Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

Denjirô Ôkôchi: Shogoro Yano

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• Shogoro Yano : [sees Sanshiro enter with a torn sleeve]  Well? You must have enjoyed fighting.

  Sanshiro Sugata : I'm sorry.

  Shogoro Yano : I should've been there to watch you fight. You're strong... very strong. Maybe even stronger than me. But your judo and my judo are worlds apart. Do you know why? Because you don't understand humanity. Teaching judo to such a man is like giving a knife to a lunatic.

  Sanshiro Sugata : Sir, I understand humanity.

  Shogoro Yano : You don't! You live without reason or purpose. Where is your humanity? Humanity is nature's rule by which we live and die. Only according to this principle can you die in peace. It is the true essence of all life, and of judo as well. Sugata, you haven't realized this.

  Sanshiro Sugata : But, sir, I am willing to die if you tell me to.

  Shogoro Yano : Liar!

  Sanshiro Sugata : No. I am!

  Shogoro Yano : Shut up! You're a reckless bully. Your words mean nothing to me.

  Sanshiro Sugata : I'm willing to die.

  [he leaps into the pond] 

  Shogoro Yano : [long pause]  Die!