichi the Thief : ...They're not my thing.

• 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.

• Sutekichi the Thief : I won't let it happen. I'd rather kill you than see you end up like that.

  Okayo, Osugi's Sister : Listen to you. Not even married yet and you're ready to kill me.

• Sutekichi the Thief : I'm head over heels about you. Don't worry about a thing.

  Okayo, Osugi's Sister : And what about my sister?

  Sutekichi the Thief : Oh, that one? She can go...

  Kahei the Pilgrim : Don't bother about her, young lady. The fact is, if you're out of rice, there's always barley. If you're out of barley, there's always millet.

• Kahei the Pilgrim : By the way, folks, it's about time I bid you farewell.

  Sutekichi the Thief : Huh? Where are you off to?

  Kahei the Pilgrim : I don't know, which is the whole point of moving on. There must be some wonderful place. We're all searching for it.