The Face of Another (1966)
Machiko Kyô: Mrs. Okuyama
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Quotes
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Mrs. Okuyama : Isn't humility better than vanity?
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Mrs. Okuyama : In love - people try to unmask one another. But I thought we must strive to keep the masks on.
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Mrs. Okuyama : I thought we both knew we were taking part in a masquerade.
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Mr. Okuyama : I'm hot. It's probably the bandages.
Mrs. Okuyama : Why not take them off? They'll ruin your skin.
Mr. Okuyama : You can't kill something that's already dead.
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Mr. Okuyama : Civilization demands light, even at night.
Mrs. Okuyama : That may be.
Mr. Okuyama : But a man without a face is free only when darkness rules the world.
[laughs]
Mr. Okuyama : Isn't that why deep-sea fish are so grotesque?
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Mrs. Okuyama : I have so many selves, I can't even contain them all.
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Mrs. Okuyama : Do you really live here? It doesn't smell like a woman lives here. Or a man either, for that matter.
Mr. Okuyama : [masked] Are you in the habit of sniffing your way around?