Odd Obsession (1959)

Machiko Kyô: Ikuko Kenmochi

Quotes 

• [English subtitled version] 

  Kenji Kenmochi : You're not very nice today. Still angry about last night?

  Ikuko Kenmochi : What do you mean?

  Kenji Kenmochi : You always feign ignorance.

  Ikuko Kenmochi : Certain things are better left unsaid.

  Kenji Kenmochi : Spoken like a priest's daughter.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Kenji Kenmochi : [about Toshiko]  What a nasty girl! She pays no attention to what I want.

  Ikuko Kenmochi : She doesn't mean it, I guess.

  Kenji Kenmochi : She takes after you.

  Ikuko Kenmochi : You think so? I think she's quite like you.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Ikuko Kenmochi : What's wrong with him, if I may ask?

  Dr. Sôma : Nothing at all. Let me explain some things to you. Sexual desires become milder by degrees as people grow old. Was he a very passionate man?

  Ikuko Kenmochi : He said his was of an artistic nature.

  Dr. Sôma : Artistic?

  Ikuko Kenmochi : He did things... that embarrassed me.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Ikuko Kenmochi : Tell me, Kimura, did I do anything improper last night?

• [English subtitled version] 

  Ikuko Kenmochi : What's on your mind anyway? Tell me.

  Toshiko Kenmochi : Taking advantage of your fainting... Father is abusing you every night.

  Ikuko Kenmochi : A wife should be obedient to her husband.

  Toshiko Kenmochi : Then you knew everything?

  Ikuko Kenmochi : No, nothing at all.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Toshiko Kenmochi : You're a model wife, Mother.

  Ikuko Kenmochi : I'm an old fashioned woman. You may look upon me as stupid.

  Toshiko Kenmochi : I'm on your side, Mother.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Kimura : I didn't know you were so drunk.

  Ikuko Kenmochi : I lose control when I drink.

  Kimura : Then you'd best stop drinking.

  Ikuko Kenmochi : I drink because my husband wants me to.

  Kimura : You do everything he wants?

• [English subtitled version] 

  Ikuko Kenmochi : I was a fool, playing a fine lady. I'm beginning to see it now. I feel I've awakened as a woman. You've been so patient with me. For such a long time, I've made you suffer. Forgive me.

  Kenji Kenmochi : You're sweet. Thank you.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Kenji Kenmochi : The doctor warned me several months ago that I should take care of my health. But I thought life would be empty if I had to give up our pleasures. At last you've become mine, body and soul. I'm satisfied.

  Ikuko Kenmochi : I'll do anything you want me to.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Ikuko Kenmochi : Isn't Father absurd to call that masseur? He gives me a creepy feeling.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Ikuko Kenmochi : [to Kenji]  You want me to strip? Don't think of such a thing.

  [Ikuko strips]