1- “I have no time for lies. I want the truth!” -Kingo Gondo, ‘High and Low’.
2- “That’s enough! You’re not paid to think!” -Kingo Gondo, ‘High and Low’.
3- “Chief Detective Tokura: That Gondo is all right.
Chief Detective ‘Bos’n’ Taguchi: Usually I waste no love on the rich. I didn’t like him at first.” -‘High and Low’.
4- “Mr. Gondo, I know it’s late to be saying this… but you have the right to protect your own livelihood. It’s our duty to help you. We want to save the child, but not by sacrificing you.” – Reiko Gondo, ‘High and Low’.
5- “A woman wears a hat on her head, but shoes carry all her weight.” -Kingo Gondo, ‘High and Low’.
6- “So what exactly is it you want?” -Kingo Gondo, ‘High and Low’.
7- “A man must kill or be killed.” -Kingo Gondo, ‘High and Low’.
8- “Save the child first, then catch the kidnapper.” – Chief Detective Tokura, ‘High and Low’.
9- “For Mr. Gondo’s sake, be bloodhounds!” – Reiko Gondo, ‘High and Low’.
10- “Reiko Gondo: Success isn’t worth losing your humanity.
Kingo Gondo: A woman can’t understand. This isn’t about wanting to become president. I just want to make shoes my way.” –‘High and Low’.
11- “He takes after you. He likes violent games.” – Reiko Gondo, ‘High and Low’.
12- “Reiko Gondo: What just happened?
Kingo Gondo: Nothing.
Reiko Gondo: It certainly didn’t look that way.
Kingo Gondo: Don’t worry. You wouldn’t understand. It’s business.
Reiko Gondo: You always say that to keep me quiet.” –‘High and Low’.
13- “Kingo Gondo: Why should you and I hate each other?
Ginjirô Takeuchi, medical intern: I don’t know. I’m not interested in self-analysis. I do know my room was so cold in winter and so hot in summer I couldn’t sleep. Your house looked like heaven, high up there. That’s how I began to hate you.” –‘High and Low’.
14- ” I’d rather be told the cruel truth than be fed gentle lies.” – Ginjirô Takeuchi, medical intern, ‘High and Low’.
15- “…Besides, it’s amusing to make fortunate men taste the same misery as the unfortunate.” –Ginjirô Takeuchi, medical intern, ‘High and Low’.
16- “For Mr. Gondo’s sake, be bloodhounds!” –Chief Detective Tokura, ‘High and Low’.
17- “Women see shoes as accessories, like hats and handbags. They flock to stylish designs at affordable prices.” –Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
18- “Mr. Gondo, I know it’s late to be saying this… but you have the right to protect your own livelihood. It’s our duty to help you. We want to save the child, but not by sacrificing you.” –Chief Detective Tokura, ‘High and Low’.
19- “I know how much this money means to you, but a human life means more.” –Kawanishi – Gondo’s Secretary, ‘High and Low’.
20- “Taking the wrong boy was a lucky break. Did you know Mr. Gondo that it’s only extortion when you threaten a person or his kin? In other words, this doesn’t count. But you have to pay anyway. You’re a fool to pay, but pay you must.” –Ginjirô Takeuchi, medical intern, ‘High and Low’.
21- “No human being can kill an innocent child.” –Aoki – the Chauffeur, ‘High and Low’.
22- [last lines] Ginjirô Takeuchi – Medical Intern: You think I’m shaking out of fear, but I’m not! It’s just the physiological reaction from being in solitary too long. Just leaving the cell makes me shake. I’m not afraid of death. I don’t care if I go to hell. My life has been hell since the day I was born.
[laughs] Ginjirô Takeuchi – Medical Intern: But if I had to go to heaven, then I’d really start to tremble.[laughs] – ‘High and Low’.The post Best 22 High and Low (1963) Quotes appeared first on NSF - Music Magazine.