Kinuyo Tanaka credited as playing...
Oharu
- Brothel Owner: What do you think your job is? Think you're too good to be here? You're not here for your own enjoyment. Constantly carrying on about your pedigree! For all I know, you could be a ragpicker's daughter.
- Oharu: How dare you suggest such a thing!
- Brothel Owner: You're bought and paid for. You're no different from a fish on a chopping board. We can serve you up any way we like.
- Oharu: [singing] This fleeting world, Is full of pain, And I, oh I, Am a thing of pity, This life, So full of regrets, Will vanish, Like the morning dew...
- Oharu: He said to the young men there, "Look how she tries to hide her age! Would you sleep with a woman like this?" I think he was giving them a lesson in karmic retribution.
- Oharu: Why is it wrong for a man and woman to fall in love? Why is it immoral?
- Shinzaemon, Oharu's Father: What? You slept with a man without our consent. If that isn't immoral, what is? Stop talking nonsense!
- Oharu: So what if we differ in rank? How can it be wrong if we truly love one another?
- Shinzaemon, Oharu's Father: Silence!
- Kahe Sasaya: I'll bet you had some fun times, eh? One would never guess just looking at your face. But you really liked doing those dirty things, didn't you? That's how you twisted Lord Matsudaira around your little finger.
- Oharu: I did no such thing.
- Kahe Sasaya: It's all right. I understand completely. You can relax and be yourself around me. I can enjoy a top courtesan and not even have to pay for it.