Tatsuya Nakadai: Kenichi Komatsu, the manager
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Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : You've heard of Nobuko at Club 8? She wouldn't even give in to a Cabinet member. But then she fell in love with a down-and-out guitarist. Now she works as a maid in a love hotel. I started as a busboy in the Ginza ten years ago. I've seen a lot like her.
Keiko Yashiro : What's your point?
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : Just sharing my experience.
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Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : [Scolding Keiko] Stop being so emotional. This is a bar. People pay to have a good time.
Keiko Yashiro : So what?
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : Listen to me! You get paid to show men a good time. If you don't like it, take off that kimono and work in an office... and starve!
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Keiko Yashiro : Mr. Minobe's here. Did you call him?
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : I said it was the Lilac Bar calling, not you.
Keiko Yashiro : Same thing. He's my customer. Don't meddle.
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : It's business.
Keiko Yashiro : Just don't.
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Junko Inchihashi : Hand it over.
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : What?
Junko Inchihashi : The money.
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : You said you liked me.
Junko Inchihashi : I'm a pro. I charge the men I like too.
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Goldfish : You've got it good here, surrounded by girls, and with a regular paycheck. That girl's crazy about you.
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : I'm not interested in the girls here.
Goldfish : Really?
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : You can't succeed as a manager here if you fiddle with the goods.
Goldfish : Maybe, but what a waste!
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Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : Don't be so nasty to Mr. Minobe.
Keiko Yashiro : You want me to flatter him? Forget it.
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : Customers pay for a good...
Keiko Yashiro : I said forget it! I quit the Lilac because of him. Who is he anyway? He drives Yuri to desperation, then comes here like nothing's happened. I hate him! He makes me sick! Not tonight! I can still smell the incense from Yuri's funeral. Just being next to him is an insult to her memory! There are limits, even in business!
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Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : Fujisaki finally paid, but Mr. Goda won't pay unless you ask him personally. He flashed the money but wouldn't hand it over.
Keiko Yashiro : I'll go see him tomorrow. The usual inn at Tsukiji?
Junko Inchihashi : Won't he try to seduce you?
Keiko Yashiro : They try all the time, but it can only work if I let them.
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : Famous last words.
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Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : I used to respect you. I was amazed at how you never gave in for five long years. That illusion's gone.
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Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : Marry me. I'm begging you. Let's open our own bar.
Keiko Yashiro : Get out or I'll scream.
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : You hate me that much?
Keiko Yashiro : I don't hate you or love you. That kind of marriage would never work. We know each other too well. Please just go. Go! Please let me be alone.
Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : You really love Fujisaki, don't you? I understand. I'll never bother you again.
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Kenichi Komatsu, the manager : Don't pretend you don't know. You know I love you. But I never said a word. I kept it locked up inside. It became so unbearable I even seduced one of our girls.
