Tôkyô no kôrasu (1931)

Tokihiko Okada: Shinji Okajima

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• Shinji Okajima : A drowning man will clutch at straws.

• Kaisha no Douryou (An Employee) : Of course! We should protest! What are we waiting for? This isn't just about him. It's about us too! It's time to stand up for all of us working stiffs!

  Shinji Okajima : You're full of fight. You go tell the boss.

  Kaisha no Douryou (An Employee) : Me? - - Then again, he lost the company money. You can't blame the boss.

• Shinji Okajima : He was a bad boy, so I spanked him.

• Shinji Okajima : You're lucky, you at least have a job. I'm still unemployed. My college degree makes me overqualified.

• Shinji Okajima : No waitresses?

  Omura Sensei (Teacher) : No waitresses. My wife and I do all the work.

  Shinji Okajima : Pretty waitresses can attract customers.

  Omura Sensei (Teacher) : Like they attracted you as a student?

• Shinji Okajima : Business is slow. We'll be lucky to get a month's pay.

  Tsuma Sugako (His wife) : Even a month's pay would be 120 yen.

• Shinji Okajima : Go call a rickshaw. Get ready to take her to the hospital.

• Shinji Okajima : I feel like I'm getting old. I've lost my spirit.

• Rou-Shain Yamada (Old employee) : This is goodbye. This is my last day here.

  Shinji Okajima : Why? You're a senior employee with a pension starting next year.

  Rou-Shain Yamada (Old employee) : I moonlighted as an agent and sold policies to a few customers who met unfortunate fates. One died the day after buying a 20,000 yen policy. He was hit by a car.

  Shinji Okajima : You didn't run him over. It wasn't your fault.

• Shinji Okajima : Poor kid. Let's buy him a bicycle.